Killing Eve

How are you getting on with The Ghost?

Oh, my God, he found her.

It'll be easier if you come with me.

A man's been murdered, found in a red light district window.

Is that what it's going to be from now on,

scorned wives and scumbags?

Boring!

Hello?

Some kid is prank-calling the school, making mad complaints.

What's the deal with you and Villanelle?

She's not interested in you anymore.

Are you ready? I'm ready.

Oi, prick!

Come out then, show your face!

What the f...

What do you think he's saying?

"I can't satisfy my wife in bed!"

"Have you seen Mad Men? It's a masterpiece!"

Yeah, I don't think yelling's gonna work.

I don't think anything's gonna work.

I wish she were a bit more... Forthcoming?

Fun.

She kills people for a living. You'd think she works in Accounts.

Come on, give us the goods.

Not everyone can be as exciting as you know who.

I think you've been spoiled, Eve.

Oww! What happened?

My tooth.

Did you know that babies literally steal the calcium from your teeth.

Little bastard's eating me alive.

Any luck?

Think Charles might have lost his touch in Afghanistan.

As well as his leg. Let me try again.

She's gonna give us something.

It's unusual, isn't it...

..to be a woman in your line of work?

Not so much anymore.

Oh, so do you know of others?

Yeah. We have a book club.

Why?

I'm just... I'm just interested.

Do you want to do it yourself?

No, I don't think I...

I don't think I have the stomach for it.

Then what do you want?

Have you ever met a woman named Villanelle?

Or, uh, Oxana?

They say she's a Dalgyal Gwishin.

What is that?

The Egg Ghost.

The demon with no face.

Villanelle?

Konstantin! Ahh!

How wonderful to see you.

How long have you been doing that?

You told me to get a hobby. Did I?

Come.

How are you feeling after Amsterdam?

Mm... I don't understand the question.

The boy's uncle was very grateful for your services.

He add a tip. Whoa-hoh.

Did you see his number plate?

No. I'd have killed him for free.

If you start killing people for free, we are both in trouble.

And broke. Oh.

Don't worry your pretty little head about it.

Mm-hm.

Ohh!

Oh, no, no, no. Come on!

We don't have time for this.

- Freelance? - Makes sense.

Villanelle's skills, Konstantin's contacts...

They'll be making a killing, so to speak.

So Amsterdam was a private contract?

She must be bored.

I bet she liked the cachet of international politics.

"Gun for hire"?

It's a little basic bitch for her.

I'm sure all that lovely blood money makes it easier.

Jin is scared of Villanelle.

She should be.

Villanelle would know how to get to her.

What's Villanelle got to do with this?

What if we introduced them?

And then what?

Well, if anyone can 'crack' The Ghost,

it's the demon with no face.

Villanelle's for hire. Let's hire her.

Hire her? How? Um...

We need to play by her rules.

Let's put a hit out on me!

Now you're talking.

You are jok...? I can't tell if you're joking.

Eve, you can't.

Jess?

Don't look at me. I've told her. Well, I think it's a great idea.

It'll work.

We need Jin to talk.

What does Mum think about all this?

Carolyn thinks it's a good idea.

Eve, it's a crazy idea!

So, you wait out here.

Wait here? Yes.

Well, what is here? Where are you going?

To see a friend.

I'll come with you. No.

What?

So you're just going to tie me up outside like a dog?

Five minutes.

How much time do you spend doing paperwork, Eve?

What do you mean?

Writing up reports, filling in timesheets, that kind of thing.

It's just I've never heard you complain about the red tape.

Most people do.

I guess that's not really my job.

Yeah, that's weird, 'cause it is. It is your job.

It's all of our jobs.

Everything we do here has to be officially documented.

Those are the rules. For everyone.

No exceptions.

So if you're not doing the boring stuff,

that's not because you're special,

it's because someone doesn't want a paper trail on you.

What are you saying?

Just because Carolyn is going along with this...

..it doesn't make it a good idea.

Five minutes?

Hm?

Sorry, there was a hold-up.

You're being very sneaky, Konstantin.

Who were you meeting? Come.

Your new job.

Is this a joke?

Did you do this?

You chose that pho... that photo?!

Oh, God, I look awful. I was so hungover that day.

Sorry to tell you this, Eve,

but there was not an embarrassment of riches.

Oh, God! Sorry I'm late.

There was an incident at Broadmoor.

Had to change my clothes.

Carolyn sent me.

No, no, no. Calm down.

I'm not doing it.

Who ordered this?

I have no idea.

Well, tell them no.

This is a little hurtful. You were pretty happy to shoot me.

When are you going to get over that?!

You need to kill her.

You're a mess. She's making you weak.

You know that.

You used to be smarter than this.

You won't even remember her name next week.

Psychopaths.

Ignore the... whatever. Aston Martin.

Can't delete it.

Ooh, boo, hiss! What's that?

Eugh! However, red tape is there for your...

..health and safety.

You don't want to end up in...

- Go on. - Hot water.

..hot water!

Psychopaths are incapable of interpersonal human relationships.

The I-You.

For a psychopath, there is only I-It.

Other people are just objects to them,

to be picked up and put down at will.

Right, er...

Superficial charm.

Dishonesty.

An inability to form lasting intimate relationships.

A poverty of emotion.

Jesus!

Oh, sorry.

Sorry, it's just a... just another work thing.

Psychopaths are narcissistic.

They're pathologically manipulative.

However, they do respond to a certain amount of manipulation, yeah?

You can't change them but you can manage them.

Money, praise and attention will help for a while.

But honestly, there's...

..there's no containing anyone like this for any length of time.

But it would be possible for a short amount of time in theory?

I dunno really.

Yeah.

Aren't YOU the expert on psychopaths?

Yes, I am. So I know.

And what I'm saying is... we don't know.

When you think of a psychopath,

you tend to think of a regular person then you add certain negative traits,

like your violence, your narcissism, your sadism.

That's a mistake. Don't add, take away.

Everything that makes us human,

just take it all away.

Yeah, they're like facsimiles. Copycats.

You might as well try to understand a wasp or...

..a stapler...

you know, hole punch...

..telephone...