I know where you are. Come home Eve, Now.
I think I might have killed her.
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
How long have I been here?
A man stabbed you?
A woman stabbed me.
NIKO: There's no way out of this job.
I'm so sorry.
Just talk to me.
CAROLYN: Alister Peel.
The Internet guy? Really?
You think he was murdered. You think it was...
Villanelle. She's on the move.
[ ALARM WAILING ]
Come on, Eve.
If she's alive, you need to find her.
♪ ♪
[ BRAKES SQUEAL ]
[ GEARSHIFT CLICKS, ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
♪ I want you till your dying day ♪
♪ I'm gonna make you ♪
♪ I wish you'd never gone away ♪
♪ I'm there beside you every day ♪
♪ And through the nighttime, too ♪
♪ And you can't get away ♪
♪ No, you can't get away ♪
[ KEYS JINGLING ]
[ DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS ]
♪ I'm gonna hold you ♪
♪ No matter where you try and hide ♪
♪ And I will haunt you ♪
♪ Never keep you satisfied ♪
♪ So, softly I remind you ♪
♪ Of the ways you let me down ♪
♪ And you can't get away ♪
♪ No, you can't get away ♪
[ SNORING SOFTLY ]
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
[ LAPTOP KEYS CLACKING ]
[ SNIFFLES ]
What are you doing?
Um...
Are you shopping?
You really have changed.
[ SNIFFLES ] Mnh.
The blue one's sexy.
♪ ♪
Oi!
Oi! This is not a homeless shelter.
Your laundry load is finished.
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ SCOFFS ]
[ METAL JINGLING ]
No, no, no, no, no... No!
[ SIGHS ] My medication has been stolen!
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
♪ ♪
Hey!
Alister Peel.
It's crazy.
No matter how rich or famous you are,
you always end up with your dick out on a slab.
- [ CHUCKLES ] - I nearly threw up.
They had to get me a burger.
So you're not completely heartless.
[ CHUCKLING ] Not yet.
And they think she did it? That's why they want you in.
Maybe, yeah. It's... It's just
to brief the Peel operation on Villanelle, I think.
I had a dream about Bill last night.
Eve.
His stupid little face.
I picked up my phone the other day to text him.
I'm sorry. You know, let... Let's not talk about this.
No, it's okay.
This is how it works... We have to talk.
Gross.
I want you to know that I hear you
and that I still respect you. - Ew.
Mm.
Be careful.
What do you mean?
Uh... you know, if you see something strange.
You know, be careful.
What a touchingly reassuring good-bye.
[ SCOFFS LIGHTLY ]
Sorry.
[ MUZAK PLAYS ]
[ GROANS SOFTLY ]
[ CHUCKLES SOFTLY ]
Come on.
[ WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER P.A. ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ CHUCKLES SOFTLY ]
[ CART WHEELS RATTLE ]
[ ENGLISH ACCENT ] Excuse me. I'm so sorry to bother you...
No, sorry. I don't have any change.
[ MUZAK CONTINUES ]
[ CART WHEELS RATTLE ]
[ CASH REGISTER BEEPING ]
Excuse me. [ GASPING ]
S-Sorry. Do you need to get past?
[ VOICE BREAKING ] No, I need your help.
Oh, right. I don't think I can...
That man [SNIFFLES] out there...
He's my stepfather.
[ SNIFFLES ]
He did this to me.
Oh. Oh, dear.
Please, I need someone to help me get out of here
without him seeing me.
If I could... If I could just walk behind you.
Gosh, I-I, uh...
- It's not my... It's not my... - Please. Please.
[ CHUCKLES ] Uh...
God. Uh, all right.
Just, uh, stay behind me.
[ BREATHING SHARPLY ]
Oh, yeah, just leave your stuff on the till, mate!
Don't worry about it!
Don't look at him. He's completely lost his mind.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BREATHES HEAVILY ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I don't think he saw us.
Thank you. I don't know what I would have done.
Well, here you go.
A handkerchief, wow!
You're such a gentleman.
Oh. [ CHUCKLES ] I don't know about that.
Do you have someone you need to call?
I-Is there anything I can do to help?
I've nowhere to go.
No friends?
I don't really have any.
There must be something I can do to help.
I-I can't just leave you here.
I'll be all right. [ SNIFFLES ]
Look, uh...
I have a spare room... uh...
uh, if you need somewhere for a night or two.
No, I couldn't. It... Thank you. It wouldn't be right. Mm.
I would... If you're worried about... I would never...
