"You've already killed the vibe. Why kill the character?" lmaooo

Also don't get me started on Laura Neal's response saying that Villanelle's death is Eve's rebirth, this woman did not understand that the point was that they should end up accepting for Eve her "dark' side and Villanelle her side that longed for normalcy, and meeting in the middle and finding this love and solace with eachother, by killing Villanelle they basically said if you're a flawed woman that strays from the path paved by society all you deserve is death and heartbreak... Not great

The whole episode 8 could be an entire season. The two of them working together, maybe fighting, slowly getting together .. would be making more sense.

Girl, the writers acted like season 3 ep 8 never happened! I was totally disgusted with this season..until episode 8 and all these wonderful moments with Villaneve. The kissing scene was absolutely wonderful and then the writers lost their minds with that end!

The S4 writer didn't understand the characters, the mission, or the show. I read she didn't think there was love between V and E, and that even the kiss between them she wanted to seem non romantic (whatever that means). She also wanted Eve screaming at the end to mean a rebirth, and triumph, for Eve to start a new life.

"No one cares about the 12!"- Yes! This storyline simultaneously confused and bored me to tears. I couldn't wrap my head around why the writers seemed so determined to waste the entire final season on less interesting characters like Helene and everyone chasing Carolyn's former boyfriend. Villanelle dying and the abrupt end made me furious! I feel like after the brilliance that was Seasons 1 & 2 the writers completely lost their mojo. Like you I'm still not over the disappointment. RIP Villanelle.

"you've already killed the vibe, why kill the character" EXACTLY RIGHT

I hate that they just completely forgot about the end of season 3 the way villanele let eve chose for herself on the bridge when she told her to "turn around and walk away" showing how much villanelle really changed from "You're mine" to be free. And the fact they just completely wasted such a beautiful opportunity completely forgetting what they built up on it feels like they just ended it at season 3 and started a completely different show in season 4 because none of it makes sense

Killing off both Villanelle AND Konstantin really makes the idea of a Carolyn spin-off so much less alluring…

Sis you spoke no lies. Not ONE lie. “You already killed the vibe why kill the character?” Is the whole damn thing. Thank goodness for Sandra’s mastery and Jodie’s ridiculous talent. The writers got so lost after S2, they should have ended it all.

It might be because the last two and a half years have made me extra fragile, but I actually cried because I was so frustrated. I've never had that kind of reaction to a TV show or movie in my life. When "THE END" was so abruptly superimposed on the screen after that half-baked final act it felt like a slap in the face, and I couldn't believe it. And after waiting through 7 prior episodes for the writing to get better and giving Neal the benefit of the doubt that she would bring the story to some semblance of a cogent conclusion? The betrayal. I can't even.

Completely agree with everything you said, especially about no one watching for the 12 and that they didn't understand the assignment. What a gift they were given with that chemistry. And if they didn't know what to do with the characters, they could always have looked at the books, which funnily enough (!) involve Eve and Villanelle spending a lot more time together working and relationship wise. Such a shame.

This season was so disconnected from S1-3….how do you end season 3 with a scene like that and start season 4 with Eve being so standoffish towards V after all she said in season 3. And then they give us the tiniest bit of see them both give into their hearts and experiencing such happiness to erase what was a great show/fan base in the span of 3 minutes. What in the actual fuck?

Killing Eve spoiled my weekend. Instead of enjoying my time off from work, I was stressed and depressed after their use of the Bury the Gay move. By bullets, sounds familiar.

"you've already killed the vibe, why kill off the character!" 🤣 seriously thank you for thos great review on just the content of plot and all tge holes. still grieving that it's over.

I will never forgive them for what they did to V but I feel for Jodie Comer the most. They annihilated V with so much stupidity I couldn’t even cry about it. Thinking about what JC could’ve done with this season … an epic television tragedy of momentous proportions. The episodes should’ve been trashed and never allowed to hit the screen.

