Killing Eve: Season 3

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BBC America | Season Premiere Date: April 12, 2020

Summary: Suzanne Heathcote takes over as lead writer and executive producer for season three of the drama.

Creator: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E15. Season 4 Sneak Peek
Air Date: November 18, 2021
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S3:E14. Season 4 In-Production
Air Date: November 11, 2021
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S3:E13. Are You From Pinner?
Air Date: June 6, 2021

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Allison Keene

Apr 7, 2020

So far Killing Eve’s third season remains engrossing, surprising, and strangely funny (like when Villanelle gets an incurable case of hiccups over the prospect of seeing her family again). It’s also casually brutal, something that continues to give the series its edge. Still, there is something fresh about this new exploration of what has become an old dynamic, and the episodes get better and deeper as the season progresses. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Oct 5, 2020

Just when your guard is down and the superficial glibness of the show can feel just a little too shallow, “Killing Eve” sticks an emotionally lacerating knife in your side, winding you in disbelief. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Apr 13, 2020

If Heathcote channels season one's strengths, she's also hampered by the storytelling traps the show set for itself from its earliest days on. ... With Oh and Shaw stranded in Glumville, Comer takes center stage. Even though many of her plots are retreads from season one, there's enough new energy to carry her storylines through. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Apr 13, 2020

Like the second series, it is still a high-quality, high-wire act, but it cannot quite match the verve and wit of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s original episodes. A further burden now – and one shouldered by any subsequent series after one based on a cat-and-mouse premise – is that the artifice is showing. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Apr 27, 2020

The script was decent, but the storyline seemed scattered. Read full review

Mike Hale

Apr 10, 2020

“Killing Eve” isn’t a bad show now, but it’s a different show, in depressing ways — less vital, more ordinary. It is still shocking here and there but largely devoid of surprise. A mordant and sexy comic thriller edged with terror has become a competent psychodrama bordered with sentimentality. The air has gone out of it. Read full review

The Independent Ed Cumming

Apr 7, 2020

Once fresh and thrilling, Killing Eve has grown stale and predictable. It’s 2020, and phones still click and whoop when texts are sent. The humour is weary. Read full review

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tagargu

Apr 14, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kenny's death was necessary to turn the show around and put the pieces back together. This new season returns to the origins of season 1, returning to the central plot of the twelve, adding daring and freshness.… Expand

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jgrcia

Apr 16, 2020

The series cannot be judged by its first chapter. Suzanne is rebuilding a new season with many nods to season 1, and the introduction of new characters. It will be a great season.

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manningn15

Jun 15, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Another great season of Killing Eve, if not as exciting as the previous seasons. Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh just continue to give astounding performances, Jodie really steals the show again this season for me with her hilarious facial expressions that are just superb but still not underselling Sandra's performance and their chemistry is stupendous just so natural. The supporting performances from Fiona Shaw, Harriet Walter, Gemma Whelan, Evgenia Dodina, Yuli Lagodinsky, and Turlough Convery were remarkable. The writing was still excellent this season if not as intriguing as the previous though the character development with Villanelle was phenomenal showing that she does have a softer, kinder, moral side not just her ruthless, darker side that is shown the majority of the show. The costumes just continue to be exceptionally gorgeous especially the ones wore by Jodie Comer and I also like Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw's fashion style on the show. The makeup and hairstyling is outstanding especially on Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Gemma Whelan, Harriet Walter, and Evgenia Dodina. Also the cinematography continues to be beautifully done. Overall another terrific season and cannot wait for the next; still one of my top 10 favorite shows of all time.… Expand

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Articufilm

Apr 13, 2020

Killing Eve was a return to form, after a disappointing second season, but it is Fiona Shaw, whose carrying the season. In the previous seasons only Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, had the narrative, however, this season Shaw is getting more of the story, and a better narrative. Add the shockKilling Eve was a return to form, after a disappointing second season, but it is Fiona Shaw, whose carrying the season. In the previous seasons only Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, had the narrative, however, this season Shaw is getting more of the story, and a better narrative. Add the shock ending of the first episode; Shaw has a great opening season lined up… Expand

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All_ButTrU4

Dec 19, 2021

Not as compelling as it always had been this scene runs around lost not sure where it wants to go. At least we are still committed to the story through consistent performances from Sandra &Jodie. Delving into Villenrlls character felt like a misstep to me her intrigue was enough and settledNot as compelling as it always had been this scene runs around lost not sure where it wants to go. At least we are still committed to the story through consistent performances from Sandra &Jodie. Delving into Villenrlls character felt like a misstep to me her intrigue was enough and settled in season 2 what should've been confronted here is Eves inherent pull to Villenell and what her ordeal has meant to both of them.… Expand

