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* AnythingThatMoves: He constantly makes crude sexual jokes, and he has sex with [[spoiler:Eve]].
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* ButNotTooBlack: Jess is mixed race, in comparison to Elena's dark skin.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: Despite their differences, Eve and Carolyn were still friends throughout the series. But after she has Villanelle executed in the series finale, it's clear that their friendship and partnership is permanently damaged.]]

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: Despite their differences, Eve and Carolyn were still friends throughout the series. But after she has betrays Eve by having Villanelle (who also tried to be friends with her and even helped her in some cases) executed in the series finale, it's clear that their friendship and partnership is permanently damaged.]]
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: Despite their differences, Eve and Carolyn were still friends throughout the series. But after she has Villanelle executed in the series finale, it's clear that their friendship and partnership is permanently damaged.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Asperger's? Or just shy?
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* NiceHat: Wears a fancy fur hat throughout the trip to Russia, and looks damn good in it.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:After his death in Season 1, Eve wants to avenge Bill but she more or less forgets about it in Season 2, to the point that when Kenny brings it up as a reason he doesn't trust Villanelle, Eve effectively fires him on the spot.]]

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* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:After his death in Season 1, Eve wants to avenge Bill but she more or less forgets about it in Season 2, to the point that when Kenny brings it up as a reason he doesn't trust Villanelle, Eve effectively fires him on the spot. Eve does bring her up a few times in the later seasons, including in the final episode, but it doesn't seem to deter her from working with and pining over Villanelle.]]
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* HollywoodNerd: He's pretty funny and very kind, but everyone roughly treats him as a loser with NoSocialSkills.
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Deleting. For The Evulz is misuse and there's no evidence that she had Villanelle killed to spite Eve as opposed to the more plausible reason she gave her up to get back in MI 6's good graces. Deleting the second example as again, no evidence this was motivated by sadism.


* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: She has Villanelle killed at the end in order to spite Eve.]]



* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: [[spoiler: Her whole arc can be considered as this as she turns against Eve and Villanelle by having the latter killed and sadistically watching Eve cry and grieve for her.]]
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* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: [[spoiler: Her whole arc can be considered as this as she turns against Eve and Villanelle by having the latter killed and sadistically watching Eve cry and grieve for her.]]
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* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: She has Villanelle killed at the end in order to spite Eve.]]

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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Potentially--has Carolyn become desensitized to violence and loss after decades with MI6? Or has she always been cool and lacking in empathy?

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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Potentially--has Carolyn become desensitized to violence and loss after decades with MI6? [=MI6=]? Or has she always been cool and lacking in empathy?



* GoodIsNotNice: Yes, Carolyn works for MI6 and is trying to bring down an international crime syndicate, but she is also more than willing to play hardball, even when it puts her employees (or even her family) in danger, and she can be downright cruel to her daughter, Geraldine, who she sees primarily as a waste of time.

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* GoodIsNotNice: Yes, Carolyn works for MI6 [=MI6=] and is trying to bring down an international crime syndicate, but she is also more than willing to play hardball, even when it puts her employees (or even her family) in danger, and she can be downright cruel to her daughter, Geraldine, who she sees primarily as a waste of time.



* SerialSpouse: Went through 3 marraiges before she gave up on tying the knot.

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* SerialSpouse: Went through 3 marraiges marriages before she gave up on tying the knot.



* XanatosGambit: Turns out to have been pulling one with the Rome operation in Season 2. [[spoiler: She sends Villanelle to steal Peel’s data with Eve as her off-the-books handler, and tells Eve repeatedly that Villanelle is not to kill anyone. However, she does this knowing full well that Villanelle might kill Peel anyway, in which case things still work out in MI6's favor.]]

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* XanatosGambit: Turns out to have been pulling one with the Rome operation in Season 2. [[spoiler: She sends Villanelle to steal Peel’s data with Eve as her off-the-books handler, and tells Eve repeatedly that Villanelle is not to kill anyone. However, she does this knowing full well that Villanelle might kill Peel anyway, in which case things still work out in MI6's [=MI6=]'s favor.]]



