Everything to Know About ‘Killing Eve’ Season 4: Returning Cast, Release Date and More

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Everything to Know About 'Killing Eve' Season 4: Returning Cast, Release Date and More

The final chase! After a lengthy break, Killing Eve is finally coming back for its fourth and final season. The show's third season wrapped up in May 2020, meaning that fans will have waited nearly two years for new episodes when the series returns on February 27, 2022. Though the thriller quickly became one of the BBC's most popular shows, the cast and crew feel that season 4 is the right time to bring everything to a close. "I’m trying not to think about it too much, honestly," Jodie Comer, who plays the assassin Villanelle, told Harper's Bazaar UK in November 2021. "It’s sad, you know? I’ve been with this character for a really, really long time. I would rather we ended on a good note and kept our integrity, instead of going on and on, and being kicked out the door." The show has racked up tons of critical acclaim in its short run, with Comer and Sandra Oh taking home an Emmy and Golden Globe, respectively, for their acting work. When the Grey's Anatomy alum won her trophy in 2019, she became the first woman of Asian descent to win multiple Golden Globes. [jwplayer LfhwE160-zhNYySv2] The Sideways actress has been open about how surprised she was to find out that she'd be playing Killing Eve's titular character after so many years of supporting roles in other series and films. "When I was first offered the project of Killing Eve, I remember ... asking [my agent], 'I don't get it, like, who am I playing?' And my agent was saying, 'Eve, you're playing Eve,'" Oh said during an August 2021 interview with NPR. "That was really a significant moment for me for understanding ... how profound my internalized racism was. Why didn't I naturally think someone would be offering [me the title role]?" Judging by a season 4 teaser released in December 2021, it seems possible that Oh could make history yet again. The trailer shows Eve and Villanelle sparring once more after attempting to quit each other in the season 4 finale. “Eve is on a revenge mission, while Villanelle has found a brand-new community in an attempt to prove she’s not a ‘monster,'" read a plot synopsis from BBC America. "This season follows our extraordinary women, each driven by passion, revenge and obsession, building towards a messy, nuanced and totally glorious series finale.” Keep scrolling for more details about Killing Eve season 4: [podcast_block]

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Everything to Know About 'Killing Eve' Season 4: Returning Cast, Release Date and More

The final chase! After a lengthy break, Killing Eve is finally coming back for its fourth and final season. The show's third season wrapped up in May 2020, meaning that fans will have waited nearly two years for new episodes when the series returns on February 27, 2022. Though the thriller quickly became one of the BBC's most popular shows, the cast and crew feel that season 4 is the right time to bring everything to a close. "I’m trying not to think about it too much, honestly," Jodie Comer, who plays the assassin Villanelle, told Harper's Bazaar UK in November 2021. "It’s sad, you know? I’ve been with this character for a really, really long time. I would rather we ended on a good note and kept our integrity, instead of going on and on, and being kicked out the door." The show has racked up tons of critical acclaim in its short run, with Comer and Sandra Oh taking home an Emmy and Golden Globe, respectively, for their acting work. When the Grey's Anatomy alum won her trophy in 2019, she became the first woman of Asian descent to win multiple Golden Globes. [jwplayer LfhwE160-zhNYySv2] The Sideways actress has been open about how surprised she was to find out that she'd be playing Killing Eve's titular character after so many years of supporting roles in other series and films. "When I was first offered the project of Killing Eve, I remember ... asking [my agent], 'I don't get it, like, who am I playing?' And my agent was saying, 'Eve, you're playing Eve,'" Oh said during an August 2021 interview with NPR. "That was really a significant moment for me for understanding ... how profound my internalized racism was. Why didn't I naturally think someone would be offering [me the title role]?" Judging by a season 4 teaser released in December 2021, it seems possible that Oh could make history yet again. The trailer shows Eve and Villanelle sparring once more after attempting to quit each other in the season 4 finale. “Eve is on a revenge mission, while Villanelle has found a brand-new community in an attempt to prove she’s not a ‘monster,'" read a plot synopsis from BBC America. "This season follows our extraordinary women, each driven by passion, revenge and obsession, building towards a messy, nuanced and totally glorious series finale.” Keep scrolling for more details about Killing Eve season 4: [podcast_block]

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When Does It Premiere?

The first two episodes debut on BBC America February 27, 2022. The show will also air on AMC on Mondays beginning February 28. AMC+ subscribers will be able to stream the first episode one week early on February 20.

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Who's Coming Back?

Comer and Oh will be back as Villanelle and Eve, and Fiona Shaw will return as Carolyn Martens, an MI6 agent. It also seems likely that Sean Delaney will reprise his role as Kenny, Eve's sidekick.

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Who Else Is Involved?

Continuing the tradition of changing head writers each season, Laura Neal will be taking over from Suzanne Heathcote, who helmed season 3. The executive producer previously worked on Sex Education and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.  

“Laura is frighteningly bright, takes no prisoners and can laugh at anything,” executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle said in a statement in February 2020. “She’s wicked and wild, emotional and provocative. The stories we are already creating for season 4 promise a pitch-black riot.”

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What's It About?

The new season's plot is mostly under wraps, but the network's plot synopsis revealed that Carolyn will be going "to extraordinary lengths to continue to chase down The Twelve and the person that ordered Kenny’s hit." The teaser also hinted that the series finale may not leave everyone alive. "People like us aren’t made for happy lives with happy endings," Carolyn says in voiceover.

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Can Eve and Villanelle Change?

BBC America released the first full trailer on February 1, and the women seem to be aiming to lead new lives. However, their pasts might be too hard to outrun. "If you'd really changed, you wouldn't have come here," Eve says

Villanelle quips, "If you'd really changed, you wouldn't have let me."

Watch here.

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How Will It End?

Well, Comer and Oh wouldn't give that away, but they did reveal how they felt about the ending.

"It’s mixed emotions. I was kind of stunned," Comer admitted to the New York Times in February 2022. "The beautiful thing about shooting the ending was that we were together on set, which was amazing. I don’t know how I feel about the ending, truth be told."

Oh added, "I thought it was quite victorious. And I think we stayed true to the characters and to each other."