Killing Eve Season 4 was Terrible (Finale Analysis) 

I said it at the time and I'll say it again now: season 3 was the perfect series finale for Killing Eve. I thought it built up to them together perfectly; and that bridge scene was *chef's kiss* Then they gave us this garbage.

Couldn’t agree more. Season 1 & 2 are some of the greatest seasons of tv ever. I agree that season 3 went downhill, but season 4 was abysmal. I felt like it was a different show; not only did the tone shift, but the writing of the characters betrayed who they were previously. For me personally, I was lost on some of the storylines. I still don’t understand Carolyn’s storyline especially with the flashbacks. So she was there when the 12 was created, but she was always working for the other side? Still can’t figure out if she was meant to be good or bad. The best thing to come out of the this show is Jodie getting more exposure. Can’t wait to see what else she does!

Here's the correct ending (without retiring the entire episode or season): They both get shot while hugging, they both go over the side, they reconnect underwater, they both get hit again and drift away. Carolyn says "jolly good" and we see MI6 take her back (because that was painfully unclear). Then we see Eve and Villanelle together in "paradise" somewhere in the south of France, and we're left to wonder if they lived or died but assured that whatever the case they ended up together.

It's like there's a competition to see which show can have the most disappointing ending.

I experienced this whole season and episode 8 in exactly the same way as you're discribing, including the checking of timestamps every 5 minutes during this last episode... the disbelief, the confusion! I felt like a child who was given the exact toy they'd been dreaming about seconds before learning about the parents's divorce. It didn't help that I'd read villaneve fanfiction which was infinitely better than anything the writers could or would come up with (including the famous car trip story and yotoob's professional boundaries... and that weird masterfully written fic that randomly starts in Switzerland). So thank you for making this video, I guess it's easier to suffer vague feelings when I know there's someone else out there feeling the same way.

I just can’t stop thinking that villanelle is going to be yet another person on that karaoke couch that Eve has lost. As far as I’m concerned, the show ended on that bridge.

Great synopsis. I don't think either character had to die at the end. The show had been so good at subverting expectations in previous seasons that having them both live would have been more surprising at the end. I'll forever mourn all of the wasted potential and what it could have been.

It could have been such a powerful ending if Eve died for Villanelles character: a person who has caused so much death and been more or less unaffected by it, finally feeling the weight of the cause of her actions, feeling what comes on the other side of death.

The fourth season is so disjointed and bad that it seems like a spin-off of the series, nothing made sense in the 4th season, Killing Eve was a waste of power, it's a shame because the show could have been much better , season 1 and 2 were amazing indeed

They disrespected the characters, fanbase and the first 2 seasons of the show. How do you ignore what happened at the end of season 3 episode 8? Why are V and E (trained assassin and Ex MI6) standing there for several seconds after V was shot?!Awful season!

Why was Eve so mad at V through the whole season?? Especially at the start? Also does anyone else agree that the music was mostly annoying, distracting, unnecessary, and excessive this season? And shaking things up with a different band once in a while would've been an improvement.

I rushed to the internet after just finishing the final season and this video is the first thing I found. I first watched Killing Eve during a really difficult time, and I fell head over heels for it. I really loved it, and you're totally right- I now feel stupid for ever getting excited about the final season. I watched the first episode when it came out- the silly Jesus character completely put me off watching any further as I was so scared it was going to be ruined. Last week, I thought 'no, give it another chance, it's Killing Eve afterall'. And oh my god, how can you destroy a tv series so badly? I found myself letting it play whilst I was doing chores, episode after episode until I realised I was on the finale. I was the same- checking time stamps throughout the episode shaking my head. It all felt utterly soul crushing, and I really thought we'd see Carolyn's daughter make an appearance too. The plot of season 4 was so VAGUE I found myself questioning if I had missed deeper plot points or meaningful conversations, but no, it was all just filler. I guess the only comfort is knowing everyone else feels the same. What a huge shame. I'm going to pretend it all ended in season 3.

That sums it up for me also I was not just obsessed but in love with villanelle and eve's kismet development after actually stumbling while channel surfing and it was season 2. I couldn't let it go after this serendipity was given me. If I could have seen some consumption between these two which even just once I may not be lamenting this exquisite show as much as I am.

