KILLING Eve viewers have threatened to “boycott” season four and raged that BBC should have “axed the show after the first series”.
It opened up with a shocking twist as Jodie Comer’s Villanelle kicked off the fourth offering on March 5.
However, fans threatened to “switch off” in the first 20 minutes, saying they were baffled why Villanelle was now posing as an angelic churchgoer.
The assassin then returned to her normal murderous ways when she killed a pet cat from the house she was seeking refuge at.
But some BBC viewers were left reaching for their remote, claiming that they were sick of the same premise that had been repeated in each series.
One wrote: “Yes, just switched off and won’t be bothering with the rest of the series. Shame on you.”
Another posted: “Should have ended at series one… with Eve dead. #KillingEve.”
“Bit of a s***e start, probably a series too far.. #killingeve,” a third commented.
Another added: “Sick and tired of the same old storyline in Killing Eve… just kill Eve already and be done with it, this is getting boring. #KillingEve”
However, not all fans were disappointed, with many thrilled to get another dose of their favourite villain.
Taking to Twitter, fans reacted in shock at seeing Villanelle singing in a church and planning on being baptised.
Some of her first words were even said in a prayer.
People couldn’t believe their eyes and ears, and one person tweeted: “Something weird is going on here.”
Another wrote: “I smell a huge twist coming this series.”
A third penned: “That’s definitely the first time Villainelle has ever stepped foot in a church.”
The season four synopsis states that Sandra Oh‘s Eve Polastri is on a revenge mission, while Villanelle has found a new community in an attempt to prove she’s not a “monster”.
Having killed Paul, Carolyn goes to extraordinary lengths to continue to chase down The Twelve and the person that ordered Kenny’s hit.
Driven by passion, revenge and obsession, season four builds towards a “messy, nuanced and totally glorious series finale”.
Jodie said she hoped the fourth series provided a “good and satisfying” ending for fans.
She said: “It’s very surreal, we are just about to start filming the last two episodes.
“We want to end on a good note and on a satisfying note for the audience. It’s been a huge part of all our lives.
“I feel emotional even thinking about it. I want to take a clapper board with me when we wrap up!
“It will be great to end in a way as if you go on and on with a series the quality can fade, but it will be hard to not see those people every day.”