* TheBeard: Although they do have sex on occasion (when the conditions are right), Bill's marriage to his wife is one of convenience as both wanted a child. Interestingly, while he doesn't advertise that he was actually bi, Bill didn't care if anyone knew.
* ButNotTooGay: Bill is gay by his own description, but he and his wife also have sex "on occasion, when the conditions are right" and they are in a mostly-fake marriage. And he doesn't have time to show any sexual interest in men because [[spoiler:he's killed in that episode.]]
* BuryYourGays: The episode where we find out Bill is gay? [[spoiler:It's the same one he dies in]].

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* TheBeard: Although they do have sex on occasion (when the conditions are right), Bill's marriage to his wife is one of convenience as both wanted a child. Interestingly, while he doesn't advertise that he was actually bi, Bill didn't care if anyone knew.
* ButNotTooGay: Bill is gay by his own description, but he and his wife also have sex "on occasion, when the conditions are right" and they are in a mostly-fake marriage. And he He doesn't have time to show any sexual interest in men because [[spoiler:he's killed in that episode.]]
* BuryYourGays: The episode where we find out Bill is gay? bi? [[spoiler:It's the same one he dies in]].



* FatalFamilyPhoto: Sort of. [[spoiler: The audience is introduced to Bill's lovely baby and some of his personal backstory. Of course, he doesn't make it to the next episode]].

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* FatalFamilyPhoto: Sort of. [[spoiler: The audience is introduced to Bill's lovely baby and some of his personal backstory. Of [[spoiler:Of course, he doesn't make it to the next episode]].



* MarriageOfConvenience: Bill is in one of these because both of them wanted a child. It's even mentioned by Bill that his wife has her own "arrangements."

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* MarriageOfConvenience: Bill is in one of these because both of them wanted a child. It's even mentioned by Bill that his wife has her own "arrangements."" Although they do have sex ''on occasion'' (when the conditions are right).



* StraightGay: Much to the surprise of Eve, despite working with him for ten years.

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* StraightGay: Much to the surprise of Eve, despite working with him for ten years. But while he doesn't advertise that he was actually bi, Bill didn't care if anyone knew.



* AmbiguousDisorder: Asperger's?

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Asperger's?Asperger's? Or just shy?
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* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]: [[spoiler: He is killed in the Season 3 premiere by being thrown off a roof by an unknown person.]]
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Potentially--has Carolyn become desensitized to violence and loss after decades with MI6? Or has she always been cool and lacking in empathy?


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* HatesBeingTouched: Outside of her sexual escapades, seems to have an aversion to touch. When her daughter reaches out to hug her after Kenny's death, Carolyn flinches away and tells her not to do that. We never see her express physical affection with her children or her friends.


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* MarriedToTheJob: Carolyn values her work above her lovers, her spouses, and even her children. She's had 3 husbands and numerous affairs, but now lives alone, her life devoted to her work.


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* NoSympathy: Carolyn appears to ''know'' when she's supposed to be sympathetic, she's just incapable of actually appearing that way. Can't even comfort Geraldine after Kenny's death.


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* SerialSpouse: Went through 3 marraiges before she gave up on tying the knot.


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**Hints of ManipulativeBastard in how she plays Eve and Vilanelle both in S2.


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* TheUnapologetic: Views all her actions as pragmatic and necessary, so she never feels the need to apologize, even for hurting her children's feelings.
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* PercussiveTherapy: Playing in with NotSoStoic after episodes and episodes of Geraldine begging her mother to ''feel something,'' Carolyn briefly loses her cool and trashes the coffee table and its contents before cooly asking if "that was the sort of thing [Geraldine] was looking for."
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* GoodIsNotNice: Yes, Carolyn works for MI6 and is trying to bring down an international crime syndicate, but she is also more than willing to play hardball, even when it puts her employees (or even her family) in danger, and she can be downright cruel to her daughter, Geraldine, who she sees primarily as a waste of time.
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* {{Foil}}: To Kenny, being socially gifted, confident and aloof, as opposed to Kenny's {{Adorkable}} demeanour.

