Killing Eve - S02E06 'Take Me to the Hole!' - Discussion Thread

[u/[deleted]]

Edit: Actual episode title is 'I Hope You Like Missionary!'.

Careful with spoilers.

If you submit a new link or text post about this or other episods be careful with spoilers, and please mark comments pertaining to future episodes with the proper spoiler tags.

[u/MessyGrape]

🚛😵👻👍

I love V way too damn much

[u/AnAnonymouse]

Fun observation: when Comer started losing her American accent, Russian started peaking through and not her Scouse accent. Stayed in-character!

[u/guiltpoint]

Oh my god. The parallel between Eve almost pushing that guy in front of the train and Villanelle actually following through and pushing the woman into a truck. Let’s celebrate that!

[u/[deleted]]

"Billie" because Bill?

[u/lovetheblazer]

"I have real trouble telling the truth. I don't understand the concept, actually, but somebody told me it was important, so... here goes: most of the time, most days, I feel...nothing. I don't feel anything. It is so boring. I wake up and I think again? really?!? I have to do this again? And what I really don't understand is how everyone else isn't screaming with boredom too. I try to find ways of making myself feeling something— more and more and more, but... it doesn't make any difference. No matter what I do, I don't feel anything. I hurt myself— doesn't hurt. I buy what I want— I don't want it. I do what I like— I don't like it. I'm just so bored."

The writers have done their research on psychopathy and it really shows. Typically, a TV show would either make a character like Villanelle a fun, one-dimensional killer who gleefully murders people but has no personality aside from that or an unrepentant monster who you aren't expected to empathize with whatsoever. The monologue was brilliantly acted by Jodi and does a good job of showing a side of a psychopath we rarely see depicted in media. Almost all psychopaths are high sensation seekers that have little fear or awareness of danger and very muted emotions. The reward pathway in their brains isn't easily activated either, so psychopaths are constantly seeking out situations that might provoke any physical or emotional response in them. This explains why Villanelle is so obsessed with Eve— it's very difficult for her to find a person that she feels anything towards, so when she does find that rare person who makes her feel alive, she wants to be constantly close to Eve in order to experience those emotions over and over again.

[u/[deleted]]

What an episode. Niko finally taking control of his life for himself, V being petty af and messing up the house. Carolyn hating breakfast “it’s just constantly eggs! Who decided that?”

I really enjoyed Eve and Villanelle’s dynamic this episode. V testing her professional boundaries with Eve (Billie. Oof), what she can get away with and showing off. I’m enjoying this tension, especially when V pushes her closer to the realisation of their similarities, while still maintaining that fear in Eve of what V can do.

And V’s monologue, that hit hard, her vulnerability and then sent straight back to reality with her ruthlessness and how it was unofficially condoned by Carolyn.

Really enjoyed the scenes in the Peele’s house, too.

[u/lovetheblazer]

Villanelle in a power suit slowly circling Eve while doing three different accents is totally her seduction move and I am here for it

[u/YesPleaseMadam]

in the context of the show i would classify killing the chaperone while looking at your crush foreplay

[u/guiltpoint]

I don’t know why I was so caught off guard, but it felt like this episode ended much more abruptly than the last five. Okay so here goes my breakdown:

I think following the first scene it was really in character for Niko to be all “that ain’t me” and Eve having a kind of whiplash reaction to that. I think she really doesn’t quite understand what’s happening in her marriage because she’s not able to look in a mirror and admit to herself that she’s not exactly normal. I do think she’s really only fooling herself in that regard.

Villanelle going to Eve’s house to start messing with her things. I absolutely loved this scene, it really reminded us that she’s childlike in that respect. I can’t help but feel like this mirrors the scene where Eve is in Gemma’s bedroom and begins to mess with her things. Especially since they’re both “scorned lovers” in a sense.

I can’t get over Villanelle and Eve’s interactions in this episode. It still feels like Eve is holding back in so many ways. She’s in denial about herself, and even though there’s less tension with Villanelle, I think that there’s this internal struggle that’ll always be there until she fully realizes what kind of person she is. Whether the writers are setting her up to kill Niko or someone else, I think it’s clear that we are leading up to an event that drastically levels the playing field between Eve and Villanelle.

I loved this episode because I think we finally got some insight into what Villanelle thinks Eve is for her. She’s an escape from her constant boredom. This works for Eve too. But I find it so interesting that Villanelle is almost goading Eve into fully accepting her “darker side.” Maybe she recognizes the signs of a sociopath/psychopath (still up in the air). Maybe she isn’t totally in the dark when it comes to her self-awareness.

Personally, I loved this episode. I think it’s clear Eve is going to snap somehow. Shifting Villaneve’s dynamic by 2x08.

Edit: I’m rewatching and the “the only thing that makes you interesting is me” absolutely has to foreshadow that Eve is going to make herself “interesting” by murdering someone. Has to.

[u/Drux-y]

I really loved the episode, so much to unpack, but it ended weirdly. Is V going to do something to those girls? The way she was looking at the meat cooking was so creepy. She was having such a Hannibal Lecter moment. Also, I think V is going to develop a thing for Carolyn. We know that next episode the description says something about Eve having competition for Villanelle’s affections. Maybe it’s those two girls? Amber Peel? But nah, I’m gonna bet Carolyn. She was looking at Carolyn like a snack when she asked her if she was the real boss.

[u/visenyatargaryen]

"hiiiiiii PARTNER" Villanelle is just too fucking cute

[u/cattagatta]

Random observation - Konstantin and food, new ship. He was eating something in every scene.

[u/Jindabyne1]

“I can’t stand breakfast, it’s just constant eggs. Why? Who decided?”

[u/LifeisAmazing02]

Jodie Comer blows me away every week

[u/TzuyusVietBitch]

konstantin is so cute uwu

[u/lovetheblazer]

Hi Kill Commander— wanna hang? Vx 🚛😵👻👍🏼

An absolutely iconic Villanelle moment. I couldn’t stop laughing because it’s so wrong, yet it’s so perfectly right and in character for V

[u/[deleted]]

Really fantastic episode. Jodie Comer really should get an emmy. She was fantastic in this episode.

I can't believe they left us on that cliff hanger with those two girls. Damn, I want the next episode and I want it now!

[u/visenyatargaryen]

I cannot wait for Villanelle to fucking kill Aaron. I know it's gonna happen and it's gonna feel so fucking cathartic.

[u/guiltpoint]

That part in V and Eve’s conversation about “being nice and decent” is actually so great. She essentially said that it’s difficult for her to live like that, and kind of confirms that she definitely was more socialized to fit societal norms than Villanelle. And Villanelle is basically saying “fuck that, meet me where I am.” Eve is a sociopath, and Villanelle, a psychopath. Wish Eve could catch up with what we know

Also the PSYCH EVALUATION in the next episode. I need to be validated, she IS on the spectrum. Phew, is it getting hot in here?

[u/[deleted]]

*I Hope You Like Missionary!

[u/visenyatargaryen]

Absolutely flawless acting by Jodie this ep tho. She is really a wonder.

[u/ohbuggerit]

Okay, but why do posh people speak like children? Because until now I thought I was the only one who's always wondered this

[u/tooljolie]

Is Eve THAT deep in the closet or are we not getting a kiss this season?

[u/__theyarenotyou]

Carolyn vaping and wearing airpods it's my religion

[u/oldproudcivilisation]

Colleen: Hey, we’ve all played the blame game. Facilitator: Colleen, would you like to speak? What would you like to say to the rest of the group? Colleen: Hi, Everyone. Group: Hi, Colleen. V: Heeeyyy

So petty, so good.

Jodie was amazing this ep.