Villanelle is the best. One thing I liked about the first three seasons is that the viewer ends up being charmed and loving Villanelle like Eve does even though she is a bad person. She has killed innocent people not just assassination targets but we still are rooting for her. I had always thought that Villanelle had to die in this story. BUT NOT LIKE THAT. What the hell happened with season 4? How could it go from such a great show to that?

Wow, this is the perfect way to describe it all. Well done. The show was ruined because they ruined Villanelles character primarily. The development of Villanelle wanting to change was always gonna be betrayal of a character. She loved her life, she loved being the adorable psychopathic assassin, loved the power she had, as Phoebe would describe her „glory“ as: her subversiveness, her savage power, her insistence on lovely things. She loved that even beside how murderous she is, Eve wanted to know everything about her, that twisted feeling of passion and suffering was essentially what drew eve towards her. And no matter how much she liked Eve she would never think about changing for her, because she loved that eve is trying to deny it but deep down is essentially what she wants and is exactly how Eve would be too, had she not been confined by morality and society‘s rules. V was free in Eve's mind and she wanted to be free too. She says it herself, she felt wide awake while working with V. So season 3 and season 4 completely butchered everything that fans loved about the twisted dynamic of the two. It was never gonna work. It’s a weak and illogical plot development. They didn’t know what to do to a point where they started leaning on clown and Jesus costumes for humor. It became a shit show. It is a shame they had to ruin a masterpiece of a story and lately we see it happen far too often on TV and in movies. I get that it is insanely difficult to write a character who is as complex as Villanelle, who is by far more interesting as a person than you, yourself, but It is just so damn sad we live in a society where when you don't know how to write something, asking for help is never an option. Season 3 was the beginning of the end of the real KE and season 4 just made sure no trace of the old KE was left. Season 2 writer did an amating job of understanding who the characters are and continuing what Phoebe intended. Sometimes I think we should talk more about those who did an amazing job rather those who fucked up the show, how come everyone knows Lauras name and hardly anyone knows Fennell?

Thank you for this analysis, I agree with everything (except on the intimate E &V moments, in the finale, I enjoyed them). But for the rest they really destroyed the characters in season 4, losing so much time on the new pointless characters (Yusuf especially, a living stereotype) and to launch Caroline spn-off (seriously, who really wants to watch that?) . And the ending. I couldn't believe how badly written it was. So much that it was ridiculous, and enraging

Villanelle and Eve are supposed to smart. They wrote them so dumb.

Dear universe, if you’re searching for series 4 ending reflections based on view count or wtv. Don’t. That’s the wrong way to find the video you’re looking for. THIS is the video you want to watch. Reviews it in a respectful way but also reflects the very logical thoughts most have had throughout this final season. Doesnt mean it addresses all “What If’s” but for real. Watching this video was what I needed. After watching several other videos. Insightful and the quote at the end is spot on! *sigh We all know this last season had so much potential. Producers squandered it. Periodt.

After watching this video I'm crying and laughing at the same time haha that ending was so horrible, absurd and even bizarre. I still can't believe it and I already had low expectations. I agree with almost everything you say, although I must say that for me Helene was interesting at the beginning and then she became a joke, just like The Twelve, I couldn't understand how she allowed everything Eve and Villanelle did, I never finished buy her as a villain and it's not an issue with the actress, but with all the terrible writing. And I did enjoy the scenes of Villanelle and Eve together, I loved that kiss, we waited so long! But I admit that at the same time I was very worried because there were only a few minutes left and nothing was really happening with the plot. I also have to say that the whole "reconciliation" between them felt pretty forced, I mean, Eve was rejecting and pushing Villanelle away all season and suddenly in the last episode she realizes that she needs her? Having them separate was understandable before but in the last season it was a crime, there was no justification and it was just tiring to continue with the same old thing. But of course, they gave us a few scenes together and we should be happy, right? 😒 That was so insulting. They didn't want to really explore their relationship and completely wasted the amazing chemistry that Jodie and Sandra have. I only enjoyed their scenes because of their performances, not because the script actually worked, because again, there was no development or progress in their relationship. Weeks passed and I'm still so angry and sad, I never imagined that they could ruin my favorite series so badly 😩😭

I have to disagree with the take on Carolyn’s spin-off in and of itself. I found Fiona Shaw riveting and hilarious. I fell in love with her.