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* {{Foil}}: To Kenny, being socially gifted, confident and aloof, as opposed to Kenny's {{Adorkable}} dorky demeanour.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: She seems to make a point of learning the names of bartenders and servers at establishments she frequents and is always polite with them.

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* NiceToTheWaiter: She seems to make makes a point of learning the names of bartenders and servers at establishments she frequents and is always polite with them.them. It's a small thing, but it's one of very few signs that she actually cares about other people.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments. "I think Charles lost his touch in Afghanistan (''beat'') As well as his leg.



* {{Foil}}: To Kenny.
* PutOnABus: A throwaway line in Season 3 reveals that [[spoiler:he survived being shot, sued [=MI5=], won, and left.]]
* UpperClassTwit: He's a Cambridge and Eton graduate who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

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* {{Foil}}: To Kenny.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Eve doesn't like him at first due to his arrogant and somewhat sexist demeanour but when she gets to know him, she realises he's actually quite a nice guy beneath it all.
* PutOnABus: A throwaway line in Season 3 reveals that [[spoiler:he survived being shot, sued [=MI5=], won, and left.]]
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* UpperClassTwit: UpperClassWit: He's a Cambridge and Eton graduate who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. often comes out with smooth one-liners.
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* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays]]: The episode where we find out Bill is gay? [[spoiler:It's the same one he dies in]].
* DeadFriendMotivation: Provides this for Eve after Villanelle kills him.

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* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays]]: ButNotTooGay: Bill is gay by his own description, but he and his wife also have sex "on occasion, when the conditions are right" and they are in a mostly-fake marriage. And he doesn't have time to show any sexual interest in men because [[spoiler:he's killed in that episode.]]
* BuryYourGays:
The episode where we find out Bill is gay? [[spoiler:It's the same one he dies in]].
* DeadFriendMotivation: Provides this for Eve after Villanelle kills him.
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* AbusiveParents: Played with. She doesn't actually hurt Kenny but she says that she doesn't love him that much (to Konstanin's horror). She is shown to be emotionally distant, emotionally negligent and is domineering towards him that despite his gift for hacking which makes him employable, he is dependent on her emotionally and financially which makes him answer to her beck and call and doesn’t allow him to subvert her even if he objects to her actions. He also admits to being frightened of her.

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* AbusiveParents: Played with. She doesn't actually hurt Kenny but she says that she doesn't love him that much (to Konstanin's horror). She is shown to be emotionally distant, emotionally negligent and is domineering towards him that despite his gift for hacking which makes him employable, he employable. He is dependent on her emotionally and financially which makes him answer to her beck and call and doesn’t allow him to subvert her even if he objects to her actions. He also admits to being frightened of her.



* DirtyOldWoman: At times gives the impression of being obsessed with sex. Also does anyone actually know what a "butterfly bead" is? Does anyone want to know? Thought not.

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* DirtyOldWoman: At times she gives the impression of being obsessed with sex. Also does anyone actually know what a "butterfly bead" is? Does anyone want to know? Thought not.



* SecretlyRelated: Kenny is introduced as Carolyn's hacker; we (and Eve) later learn he's her son, too.

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* HeartbrokenBadass: She becomes this in Season 3 thanks to [[spoiler:Kenny's death.]]
* InformedKindness: Carolyn tells Geraldine that she understood Kenny and knew how to look after him. This is not supported by her behavior towards Kenny onscreen [[spoiler:before his death]], where Carolyn is portrayed as distant at best and abusive at worst.


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* QuicklyDemotedWoman: Despite Carolyn's legendary badassery, she gets demoted fast in Season 3 due to [[spoiler:Eve getting injured in the field and Aaron Peele's death.]]

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!!! '''Played by''': Nina Sosanya

Eve's new boss, another recruit of Carolyn's.