What I mean is, you'd be completely safe, of course.
[ CHUCKLES ]
But wouldn't I be an inconvenience to you?
No, not at all. [ SNIFFLES ]
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers
for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
[ CHUCKLES ]
But that would make me an angel.
[ LAUGHS ]
Yeah, I suppose it would.
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ KEY CLICKS, ENGINE STARTS ]
[ "WHEN A WOMAN IS AROUND" PLAYS ]
♪ I don't pretend to know the ways of the world ♪
♪ A means to an end seems the way ♪
♪ Who has the most of whatever is best, all the better ♪
- [ BUZZER ] - MAN ON INTERCOM: Your name?
Eve Polastri.
[ MACHINERY WHIRRING ] ♪ An eye for an eye ♪
♪ Is a blind man's rule ♪
♪ I wasn't born to follow ♪
♪ I'm nobody's fool ♪
- All right? - Yeah.
Uh, h-how do you always look so good?
I mean, do you even sleep?
It's my moisturizer.
It's made of pig's placenta.
It costs a fortune and smells like ass,
but it is exceedingly effective.
I don't mind smelling like arse.
I'll send you the link.
What have you told these guys my role is, exactly?
- Outside expert. - Expert on what?
Female assassins.
[ DOOR OPENS ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
- Hi, Eve. - Kenny!
I-I didn't know you'd be here. Oh.
- I... - No, it's... it's okay.
Now that Villanelle is part of the Peel investigation,
I thought it might be useful
to keep some of the Trafalgar Team intact.
Oh, so, will Elena be...
Uh, Elena felt the job was no longer for her.
She's worried about getting murdered.
Okay.
Um, would you like to come and sit here?
Are you all right? [ WHISPERING ] No.
- Hi. - Hi.
Jess. Hi.
Welcome to Operation Manderley.
This is Hugo... a dogsbody and token Cambridge posh boy.
Apologies for him in advance.
Oxford, actually.
Just pretends not to remember to hurt my feelings.
She's very undermining.
Oh.
Let me know if there's anything you need.
Welcome to MI6.
An Old Etonian around every corner
waiting to steal your job.
♪ ♪
[ DOOR CREAKS ]
[ GASPS ]
Oh, Julian, wow!
[ CHUCKLES ]
My mother collected them. Uh...
I should throw them away, really.
No. They're lovely.
Sit up straight, Annabelle. [ DOLL CRIES ]
We have a guest.
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
Could I possibly sit down?
Of course. You must be tired. Yes.
Oh, yeah. Uh...
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
Uh, can I get you anything?
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ] Do you have any cake?
Oh, uh... no.
But I could get you some.
[ CHUCKLES ] Honestly, you've done enough.
[ CHUCKLES ] Lemon drizzle.
I'll be back in 10 minutes.
[ DOOR OPENS, SLAMS SHUT ]
[ KEY TURNS IN LOCK ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ BREATHES HEAVILY ]
[ WINCES ]
[ EXHALES HEAVILY ]
[ DULL THUD OVERHEAD ]
[ FLOORBOARDS CREAK ]
[ CREAKING CONTINUES ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
KENNY: Eve?
What happened? Mum said you went to Paris...
I'm so glad to see you. [ DOOR OPENS ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ WATER POURING ]
- Are you two having an affair? - Yeah.
I found her. I found Villanelle.
- What? Where is she? - Kenny, I...
I stabbed her.
- What? What! - Shh!
Oh, my God, Eve! Is she dead?
I don't know. I don't know. She disappeared.
Ohh.
- This is really bad. - I know.
Does Mum know?
Do you think I should tell her?
No! No.
You're withholding information
on an investigation that you're working on.
[ BREATHING QUICKLY ]
Well, on the bright side... now you are, too.
Oi, lovebirds! Jess wants to hear the assassin briefing.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
So, I am Eve Po... Polastri. I'm just... Ohh.
I'm just gonna talk a little bit about...
Sorry.
- Do you need a hand? - Uh, no, no. I-I'm fine.
[ BEEPING ]
Um...
- You just press, um... this one. - Yes.
And then... there.
Thank you, Hugo. I can work a remote.
Yes, miss.
Yes, um...
So, originally, our team was set up
to look into a string of international assassinations.
Cesare Greco, Carla de Mann, Zhang Wu.
There didn't seem to be a whole lot connecting them
except for this female assassin...
...Oksana Astonkova...
...or as she prefers to be called...
...Villanelle.