My best guess why Pam exists is to have a justification for Konstantin to still be around. When I re-watched the season I skipped all her scenes. I liked the cabin and road trip scenes. Eve and Villanelle doing the dishes. The normal boring stuff Villanelle told Martin she longed for with Eve. That was kind of nice. But indeed -- much of the season is incoherent, confusing, uninspired and partly outright surreal -- but not in any way in a good way. I also don't understand why they had to depart so far from the ending in Luke Jennings book series. In "Die for Me" he wrapped it up perfectly, and fans could put the book aside, pull the covers up and go to sleep with a satisfied sigh. Why change something that already was perfect? It's a mystery... Or is the "happy end" supposed to be that they took down "The Twelve"? In the books this group is pretty much depicted as the world's most powerful conspiracy network and crime syndicate. And in the books it turns out, rather realistically, that two women, no matter how skilled and determined, are lightyears away from taking down such an organization. So they fail completely and actually make things worse, barely survive with a lot of hardship, but they did in the end find their little corner of happiness -- together. I should add, perhaps, that when I first watched the season 4 finale I was blissfully ignorant of the fact that there wouldn't be a continuation. Since I had read the Novells it was pretty much unthinkable for me that Villanelle really would be dead, especially since the underwater scene with Villanelle being carried away by the currents occurs in the last book as well -- as a nightmare from which Eve awakes in Horror...

I watched all 4 seasons about a week ago. Had never seen anything about it, or the ending. You've all had well over a year to discuss this. I was just devastated as you all were. They said there was no other way for the show to end...bollocks. You're writers you can decide on a better ending you just didn't. I'll just have to believe in a happier ending.

I have so many realizations after seeing this vid but I also have the same thoughts as you for what's the deal with the 12 is and who really kills Kenny. I'm also curious on what Konstantin wrote to Carolyn in his letter delivered by Pam after his death. As for the ending, it is true that Eve should die instead of Villanelle cause just what you say, she has a lot to do in this world and the fact that she is a psychopath, she can mourn the death Eve and minutes after she had already moved on. And just like you said contrast to Villanelle's character, Eve had already lost almost everything to chase the 12. It's a waste to kill one of the best characters in this show. AND minutes before the ending we can really see that Villanelle and Carolyn really have a great bond with the way how Villanelle greets Carolyn in the bar. The ending is very frustating and depressing. I have been commenting this many times but the season 4 is really the worst season of the show. It's badly written and the ending is made in a rush. The producers said they had brainstormed what is the right ending for the show but for me, the ending was written for the sake of ending the show. In my opinion, the writers didn't really brainstormed enough to have that ending. ALSO, I thought in season 4 we can get to see how Eve and Villanelle's relationship would work out like we get to explore on the development of their relationship but instead we just saw them going back to square one which is being apart and trying to avoid each other again and they also having different partners. Everytime I see Tusuff (I forget his name), I just get irritated. And also you're idea of Eve and Villanelle teaming up to find the 12 discovering the Carolyn is the top of the 12 through the works of Geraldine alongside Irina working for the 12 would a much better plot for season 4 instead of adding new characters and Villanelle trying to change but failed miserably. Helene is also great but her death is definitely not. For her being part of the 12 makes her a highly skilled assassin but her fight scenes with Villanelle just gives off a vibe that she's just a normal oligarch fighting for her life. Just wished the fight scenes could be more intense. Gosh I have so much to say but this comment would be really long so I will just stop here. LASTLY, I think Phoebe Waller-Bridge could gives a better plot and ending for season 4 than Laura Neal. Just saying.

I have so many gripes with this season and the ending but I think the biggest one is that the lack of payoff with the scorpion/frog parable is blatantly bad writing. It's apparently so important that they put it in the trailer but not so important that they... actually stuck to the parable. Rather than them both dying as a result of V's actions and Eve's regression, the analogy is now this: While halfway across the river, the scorpion decides that it won't sting the frog, only for a hawk to swoop down, snatch the scorpion off the frog's back, and chuck it full force into the river, where it drowns. The frog then stops in the middle of the river and screams because what the hell just happened.