* BrutalHonesty: Jess always says what she thinks.
* ButNotTooBlack: Jess is mixed race, in comparison to Elena's dark skin.
* CunningLinguist: An InformedAttribute as we've never seen her use it (yet), but she speaks Arabic.
* PregnantBadass: She ''is'' pregnant, but her badassery is [[InformedAttribute alleged rather than seen]], especially as it occurs mostly a convenient excuse on Eve's part to keep her out of the field in Budapest.
* PutOnABus: As a result of Eve's team being disbanded in Season 3.
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!! Jess
!!! '''Played by''': Nina Sosanya

Eve's new boss, another recruit of Carolyn's.
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* BrutalHonesty: Jess always says what she thinks.
* ButNotTooBlack: Jess is mixed race, in comparison to Elena's dark skin.
* CunningLinguist: An InformedAttribute as we've never seen her use it (yet), but she speaks Arabic.
* PregnantBadass: She ''is'' pregnant, but her badassery is [[InformedAttribute alleged rather than seen]], especially as it occurs mostly a convenient excuse on Eve's part to keep her out of the field in Budapest.
* PutOnABus: As a result of Eve's team being disbanded in Season 3.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: As Carolyn's protege he must always report to her, even if that means staying by her side while she's in a bathtub or when she's having a hangover.

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!! Mo Jafari
!!! '''Played By:''' Raj Bajaj

A promising young agent working at [=MI6=] with Carolyn Martens.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: As Carolyn's protege he must always report to her, even if that means staying by her side while she's in a bathtub or when she's having a hangover.
* ServileSnarker: He quips about the unusual situations his job (and boss) put him in.
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[[folder: Frank Haleton]]
!! Frank Haleton
!!! '''Played By:''' Darren Boyd

-->''"Thank you for giving us your Saturdays. Turns out people are still murderous bastards on the weekend."''

Eve and Bill's superior within [=MI5=]. [[spoiler: Also, a mole for (who he thought was) the Russians]]. Also, a dick-swab.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Frank is an utter dickswab of course, but he didn't deserve to die at Villanelle's hands. He spends his last episode explaining his motives for turning mole and coming across as an utterly pitiable figure.]]
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler:Frank is found at his safe house after Villanelle chopped his knob off and dressed his corpse in one of the dresses she bought Eve]]. It was likely this was done to send Eve a message.
* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Villanelle chops his todger off. Fortunately for Frank, it was post-mortem.]]
* IHaveAFamily: He pleads to Villanelle that he has children. Villanelle is predictably unmoved, at first thinking he was trying to barter his children.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Frank is very selfish. Although he's remorseful for helping the Twelve and had understandable reasons for doing so, he's still lost in self-pity, incredibly ungrateful to Eve and Elena after they saved his life and only seems to think about how things are affecting him. The whiny way he says about the Twelve, "They know everything about me" is very telling.
* {{Jerkass}}: Let's just say there's a reason everyone thinks he's a dick-swab. As a boss, Frank is incompetent, condescending and cold and in the face of danger and adversity, his authoritative demeanour quickly cracks to reveal the cowardly {{Manchild}} within. See below.
* {{Manchild}}: He's emotionally immature, petulant, whiny and basically just a weak, pathetic man. After Eve and Elena save his life and even take him for dinner at a roadside cafe, [[UngratefulBastard he actually whines about not having the sauce he wants for his chips]]!
* TheMole: [[spoiler:He was being paid to leak confidential information to persons whom he believed were agents of the Russian SVR]].
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He ''really'' didn't want Eve to investigate the murders she was convinced was the work of a single assassin, to the point where he lied about the existence of evidence that disproved her theories. [[spoiler:Possibly because he was working for people other than [=MI5=], who may not have wanted anyone to investigate further]].
* PetTheDog: He has kids whom he loves but as Eve says, you have to feel sorry for them, having to put up with a {{Jerkass}} like him for a father.
* ProtagonistCentredMorality: Frank ''is'' a petty dick, but it's also not very nice to watch Eve and Bill laughing over the fact that they didn't realize his wife had died.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: He was [[spoiler:a mole for Russian intelligence - or so he thought; he was actually reporting to the Twelve]], but the minute it looked like Frank was getting found out, [[spoiler:the Twelve sent Villanelle after him and, when he didn't die the first time, tracked him to the safe house where she managed it. Gruesomely, but, in her words, "nicely".]]
* UndignifiedDeath: One which he ''definitely'' didn't deserve.
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!! Hugo
!!! '''Played By:''' Edward Bluemel

Eve's new co-worker.