The writers COMPLETELY misunderstood the assignment, AND THEN, they failed the assignment they gave themselves! They didn’t give us what we wanted from Eve and Villanelle’s story, but then they gave us the absolutely most underwhelming end to the 12 we could’ve imagined. We didn’t even get to see their faces!

The moment the jesus alter-ego actually appeared on screen, I lost any interest i had in this show. That moment meant that the show lost any subtlety and depth that it had in the first two seasons.

Spot on review!! This whole season was so disappointing. I also didn’t like how Eve had zero interest in Villanelle this season, they have villanelles unrequited feelings. Then they make it look like Eve only cares/goes to V in order to kill the 12, which V doesn’t care about. and Eve then has no part in killing them, despite working towards it all season…villanelle does it for her and Eve doesn’t really care that they’ve been killed. What? Stupidity.

They could’ve easily worked with the 12 plot line and had Villaneve by making Villanelle and Eve work together to uncover and take down the 12. They already went their separate ways in s3 and had a clean slate going into season 4. I was really confused about the animosity and need for revenge at the beginning of season 4. It felt very out of place.

It makes sense for the nature of killing eve that one of them might die at the end. I had somewhat made my peace with this. However, what really pissed me off was how rushed and impersonal it was. Villanelle is so loved and so iconic, she deserved so much better. Not to be shot in the river Thames and then there promptly be ‘the end’ slapped across the screen. You didn’t even get a chance to feel the impact of her death because it was so ridiculously rushed! It was almost comical! I was just left completely speechless.

I refuse to watch season 4. I will only consume it through cute gif sets and angry commentary and reviews

Sis, you didn't tell one lie. I suspect like you said, the writers didn't understand what we ( the audience ) were tuning in for every year? Eve and Villanelle = The Plot. That's it . We were all swooning watching their cute moments in episode 8. Sandra and Jodie knew what they needed to do for the fans and they delivered. It's clear that Sandra and Jodie's interpretation of the characters is more aligned with the viewing audience than the writers. I was holding out hope that this season would give us some Murder Wives action. This ending made me so incredibly sad all week for all of the squandered potential. Sandra and Jodie had the best chemistry of any TV pairing I've seen in a long time. They are beautiful together, why not tap into that tension? I don't get it. You have the incredible legend Sandra Oh and a generational talent like Jodie Comer in her prime and, you can't figure out what to do? It's kind of unforgivable. They kept them apart for 2 seasons for..." reasons". What hurts the most is that in the end, all the character arcs meant absolutely nothing. Villanelle is my favorite TV of all time. Just ICONIC, Jodie is the moment, she is the ONE. But, they got rid of someone so Iconic in such an anticlimactic and trite way, it was almost insulting. So disappointed. Its just sad.

such a coincidence that you just posted this cause i literally just finished it and am so MAD

Couldn't agree more with your take on Villanelle/Eve - I'm so frustrated by all the wasted potential! Villaneve are so iconic and it's actually painful that we'll never get to see them again, and that that's how they decided to wrap up their arc. Like you said - give us an open ending - let us use our imaginations - anything! I feel like I'm being driven to insanity by this bloody show LMAO it's good to see other people feel similarly

Laura Neal…Persona non grata…😡 I read a lot of people saying that the treatment of these characters, in particular Eve’s ending in the river, is sort of like a conversion therapy situation. Truly horrible.

I have to agree with you. The writers were thinking that this was a straight up spy thriller. I don't understand that attitude myself, because it stopped being a spy thriller after the bathroom meet in the first episode. I mean, take a look at the opening for Season 1 Episode 3 where Eve realizes that she'd met Villanelle in that bathroom and is sitting down to describe her to MI6. Even the original book writer switched things aroumd after watching the first season. The second book, which came out afterwards, suddenly took a turn into the same mutual obsession. (Here's a fun fact, in the books Villanelle is told to clean up the mess she made in London. When she asks "How?' Her handler says "By Killing Eve." Hence even the writer understood what they had in their hands.) After listen to all the comments from this seasons writer, I don't think she understood what she had in her hands. They gave us a spy movie ending when it most certainly should have been a romantic ending. Just like me and everyone else believe - Killing Eve should have ended exactly like 1996's Bound. It would have become icon.