I agree with almost everything except for Pam’s pointlessness. I liked her, and think the point of her character was for her to be Konstantin’s redemption (for himself if nothing else). She was like a blank Villanelle to him, still with the hope of not becoming like her. So it was his chance to stop the cycle that created Villanelle by appealing to Pam’s humanity that was still salvageable.

Point-on analysis, my thoughts exactly. I couldn't believe what I was just watching as the words "The End" appeared on screen. Very disappointing ...

Agreed with absolutely everything. The whole season I was just thinking to myself that "why was I into this show so much again?". Everything interesting about Eve was just gone, and though some parts were funny/cute, it was NOT a good last season. Also I felt called out by your comment about watching the Arcane like the seventh time LMFAO

I had to come to the internet to process what I had just watched so thanks for the analysis. I had always expected that there should be no happy ending what with V being a psycopath. S1 was so good that I truly believed this was a show that was going to give us a satisfying ending, even if it would not be a happy one. As the seasons went on, I started to lose that hope but still trusted the writers to finally clean up nice in the season finale because that's what you should do, right? For the finale, you buck up? Hm. That alternate theory for Carolyn's daughter was actually really good. Gemma Whelan was wasted on such a boring role when she had so much to offer. The writers had so many alternatives to explore yet all they gave us was boring Pam. It was such a waste of a good character in V and talents of Jodie and Sandra. The only good thing to come out of this show was Season 1 and that gave us Jodie Comer and her star has shone brighter than ever.

Damn this is seriously a good quality video and analysis! Came from your post on Reddit, brilliant! :)

Killing Eve often dealt in the grey channels and celebrated women who either aspire to or are already living outside of rules, ethics and mores of conventional society using the spy world as a springboard although not without consequence but in it's final run under Laura Neal with the backing of Mrs. Gentle the shows direction took a turn for the black & white which felt too late in the day. There's so much about the finale that felt as self defeatist, contradictory and pretentious as most of KE's funeral season. For instance, Villanelle dying and getting her blood shaped wings after being shot to death was meant to be sign of ascension but descended back into the darkness from whence she came. Eve's scream was meant to signify freedom but instead it was just pure pain and anguish. After all the trouble to find the 12 Leaders they still remain faceless and are dispatched so easily. The kiss was meant to be less romantic than intended but ended up being more so if not quite cinematic. Point being that so much of what was put to screen didn't match the lead writers vision.

Why why why did Carolyn have Villanelle killed? And who killed Kenny!??

This was an amazing way to sum up S4, your analysis was so great! Kenny and Irina are arguably some of my favourite characters in the whole show (apart from Villanelle and Konstantin), and to see their stories both just either used as a plot device that was never solved even after becoming essentially one of the most crucial plot points of S3 and S4 (Kenny), or just completely forgotten about when they had so much more potential (Irina), just makes me feel so empty about the ending. Both of these characters had so much personality and interesting parts to them and to see them wasted is so disheartening. The ending just felt like a cop-out to get a shock out of the audience. As for Gunn and Pam, I completely agree with you! I loved both of these characters and their scenes were hilarious and/or exciting, but if only they had been introduced earlier like you said, then we may have had more time to explore their characters and scenes without thinking "oh god we have 1 more episode left".

Great analysis and great plot ideas!

Perfect video I agree and have said all the points you have mentioned apart from I didn’t like Helana and Eve getting together because it didn’t make sense for me personally for this being the final season when we all know the two leads would get together in the end… there was a lot of useless characters like wtf was gunner (I think that’s her name) about

Thank you! I am in agreement with your assessment of this series, especially the last season! As a fan of KE I bought seasons 1-3 and have rewatched them several times, but I am not sure if I want to purchase season 4…

Abysmal is the right word

LITERALLY I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED!!!! Should've heeded the warnings and stopped at the bridge scene season 3 But no....I got the book and I'm praying I get ANSWERS and a better ending.....

i HATED the end bc i identified with Villanelle who was never taught about love growing up so she seeks it in someone else turning it into an obsession bc it's the only thing that can make her feel something. She didn't care about anything else really, so i believe she genuinely loved Eve and as i said, it's sad to see her terrible ending after watching her giving in everything to finally stop and be happy with that person who loved her as hard as she did. They changed the ending and decided not to kill Eve bc she represented the people, but what about Villanelle? They completely forgot about her, and her psychological background.

