20 Great TV Shows That Everybody Turned Against

Killing Eve centres around an MI5 agent, Eve, who's tasked with taking down a deranged assassin, Villanelle, who works for a mysterious group called The Twelve. As Eve develops feelings for Villanelle, her life becomes more complicated than she could've ever imagined.

The early seasons were commended for their witty dialogue, dark humour, and psychological complexity, thanks to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s sharp writing. With that said, the electrifying dynamic between the two leads is the bedrock of Killing Eve, since their cat-and-mouse relationship was unpredictable and emotionally charged.

Sadly, frequent changes in showrunners led to inconsistent character development and incoherent storytelling. Eve and Villanelle’s motivations became muddled, with storylines repeating rather than evolving. For anybody who stuck with Killing Eve until the end, they were left well and truly ticked off by the finale. 

Having built up The Twelve from the very beginning, Villanelle kills them all off-screen, giving no sense of closure. Then, after she embraces Eve, Villanelle is abruptly shot dead before the screen cuts to black. Her execution left viewers feeling cheated since they invested so much time into her relationship with Eve, and even Luke Jennings - author of the source material, Villanelle - publicly criticised the climax, saying it ended up “bowing to convention”.