Absolutely love your take on this! There is so much more they could have done if they had approached it consistently with the idea that we were here for the chemistry and the relationship with Eve/Villanelle. What started as a cat and mouse game could have evolved into a push/pull with Eve hating that she loved Villanelle after all the heartache V caused with Niko and Bill, but Eve still couldn't stay away from her. It makes no sense that Eve would have any sort of rebirth after V's death when everything that Eve became was somehow supported or instigated by V. Even back to the ghost story line, how did they make Eve so callous towards V when Eve literally had a world class assassin at her beck and call... could have been a hell of a thank you. So many opportunities lost on this show....

Girl everything you said was on point and you are not alone - the achilles slice is literally my worst nightmare too.

Completely agree on your takes on this show, on this finale and what makes it so problematic and disappointing. And yes the writers after s2 failed to understand what made the show so special, and why people watched it. Eve and Villanelle relationship and its progression was the core of the show, all that mattered, everything else was just an extra. I feel the writers at some point weren't bold enough to fully explore this relationship, to dig deeper into it, so they just settled with keeping them apart with very little screen time and introducing countless of characters no one cared about. It's really sad how Jodie and Sandra chemistry was wasted, the few moments they had together in the final episode were incredible, wish we got that much sooner. Eve and Villanelle honestly deserved better.

I tuned in because of Jodie Comer's performance. I would tune in to hear her reading a phone book.

The fourth season and especially the finale episode left me with no other conclusion other than Laura Neal is a homophobe going under the guise of woke ally. But she gay baited and buried the gays with the best and with much more cynicism. Frankly even Sandra Oh took part in these anti-romance statements which made me wonder just how she really views queer relationships or how badly she understood the LGBTQ community she claims to care for.

Girl season 4 was so disappointing!! Best show and I've watched consistently and I feel you on this one. They completely missed the assignment with Eve & Villanelle's screen time.

Carolyn used Villanelle to destroy the 12 and then recreate the 12.

The moment 3x01 came out, I knew the show is screwed. The new writers lost Villanelle and didn't know how to write her anymore. I will go as far as saying the season 3 and 4 Villanelle was boring, she went from being crazy but in a badass way where you think she is the most well behaved person in any room till she flips 360 and she reminds you who she actually is in a very freaky way that brings you chills, to the lame kind of boring where clowns and jesus's were making me even feel embarrassed while watching it or ever recommending the show. I get how difficult it is to write a character like V, you need to invent a character who is by far more interesting as a person than you, yourself, so I get how difficult it may be... But that is why they are 8 writers and not 1, you would at least think one of them will know who V used to be, but nope. The decency to take one of the best stories and plots ever in TV history and screw it up so badly and so shamelessly is beyond me.

to be fair, the show really should have been a miniseries, and the failure to control the story caused more problems to show up. As for the finale, it’s editing is shockingly bad-borderline funny, it’” gives a wink towards the “bury your gays” trope, somehow confuses grief with “reborn” and never asks the audiences to question why they still root for two immoral characters are just a few of the problems. In the episode.. I’d actually recommend an older show that I think covers the themes that killing Eve tried to do much better- The Sopranos! (and it actually has one of the best finales).

Have you seen NBC Hannibal? It's darker and slightly pretentiously intellectual compared to lighter and more comedic Killing Eve, but there's a similar dynamic between the two main characters at the forefront of the show (albeit less explicit than Villanelle and Eve in that they don't kiss, since the show was unfortunately cancelled before they could get there, but it does eventually get textually romantic regardless), and the writers realized in time the gem they had in their hands, so it's done justice. The series finale is brilliant and pretty much the perfect ending for the story, IMO. Would love to see your review of it one day if you were interested in making one!

god, i feel your pain, thank you for making this video & making me feel a little less crazy lol

This has been in my watch later folder since you uploaded because every time I thought of watching it I felt like I’d be ripping off a scab I wasn’t ready to. I’m still in mourning lol. Thank god for Stan Twitter and you confirming I’m not alone in my grief

One of the most accurate reviews I've seen since the horrendous finale left me (us) mourning. Thank you for putting words to my anger/this sensation of betrayal/ me wondering: in which universe was Neal floating when this crazy end arouse in her mind?