Poor Jodie comer, her last season was sooo boring. she had nothing even remotely interesting to do for the first 5-6 episodes. Also am I the only one who felt ZERO chemistry between Eve and Helene?

It's crazy how bad this show became. Especially considering how brilliant the first 2 seasons were. I enjoyed season 3 aswell but come season 4, I couldn't even get to the end of it. I genuinely felt I had just started watching a spin off series rather than season 4. Such a shame when you consider just how good season 1 and 2 were.

The best part of how this show began was how obsessive the two were. That obsession was dangerous, thrilling, unpredictable, manic and even sexual. The tension from it was all consuming and I think a lot of us were captivated by it.

I agree with you when you say they did nothing to further or resolve one of the main plot points: the twelve. They really lacked here by not giving us ANYTHING, their motives, their reason for being on the ship, or even their faces, and the fact they all just died so easily in under 3 minutes without putting up much of a fight, it felt like they just gave up on writing. I also agree with you that Villanelle's death was just meaningless in relation to the plot with the twelve; since like Carolyn says, they keep replacing them, it just felt pointless that even if Villanelle supposedly killed all of them in the room, there wouldn't be more out there, banding together again, and Carolyn just killed off the "weapon" she used. The show really just didn't go deep enough into the original point they were trying to build up; how dangerous this organization was and how complex it was. However, I do disagree with what you said about nothing came out of the two character arcs for Villanelle and Eve in the end. Eve's consequences of her obsession is more than portrayed here; she already lost everything once, and now that she's pursuing Villanelle for real, she just as quickly loses her. It made sense to kill Villanelle (although I definitely wished they both survived together happily). Villanelle was seen as nothing more than a weapon for both MI6 and twelve. She wanted to reform? Well too bad, she was already in too deep. Killing Villanelle was the perfect way to ensure Eve's obsession with everything; working in MI6, the twelve, the unraveling of her morality, stopped. Carolyn knew this, she played them in more ways than one, especially Eve. She knew what made Eve tick and how to make her stop. Getting at Villanelle would ensure that Eve is also out of her way for good. (Although IMO Eve would definitely go and shoot Carolyn before moving on, but she would definitely stop meddling with the twelve or MI6 affairs for good.) A good ending for the both of them is if Eve realized, after her final conversation with Carolyn, that Carolyn was just going to use Villanelle and Eve to kill the twelve for her. Eve is smart, and on top of that she *knows* Carolyn has had a shady past and motives; it would've been more realistic to see that she realized all of this, and brought Villanelle away with her somewhere far and escaped the twelve's drama for good. They would've broken the cycle, escaping the web that traps them into this "game", and it would resolve their character arcs (Villanelle starts a new life away from her killing, and Eve is able to move on from her obsession with the twelve). That would not only have been a good theme but also given us a happy ending while keeping it realistic. ^That being said, I think a character like Pam was important to show; she's someone recruited and trained by the twelve, and in a sense she "escapes" the web of death the twelve would lay for her if she had continued her job or even taken on Carolyn's offer. Her killing of Konstantin is symbolic of her breaking this chain and following his advice for her, to live a better life away from being an assassin. If Villanelle and Eve could've had this too, it would have been more fulfilling to see. In the end, I guess we can really only take it as a character dive into Eve; where she does ultimately let her obsession with seeing things through with the twelve blind her from anything else and destroys everything, even the last bit of life she was hanging on to (Villanelle), die in front of her hands.

Besties if Arcane dissapoints me like this I wil lose my mind for real that would be my Joker arc

if you want to know what the 12 is, read the books. if you want a better outcome..read the books (not trying to sound mean, they just explain a lot)....Villanelle is my favorite character in anything..Jodie Comer made the character. V is nothing in the books like she is within Jodie on TV. Of course I was crushed at the end but I liked every season b/c i love Jodie/Villanelle. she always makes me laugh (and cry). "are you from pinner" was my favorite ep too. i think the pandemic ruined Killing Eve (among everything). the end was totally rushed. totally.

I agree with you. Fun fact if you shot a gun into water the bullets lose force or something. So Villanelle can be pretty much alive and since Eve is always like lost, maybe she didn't see Villanelle escaped.

