Genre: Mystery Thriller, Action, Drama
Based on Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings
Starring: Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Sean Delaney, Kirby Howell-Baptiste & Owen McDonnell.
Composers: David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia
Executive producers: Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, Gina Mingacci, Damon Thomas, Punit Kulkarni, Sandra Oh
Producers: Colin WratteN, Elinor Day
- Production companies: Sid Gentle Films, BBC America Original Production, Endeavor Content.
Distributor: AMC (USA), BBC (UK), IMC
Synopsis: After the emotional climax of Season Three, Eve, Villanelle, and Carolyn are in very different places. Following Eve and Villanelle’s exchange on the bridge, Eve is on a revenge mission, while Villanelle has found a brand-new community in an attempt to prove she’s not a “monster.” Having killed Paul, Carolyn goes to extraordinary lengths to continue to chase down The Twelve and the person that ordered Kenny’s hit. This season follows our extraordinary women, each driven by passion, revenge, and obsession, building towards a messy, nuanced, and glorious series finale.
The Final Season of Killing Eve was alright but could’ve been great.
Pros: When it gets to the scenes between Eve and Villanelle it shines through from those two. Eve’s boyfriend had good chemistry with her. This last season did manage to stay true to its cat & mouse narrative & There is a lot of violence’s been shed throughout this last series.
Cons: The storyline involving the 12 ties with Carolyn and Konstantin did drag long that didn’t go anywhere & the ending felt underwhelmed.
Casts & Characters:
Main:
- Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri, an analyst with MI5 who becomes tirelessly preoccupied with a notorious assassin and is recruited on an off-the-books basis to the foreign intelligence agency MI6.
- Jodie Comer as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle, a psychopathic and skilled assassin, who becomes obsessed with the MI6 officer who is tracking her
- Comer also plays “Jesus Christ” (who appears as Villanelle in drag), with Penny Ashmore as her body double.
- Fiona Shaw as Carolyn Martens, head of the Russia Section at MI6
- Imogen Daines as Young Carolyn / “Janice”
- Kim Bodnia as Konstantin Vasiliev, Villanelle’s handler
- Louis Bodnia Andersen as Young Konstantin / “Karl”.
- Owen McDonnell is Niko Polastri, Eve’s English-Polish husband, a maths teacher, and a bridge player.
- David Haig as Bill Palgrave, Eve’s MI5 associate who comes with her to MI6.
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Elena Felton, Eve’s assistant.
- Edward Bluemel as Hugo Tiller, a wealthy Oxford graduate, is working as a part of Eve’s team at MI6.
- Adeel Akhtar as Martin, the British Intelligence expert on psychopaths
- Harriet Walter as Dasha Duran, a hard-bitten one-time Olympic gymnast turned spy, Villanelle’s former trainer, and mentor.
- Gemma Whelan as Geraldine, Carolyn’s daughter, and Kenny’s older sister.
- Camille Cottin as Hélène, a high-ranking member of the Twelve.
- Anjana Vasan is Pam, Hélène’s newest assassin recruit who works at a funeral home.
- Robert Gilbert as Yusuf, Eve’s associate.
- Laurentiu Possa is Vlad, Carolyn’s Russian associate.
- Ingvar Sigurdsson as Lars Meier, a member of the Twelve who has ties with Carolyn.
- Siggi Ingvarsson as Young Lars / “Johan”.
- Marie-Sophie Ferdane as Gunn, a seasoned assassin for the Twelve.
Recurring:
- Yuli Lagodinsky as Irina, Konstantin’s young daughter.
- Steve Oram as Phil, a vicar.
- Zindzi Hudson as May, Phil’s daughter.
- Manpreet Bachu is Elliot, Pam’s brother and boss at the funeral home.
- Anyastassia Melehes as Chloe, Hélène’s daughter.
- Monica Lopera as Fernanda, Lars’ ex-wife and Hélène’s ex-lover.
- Anna-Maria Everett as Benita, Carolyn’s temporary caretaker in Havana, Cuba.
- Josh Zaré is Darren, a carnival worker who falls for Pam.
I recommend watching the first 3 seasons of this show before seeing this season.
Rating: 6 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
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