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Reviewsformedia

Jul 3, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Season 3 Review:
A show that was once fresh and exciting with rich, likable characters and charming, witty humour, has become nothing more than a stale repeat of itself that appears to just be going through the motions.
Most of this, I believe, is due to the fact that Phoebe Waller-Bridge hasn't been the head writer for the show since the first season, and it shows. The witty, dark humour that was extremely hilarious that was seen in the first season, has been poorly replicated for both seasons 2 and 3 now, and it's getting old. Villanelle has become a mockery of her original character, making funny quips and edgy jokes whatever chance she gets. Now and again it's slightly charming but that's only due to Jodie Comer's performance being charismatic.
Speaking of which, something the show does right and has always done right is seen in the performances. Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw and Kim Bodnia are all very good whenever on screen and honestly, I'd say they're the only thing that makes this show watchable anymore. The rest of the cast do their jobs but are nothing more than acceptable, but I guess that's all they need to be, given the fact that the show concentrates on the relationship between Eve and Villanelle, or at least that's what it should concentrate on.
The show has seemed obsessed with juggling the '12' subplot for the last two seasons now and I genuinely think that it's not working in its favour. It creates a messy string of events that's trying to resemble an overarching plot,but fails to do so. Only making the show more convoluted and confusing than it needs to be. I think Killing Eve was something that should've stuck with a 1 season run, without its witty humour and clever character writing, the show only seems to be becoming a parody of itself, like it's a Sunday morning soap opera.It's no longer smart, it's no longer interesting and it's rarely amusing, only getting around 2 chuckles out of me for the entire season. It seems as if it's trying to go for shock value by killing off characters out of nowhere and doing nearly nothing interesting with the people left. Kenny dies in the very first episode and characters seem to get over it fairly quickly, with the mention of Kenny only coming around every few episodes and only having consequence in the final episode. Still, it only resulted in killing off another bland and boring character that no-one seemed to care had died. Sandra Oh and Fiona Shaw prance around and argue while this character has a gunshot through his head and neither part seemed phased at all by the murder. New characters aren't fun to watch and seem to be there just to push the plot along.
I feel constantly bored by watching this show now, which is something I never thought I'd say. Season 1 was a new and exciting assassin drama that at it's core was a romance with a little bit of dark humour sprinkled it. Since then, the show seems to have become a full blown comedy, that's not actually as funny as it thinks it is and has a little bit of drama sprinkled in with convoluted subplots and boring characters everywhere. The romance is still there but the thing is, with it not being anywhere near as well written, I just don't care anymore. Eve could stab Villanelle in the throat next season out of nowhere and it wouldn't be surprising for the show to pull something like that. And I still wouldn't care because Killing Eve has become something that it never should have been - mediocre.
It's sad that something once so great has fallen so far. I'm not looking forward to a fourth season. I was excited before I watched this because I thought it could be an improvement and a return to form. But no, it was just worse. And now I just have no desire for anything more from this show. I hope it gets cancelled. It should've stayed at one season and left it there. Killing Eve has become bland and needs to be put out of its misery before it actually becomes full on bad. Because that's the direction it's heading. Oh well.
Positives:
- Excellent performances from the main leads.
- Now and again a humourous moment.
- The 5th episode was actually quite fun since it ignored the stupid 12 plot and focused on developing Villanelle.
- The final scene is well shot and nicely symbolic, showing an essence of what the show once was.
- The kills are creative and sometimes fun.
Negatives:
- The majority of characters are either mockeries of what they used to be or are boring and underdeveloped.
- Most of the humour is no longer witty or funny.
- The writing has fallen dramatically in quality.
- Unnecessary, badly written subplots that just make the story more confusing and uninteresting.
- Killing characters for shock value.
- New characters are annoying or bland.
- The entire season is carried by 4 actors, and sometimes they can't even save it.
- Characters seem to sometimes just give exposition to each other with a little quip filled in before doing the same in the next scene.… Expand

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Jaylebow

Jun 9, 2020

This is one of the worst destructions of a tv show ever, whoever has taken over didn’t watch the show and butchers it

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

55
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: February 27, 2022
Season 3

63
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 12, 2020
- tbd
  S3:E15. Season 4 Sneak Peek
  Air Date: November 18, 2021
- tbd
  S3:E14. Season 4 In-Production
  Air Date: November 11, 2021
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  S3:E13. Are You From Pinner?
  Air Date: June 6, 2021
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  S3:E12. Still Got It
  Air Date: June 6, 2021
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  S3:E11. Meeting Have Biscuits
  Air Date: June 6, 2021
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  S3:E10. Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey
  Air Date: June 6, 2021
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  S3:E9. Inside Look At Soulmates
  Air Date: September 29, 2020
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  S3:E9. Inside Look At Soulmates
  Air Date: September 29, 2020
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  S3:E8. Are You Leading or Am I?
  Air Date: May 31, 2020
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  S3:E7. Episode 8
  Air Date: May 31, 2020
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  S3:E7. Beautiful Monster
  Air Date: May 24, 2020
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  S3:E6. Episode 7
  Air Date: May 24, 2020
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  S3:E6. End of Game
  Air Date: May 17, 2020
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  S3:E6. End of Game
  Air Date: May 17, 2020
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  S3:E5. Are You From Pinner?
  Air Date: May 10, 2020
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  S3:E5. Episode 6
  Air Date: May 17, 2020
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  S3:E4. Still Got It
  Air Date: May 3, 2020
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  S3:E4. Are You From Pinner?
  Air Date: May 10, 2020
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  S3:E4. Still Got It
  Air Date: May 3, 2020
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  S3:E3. Meetings Have Biscuits
  Air Date: April 26, 2020
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  S3:E3. Management Sucks
  Air Date: April 19, 2020
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  S3:E3. Meetings Have Biscuits
  Air Date: April 24, 2020
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  S3:E2. Episode 3
  Air Date: April 26, 2020
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  S3:E2. Management Sucks
  Air Date: April 19, 2020
Season 2

86
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 7, 2019
Season 1

83
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 8, 2018