It's hard to call the "Killing Eve" finale disappointing, because given the downward trajectory that the show has been going through since its first season, expectations have been systematically lowered. "Anticlimactic", however, fits the bill, especially given the anticipated showdown and the final fate of the major characters in this less-than-killer finish.
Season 4 began on a particularly clunky note, involving giddy-trained assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and her time-killing brush with Dharma. Although things improved a bit after that, the show never went well.
The buildup resulted in some major deaths by the end, including Helen (Camille Coutin) and Konstantin (Kim Bodnia) - the latter in usually pointless and tragic fashion - but the idea that the two leads would be reunited and with it squared off. The shady organization known as Jayenge the Twelve is still looming.
Eve (Sandra Oh) finds Villanelle and begins her revenge mission, embodying the show's dark and cynical tone, which unfolds at a wedding on a ship.
Nevertheless, Villanelle's bloody encounter (after greeting his victims with "Hello, Losers") was played as part of a suspect-shot musical number, giving little clue of who was actually being performed. provides understanding.
The central aspect of the episode thus became the gentle romantic exchange between Eve and Villanelle after years of flirtation, pregnant stops, and uncomfortable stares. As executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle told The Hollywood Reporter, despite the detective themes, "after all, it's a love story, and it's a story of finding out who you really are."
Then, in the moment of victory, an anonymous shot sounded, sending Eve and an injured Villanelle into the water, where more random shots later ended. (After all, it's a shame she underwent healing to recover from being hit in the back by an arrow in an earlier episode.)
As for Eve, she came to the surface, but it wasn't hard to think, "Well now what?" We'll never know (or at least, hopefully never), as the big capital letters "The End" rolled across the screen, just in case anyone was confused.
“Killing Eve” debuted well under the creative leadership of “Fleabags” Phoebe Waller-Bridge, earning Emmy nominations for both leads and a win for Comer in 2019, drawing audiences into a strange mix of gruesome violence and offbeat humor. Did. Still, it was a limited series that didn't realize it—a show that was destined to run a season, maybe two, but which couldn't keep up its delicate juggling work for four.
By the end, as Eve noted, the title character bears little resemblance to the reserved, office-bound MI6 worker she was in when the series began, alluding to her various adventures and surprising, "unbelievable appearances". From, I survived," adding, "For what?"
Despite the strength of the cast, that final part was a question that seasons three and four did not answer satisfactorily. Like Eve, in fact, as outlined in the finale, "Killing Eve" may have survived, but bears little resemblance to the defining qualities that set the show apart even when it began.