Killing Eve Review: Meetings Have Biscuits (Season 3 Episode 3)
There’s a lot of anger and frustration on Killing Eve Season 3 Episode 3, “Meetings Have Biscuits,” and it works for this series.
Killing Eve works when there’s some contention between Eve and Villanelle, and Season 3 has gotten these characters back to it. Jodie Comer’s performance as Villanelle on this episode is outstanding. Her desire to project the mystique of power is magnetic.
Her speech to the perfumier saying that she wants to smell powerful, and relaying a story of a Roman centurion who has become emperor carries so much weight to it.
This power dynamic has a pull this season. It’s a compelling story with characters who drive the narrative forward. While Villanelle might be rising through the ranks of The Twelve, she’s still got a childlike playfulness to her, and she cannot let go of Eve Polastri.
The scene in Build-A-Bear is particularly telling. How she goes from anger to something softer, and then a tender yet menacing message in the bear’s heart.
This dynamic, with these two women locked in their orbits, is the kind of story that viewers tune in for, and its the strongest story that they can tell.
Eve’s story is made even stronger this season by her new allegiances. One of which is Carolyn, who has had her edges softened slightly by grief.
The bathroom meeting is one of the funniest scenes Killing Eve has had, and good on Carolyn for having that big boss energy about her. (I’m sure this is not a move that any boss could make, but on television, I don’t mind it, plus Fiona Shaw is so awesome as Carolyn.
Watching Carolyn go through her grief has been a refreshing change. Seeing her work with Mo and Eve feels a bit like the old Carolyn, but since she’s operating outside of MI-6 we also get to see her be a bit personal.
Her admission that it’s painful for her to lose the people she loves shows us that the veil can drop a bit, and it’s an intriguing idea to get into her headspace a little more.
The fact that she’s no longer with MI-6 doesn’t stop her from having keen investigative skills, and Kenny’s death is the perfect way to provoke them.
Operating with Bitter Pill is the best compromise for her to use those skills, and investigate Kenny. The way she brokers piece between the M1-6 staff in the room and Jaime from Bitter Pill is expert.
She’s right, they do need to share data and since there is no official MI-6 investigation, and Bitter Pill has the freedom, they need to trust each other.
Eve’s also brought civilians operating without real protection of law or law enforcement into this. Jaime and Bear are investigative journalists, and their risks are their own. It’s a tricky situation to be in and it’s gonna be tough to navigate if Villanelle comes after them.
Divulging what she knows about The Twelve is both a necessary move on her part so they can protect themselves, and wreckless.
One of the best scenes in this episode is the reunion between Eve and Villanelle, and it’s because the subject isn’t dwelled upon. The scene on the bus is compact and agile, and the perfect place for this close quarters scrimmage.
When Eve kisses Villanelle it’s a sign that perhaps what’s eating away at Villanelle isn’t entirely unrequited. They are locked in each other’s orbit and they are going to continue this weird head game of theirs.
“Meetings Have Biscuits” is doing a great job of introducing us to new dimensions of these characters, and even making us care about the new ones.
There’s something about this season that is enticing to watch and if they continue this trajectory, could depict a turbulent finale.
Stray Thoughts:
- Villanelle taking the baby with her and then realizing she has no patience for a crying baby is probably one of the most on-brand things she’s done.
- Meetings should always have biscuits. It’s a true fact.
- Jerilyn might be a new favorite. I’m not sure, half worried she’s only come back to betray Carolyn or something, and her recognizing Konstantin at the funeral is all just an act.
- Dasha might be a better handler for Villanelle than Konstantin. Is that an unpopular opinion?
- Villanelle calling Build-A-Bear psychopathic is a new form of irony.
- I am rooting for Villanelle to get her role in The Twelve. It’s a much more engaging storyline for her.
- Surprising Konstantin is pure Villanelle, child-like behavior.
- There is a bit of empathy on this episode too when Villanelle wonders what she was like as a baby, and declares her desire to find her family. Having that connection will make her a deeper character; of course, I also expect her to kill them.
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Killing Eve airs Sundays at 8/7c on BBC America.
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Lauren Busser
Lauren Busser is an Associate Editor at Tell-Tale TV. She is a writer of fiction and nonfiction whose work has appeared in Bitch Media, Popshot Quarterly, Brain Mill Press Voices, and The Hartford Courant.