This show totally lived up to the hype.
"Killing Eve" is about an American intelligence agent, Eve Polanski (Sandra Oh) who begins to investigate Villanelle (Jodie Comer) a ruthless and possibly psychotic assassin, who is operating seemingly without a pattern across Europe. Despite her bosses seemingly uninterested in pursuing the leads, Eve persists and ends up attracting the specific attention of Villanelle and their intense and complex game of cat and mouse (or perhaps Cat and Cat would be a better analogy) escalates.
Brilliant editing and direction aside, its Bridge-Waller's script that is the real star of the show, taking what could be a relatively straightforward, though inventive, thriller and, through added humour, elevating to one of the TV highlights of the year. It's hilarious at times, admittedly often with a black comedy element to it. It does also occasionally push the boundaries of plausibility but never at the expense of entertainment and it never goes too far.
The two central performances are immense. I can see why Sandra Oh was nominated for the emmy it's a very bold turn but has more elements of realism, the fading marriage and the desire for a more stimulating life - but the show does excel when Jodie Comer is on the screen. It's showier, which is probably why she missed out on the nomination. She has more to do, switching accents and languages, as well as looks in what should be a star making role. It's also, from a UK point of view, nice to see a few veterans of the UK TV scene, like Daniel Boyd and especially David Haig appear in a worldwide TV phenomenon and hopefully their careers will see a boost from it too.
I can understand people who feel cheated by the lack of genuine conclusion to this season, but I'm just happy and eager for season two.