Killing Eve season 3 episode 1 review, Culture Whisper
Changing writers and directors for each volume in a franchise can yield fascinating rewards. Mission Impossible and Star Wars are two such beneficiaries (until recently): finding a new angle, a new vision with different filmmakers. The sexy, stylish, and rhythmically funny spy thriller Killing Eve, engendered for TV by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is another – swapping show-runners for each season.
But contrary to its psychopathic, anti-hero assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer), the show itself is fragile – one bad move and the original immersion is broken. Waller-Bridge is an unfairly hard act to follow, and Emerald Fennell proved an adequate replacement for the second season. The pressure’s on the newbie Suzanne Heathcote, whose previous writing credits include the spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead and a couple of short films.