Everyone is saying the book ending is much better. They actually end up together and get the happy ending in Russia. Which honestly I don't mind that either of them died, actually the way this ended I think they both should've died. Keep up the star crossed lovers thing going. I am pretty sure the scene with fish tank was a nod to Leonard Dicaparo's Romeo and Juliet. But at least give us more of Eve and Villanelle. 4 seasons of building up to this moment and we only get 5 mins of it? That's messed up

I thought season 1 was sheer brilliance, but I think once PWB left it was obviously it was her brilliance shinning through. I thought the second season was ok, and I just stopped before the end of season three.

I think season 4 was about Villanelle trying to be good and Eve trying to be bad. They start the season being on the opposite extreme: Eve playing the killer and Villanelle playing the good christian. Then we see them progressively finding limitations when trying to become that and comimg back to their initial trends. By the end, on that last scene, we see that, as Carolyn stated, they are actually what we could expect them to be: Eve being the friendly good person dancing and Villanelle being the killer, both average and predictable in their side of morality, and totally unable to handle the reality on which they were involved. The only one who moved between good and bad and knew what she was really into, was Carolyn. Thats why I think the Twelve plot was never the main thing but only served to the purpose of connecting both worlds (average legal life & shady political criminal business) and make the characters question if they can pass to the other side. At the end, they just can't.

Great review deserve more views

Best review. I agreed with it all. The worst ending. Worst writing. It ruined the series. I’m still stymied by how they could have allowed this show and the finale to have gone that far off. Big disappointment.

KE is marked by the worst end of the series

The finale hurt me physically goddamn. I was lost after it ended. Nothing could ever top this show and the end absolutely DID NOT give it justice.

It was the Thames. Next to The Tower Bridge opposite the Tower of London.

at this point i'm just collecting critique from the whole internet to justify each reason of my irritability and reduce frustration that never ceases to be relieved after the last episode

loved the review and loved the end reactions too xD lmao i remember the one that says "look at them, they're holding hands. I want them dead." 🤣 i subbed!

Nailed it. A homophobic disaster of bad writing. If there is a spin off, it will bomb. As it should. Jolly good.

2 Things about who Villanelle has killed. I don't disagree that some were kind of innocent, the nanny maybe. I'd rather say there was a logic to her killed until the preacher father and his daughter. And that, IMO, was all Lauren Neal - season 4's show runner. There is something in Black Panther that annoyed most black people - the "Killmonger murders his girlfriend" scene. We get that he has to take Klaw's body to Wakanda, but why did the writers have him shoot through is girlfriend to do it? Easy. Becauase unless Killmonger did that, he becomes just as much a hero as T'Challa. Because otherwise he was absolutely right. How can this African empire with all this advanced technology stand by and let slavery and colonization happen, then turn around and allow all those decendent to suffer through the white supremacy of various countries? So in order to make KIllmonger the villain they had to have him kill his girlfriend. And burn the flowers. That was the point of Villanelle killing the preacher and the daughter. Until then she's only killed bad people or people who were literally in her way. Villanelle wouldn't just kill for the sake of killing. Or because he failed to do something. Maybe kick their asses, but not kill them. The difference is Villanelle is a highly accomplished assassin. But with the preacher and daughter, she becomes a serial killer - which she was not up until that point. Some might ask, well, what about Bill? Bill was an MI5 officer therefore an enemy combatant. He got to close to Villanelle, so his death had logic. The only death that had no real logic was the preacher and daughter. But in order to make Villanelle an actual monster, Laura Neal had to put that in there. Because if that was how Villanelle was really supposed to be, she would have killed Irina before the 1st season ended. But she didn't because Villanelle is not a serial killer.

I think they condensed two seasons worth of story into one so it’s a rushed and confusing mess. Most of it is a build up to Carolyn’s spin off - to which I expect The 12 will be a big part of which is why we didn’t see them. “Oh well, at least Eve is upstairs doing the cha cha slide…” 💀

I have never ever ever in my life agreed more with someone

Instant subscriber here! What a review! I totally agree with everything you've said.

LMFAOOOOO “oh well atleast eve is doing the cha cha slide”🤣

Great analysis, though I think the most consistent and thoughtful ending would have been been a real reflection of Eve's officiating the gay wedding speech (wtf did they do that to us?) and having them be happy together because they're better people for it. It's unfortunate that so much of S4 was spent trying to justify Villanelle's eventual end, and maximum grief for Eve.

