Hi Alex, the Killing Eve Finale left me numb. I was absolutely gutted to see Villanelle killed and the fact that Eve was left alive makes it feel like everything that happened in those 4 seasons was all for nothing. Maybe that’s what they were trying to do and i’m interpreting it wrong, I don’t really know, but it just frustrates me. The show ended with so many unanswered questions and this episode felt so rushed. This is just my opinion but what do you think?
I agree with you.... To comment further on a previous ask, based on the interview I did with Laura Neal, Eve coming out of the water was a "rebirth," and I've seen her say elsewhere that Villanelle seeing Eve dancing at the wedding was them realizing they were on different paths. But that wasn't my interpretation at all? If anything, I saw it this way:
Eve was at a loss in previous episodes (see the karaoke scene) where she couldn't reconnect with her joy, her interest in being alive. She realized that whatever she has with Villanelle, she needs to settle it in order to move forward... And once she spends time with Villanelle, and kisses her, and even recognizes that yes, she killed multiple people in her life, but she doesn't care - that's when she reconnects with her joy. That speech she gives at the wedding is about her and Villanelle. The wedding is, spiritually, her and Villanelle getting married. Eve dancing is her reconnecting with her joy, her life, and Villanelle is off killing the Twelve, consecrating their marriage in blood. And that moment at the end with them embracing on the deck of the boat, I can say from getting married, from everyone I've ever talked to about getting married, there's that moment at the end of the night where it's finally quiet, and you realize you've been so busy with other people you haven't seen each other properly in hours, and you're just so happy it's just the two of you.
That's why the shooting was such a slap in the face at that point, and having Villanelle die and Eve survive is so upsetting: Eve finally had everything, and it was ripped away from her. Again.
I understand the impulse to do something dark and unsettling at the end of the show. I even understand the idea to say, "this spy game never ends, it always goes on." But there are so many other ways it could have gone, even based on what happened in the episode. Instead of feeling like closure, it left a gaping wound on the characters, and the viewers. And frankly, both Villanelle and Eve deserved better.