Not only did they spend time on all this other silly shit. They completely just forgot about half of the shit they had been focusing on the whole season. you are absolutely right about no one curring about anything else besides Eve and Villanelle

The writing started to fail the moment Phoebe Waller Bridge left. She set up a colorful and exciting world and no writer from the other seasons could match that energy. I said it with Game of Thrones, Star Wars and many more entertainment fails over the past few years, if you can't end it rationally and with respect to ALL characters, just give fan service. You will still hear some complain but it will be no where near the hate most of these endings are getting. The whole entertainment business needs an overhaul of writers. Repeating the same mistakes or just remaking things out of laziness and the bottom line.

First want to say great job with your perspective on the season and finale.. I totally agree with what you said regarding the dynamic chemistry and playing it off until the 4th season and only showing it in the very last episode. I can understand if the writers want to put their own twist on a show that they are taking over but to derail tne season to the oblivion does not make any sense to me. What was Laura's reasoning for Eve's rebirth --to come out of the water now being totally broken and upset that she finally had someone in her life that understood her to be brutally taken away. The seaon 4 should have started them moving towards each other on the bridge vs Eve having the resentment and Vinallele trying to figure out where she belongs. They could have been together helping each other out while trying to demolish the 12. I am not writer by any means but you would think that Laura should have listened a little more carefully to what the audience is looking for. It was false information that we got in episode 8 of season 4 to see that finally Eve and V are in a place they need to be in which took them 4 years to get to and to have it just taken away. It will be unfortunate that if Laura does partake in another series that folks may not bother to watch the series because of how she interprets what the show should be like vs listening to what the fans would like to see. Not expecting the fairy tale ending but something that makes more sense. I ditto your comment on the actors and how they were all magnificient in the roles they play. The Nevers was good but so far only 1 Season..Thanks for your movie chats..

So well said, thank you! That finale was worse than I could have ever expected

This show was ultimately queerbait in the end. I feel so sorry and upset for the fans

Yes, PAIN! Devastation! I have been depressed all week. I never do that for a TV show! poor writing. so many holes left open. And if it's all for a stupid prequel, even more pissed!

I was interested in the 12 when it still seemed like Helene was at the top or near the top. They fumbled it all. Would’ve made an interesting dynamic of these four complex and powerful women at the crux of the season.

Just saw your review, utterly disappointed and angry with the season as a whole. 6 days later I'm still upset. For me, it was a betrayal to Jodie Comer this season with very bad writing and not enough screen time as well as her death scene , all being so rushed. Originally, it was written as Eve who dies; and this season as much as I like Sandra her performance was average in comparison to other seasons. Loved Sandra as Yang in Grey's but from day one it was Jodie Comer who was the shining star with great fashion and cool accents and disguises that made her character Villanelle Iconic. Naturally, Jodie's acting has been outstanding throughout the whole series. I found the characters Yusef, Pam, Gunn, the 12, a waste of how they should have ended it all. I really didn't care about any of them at all. What they should have done was revert back to the Luke Jennings books and focus the final season in that manner considering it was based on them. Then we could have seen the journey of escaping from the big bad, faking their death and then living peacefully together thereafter. All I could see in the finale is how the writers were setting up the spin off show based on Carolyn's back story. Yes, there were fleeting good scenes sparsely scattered but overall season 4 was a fail. As a huge fan of the show I feel let-down considering we had to wait so long for the final season to be released due to the pandemic. I know they were limited to filming in the UK but parts of the season felt like an advert for Dreamland Margate. I will end now but have found this season to have too many deficiencies.

I completely agree! I loved the plot twist with Carolyn but villanelle's death broke me:)

I never bought that Eve loved Villanelle. The kiss scene felt forced, as if it was spliced into the season.

