The sadistic sapphic spy thriller Killing Eve has enthralled us all for the past four seasons with its twists and turns and unpredictability. The BBC America series, with its first season featuring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as its head writer, focuses on the intense love story between an MI5 agent and an emotionally unstable assassin. Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) finds herself tasked with tracking and capturing the elusive hired killer Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and what unfolds over the four seasons is nothing but devilish and deplorable, as we bear witness to the cat and mouse game between them.
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With the TV adaptation now finished, and that killer ending being all anyone can discuss, there is no better time for reflection on the series' most diabolical and desirable characters. The show is riddled with questionable characters, all possessing wavering morals, some with killer looks, others with killer instincts.
8. Hugo Tiller
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Annoying nepotism baby Hugo Tiller (Edward Bluemel) is an MI6 counter-terrorism agent who joins Eve’s investigation into Villanelle and The Twelve – a powerful secret organization that uses hired killers to sway the ever-evolving world in their favor. Hugo has his fair share of bothersome scenes, from his constant talk of sex to his attempted seduction of Eve, making him perhaps not the most diabolical character to feature, but certainly the most infuriating.
A man-child not used to the word ‘no’, Hugo is threatened with death multiple times, with even his own boss Eve leaving him to rot in favor of saving Villanelle. Despised by Carolyn’s son Kenny, and fans alike, Hugo leaves in his wake a trail of pathetic one-liners and some dastardly questionable motives.
7. Konstantin Vasiliev
A father figure to all the deadly women he takes under his wing, Konstantin Vasiliev (Kim Bodnia) has wormed his way through life and death with only his subtle charisma and persuasive connections to rely on. Working as a handler for The Twelve, he is the lovable rogue responsible for fostering Villanelle's killer instincts.
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In the final season of the series, he is tasked with training wannabe killer Pam (Anjana Vasan). It is through this relationship we witness the true reflection and evolution of Konstantin as he is forced to confront the damage and destruction he played a hefty hand in causing. Meeting his demise due to a sharp pizza cutter and a foolish mission from his former bossHélène (Camille Cottin), the handler goes out with a solemn style. Killing Eve(and Villanelle, for that matter) would be nothing with the humorous presence of Konstantin Vasiliev. Rather diabolical, and more so desirable in his younger days.
6. Pam
Introduced only in the final and fourth season, Pam is a character scouted out by The Twelve’s right hand Hélène. She originally spent her days embalming corpses and avoiding her emotionally abusive brother until Hélène ships her off to be coached by Konstantin as an almost punishment for murdering her brother. Her time spent with Konstantin proves useful and life-changing, in unsuspecting ways, as Pam embraces her newfound self.
Season four spends copious amounts of time developing the story of Pam and her morality, as she takes her fate into her own hands (not until after a series of sinister kills) and rejects the psychotic lifestyle The Twelve have to offer. Although cute and seemingly quiet, Pam holds a darker, powerful side that keeps her almost evenly matched in terms of desirability vs diabolically.
5. Kenny Stowton
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Friend of Eve, son of MI6 girl-boss Carolyn Martens (Fiona Shaw), Kenny Stowton (Sean Delaney) is by far one of the least diabolical characters on the list. His role in the earlier seasons provided Eve with the knowledge and skills to stalk her mysterious murderer. He provided Eve with more than just computer knowledge, ushering her as much moral goodness as he could, despite his timid nature.
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Unfortunately, he serves as an awful piece of collateral damage in the hunt for The Twelve and is unjustly killed at the beginning of season three. More of a cute, anxious nerd than a devious, deplorable killer, Kenny sways far more desirable than diabolical up until his final moment.
4. Hélène
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Hélène is one of the highest-ranking members of The Twelve, although she goes rogue in season four and begins hunting and torturing her way to answers. The vicious woman operates in an air of mystery and shows no mercy unless it is to her own advantage. Undoubtedly diabolical, and desirable to more than just the fans, Villanelle and Eve both get sucked into the elusive French woman's dramatic game.
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First appearing in season three, Hélène ensures Villanelle’s promotion and protection through the ranks, getting her out of prison multiple times and using her to toy with Eve’s emotional balance. As the series progresses, Hélène gets tangled in the twisted tale of Eve and Villanelle, finding her ankles sliced open and her final moments bloody, granted by the unhinged assassin.
3. Carolyn Martens
There’s no character quite as powerful and manipulative as the crafty rascal Carolyn Martens. Responsible for more than her fair share of chaos and casualties, Carolyn was head of the Russia Desk at MI6 until her dodgy behavior got her fired. Mother to two distant (or dead) children, Kenny and his sister Geraldine Stowton (Gemma Whelan), Carolyn is known for her no-nonsense approach and promiscuous connections with more than one powerful man.
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Season four delves beyond the likable Carolyn we know and love, opening up her backstory and the drastic role she played in building The Twelve revealing itself as more than just character development. Carolyn uses her final moments in the series to betray many hardcore fans and finally destroy the union of Villanelle and Eve…diabolical if you ask us.
2. Eve Polastri
Eve Polastri, an unstoppable force of sapphic desire and rebellious curiosity, is one half of the driving force behind the genius of Killing Eve. The series ultimately unfolds and accelerates at the speed of Eve and Villanelle’s individual and shared experiences.
Originally an MI5 agent in an unstable marriage with her now estranged husband Niko (Owen McDonnell), the character starts out as is distant from the character she ends the series as. Villanelle radically pushed her boundaries, causing Eve to constantly seek more and more. The end result is a woman so full of passion and desire she is punished. Rough around the edges, Eve has her fair share of romances and sexual endeavors, although none as sweet or captivating as her dance with the murderous assassin. Both parts diabolical and desirable, Eve is the perfect amount of complexity.
1. Villanelle
Despite the variety of morally ambiguous characters the show has to offer, none quite hit the utterly desirable and endlessly evil spot like Villanelle. The coolest, calmest assassin around, Villanelle (birth name Oksana), is sure to hold an iconic lesbian spot in pop culture for years to come.
The final season sees our beloved antihero on a quest for change and self-discovery. Capable of slaughter within seconds yet fueled by the self-aware desire to, you know, not murder people anymore, Villanelle only grows more lovable with every episode. A drastic ending, one that certainly differs from the book, broke more than a few fans' hearts, as their adored underdog dies. There is none more diabolically desirable than Villanelle.