* AnythingThatMoves: He constantly makes crude sexual jokes, and he has sex with [[spoiler:Eve]].
* DisneyDeath: At the end of Season 2, [[spoiler:he seems to be shot by Villanelle's people, and begs Eve to stay with him when she finds him. She ignores him and that's... the last we see of him in that season.]]
* EvilCounterpart: He's a ReplacementGoldfish to Kenny, but unlike Kenny, he's very smooth and kind of a dick.
* {{Foil}}: To Kenny.
* PutOnABus: A throwaway line in Season 3 reveals that [[spoiler:he survived being shot, sued [=MI5=], won, and left.]]
* UpperClassTwit: He's a Cambridge and Eton graduate who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
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[[folder: Carolyn Martens]]
!! Carolyn Martens
!!! '''Played By:''' Fiona Shaw

-->''"They all think we're having affairs before they think we're secret agents."''

A member of [=MI6=] and the leader of a secret task force she set up with the purpose of tracking down and catching the assassin known as Villanelle.
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* AbusiveParents: Played with. She doesn't actually hurt Kenny but she says that she doesn't love him that much (to Konstanin's horror). She is shown to be emotionally distant, emotionally negligent and is domineering towards him that despite his gift for hacking which makes him employable, he is dependent on her emotionally and financially which makes him answer to her beck and call and doesn’t allow him to subvert her even if he objects to her actions. He also admits to being frightened of her.
* TheAce: She is famous for her heroism as a member of [=MI6=].
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: She spends the entirety of Season 2 playing Eve like a fiddle while letting Eve think that she's acting against her wishes.]]
* BewareTheQuietOnes: You wouldn't think at first glance that the quiet, 50-something woman who might have been your next-door neighbor would actually be a ruthless spymaster, would you?
* BigEntrance: One reviewer pointed out that Carolyn has an interesting variant on this, in that she has a habit of dramatically waiting in rooms which Eve is about to enter: there’s always a shot of Carolyn standing ominously in front of a fireplace or sitting at a table with her eyes closed, although Eve is the one who actually enters, usually nervous and flustered.
* CoolOldLady: Both Eve and Elena think she is this for different reasons: Eve, because Carolyn was the first to believe her and Elena because she is her biggest fan.
* DeadpanSnarker: Emphasis on the deadpan, but she has a few drily humourous lines here and there.
* DirtyOldWoman: At times gives the impression of being obsessed with sex. Also does anyone actually know what a "butterfly bead" is? Does anyone want to know? Thought not.
* EvilCounterpart: Amazingly, to ''Konstanin'' (and also a DistaffCounterpart). Both Konstanin and Carolyn are ruthless killers (when they need to be), ex-lovers, and secret agents. But Konstanin adores his wife and daughters and even ''Villanelle''. Carolyn says that she was always careful not to love Kenny too much, to Konstanin's visible shock.
* EvilMentor: Somewhat. She's more or less extremely unpredictable (which is a necessity in her job) but she will behave coldly and ruthlessly when she needs to.
* ExpansionPackPast: We know she had ''many'' missions across the globe, but we only ever really hear about her trips to Russia.
* IronLady: Zigzagged. She is a no-nonsense leader when she's in London, but [[spoiler: in Russia, she tangles with two of her former boyfriends and is clearly enjoying being back in Moscow. Several rounds of strong alcohol certainly help matters. However, when she and Eve visit the prison where Nadia is, she is back to her professional self.]]
* KavorkaMan: Certainly not ugly but definitely not an example of SilverVixen either; she probably gets around more than anyone else on the show, including Villanelle!
* NeverMessWithGranny: Although she is in her fifties, Carolyn is extremely competent and extremely experienced.
* NiceHat: Wears a fancy fur hat throughout the trip to Russia, and looks damn good in it.
* NotSoStoic: Although most people think she's alarmingly cold in the wake of her son's death, she's shown to be heavily depressed and trying to avoid it.
* PowerHair: A powerful M16 agent with short dark hair.
* TheQuietOne: She only has a handful of lines in each episode, sometimes she only speaks one or two lines in the scene she's in. She also never raises her voice at anyone but it's clear to the rest of the task force that whenever she opens her mouth it would be wise to listen to her.
* ReallyGetsAround: To Eve's shock. It comes out piece by piece that Carolyn has had (and in some cases, still ''is having'') sex with [[spoiler: Vlad, Konstantin, and the Nigerian ambassador]] as well as having had 3 husbands in the past.
* RenownedSelectiveMentor: She chooses Eve and is a famed ''savior of the world''.
* SavedTheWorld: Carolyn is said to have done this on several occasions.
* SecretlyRelated: Kenny is introduced as Carolyn's hacker; we (and Eve) later learn he's her son, too.
* TheSociopath: Shows signs of it at times; superficial charm, above average intelligence, manipulative behaviour, lack of empathy and remorse, fantastic and uninviting behaviour with drink and sometimes without, sexual promiscuity. Still waiting on grandiose sense of self worth.
* TheSpymaster: Is basically this for her secret task force, and she is essentially TheHandler for Eve in general even to the point of meeting her in some pretty public places such as stores and butcher's shops to discuss work. She has also been mentioned to have cultivated one of [=MI6=]’s most valuable assets when she was a young agent in Moscow.
* StepfordSnarker: Downplayed, but Carolyn is visibly affected when she admits to being careful not to love Kenny too much.
* TheStoic: Carolyn never shows much overt emotion.
* TranquilFury: Even when very angry with Eve, she remains outwardly calm and unflustered. She says being angry actually makes her tired and when Eve leaves the room she yawns.
* XanatosGambit: Turns out to have been pulling one with the Rome operation in Season 2. [[spoiler: She sends Villanelle to steal Peel’s data with Eve as her off-the-books handler, and tells Eve repeatedly that Villanelle is not to kill anyone. However, she does this knowing full well that Villanelle might kill Peel anyway, in which case things still work out in MI6's favor.]]
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!! Bill Pargrave
!!! '''Played By:''' David Haig

