History YMMV / KillingEve

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Konstantin's daughter Irina is an insufferable, know it all brat that Villanelle can barely restrain herself from snapping her neck in all their interactions and even Konstantin admits she's a massive pain in the ass. Fans however absolutely adore her due to her hilarious interactions with Villanelle, repeatedly showing that she is not afraid of or impressed by her, and Yuli Lagodinsky finding the exact right balance between pissing other characters off but never the audience. Many fans are actively hoping to see her show up again.

* CompleteMonster: [[DiabolicalMastermind Aaron Peel]], from Season 2, uses his intellect and resources to find countless women and lure them to his hotel room in Rome, where he proceeds to gruesomely [[SerialKiller kill them]] while using his security cameras to [[SnuffFIlm record]] his murder so he could watch them for his own enjoyment. Peel also hires the Ghost to [[{{Patricide}} kill his own father]], along with four other people, so he could take over his company. Peel plans to use the company's resources to create as a cyber-weapon that would allow him find people to spy, blackmail, torment, and kill on a global scale and later [[ArmsDealer auction it off to the highest bitter]]; he tells all of this to a journalist following him before murdering him and dumping his corpse in the sewers. Peel later attempts to have Villanelle kill Eve Polastri while intending to have her commit more murders for him.

* MindGameShip: Villanelle and Eve, of course.

* CompleteMonster: Season 2: [[DiabolicalMastermind Aaron Peel]], from Season 2, uses his intellect and resources to find countless women and lure them to his hotel room in Rome, where he proceeds to gruesomely [[SerialKiller kill them]] while using his security cameras to [[SnuffFIlm record]] his murder so he could watch them for his own enjoyment. Peel also hires the Ghost to [[{{Patricide}} kill his own father]], along with four other people, so he could take over his company. Peel plans to use the company's resources to create as a cyber-weapon that would allow him find people to spy, blackmail, torment, and kill on a global scale and later [[ArmsDealer auction it off to the highest bitter]]; he tells all of this to a journalist following him before murdering him and dumping his corpse in the sewers. Peel later attempts to have Villanelle kill Eve Polastri while intending to have her commit more murders for him.

* CompleteMonster: [[DiabolicalMastermind Aaron Peel]], from Season 2, uses his intellect and resources to find countless women and lure them to his hotel room in Rome, where he proceeds to gruesomely [[SerialKiller kill them]] while using his security cameras to [[SnuffFIlm record]] his murder so he could watch them for his own enjoyment. Peel also hires the Ghost to [[{{Patricide}} kill his own father]], along with four other people, so he could take over his company. Peel plans to use the company's resources to create as a cyber-weapon that would allow him find people to spy, blackmail, torment, and kill on a global scale and later [[ArmsDealer auction it off to the highest bitter]]; he tells all of this to a journalist following him before murdering him and dumping his corpse in the sewers. Peel later attempts to have Villanelle kill Eve Polastri while intending to have her commit more murders for him.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Villanelle gets a heavy dose in Season 3. [[spoiler:How much, if any, of her mother's account of her as a sociopath from birth who had to be sent away for the rest of the family's sake was true?]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: The fourth season falls into this with the fandom due to it's handlings of the characters, their arcs, and unsatisfying story threads. The cherry on top would be the BuryYourGays SuddenDownerEnding, which caused much of the fandom to disown season four entirely; especially since the books end Villanelle faking her death. Notably, the books author, Luke Jennings himself, [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/killing-eve-author-luke-jennings-promises-villanelle-will-be-back/amp wasn't happy with the way the show ended]].

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Konstantin's daughter Irina is an insufferable, know it all brat that Villanelle can barely restrain herself from snapping her neck in all their interactions and even Konstantin admits she's incredibly annoying. Fans however absolutely adore her due to her hilarious interactions with Villanelle, repeatedly showing that she is not afraid of or impressed by her, and Yuli Lagodinsky finding the exact right balance between pissing other characters off but never the audience. Many fans are actively hoping to see her show up again.

* FanonDiscontinuity: The fourth season falls into this with the fandom due to it's handlings of the characters, their arcs, and unsatisfying story threads, such as Carolyn, or The Twelve. The cherry on top would be the BuryYourGays SuddenDownerEnding, which caused much of the fandom to disown season four entirely; especially since the books end Villanelle faking her death. Notably, the books author, Luke Jennings himself, [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/killing-eve-author-luke-jennings-promises-villanelle-will-be-back/amp wasn't happy with the way the show ended]].

** Carolyn's motivation from season three onward is [[spoiler: supposedly finding out who killed her son, Kenny. But in the last episode, it's seemingly HandWave[=d=] away when someone claims that Carolyn always knew who ordered the hit on Kenny, and that her search for the person responsible was just her being unable to leave the spy game.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Carolyn crosses it in the series finale when she remorselessly orders Villanelle to be killed ForTheEvulz.]]

* HoYay: A lot between Villanelle and Eve.

** The Twelve, and Villanelle's involvement with them. How do they work? This is almost immediately forgotten about in Season 2 after Villanelle leaves them to go to work with Konstanin and [=MI6=], which given that they are a terrorist organisation, is...a suspense of disbelief that they wouldn't want to harm her. Luckily, they're again a big part of Season 3.

