Review: Killing Eve returns with a solid S3 premiere and an unexpected loss

Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer return for third season of BBC America's Killing Eve.

The sexually charged cat-and-mouse game between a serial killer and an MI6 agent picks up anew in the S3 premiere of Killing Eve, as Jodie Comer's Villanelle and Sandra Oh's titular Eve regroup from the fallout of their last brutal encounter. There's probably only so much drama you can milk out of their dysfunctional obsession with each other after this season, but judging by the premiere episode, we're in for another wild ride.

(Spoilers for first two seasons below; mild spoilers for first S3 episode.)

Based on Luke Jennings' series of thriller novellas, Codename Villanelle, Killing Eve features a self-described psychopathic killer for hire named Villanelle (Comer), who is so good at her job that she frankly starts to be a bit reckless with her assassinations, much to the consternation of her handler, Konstantin (Kim Bodnia). Her string of corpses catches the attention of an MI5 officer named Eve Polastri (Oh), who is obsessed with female killers and correctly guesses there is a new player among their ranks. Eve's insight earns her a spot on a top-secret MI6 team led by Carolyn Martens (Fiona Shaw).

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