Eve's colleague and closest friend, Bill is a weary [=MI5=] security officer whose wife and newborn child have run him to the ground. When Eve proposes he join her in a secret assassin tracking unit with [=MI6=], he discovers he may have some life left in him yet.
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* TheBeard: Although they do have sex on occasion (when the conditions are right), Bill's marriage to his wife is one of convenience as both wanted a child. Interestingly, while he doesn't advertise that he was actually bi, Bill didn't care if anyone knew.
* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays]]: The episode where we find out Bill is gay? [[spoiler:It's the same one he dies in]].
* DeadFriendMotivation: Provides this for Eve after Villanelle kills him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Probably the snarkiest member of the cast, aside from Villanelle and Carolyn.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: Sort of. [[spoiler: The audience is introduced to Bill's lovely baby and some of his personal backstory. Of course, he doesn't make it to the next episode]].
* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:After his death in Season 1, Eve wants to avenge Bill but she more or less forgets about it in Season 2, to the point that when Kenny brings it up as a reason he doesn't trust Villanelle, Eve effectively fires him on the spot.]]
* JumpedAtTheCall: He was already fully ready and willing to resign (and call Frank a dick-swab) for Eve's sake, and he doesn't hesitate when she invites him to the task force.
* MarriageOfConvenience: Bill is in one of these because both of them wanted a child. It's even mentioned by Bill that his wife has her own "arrangements."
* ReallyGetsAround: Implied. It's pretty telling that an old colleague of his would call him an old tart. He then later explains that he lived in Germany for eight years and said yes to everything for five of them. Take from that what you will.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:His death serves as the moment that really commits Eve to finding and hurting Villanelle.]]
* StraightGay: Much to the surprise of Eve, despite working with him for ten years.
* UndyingLoyalty: When Eve is fired from [=MI5=] Bill is the first to quit alongside her. Though he claims he just wanted an excuse to call his boss a "dick-swab," to which Eve beat him to it. And again when he decides to follow a ''dangerous assassin'' on his own when he sees that she was following Eve. [[spoiler:Sadly, this got him killed]].
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[[folder: Elena Felton]]
!! Elena Felton
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/KirbyHowellBaptiste

