There's no stopping Sandra Oh. The Killing Eve leading lady left 2018 behind with a well-deserved Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actress In A Drama Series for her outstanding work on Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC thriller. The week before that SAG nod, Oh received a similar nomination for the 2019 Golden Globes. And then she went and hosted the Golden Globes with Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg before taking home the award for Best Actress In A Drama. She's smashing it left, right and centre.
With such an illustrious few weeks behind the the actress, you may be wondering when her character Eve Polastri will be returning to our screens. After that bloody, alienating Killing Eve season 1 finale, where do Eve and Villanelle (a fantastic Jodie Comer, who deserves her own awards love very soon) go in season 2? When will season 2 even premiere? The bad news is that, once again, it'll be showing in the USA first in April 2019. The good news is that it shouldn't be too long after that it hits UK TV screens too.
What we do know, thought is that there are new characters, new threats and new brilliantly tense storylines to come. Oh recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about how quite a bit of Eve is lost in the Villanelle chase. "Then it becomes not even about Villanelle; it's just like, what is she pursuing that she cannot let go of?" she explains. The complexity of the relationship between Eve and Villanelle is only going to deepen (especially after that stabbing), but each woman's relationship with themselves is going to evolve even further in this season, too. We went and found answers to all the things you're dying to know about the series. Keep reading for everything you want to know about BBC America’s Killing Eve.
Is there a Killing Eve season 2 trailer yet?
Yes, it arrived just in time for Valentine's Day. The preview promises Eve and Villanelle (who's still kicking after getting stabbed last season) are just as obsessed with each other as ever, if not more so. However, their twisted little love story looks even more dangerous and knife-laden than before.
Are you ready for things to get intense?
When does Killing Eve season 2 premiere?
It looks like BBC America is trying to find a way to coexist with ratings juggernaut and fellow spring series Game Of Thrones. Killing Eve season 2 officially debuts on 7th April at 8 p.m., while Thrones will begin its finale season on 14th April at 9 p.m.
We know it's frustrating but hold on to the fact that the UK air date shouldn't be too far behind the American one. But we do recommend hiding all related key words from your Twitter feed so you don't stumble across any unwanted spoilers while we wait for the local premiere.
How will season 2 deal with the finale stabbing?
Asthose first-look photos from the upcoming season confirmed, Villanelle will hobble her way out of her apartment to deal with her stabbing from the street. Now we know Killing Eve season 2 will pick up directly where it left off with a bloody Villanelle and a shocked Eve — the season premiere begins just 30 seconds after the events of finale “God I’m Tired,” as confirmed during the series' Television Critics Association's 2019 winter tour panel.
“What’s most interesting about Eve’s stabbing of Villanelle at the end of [season] 1 is Villanelle’s reaction to that, and just how she perceives that,” Comer told reporters. “And it both effects and changes them in a way that neither of them are quite expecting. Also, as we start the series, we see Villanelle in a very different way. She has no control of her situation.”
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Oh said that although Villanelle is definitely angry at Eve for stabbing her, that's not the be all and end all of their back and forth. "I feel like in their warped relationship, there's so much. It's a bad relationship! This is what's so complicated in the relationship. I feel that they communicate on a completely different plane, where things like stabbing the other person mean different things", she explained.
What do we know about Killing Eve season 2’s plot?
When Refinery29 spoke to Jodie Comer ahead of her spy show’s premiere, she was most excited to delve into Villanelle's assassin-ready wardrobe in season 2. “I want to know what wigs she has. What more she has in that close,” the actress told R29. “I feel like it’s Narnia. There is so much in there that I feel is still to be explored.”
During their Television Critics Association press day, the Killing Eve crew went a little deeper, revealing a new assassin is entering the fray — and might just come between the drama's leads.
“What is without a doubt is that Eve has got a sense for women and female assassins, so what’s really interesting is saying, ‘Okay, well, what do you do when somebody else comes along?'” new showrunner and executive producer Emerald Fennell said. “Do we find out that Eve is an assassin expert or is she a Villanelle expert? ... Suddenly there’s someone between them.”
Speaking of a new assassin, is anyone new joining the cast?
Yes! Longtime British actress Nina Sosanya and A Discovery of Witches star Edward Bluemel have joined the series as major players. Sally4Ever straight man Julian Barratt will guest star.
Behind the scenes, Emerald Fennell, who will play Camilla Parker Bowles in season 3 of The Crown, has been brought on as lead writer. Fennell will replace Killing Eve ’s very busy creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is also producing Fleabag season 2 and HBO pilot Run right now.
Waller-Bridge and Fennell previously worked together on Drifters.
What does the novel Killing Eve is based off of tell us about season 2?
For the record, Killing Eve is based on of a four-part novella series titled Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings. While it’s unclear if Killing Eve will continue glean inspiration from Jennings’ work, it’s worth figuring out how the book versions of Villanelle and Eve may influence the proceedings.
In the third part of Codename, which is the most analogous for where we are in Killing Eve land, Villanelle travels to Shanghai to take down the leader of a group of elite hackers. Of course, Eve follows her prey to the Chinese city, determined to finally catch her.
Please, BBC, transmit this kind of high spy drama directly into our eyeballs.
Has the Killing Eve team headed to Shanghai yet?
No. Or at least paparazzi haven’t caught the crew in Asia yet. Instead, the team confirmed during the TCAs that Rome, Paris, and Holland are all on the itinerary for season 2.
“The one part of the show that we all delight in is that our show has an international feel and flavour to it,” Oh told journalists. “It's exciting not only to shoot on and work on and be on those locations, but it also gives such a depth, flavour, and originality to the show.”
Maybe we’ll get to Shanghai for Killing Eve season 3?
Will Villanelle & Eve finally figure out their complicated relationship?
It’s fair to assume these two crazy kids will never figure out if they respect each other, are in love with each other, or want to be each other. Or, all three.
Comer told Digital Spy, “Me and Sandra – we're always expected to have the answer, but we're still trying to figure it out … There is sexual chemistry and there is also platonic admiration and fascination."
As Comer (and on-set photos) confirmed, Villanelle and Eve will meet again. The actress added the pair will be "open to all [relationship] possibilities" in the future, so you should probably prepare for another tense make out scene.
Okay, but really, are they getting together?
Well, they're certainly going to give it the old college try. “You’re going to see them try to be together,” Oh told Entertainment Weekly in February 2019. “And I’m going to leave that as open as possible.”
Hm.
Will there be any surprise returns?
This tweet noticed Vilanelle’s handler Konstantin Vasiliev (Kim Bodnia) was caught on-set during season 2 filming. That either means Konstantin didn’t die in season 1, despite Eve’s shady M15 boss Carolyn Martens (Fiona Shaw) confirming as much, or, we’re getting at least one flashback scene in season 2.
Either way, this kind of intrigue is good news.
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