Her handler was this man, Konstantin Vasiliev,
FSB agent who moonlighted
for the criminal organization that hired her.
She shot Konstantin in a tearoom full of people.
- She's sloppy? - No, not usually.
She's... flamboyant.
And attention-seeking.
And... And instinctive.
Spoilt.
Easily bored.
But, no, she's not sloppy.
[ BEEP ]
Frank Haleton.
He was in a government safe house
when broke in and she murdered him.
That's Bill Pargrave.
She stabbed him to death on a nightclub dance floor.
If anyone says, "It's 'Murder on the Dance Floor, '"
I will throw them out the window.
♪ ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]
JULIAN: Elizabeth?
Everything all right?
Do you need anything?
No, thank you, Julian.
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
Hello, this is Eve Polastri, Project Manderley.
I need to see all the crime-scene photos you have
from the Paris hospital murder yesterday.
Can you e-mail them through?
Yes, it's urgent.
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
[ COMPUTER CHIMES ]
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
[ SIGHS ]
I think I might need some antibiotics.
What you need is rest.
You'll be right as rain tomorrow.
But... I get tonsillitis. It could get infected.
Open your mouth.
- [ GASPS ] - Say "ahh."
Ahhh.
No white spots. But...
Little worrywart.
You'll feel better in the morning, I promise.
Now, get some rest.
- You like a hottie bottie? - A what?
A hot water bottle.
- I don't think so. - Okay.
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
[ DOOR CLOSES ]
[ BREATHES RAGGEDLY ]
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
[ CLATTERING, THUDDING OVERHEAD ]
[ FLOORBOARDS CREAKING ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ FLOORBOARDS CREAK ]
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
[ JULIAN SNORING LIGHTLY ]
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la-la ♪
[ RATTLES DOOR HANDLE ] [ CLATTER ]
♪ La-la-la, la-la-la ♪
♪ La ♪
[ EXHALES ]
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
[ BOTH SCREAMING ]
Stop! Stop! That's my mother.
[ PANTING ] What? I-I thought...
Come on. Come on, Mummy, it's all right.
- It's all right. - What's wrong with her?
Dementia.
Thank God. I thought...
I thought she was a ghost. I hate ghosts.
I should have warned you. I'm sorry.
Why do you lock her in?
She kept leaving the house
in the middle of the night and getting lost. [ CHUCKLES ]
So it's safer for her this way.
Okay.
- Good night. - Good night.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
- Julian. - How are you feeling?
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
I need you to call the doctor.
Uh, tell him I need tigecycline or... or cefepime.
- What are those? - And I...
I need some things from the pharmacy.
I-I wrote you a list last night.
Uh...
"Antiseptic...
aspirin...
ibuprofen..."
Someone's a hypochondriac.
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
You know, I should leave.
You've... You've already been so kind.
No, please don't. O-Of course I'll go to the pharmacy.
I-I have to pick up some things for Mum, anyways.
"Sanitary... pads."
Uh...
Ooh. That'll cause a bit of a stir at the pharmacy.
I'll have to tell them they're for my, uh...
girlfriend.
[ CHUCKLES SOFTLY ]
♪ ♪
[ PEN CLICKING ]
Do you want to talk about it?
No.
Maybe.
What do you know about psychopaths?
I went to boarding school.
So what does this look like to you?
This particular murder.
A heart attack caused by air injected under the toenail.
- Discreet. - Right, right.
It's subtle... boring.
Boring?
Relatively, yes.
Villanelle is an attention-seeker.
Most psychopaths are.
I mean, she likes playing to the gallery.
She wants it to be fun.
She wants people to know when she's killed someone.
- She wants me to know. - You?
Whoever. People.
- It wasn't her. - It wasn't her.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ON TELEVISION ]
MAN: I could never understand what's going on, anyway.
Sit down!
I wouldn't even trust a rabid rat.
I hate this show. Horrible.
...be dead. [ LAUGHTER ]
VILLANELLE: Julian, I need you to go to the pharmacy.
[ SIGHS ] Can we maybe open a window? It's so hot!
I don't think that's a very good idea with your fever.
Look at your hair.
It's all messy. Silly.
There.
Nice and neat.
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
JULIAN'S MOTHER: Hello, dear. Oh, God.
[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]
Wha...
How lovely to see you again.
[ NORMAL VOICE ] Are you faking it?
How's Deb?
Deb got fat.
Oh, dear. What a shame.
What a shame.
You will be careful of Julian, won't you?
What?
He's a good boy, really.
What do you mean?