Another one of Eve's colleagues in [=MI5=]. When Eve is recruited into the secret task force, Elena is the first to jump ship and join her--all for the opportunity to be close to Carolyn Martens, her idol.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: She has a bit of ShipTease with Kenny, but also doesn't deny it when Eve says she has a crush on Carolyn.
* DeadpanSnarker: Maybe not quite at the level of Bill, but she's got some pretty good moments when it comes to the snark. [[spoiler: She may possibly take on the mantle of snarkiest character after Bill's murder, however]].
* {{Fangirl}}: Elena is one of these toward Carolyn, and she's a big enough fan that Eve straight up says that Elena had a crush on her.
* HeroWorshipper: To Carolyn.
-->'''Elena:''' [=MI6=] Russia Desk. I'd nail a cousin to work with that woman. Stone-cold badass.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Eve only has to mention Carolyn's name to get Elena to resign from [=MI5=] and come join the task force.
* OnlySaneMan: After [[spoiler:Bill dies]], she's easily the most functional and levelheaded of the main characters.
* PutOnABus: Doesn't appear in Season 2 because "she doesn't want to get murdered".
* SassyBlackWoman: Will tell Eve the truth, no matter what.
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[[folder: Kenny Stowton]]
!! Kenny Stowton
!!! '''Played By:''' Sean Delaney

Kenny is a bonafide computer whiz and gamer, low on social skills but brilliant at what he does. Kenny works in the task force as their hacker and general information gatherer. He is also Carolyn's son.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Asperger's?
* BasementDweller: Is implied to be this to Carolyn.
* ConnectedAllAlong: Downplayed. [[spoiler: While the audience knows from the beginning that Kenny is Carolyn's subordinate, the real surprise comes from finding out that he is also her son.]]
* TheCracker: As a character, Kenny falls between this and PlayfulHacker. He's lighter, nicer, and more moral than the average [[TheCracker evil hacker]], but his mission with [=MI6=] means that he's also on too many serious missions to qualify fully as a PlayfulHacker.
* DoingResearch: This is basically his whole job for the task force.
* HollywoodNerd: He's pretty funny and very kind, but everyone roughly treats him as a loser with NoSocialSkills.
* LoveAtFirstSight: He falls hard the moment he meets Elena, and it completely freaks him out.
* MissionControl: When he's not researching Villanelle's activities and whereabouts, he serves as this for Eve when she's out in the field.
* MoralityChain: Tries to be this to Eve in Season 2, but [[KickTheDog she coldly and insensitively tells him to leave it]].
* NoSocialSkills: According to his bio, Kenny mainly exists online and he rarely gets a chance to socialize. He is also desperate for the attention of the opposite sex.
* NonActionGuy: Kenny basically lives behind a desk and solves problems from his computer.
* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]: [[spoiler: He is killed in the Season 3 premiere by being thrown off a roof by an unknown person.]]
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[[folder:Jess]]
!! Jess
!!! '''Played by''': Nina Sosanya

Eve's new boss, another recruit of Carolyn's.

* BrutalHonesty: Jess always says what she thinks.
* ButNotTooBlack: Jess is mixed race, in comparison to Elena's dark skin.
* CunningLinguist: An InformedAttribute as we've never seen her use it (yet), but she speaks Arabic.
* PregnantBadass: She ''is'' pregnant, but her badassery is [[InformedAttribute alleged rather than seen]], especially as it occurs mostly a convenient excuse on Eve's part to keep her out of the field in Budapest.
* PutOnABus: As a result of Eve's team being disbanded in Season 3.
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