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Its immediately obvious why;Killing Evehas the potential to be BBC Americas newOrphan Black.
Villanelle, whom we later learn is a cunning Russian assassin, hasnt killed anyone yet.
Her husband, Niko (Owen McDonnell), shakes her, petrified by her shrieks.
Once awake, its clear that shes not dreaming of murderesses at all, at least not yet.
I fell asleep on both my arms … Im sorry, it was scary, she calmly explains.
It was probably a woman, she blurts out.
Eve is ambitious, obsessive, and wretched at maintaining a healthy personal life.
She cant hold her tongue, is disorganized at times, and has a brain that wont shut off.
Oh meets those demands and nearly always exceeds them.
Shes the kind of assassin who tells a victim beforehand: Im going to kill you nicely.
But then Im going to make a mess of your body afterward so it looks worse than it is.
Just letting you know, okay?
Comer can giggle like a young girl while making the coldest of threats, but she never seems cartoonish.
In fact, shes more formidable than most murderous men in film and TV.
(Best as I recall, no one ever tried that in any of theBournemovies.)
She ships her a package filled with alluringly wrapped luxury clothing, each item in exactly Eves size.
The relationships between men and women in this show subvert familiar tropes, too.
Why the hell wouldnt it?