Hey.
Hey!
Come back.
♪ ♪
You're kidding me.
What do you mean? You're telling me
one of the richest men in the world lives in this house?
Hello. Are the family inside?
OFFICER: They are. Go right ahead, ma'am.
Close your mouth, Eve.
It's not exactly Versailles, is it?
Not what you were expecting?
Oh, I'm so sorry.
That's all right. People are always surprised.
[ INHALES DEEPLY ] He used to walk past this house
on his way to school every morning.
Said it was the nicest house he'd ever seen.
So when he made his first million... he bought it.
And never left.
That's awesome.
Awesome?
Let's get this over and done with, shall we?
[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]
- Amber? - Hello.
[ INHALES DEEPLY ]
Mm.
Hmm.
[ GRUNTS ]
AMBER: You said there was something about Dad?
Yes. We've come here with rather difficult news.
- What, has he died again? - Aaron.
I'm afraid your father was murdered.
[ CLOCK TICKING ]
No.
That's not right.
He had a heart attack. We were both here.
I think someone's got something mixed up.
I'm afraid not.
[ TICKING CONTINUES ]
The day your father died, a... a beautician was here?
That wasn't unusual.
She came every week. Usually during board meetings.
During?
Dad liked to make his disdain
for the business side of things pretty clear.
So you saw her?
Do either of you remember what she looks like?
Um... do you recognize this woman?
Hmm?
Stop it, Eve.
I can feel your excitement.
Don't get all giddy
and start singing along to the radio in my car.
I knew it. I knew it!
A new girl.
Perhaps, or maybe it's someone so good,
she's been operating undetected for a while.
Villanelle will be furious. [ LAUGHS ]
[ DOOR SLAMS SHUT ]
[ LOCK ENGAGES ]
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES, ENGINE STARTS ]
[ VEHICLE DEPARTS ]
♪ ♪
[ SIGHS ]
They can't remember a single thing about her?
- Nothing. - That's convenient.
I know, I know, but...
[ SIGHS ]
...I do believe them.
So, what kind of woman does no one ever pay any attention to,
especially people like the Peels?
It has to be someone who can go about their business
without anyone noticing because...
Because what they do is seemingly uninteresting.
They're... They're not important.
They're... They're invisible.
It's the kind of woman who people look at every day
and never see.
♪ ♪
[ CART WHEELS RATTLE ]
[ GASPS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
[ FINGERS SQUEAK ON GLASS ]
[ EXHALES HEAVILY ]
[ WATER RUNNING ]
[ MUFFLED SCREAM ]
What are you looking for?
[ ENGLISH ACCENT ] A kitchen knife.
What for?
To stab you with.
[ CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY ]
Nothing sharp in the house, I'm afraid.
Mum might cut herself.
Are you going to the doctor's?
Will you just stop badgering me for five minutes?!
Um... I'll bring you back some flu tablets.
[ DOOR OPENS, SLAMS SHUT ]
[ LOCK ENGAGES ]
[ DIAL TONE ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ LINE RINGS ]
MAN: Hello. Dozen Incorporated.
[ NORMAL VOICE ] It's Cher Horowitz.
I've failed my driving test.
I'm sorry, Ms. Horowitz.
We haven't got anyone here who can help you.
Thank you for your call.
[ CLICKS, DIAL TONE ]
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ BREATHES SHARPLY ]
[ LINE RINGS ]
WOMAN: Operator.
Connect me to MI6, please.
Is this a prank call?
No, I need to speak to MI6.
I'm sorry. We can't disclose that number.
Okay, well... well, tell them
I'm going to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
You know, I get calls like this every day.
It's very distressing.
[ DIALING ]
[ LINE RINGS, CLICKS ]
Hello?
MAN: Hello. Please clearly state the name
of the person you wish to be connected to after the tone.
[ TONE BEEPS ]
Eve Polastri.
I'm sorry. I didn't catch that.
Eve Polastri.
I'm sorry. I didn't catch that.
Eve Polastri, you piece of shit!
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
[ DOOR OPENS ]
[ BEEPING ]
I forgot my...
[ BEEPING ]
OPERATOR: Please hang up and try again.
Please hang up and try again.
Please hang up...
[ FOOTSTEPS ASCENDING STAIRCASE ]
The Ghost?
She's the opposite of Villanelle.
She's, um... careful and anonymous.
And meticulous and discreet.
Right now, we have no idea how long she's been operating
or who she works for.
