The last season - everyone's doing finales - Peaky Blinders, Gomorrah, This Is Us, Ozark, Grace & Frankie, After Life... possibly even Endeavour. (Neighbours, even.)
Opens in a great way with a suited motorcyclist forcing her way into Kim Bodnia's place of work and shooting him - no, it's not Villanelle (Jodie), but actually Eve (Sandra Oh), who's kind of on the trail of The Twelve (yeah, no one cares). Fiona Shaw, still most entertaining, has been relegated to diplomatic duties in Mallorca. And Villanelle? She's living and working at a church, in an attempt to reform. Hmm... not for long. Obviously - it made her a less interesting character. In fact, it's rather silly.
Not until episode 4 (of 8) does it seem to find its feet, with Jodie back on form torturing and killing people, she and Fiona Shaw playing Truth or Dare, and Oh seducing Camille Cottin. The music and writing work so well together. Oh and Kim Bodnia training Anjana Vasan, who's killed her (vile) brother, in Margate, is fun.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been a fan of Shaw since she saw her, aged 16, on stage in Medea.
Other writers are Kayleigh Llewellyn, Isis Davis, Sarah Simmonds. Directed by Stella Coradi, Anu Menon, Emily Atef.
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