Even serial killers have their limits, or at least they do if they’re Villanelle (Jodie Comer). Over the past three seasons of
Killing Eve (Sundays, 10 pET CTV Drama Channel) the character has had no problem offing a variety of people—good and bad, guilty or innocent—in order to satiate her killer instinct and make a buck or two for her high-fashion needs. But one thing she has made clear is that if someone matters that much to Eve (Sandra Oh), she won’t strike.That’s what made this week's episode, titled “Still Got It”, so devastating. In a format twist, the show focused in on each of the bigger characters rather than the locations in which the action takes place, and in the end it resulted in the biggest, bloodiest turn of the entire series . . . and one that totally hit home for Eve as she watched her husband be brutally murdered in front of her own, unbelieving eyes.
Dasha the dastardly
It’s no longer a question: no one should trust Dasha (Harriet Walter), least of all Villanelle. The OG killer isn’t just playing her former protégé, she also doesn’t care who she hurts in order to make her assassin fall in line. In the Dasha-centric scene, viewers learned that the Russian is playing her part in The Twelve’s top-secret plan so that she can get her own life back on track. But if V doesn’t start listening to her and leaving Eve alone then that won’t happen. That’s why Dasha offered to kill Eve: to satiate the mysterious woman from The Twelve with the killer red pumps. But killing Eve would cause too many side problems, and so the woman told Dasha to drive a wedge between Eve and Villanelle instead—however she saw creatively fit. Forget a wedge though, what Dasha had in mind was a pitchfork.[video_embed id='1941852']What We're Watching: Current favourite TV shows[/video_embed]The episode, which kicked off with Niko (Owen McDonnell) back in a small town in Poland, came full circle when viewers realized he didn’t want to reconcile with Eve; it was Dasha who had stolen his phone and sent those texts on his behalf. So at the end of the episode when Eve flew out to meet him she believed her husband wanted to talk things through… but his own surprise at her appearance was muffled when a pitchfork with the tag “Still Got It” went straight through his throat. It all happened so quickly and Eve didn’t see Niko’s killer, but she’ll definitely assume it was Villanelle. Dasha one, Villanelle zero.If you thought Kenny’s death in the premiere was a lot for Eve to handle, this is going to be next-level in the weeks to come. Most of her story in the episode focused on her trying to heal and to make good decisions for herself. The whole reason she flew to Poland was to make the right choice for a change, and to put her family first. So to see Niko die right in front of her is going to leave her shook, to say the least. In her head, this death will forever be on her and it's likely it will change her in unforeseen ways. Before, whether they were together or not at least Eve knew Niko was safe. Now that he’s been murdered and her best friends are gone she really has no one left. The one thing Dasha isn’t counting on though is that Eve’s isolation could actually turn her more towards Villanelle in the coming weeks, even if it’s out of sheer rage. Meanwhile, fans can officially confirm that no one is safe this season.
The killer Konstantin
Niko’s death will for sure have a lasting effect on the rest of the series too (hands up if you’re still drying your eyes), but he also wasn’t the only innocent person to lose his life as a result of someone else’s actions in the episode. Thanks to an off-the-books assignment Konstantin (Kim Bodina) gave Villanelle, the accountant’s wife Bertha Kruger (Rebecca Saire) was also killed. Her death wasn’t as devastating because fans didn’t know her, but it was still hard to watch her and Villanelle chase each other and laugh through a gorgeous French garden as Bertha tried to "scare" the hiccups out of the girl she thought was a gardener. In the end, she couldn’t get rid of the hiccups, but at least Bertha’s last minutes were spent in laughter before V wrapped a garden hose around her neck.On a larger scale Bertha’s death means Konstantin is now the only person who is privy to the information the accountant unearthed about the stolen money from The Twelve account before his death. Was it Konstantin who stole the cash or someone else? That info is still unknown, as the episode gave more information about the handler’s daughter and his relationship with Villanelle, instead. That’s probably fine by fans for now, especially since Konstantin gave V information about her birth family in exchange for that wife-slaying job, setting up a whole world of interesting stories to come.
Setting up a homecoming
This season it seems pretty clear that Villanelle has lost whatever purpose she used to have, and now she’s trying to figure out her place in the world as she sends bus cakes and teddy bears to Eve. That’s why she’s so quick to believe Dasha when Dasha tells her that she will soon be promoted, and why she continues to mostly carry on with those deadly postcards she keeps getting assigned. But more importantly she also wants to know where she came from and whether she actually has a place in the world other than with Konstantin, Eve and Dasha—tracking down her roots seems to be the way she’s going to get some answers.And so by the end of the episode, just as Dasha was throwing a fork into Eve’s life and ruining her relationship with V for good, Villanelle was venturing “Home,” as per the title card that flashed onscreen. What she’s going to find there and what kind of a homecoming it will actually be will have to wait until next week though, because this episode was clearly already as packed as it could get.
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Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri - Killing Eve _ Season 3, Episode 4 - Photo Credit: Des Willie/BBCAmerica/Sid Gentle