* BadassDecay: Villanelle decays a lot in Seasons 2 and 3. She is an extremely well-trained assassin, but even before her accepted in-universe decay due to her desire to leave the Twelve, she fails to kill Konstanin in Season 1 (despite aiming for his heart),and she shoots Eve and supposedly kills her, but she fails, although obviously she had to because Eve is one of the two main characters aside from her. Then again, she might have missed Eve's heart on purpose due to subconsciously not wanting to kill her. [[spoiler: Also, the third season has her getting injured during an assignment and wanting to quit afterward just because someone stabbed her in the arm with a FRIGGING PENCIL. Bear in mind Eve stabbed her in the chest with a knife and she basically just walked it off.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:Both cliffhangers are to do with the possibility that either Eve or Villanelle will die. Villanelle, of course, didn't, so of course Eve isn't going to die, either. They also tease the possibility that Konstanin will die at the end of Season 1, and he doesn't.]]

* NightmareFuel: Any viewers with asthma or breathing difficulties will find Villanelle's "You know I like the breathy ones!" very disturbing. The actual asthma-related murder is equally creepy.
** Whenever Villanelle breaks into Eve's home and holds her at knifepoint.
** Eve applying red lipstick and accidentally cutting her lip open as the lipstick is actually a knife hidden inside.
** Villanelle getting high on drugs and physically attacking another girl in the club bathroom. If Konstantin hadn't arrived, Villanelle could've easily killed her.
** Villanelle [[spoiler: killing Niko's mistress Gemma by suffocating her with a plastic bag over her head and making Niko watched when he woke up.]]
** Villanelle [[spoiler: murdering Eve's friend Bill in a packed dance club, giving a claustrophobic feeling.]]
** Villanelle [[spoiler: murdering her attacker in Season 2 by stabbing him in the neck with a pair of sewing needles used for knitting and then stuffing a toilet brush into his mouth just for attention.]]
** Eve [[spoiler: stabbing Villanelle's attacker in Season 2 by hitting him in the shoulder with an ax. The guy is still alive and in pain so Eve has to put him out of his suffering while saving Villanelle.]]
** Villanelle donning a CreepyCute pig mask sexy outfit as a means of seducing an unfaithful man in a red light district. Then incapacitating him in bondage gear and hanging upside down by his feet so that she could stab him to death. While people in the streets and his scorned wife watch.
** Villanelle breaking into a man's car in disguise and brutally murdering him. The inside of his car covering his windows in his blood. Inside a public car wash.
** In 2.05, after Eve vomits, Villanelle turns Eve towards her and pulls out ''a very large cutting knife''. Just barely glazing it across Eve's chest and stomach, but not stabbing her. Accompanied by the haunting soundtrack. Both filled with the characters unresolved sexual tension and ''horrifying''.
** The painting Villanelle fixates over showing a man being flayed. She says in amazement "they look like bacon".

* ArcFatigue: Much of seasons 1, 2 + 3 story revolve in some way around a shadowy group called "the Twelve" but despite the group being mentioned constantly over 3 seasons we know about as much now about them now as we did when they were first mentioned.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: This series boasts a ''very'' good soundtrack. "Tell Me" from the Season Three finale in particular became a favorite of the fanbase.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Villanelle is married to a woman at the start of Season Three. You'd expect her wife to be an important character and you're looking forward to seeing how her relationship with Villanelle effects her relationship with Eve over the course of the season but no, Dasha turns up out of nowhere, gets into a fight with Villanelle and in the next scene, Villanelle is randomly in a car with her having apparently decided to come with her. Her wife and marriage are never mentioned again for the rest the series, not even in the same episode.
* CompleteMonster: [[DiabolicalMastermind Aaron Peel]], from season 2, uses his intellect and resources to find countless women and lure them to his hotel room in Rome, where he proceeds to gruesomely [[SerialKiller kill them]] while using his security cameras to [[SnuffFIlm record]] his murder so he could watch them for his own enjoyment. Peel also hires the Ghost to [[{{Patricide}} kill his own father]], along with four other people, so he could take over his company. Peel plans to use the company's resources to create as a cyber-weapon that would allow him find people to spy, blackmail, torment, and kill on a global scale and later [[ArmsDealer auction it off to the highest bitter]]; he tells all of this to a journalist following him before murdering him and dumping his corpse in the sewers. Peel later attempts to have Villanelle kill Eve Polastri while intending to have her commit more murders for him.

* {{Tearjerker}}: The final scene of Season Three, where [[spoiler:Villanelle [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy attempts to let Eve go]], and the two women walk away from each other, resolving to never see each other again... until they both stop, turn, and stare at one another from a distance. Until that moment, it really seems like it might actually be the end for them. The look on Villanelle's face when she sees Eve watching her is indescribable.]]

** Eve, the literal ''title character'' of the show, gets very little plot development and character arc in season 3. Especially notable since Eve reacts very strongly in the season 3 premiere and then just suddenly get over it afterward.

** Eve seems to fall back in love with Villanelle - or whatever she feels for her - and vice versa extremely quickly in S2, despite the fact that Villanelle killed Bill, and Eve stabbed Villanelle, endangering her life. Seeing them resume a very friendly, romantic relationship as if nothing happened is very jarring.

* ActorShipping: The fanbase often ships Creator/SandraOh and Creator/JodieComer, both because their characters are the FanPreferredCouple, and because the two seem to be genuinely very fond of each other. (The joking semi-flirting in interviews doesn't hurt, either.)

* FanPreferredCouple: Most of the fanbase ships Eve with Villanelle, and the show [[FoeRomanceSubtext does little to discourage this]]. Justified as their mutual attraction is the key theme of the show.

** Villanelle dressed up in a CreepyCute pig's outfit and brutally disemboweling a man in a red light district in front of witnesses.