I watched 2 episodes of S4 when it came out and stopped out of WTFery. Then, rewatched the whole series from beginning to end with wifey and managed to finish S4. It reminded me of the original 'L Word'. Started out great and full of potential and then it slowly fell apart and became a massive FU to the audience at the very end. I'm actually fine with Villanelle dying - she's a murderous psychopath - but at least make it satisfying, like Thelma and Louise. But my god, what they did to Eve's character? Watching S4, I was trying to pinpoint when I stopped like/rooting for her. It was somewhere in S3 but S4 her character was just annoying af. And the imaginary Jesus? That was really the writers being lazy. it was such a s*** show. At least S3 was watchable.

What if Season 2 ending was the last of the entire show? Plus dont forget tvshows have had spinoffs after a certian ending of the main Show

This may be the singularly best season review of the disaster known as the finale. I had saved yours to give it the attention it deserved and got lost in everyone's despair. This is brilliantly analyzed. So much so I wondered if you were in the business. The final... at first left me stunned, then mad, followed almost by being grief stricken. We the audience made that show one of the most watched shows on TV and how did they thank us...they killed our most favorite part of it. To what purpose? No one around LN said...really, that's what you want to do? It blows my mind that all connected with the show signed off on this bullshit ending. It's been weeks and Im still pissed off. Shame on anyone in a power position that turned a blind eye to the pathetic writing, wasted plotlines, superfluous characters and the fans. Thx for letting me vent. P.S. I did love V taking out Helene while never letting Eve out of her sightline. A lot. Oh, and I really liked the kiss.

I just tell myself that a bullet going through water would lose its impact such that it would never have killed villanelle. No way

Agree with your analysis. Absolutely terrible ending! Queerbaited until the very end and then they "Buried the gays"! Plus it was rushed, useless characters (Pam, Yusuf, and Gunn), and not much answered.

I loved and I agreed with you most of the time with your analysis (I was actually glad to have crumbs of intimacy and relationship development between the two protagonists even if it was brought in a bad timing and rushed) ! Thank you so much! Do you think you'll do the same with the previous seasons?

Just overall sad with this ending. I did binge this within like a week and just found out today it won't be continuing so I was already prepared for fuckery but this was just disappointing as hell :/ kinda pointless season as some already have mentioned. This keeps happening to so many series and now I see why many get canceled abruptly. Sometimes it's best to leave things on a great note with little interpretation, sigh.

I’m just so upset that we’ll never know how Kenny died 😢

The villanelle/jesus storyline was so random! They had never done anthing like that on previous series. I can't understand why they used that concept in the final series. If series 4 was the first series i would have watched, i won't not have continued watching. It was totally naff and disappointing. Didn't enjoy the Pam storyline either. Totally pointless. It was so far from the other series, it was like watching something else entirely! Gutted as I absolutely love jodie comer and sandra oh but the storyline was the pits to put it mildly.

OK, everybody! The show finished in 2022. Has everybody recovered from that? I am here, in Brazil, April 2024, watching “the end”. What was that? That kiss was perfection! but I feel disturbed. Not only because of the way that wonderful character (Villenelle - love the name) died, but also because I thought her redemption through love would be a perfect answer to our times, after the pandemic and with so crazy things happening around. So, Eve will not recover (or reborn, as the writer said)... not from the loss of that kind of unique love in life. Villanelle, wherever she is, must be very angry. Again: WHAT WAS THAT? And thanks for all the actors, Sandra, Jodie, Fiona (great!!), Kim and so on. Thank you very much!!

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Honestly, I didn’t mind the way their relationship played out, but the overall plot of season 4 made absolutely no sense. It was hard to stay focused and I had no idea what was happening the whole time.

Carolyn didn't tell them where the meeting was; it was on Helene's phone. (Wasn't it?)

I actually deleted s4 from my brain, can barely remember a thing. I agree with most of what you said except for your interest in a revelation about The Twelve: they were always meant as a McGuffin, and it is fine and coherent that we never learnt what their deal was imo. They're just the genre-mandated shadowy conspiracy, any reveal would've cheapened the show's self-awareness.

