WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 3 of Killing Eve.

Despite Killing Eve's title, it doesn't seem to be about the death of former MI6 agent, Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), literally. The show's not angling for her nemesis and the erstwhile object of her affection, Villanelle (Jodie Comer), to kill her; it's actually about breaking her in a different way.

And so far, as Season 3 brings even more death into Eve's life, we see that it's about shattering Eve: mentally, spiritually and morally.

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This revelation actually comes to light in the wake of her being shot and left for dead by Villanelle in Rome last season, which would lead to the heroes disassembling. Eve's now an alcoholic who moved out her home into a cramped apartment. She's a short-order cook at an Asian restaurant and just bitter with life. But while she and Villanelle haven't physically become lovers, it's clear Villanelle is out to kill Eve's concept of love.

Eve alienated her husband, Niko, and after being goaded by Villanelle over the radio, she actually slept with Hugo, a young hacker working for her in Rome. It goes to show how far gone mentally Eve is, not even thinking about her husband. She assumed he was cheating on her, but we all know Eve was just looking for an excuse to flirt with Villanelle, even if it means thinking of her while sleeping with someone else. Basically, the show wants to deconstruct her as a bored, faithful housewife and show that en route to becoming an ambitious hero, the steps she climbs selfishly actually make Eve a pseudo-villain.

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Her dance with Villanelle has cost so many lives, including Bill, another teacher who Niko stayed with during a trial separation, and other targets MI6 had on their radar. Yet Eve's fascination with the killer reminds us not everyone is incorruptible. Eve is giving into temptation, and just like the Bible story and Villanelle leaving her apples, what she does with the choice and freedom she's been given by Carolyn and MI6 is totally up to her. It comes full-circle when Hugo is shot by the Twelve and is bleeding out in an Italian hotel -- rather than stay with him, Eve runs after Villanelle and just leaves a note to call an ambulance. That's irredeemable, and the fact Villanelle shot her afterward and Eve's here with the scars of that bullet, suffering inside, is proof the death is of her soul, not her physical body.

The show's title is merely a tease and it's all about obsession. Eve's killing herself because of an infatuation for excitement, a need to be tempted and seduced by the dark side, and more so, because of her ego. No matter what, she's always felt she's too intelligent to be kept down, and Eve wants to be put on a pedestal. We saw it with her trying to make her name at MI6, and how she loves the gifts Villanelle sends and the way the villain sexually objectified her. Basically, the death isn't the series' ultimate endgame: it's the journey to get there.

After all, something so literal would be anticlimactic, and it's not something audiences would believe or buy into. But the metaphorical route works: watching Even's grip on a calm life be destroyed, seeing her sanity pushed to the brink especially with Kenny's death and focusing on her sobriety issues, making her the very thing she hates is way more relatable.

Ultimately, Eve let the darkness in; she's let Villanelle poison her, and sadly, at this point, the erosion and degradation of her moral compass can't be blamed on anyone else but herself. It's only a matter of time before she does accept she's her greatest enemy, not some Russian assassin. That way, the series is fulfilling its title, and as seen where she's still trying to play Niko and patch a marriage up after she cracked it to pieces, it's a stark indictment that whether we like it or not, Eve may already be dead inside.

Starring Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Harriet Walter, Danny Sapani, Gemma Whelan and Steve Pemberton, the third season of Killing Eve airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC and BBC America.

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