Honestly, theres no containing anyone like this for any length of time.
She opens the file marked BILLIE and watches herself for a few moments.
What a weird-looking gentleman, she says and gentleman, remember, is the safe word.
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A man with a gun comes in, sniffs around, gets a phone call, and leaves.
Eve follows a few minutes later and finds Hugo lying on the floor shot and bleeding, but alive.
I played dead, he says.
And then she doesnt even leave the note!
Come work for me.
Youll never get bored here.
Ill give you everything.
Villanelle looks intrigued as Aaron offers her an initial assignment: kill Eve.
Do you think I would kill you, Eve?
Do you want to watch?
Aaron says he does.
Its a bit clumsy, but its not a terrible result, she says.
Villanelle simply did what she does best, and so did you.
Both women have been manipulated by people they trusted; each is now asked to betray the other.
But for this moment, the bond between Eve and Villanelle wins out.
The only thing standing between them now is… Raymond.
Literally: hes in the hallway of Eves hotel, holding an ax, just waiting.
Villanelle rolls her eyes.
You are the worst.
How long have you been standing there?
You are such a drama queen.
Villanelle is giddy Its okay if you feel weird!
You just killed someone for the first time!
With an ax!!!
while Eve is in shock.
Thats when Eve sees the gun in Villanelles hand and realizes: shes had it the whole time.
She could have killed Raymond.
Instead, she made Eve killforher.
Youre ruining the moment, Villanelle pouts, then panics as Eve backs away.
I thought you were special, Villanelle says.
Eve says, Sorry to disappoint.
When she turns away, Villanelle shoots her.
And this feels inevitable, too and symmetrical.
The season began with Eve wounding Villanelle; now Villanelle has wounded her back.
Eve lies motionless on the ground, gutshot, a pool of blood spreading beneath her.
