Killing Eve Season 3 Episode 4 Review: Still Got it

Eve’s reaction leaves us with a lot to parse. Regardless of how fans may feel (or how detached Eve may have felt from their marriage over the course of the show), the fact is that when we met her, Eve was very happily married. The directing choices here were excellent – the buzzing noise, Eve falling to her knees, unable to make her way to him. How often have we seen her at a loss for words? But then, is there almost a weird look of fascination in Eve’s eye? Is her psychopath side intrigued in this gruesome death? Is Killing Eve about to swerve on us again? We’ll have to wait and see, but I love this show all the more for making me wonder. 

Even more than the fact of Niko’s death is the thriller artistry of how the lead-up was written. The episode sent us chasing down a proper mystery, with the red herring of “Niko’s” texts to Eve and all. Right up until the last moment, it felt like Eve might have prevented Niko’s death by getting there too early but instead the show gave us one of its boldest, bloodiest murders yet. 

This is the beginning of the location cards getting a bit cute, with characters getting their own names flashed on the screen in bright colors and the trademark font instead of locations. It’s sort of fine for now, I guess, but fair warning, next episode’s use of the cards crossed over into something even more cloying.

It’s good to see Eve back in armchair detective obsessive mode, the way we first met her. Her knowledge of the murder at the Olympics in the ’80s is what will help her get Dasha, but for now, she’s still a few crucial steps behind. Whether it’s Dasha murdering Niko or Villanelle sending a bus cake (which prompted Eve to hurdle it off the roof before abruptly realizing it was how Kenny died), Eve is still early in her chase and too far behind. Perhaps that business with the cake might trigger some break in the investigation for her, as her unusual actions have in the past. 

Geraldine proves that Carolyn isn’t the only one in the family who lies – although she might be the only one left who lies well. Given the bug he planted, Konstantin is clearly up to his old tricks, although he may have underestimated how bad Geraldine is at keeping secrets, and how badly this is going to sour his relationship with Carolyn. While we don’t know for sure how far its gone, the creep factor of a guy buttering up both mother and daughter makes this one of the grosser things we’ve seen Konstantin do.