I will forever be weirded out by the way the internet decided that Emerald Fennell with season 2 didn’t single-handedly take a good limited series(that let’s be honest, lost momentum after 4 episodes) and turn it into a suspenseful drama that elevated the chemistry between the leads to the sky.

I think people just had the wrong idea about what the show is. Anyone who thought the show is a thriller about catching Villanelle just hasn’t watched beyond episode 3.

The biggest strength of the show are the scenes between Eve and Villanelle, and it was season 2 that wrote those the best. Not season 1.

Phoebe set the tone perfectly but that whole prison storyline was such filler and she worked really hard to not have Eve and Villanelle together in scenes so that it becomes more suspenseful. Season 2 had them meet frequently and it was more suspenseful than ever.