They did not really develop the spy thriller story line which made the 12 boring as you said. Phoebe leaving the show after one season is what sunk this show and Villanelle to the bottom of the Thames.

I served Fiona Shaw on a flight to New York and she was such a sweetheart. 💖

Preach! The writers messed up. Nonsense.

Helene andEve definitely felt forced and yucky. Unlike Eve and Villanelle is just passionate and intense.

Yees I could listen to rants for hours I'm so mad... The writers really said let's juts disrespect an entire community they'll love it...

I relate to opening Twitter and being spoiled randomly! 😂

you are right, i forgot about s3's existence

Emily Andras should write a new season

If the writers wanted to flesh out the story of The 12 - fine. Do it. Instead it was this half-hearted approach that left more questions than answers and wasted a lot of screen time. Great video review! My favorite so far. I also love Peaky Blinders so will subscribe and watch your reviews after the new season drops in the States.

I hated the finale so much whenever I hear that candy song I get into fight or flight mode

I’d say the idea of the characters started going wrong in season 3. I get that Villanelle needed some type of character development, but making her start to dislike killing feels so unnatural. The whole point was that she WAS bad. She loved her job, and the hedonism of it all.

You are speaking only facts!!! Thank you 🙌🏽

not me pausing and going to watch your whole s3 playlist 😅 you have a new subscriber!

I started watching it this month. I finished season 1 and I was looking forward to season 2. I got to Episode 4 in season 2 and I was like ‘this is off and I’m not going to waste my time with this weak script’. I had to run to KZfaq to make sure I’m not making assumptions and thank God I saw this review 😂😂

Quite to the point. Seems most of the fans and critiques share the same complaints and confusion. I do understand that a movie or TV adaptation of a Novel never can be 1:1, in this case for some very obvious reasons (those who read the novels will know what I'm talking about). BUT, and that is a big BUT: the conclusion of the novel series was gloriously constructed. Why change that? There was a scene with V and E in the water of the North Sea, their hands close together, V being carried away by currents for good. But then E woke up -- it was a mere NIGHTMARE. Later V assassinated the Presidents of Russia and the US in the Kremlin (and, like The Twelve, even THAT was a mere side story). When fighting her way out V was shot in the back and everyone thought she was dead. Only she wasn't. Her death was staged by a leading FSB General who had promised Eve to keep Villanelle alive, repaying Eve for intelligence related favors related to the conspiracy. Eve spent quite some time in grief, but ultimately they were re-united in a rather touching scene. In my view an infinitely more satisfying ending.

Having the show only deal with the relationship would not work for four seasons. They really needed both the spy thriller story AND the romance. How the heck would you confine the show only to the relationship. What are they supposed to be doing? The show was best in Season 1 since the two characters were still pursuing each other. Clearly the only thing that would make sense is if Villanelle had actually been working for MI5 with Eve in the course of hunting down some evil protagonists.

Was it homophobia from the writers? Was it patriarchy winning? Couldnt they let the greatest female assassin of all times live???

I really wish WE HAD SOME BACKGROUND story about the CHARACTERS of THE TWELVE. Honestly I did not care that they got killed.

Watch Gentleman Jack, season 2 just started in England and will start in USA in two weeks

Books they end up together and alive if anyone wants to check that out

You are so right! This is exactly what I was thinking and feeling! GREAT VIDEO AND ANALYSIS!!

You look like Kelly Price. I thought about it and now I can’t unsee it

7/10 was so generous please

I couldn't have said it better myself. You're very kind with your ratings. 🙂I started losing interest in KE around season 2. Thank God I only saw the entire series for the first time recently. I can't imagine watching it for years to have that ending. The whole teasing of Villanelle and Eve's relationship got tiring around season 2. When they first kissed in the bus I was like FINALLY - I was so frustrated with their relationship. It's a shame that they ruined what could have been a perfect show. I was disappointed with the series finale but not surprised, they had been screwing the audience for awhile. It's sad that they used the audience because they KNEW their main demographic was an lgbtq+ crowd. I guess some artists forget that the crowd is what's paying your bills.

girl like same i completely forgot about killing eve.... peaky blinders was so good though.

