"Killing Eve" is a provocative case of a series that has fallen prey to its central assets. This doesn't expressly refer to the monumental chemistry Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer share as Eve Polastri, a one-time spy for MI6, and Villanelle, the assassin who burns for her. When the show first exploded into the world it was enough to luxuriate in their strange attraction to one another.
Villanelle, an elegant assassin excelled in her profession by being invisible; Eve's invisibility as a pencil pusher at MI5 made it easy for her peers to ignore her. Each woman yearned to be seen and thrilled at being discovered by the other. Villanelle murdered people, even one of Eve's co-workers who was more like family to her. But the pull between these women overcame all that and more.