We're working on the assumption that this is a woman,
late to middle age,
looks like an immigrant worker,
so, you know, she's not white...
What makes you think that?
The fact that you just interrupted me mid-sentence
makes me think that.
JESS: So, this is our new lead.
We'll be focusing on The Ghost from now on.
We can rule out Villanelle from this investigation.
Uh, wait, wait, wait, wait. Uh, not entirely.
Why not? We don't need her anymore.
Uh. Yeah, but, um...
Surely she's... she's... She's worth investigating?
She might know something about The Ghost.
Eve, can you come with me, please?
- Um. - Quickly.
Are you sure it was her?
[ PHONE BEEPS ]
VILLANELLE: Eve Polastri, you piece of shit!
[ SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
Who were you calling?
[ ENGLISH ACCENT ] No one.
Don't lie to me.
You ungrateful...
Do you think anyone else would pick up a girl like you,
give her a roof over her head?
[ SIGHS ] You thought I'd be an easy target, didn't you?
Thought you'd take advantage of the Good Samaritan.
I see what you're doing.
Don't think I haven't noticed.
Playing the innocent, batting your eyelashes,
getting me to wait on you hand and foot, feed you,
look after you, give you everything you want.
And what do I get, hmm? What do I get?
Nothing!
Why don't I get anything?
It was a surprise!
I...
I didn't want to tell you.
What are you talking about?
[ SIGHS ] I...
was on the phone to a bakery.
I was ordering you a cake.
What cake?
[ SNIFFLES ] To thank you...
for being my knight in shining armor.
Oh. Oh, Elizabeth...
I-I'm sorry.
[ VOICE BREAKING ] I'm so sorry.
What an idiot I am.
What must you think of me?
[ NORMAL VOICE ] I think you're going to bleed to death.
What?
[ GRUNTS ]
[ GASPS ]
[ GRUNTING AND PANTING ]
[ YELLING AND GRUNTING ]
[ HEAVY THUD ] [ GRUNTS ]
[ PANTING ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ GASPING ]
[ CLATTERING ]
[ SCREAMS ]
[ GROANS ]
[ GURGLING ]
[ GASPS ]
[ BLOOD TRICKLING ]
[ RAGGED BREATHING ]
This is what you get, Julian.
♪ ♪
[ KNITTING NEEDLE CLATTERS ]
[ SHALLOW BREATH ]
EVE: Where is she?
Well, she called through the operator.
We only have the area code, but the police
have been informed. She won't get far.
[ CAR ALARM BEEPS ]
[ MAN SINGING IN FRENCH ]
♪ ♪
[ HANDLE RATTLES ]
Hello, Villanelle.
[ MUSIC STOPS ]
- Who are you? - I'm Raymond, your new handler.
[ SCOFFS ]
I thought I'd been fired.
Circumstances have changed.
[ PANTING ]
No, thanks.
You called us.
From an unprotected line.
That wasn't very clever, was it?
[ BREATHES SHARPLY ] You know what?
I've had a really shitty couple of days.
And I really, really need to go to a doctor.
What I don't need is a boring stranger in a Volvo,
giving me a lesson on how to use the phone!
All right. Off you go.
What?
Well, if you don't want to work with me, off you go.
Fine.
Whatever.
[ CAR DOORS LOCK ]
Only joking.
[ DOORS UNLOCK, LOCK ]
[ DOORS UNLOCK, LOCK REPEATEDLY ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ GRUNTS ]
[ CHOKING ]
Who do you think you work for, Oksana?
Do you think you can just do whatever you want?
[ CHOKING ]
You're on a very tight leash from now on.
All right?
[ CHOKING ]
A choke lead. [ CHUCKLES ]
[ GRUNTS ] Ahh.
[ GASPS ]
Antibiotics are in the glove compartment.
There's some water in there so you can swallow them down.
[ SEAT BELT CLICKS ]
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
[ SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE ]
♪ ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
OFFICER: 49! Number 49!
♪ If I give you my heart ♪
♪ Would you take it? ♪
- Yes, ma'am. - Thank you.
♪ If I give you my heart ♪
- The house is clear. - Thank you.
♪ Would you break it? ♪
PARAMEDIC: He's still warm.
Oh, my God.
She's gone.
Damn it!
We were so close. She was right here.
I think we're going to have to get you some protection.
Oh, yeah, you think?
There's someone we need to speak to.
[ LOCK DISENGAGES ]
Hey.
Everything okay?
What's up with him?
Uh, promise you won't be cross.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Hello, Eve.
♪ La la la ♪