Literally freakin cried and felt so fuckin bad like why would you end that way ,for GOD WHY jeez I don't think i can watch any wlw shows like bro can we at least have one people who end up together ,like Killin Villanelle was just so sad like and the last episode was so sweet like they had so much to do likeeeee 😭

To be honest, gave up s4 ep2, and here I am. Probably one of the first times I have literally given up on the ending on a show.

an ending I would've loved was if Villanelle was killed earlier when she was shot, it could've been a perfect way to make Eve a killer, change the title to "Kill/er Eve" by scratching out the ing from Killing and have her hunt down and kill every single member of the Twelve until she finally gets killed by someone and then we see her in the afterlife with Villanelle being happy and free

the "cha cha slide" I cantttt hahaha

I actually really liked that Eve and Villanelle were girlfriends for most of the last episode but that's really it

Totally agree with your thoughts. They are right on. The first season followed the books pretty well. Season 2 was okay. Season 3 started going off the cliff and by season 4 they were fumbling around with filler and in free fall. And the ending was horrendous. Just confirms my contention that tv and movies can never give same sex relationships a happy ending.

For one horrifying moment I thought you were going to say you missed Geraldine 🤣

Honestly I wished I haf never found out that season 3 wasn't the final season... Would be so much happier. Season 4 felt like a big filler as you said...ugh so dissappointing :(

Wow. I agree on every.single. point. you make👍👍 you really bring it to the point.

They ruined everything and mainly the superb script of eve so far in 3 season with this season iam so disappointed watching the last one with high expectatio n mainly I felt so sorry about Jodie and eve oh god I can't believe its more like looking rushing so much

I just finished season 3. Watching this video made me not to watch season 4 anymore I think lol. Great analysis by the way!

Didn't watch the video because I didn't watch the show yet since I read many complaints about the ending, so... is really not worth it?

They didn't had to do Villanelle like i seriously want to haunt down the writer's one by one 💀

You made me spit my drink out. 😂

10.07 "They hadn't washed their hands after peeing" They were in the middle of nowhere. There would seem to be a shortage of bathrooms in fields in Europe.

Soon as I saw a boat I knew the ending would be a disappointment. Like what woulda been the escape

Just finished watching it and am depressed

Hahaha I absolutely love this is the first video you made. Lmao. I felt basically the same, and became a sad overly invested angry redditor for a little bit.

Carolyn answered the question of the 12 about killing them wouldn't matter Because they would be replaced and then replaced and then replaced

It was AWFUL! The writers almost hit Game Of Thrones level fuckery.

Season 4 desperate attempted scenes grasping at straws. How could they let this happen? It’s like they didn’t care. I didn’t believe the changes in either protagonist. Eve ? Not believable, Villanelle such BS.Pam ? What was the point? Laura Neal needs to find another career path. She single-handedly ruined one of the best series ever made. What a waste.

for someone who doesn't usually make videos or do reviews this is great & echoes pretty much everyones dissappointment with what could have been. Wow your idea about Geraldine is GENIUS-ahh if only the writers had this type of imaginetion instead of what we got... It would have been a relly great twist that no-one saw coming & would have made her as a character make sense bc I'm not sure what the point of the characterr was in the first place (plus I really like Gemma Whelan the actor who played Geraldine so would have loved to see more play the character as you described). Just one thing, you said that Caroline told Eve where the 12 were meeting but that info actually came from Helene's phone not Caroline.. I still don't know how Caroline knew but hey what's another plot hole

I had no idea there was a fourth season until I stumbled across your video last night! I was so certain the series ended with the finale of the third season. I was stunned, really. There was no logical continuation after that goodbye. So I have to agree. I started watching the fourth season and was thrown for a loop several times in the early episodes, with that hard-to-look-at Christ figure; it was so confusing and suddenly ended as if it meant nothing. I mean, wtf? Why does V become an out-of-control serial killer, and not the professional hit-woman she was? Then they build up the idea that she always feels terrible, as she tells the shrink, but in the second half she didn't seem to feel bad at all. The way the two of them stole the RV and probably killed that couple was mystifying as well. Too random, too shallow. And I did not care for the cross-cutting and fading between the killing and the dancing in the final minutes. For one thing, all that disco got really annoying, though not as annoying as the whispery stuff that accompanied the other killings - way too overdone.

not to mention the physics defying bullets