Killing Eve Review: It’s Agony And I’m Ravenous (Season 4 Episode 4)
Once again, the final season of Killing Eve operates with our main characters far apart as they have ever been.
Killing Eve Season 4 Episode 4, “It’s Agony and I’m Ravenous” picks up where the previous episode left off with Villanelle in jail and Eve off to a meeting with Helene. The events that transpire end up lacking tension and drive.
It’s hard to see where these threads are going and that’s worrisome as we move into the second half of the final season. It doesn’t help that so few of the actions seem to have any motivation to them.
For example, the scene between Eve and Helene is gorgeous and dynamic, but the show hasn’t sufficiently set up a reason for why Eve is drawn to her. She wants The Twelve dead, yes, but aside from hearing her talk about finding the next member, there doesn’t seem to be a reason that this has to be her mission.
I’ve commented on this before, but the final season also feels devoid of the character relationships and dynamics that we’ve come to love. There are rifts between so many of the relationships that we have come to love and new characters that seem to be put in as placeholders.
As a result, it’s easy to yearn for the relationships that were fostered and destroyed over the years. That at least gave the viewers some history to grab onto.
There are some standout storylines on “It’s Agony And I’m Ravenous.” The first one is Pam and Konstantin. While it doesn’t feel necessary that we see a new assassin it does feel like something is coming full circle.
The way that Pam tries to defy Konstantin feels reminiscent of the talk we’ve heard about Villanelle when she was younger and being trained by The Twelve. It does feel like this thread may be a test for one or more of the spinoff ideas that the studio mentioned they were developing in 2021 because I could see how the idea of a new assassin would draw in viewers.
It is also incredibly satisfying to see Konstantin pushed into the sea. I honestly am not sure that Villanelle would have been so brazen as to push him in, and I think that can be where the similarities in their relationship dovetail.
Pairing Carolyn and Villanelle together shows us an interesting dynamic too. These two characters haven’t had a lot of opportunities to share the screen, and their little bits of banter provide moments reminiscent of the levity that we’ve come to know from previous seasons.
When Carolyn shares the story about Eve’s bracelet it gives us a layer of color that tells us exactly how entwined their pasts are. Fiona Shaw delivers the story with Carolyn’s usual unflappable nature but also with a touch of heart.
Now, let’s talk a little bit about Helene and Eve.
The scene in Helene’s house where she and Eve are in the bathtub is awkward. This is a good thing because I feel like we romanticize a lot of things that are actually really uncomfortable. Watching Eve try to negotiate their legs and how they would fit in a tub that is not meant for two people is kind of refreshing, but the scene felt like it came out of nowhere and felt off-kilter to the rest of the episode.
The Eve and Helene moments that lead up the kiss felt like they were a little more tactful. It gives the impression that Eve is attracted to Helene’s power. The fact that she’s able to let Villanelle go and also pull strings is an action that I think Eve knows others in her life may not have had.
In that way, the kiss makes sense.
Overall, the final season is really hard to pin down. We can’t really see the endgame where we are now, but we can also feel that this season has a different tone. While this episode has some amazing scenes and bits it doesn’t feel like it’s pivotal to the final story in any way.
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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.