[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from “Killing Eve” Season 2, Episode 5, “Smell Ya Later.”]At long last, “Killing Eve” gives fans the face-off they’ve been waiting for when MI6 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) and assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) share an intimate moment filled with champagne, meaningful glances, and of course, death threats.
The scene in Sunday’s episode echoes last season’s memorable encounter in the Polastri kitchen, but the dynamic has shifted to reflect the hurt and tension between them.This time, Eve is expecting the killer, whom she last saw writhing in pain after she stabbed her in the Season 1 finale.
Meanwhile, Villanelle has arrived to assassinate Eve, not realizing that this Mi6-ordered hit is an elaborate ruse to have her extract information from another killer known as The Ghost (Jung Sun Den Hollander).
It’s a bonkers scheme that’s so risky that Villanelle calls it stupid.
Eve could have ended up dead or seriously injured.
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