It should be mandatory for the writing staff to watch your review. Then they should take a time out from writing! Lol. Your review was on point!

When you talked about the tendon cutting nightmare I was like "oh me too 😂" next to get my wrist cut and die from bleeding out. Idk just got scared thinking about a dramatic way to suffer haha. Great review, totally agree with you!

Hi, I really liked your thoughts on this debacle of a finale and I also feel extremely sad because all the great shows are coming to their ends - I'm also a huge Peaky Blinders fan - so I'm going to recommend you a new show from last year? I don't really remember but it's called YELLOWJACKETS and it's really great. It has mistery, lots of drama, and a really interesting plot (so far). I hope that you can check it out

I loved this show but you’re right they didn’t set this last season up to feel like a finale. And what’s was with the new assassin girl. Only enjoyable part was seeing the white people dancing to candy 😩💀

Season 4 gave Killing Eve the right to exist in the same sentence as pretentious. There was so much about the show in it's last lap that defeated itself.

Great vídeo!

I LOOOVVEEE YOUR VIDEOS!!! Please can you do a video on the new Netflix series, “the ultimatum” PLEASE I needdd your thoughts, I found this weird so crazy… and not in a good way🤣🤣

I felt this way with Son's Of Anarchy

I wanted to know about the 12 since the beginning of the first season.

You are so right! No one gives f about the 11 literally all here for villanelle and eves relationship

you are on point

I think that Carolyn found out that it was Villinelle who killed her son. The kissed scene was perfect between Eve and Villinelle. I didn't see the purpose of them peeing and not washing their hands first though. The ending, was bulls☆it. I'll like to hear your reviews about the show, "The 100."

OK, everybody! The show finished in 2022. Has everybody recovered from that? I am here, in Brazil, April 2024, watching “the end”. What was that? The scar scene and the kiss were just perfection! but I feel disturbed. Not only because of the way that wonderful character (Villenelle - love the name) died, but also because I thought her redemption through love would be a perfect answer to our times, after the pandemic and with so crazy things happening around. So, Eve will not recover (or rebirth, as the writer said)... not from the loss of that kind of unique love in life (straight or gay). Villanelle, wherever she is, must be very angry. So... IF SHE COMES BACK FROM THE RIVER ... WHO KNOWS?? Again: WHAT WAS THAT? And thanks for all the actors, Sandra, Jodie, Fiona, Kim and so on. It was a great journey! Thank you very much!!

the scene with the blonde wig!!! Make it make sense!! She's stalking Helene from behind in the blonde wig -- next scene we see eve sitting in a bar wearing a long ass braid stalking Helene who is also in another outfit? just WHY

I don’t know what the fuck I just watched lmao. The way it ended so…….. abruptly🥴. This season felt so incomplete to me. I never seen a show go from being so good to being well 🤦🏾‍♀️ idk 😂😂😂

Why hasn’t anyone comment on the possibility that Caroline kills Villanelle because she was the one who killed Kenny and that’s what it was written on Constantine note…Villanelle kills Kenny and Constantine appears on that video because he went either to stop Villanelle or to checked on what happened (I don’t know, something), because after all it was Caroline’s son. Caroline’s would definitely avenge Kenny, and she killed that other guy no to kill Constantine that time even though the evidence pointed at him…I don’t know…too many unanswered things on the means to end the show! I hate that they killed Villanelle…these characters were AMAZING!! Jodie Comer, OMG!!! She’s too good!!

This was so funny 😂 and you are sooo right about the show what a shame :(

I’m so disappointed😭😭😭 Gotta buy a book

literally no one cares about the 12 💀

Totally agree with everything! No one cares for the 12!

Yes, preach. I am still sad lol. I dont get like this for tv shows 🤣

No one cares about the 12. Yes! Can I get an amen?

You are right on

Preach 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥

The ending was homophobic, I said what I said