Villanelle as character is unusual, because you absolutely know that you should detest the character completely, but somehow there is something that despite your best intentions you actually find yourself liking the character
I also love the way the two leads interact, brilliant casting
I think the
nightclub killing of Eve's colleague who was chasing her, was necessary to turn you against her a bit, as apart from that she hasn't killed anyone we care about.[/quote]
At one point it looked as though the elimination of so many big characters was going to leave the plot with nowhere to go, and it was a little unclear what 'finding' Villanelle was going to achieve, since there had been so many opportunities to capture her (by whom?), but I didn't feel let down by the ending, which is nicely poised for a new series!
I liked it, but oh dear how are they going to keep that level of tension for a 2nd series?
Well they're not, are they. The ending was deliberately unexplanatory purely in an attempt to lure you into watching the 2nd series. Sorry but programs like that really piss me off. The ending was frankly shit.
There was absolutely no reason why she stabbed her and then regretted it. If she wanted to kill her, she could have shot her ages ago. If she really was in love with her, why stab her? If she wanted to arrest her, she could have done as she had ample opportunity. No, they'd built Eve up to be a strong/good character but that then just ruined her entirely, purely on the altar of self-promotion. Poor. Won't be watching the next series.
I just can't see it as even vaguely realistic that a professional MI6 agent would start to sleep with a subject, then stab her, but then regret it.
So far, it had been believable.
It would have been far better if, even to satisfy the goal of ramming home the point about her being confused - she'd captured her but then either let her go, either 'cos she sympathizes with her/loves her, or because she's got something over her.
It was too quick, as well. If the idea of her having contradictory feelings was the main point of the program, then the goings on that were driven by that should have occurred for a lot longer.
But that final moment was just too ridiculous.
As soon as Eve let her out of her sight, I thought:
"Shit, despite a massive stab wound, they're going to let her leg it out of the flat, fast enough to leave Eve floundering, strainght into thin air. Please. No.
Oh bolox ..." :facepalm:
I get the idea of her love/hate/revenge/fascination feelings - that at least made sense. :thumbsup: