I am still not over the last Killing Eve Recap. I’m still grieving Niko. And Kenny too! And Bill from previous seasons. We seem to be averaging about three murders an episode. Can we please just have them all be people we don’t “know”? Except Sasha. She needs killin’. All of the photos sent to me this week are of Villanelle, which makes me a bit worried about Eve.
Villanelle is in some remote Russian logging town for some yet to be determined reason. Oh! I think she is looking for her family. She’s in a house that is almost as messy as mine. Okay, mine is way worse at the moment. There is food cooking on the stove, so clearly someone is home. A little boy stumbles into her in the kitchen and asks if she is from Pinner. She’s not. The collection of misfit family members isn’t really that reactive to a stranger in the house. Then, another guy comes in. It’s Oksana’s (Villanelle’s) brother. Then, Villanelle freaks out, because her Mama came home. This is such a fascinating show. I wish more of you were watching it. We all need more intellectual simulation than Bravo provides.
Throw Shit, Win Fan
It seems her whole family thought she was dead. Her mother has a super emotional reaction. Of course Villanelle can’t even properly hug her mother back.We get a variety of family bonding moments. Photo albums are shared. They play a card game that is something like Wink Murder where one person is the murderer. It was kind of funny. The little kid is a huge Elton John fan. So of course there is a rousing sing along to Crocodile rock. Really bad singing with even worse dancing. This is a weird episode. It looks like the whole episode is going to be Villanelle’s visit with her family.
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The tiny town is having a harvest festival. Villanelle isn’t that excited about going. But she was really good at the shell game, which pissed off the woman running the scam. You can’t scam Villanelle. She was also quite good at the dung throwing contest. She won a fan, lol.
Knives Out!
I think I know which three will die. There is a trio of annoying girls. One is dating someone who lives in the family house. I think Villanelle has had just about enough of them. They have formed an incredibly bad dance trio. The little kid who is the Elton John fan, and also Villanelle’s half-brother, is a self abuser. He entered some kind of cooking contest and lost and he keeps hitting himself in the head. Their mother told him he was stupid and embarrassed the family. Perhaps Villanelle will kill her mother? I mean, this is the longest she has gone without killing someone.
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Next we find Villanelle in the kitchen chopping tomatoes. This means she has a knife. She turns around with tomato juice streaming down her eyes like bloody tears and tries to scare her mother. But her mother is not amused. Villanelle says that her mother only laughs at things that are not funny. He moter hands her a cloth and tells her to clean her face. Villanelle wants her mother to do it for her. Her mom tells her she is not a child. But Villanelle wants to feel like her child. Eventually, her mother begins to wipe her face.
You Are The Darkness!
Villanelle doesn’t have much time at all to enjoy this mother daughter moment. Her mother tells her she wants her to be gone by tomorrow. Villanelle wants to stay. She says it is her home. Her mother says she is not part of this family. She doesn’t belong there. Then she kisses her on the forehead. She definitely inherited the sociopathy from her mother. Villanelle says it will be harder for her mother to get rid of her this time. The mother says she doesn’t want Villanelle bringing the darkness into the house. Villanelle and I both say at the same time, “You are the darkness.”
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There was a very intense mother daughter scene which I won’t transcribe here, but it was very dark. Villanelle basically said she has killed a lot of people and she has not been happy. And it is because she is her mother’s daughter. And her mother won’t admit what she is. Is Villanelle crying? Or just trying to cry when she says, “I think I need to kill you, Mama.” Then she does and proceeds to set the house on fire. She left her little half brother a note to go to the barn for a surprise. She left him an envelope with a ton of money in it and a note that said, “Go See Elton.” Then, the entire house and everyone in it blew up.
The final scene of Villanelle on a train with a headset on, we see a wave of different emotions wash over her. It was some brilliant acting and the most emotions we have seen from Villanelle in three seasons. This was an interesting sort of stand alone episode. I am looking forward to getting back to Eve next week. Oddly both of the female protagonists lost their families at the same time.
This was such a great episode! Like you said I think last week, I really wasn’t excited about the family aspect and I was sort of dreading this episode bringing in a storyline that I didn’t like. Boy was I wrong.
Afternoon from Stormy Spain – and not just due to the weather. Long story short…Europe ( including the UK) have all gone totally mental and are all throwing their toys out of their prams, like petulant toddlers.
In 2021 if you want a 2 week vacation then you need 6 weeks, 4 weeks is to cover the quarantine/vacation when you arrive at your holiday destination, when returning to the UK a further 2 weeks quarantine, unless you fly to Ireland, then train/bus to Northern Ireland and then fly/ferry to the UK to avoid quarantine or you can go via France….. Is this how Europe see our new normal
Does this mean due to social distancing and lack of space we will now have to book an appointment to use the elevator/lift during our working day?
Does anybody see any flaws in any of these future new normal plans?
Anyway enough venting; what an interesting episode ” Mother Russia” how darkly apt.
I had not grasped the fact they have now both lost family members. OOOOHHHH!!
Excellent point TT.
What a delightfully interesting quagmire that will lead us to…of emotional madness and mayhem.
Has Villanelle cut ties not just with her mother but also Russia?
Villanelle on the train – She is starting to spiral out of control, We all know she has MAJOR daddy issues and that someone has a daughter she is jealous of.
What about the 12?
Eve is grieving- Will she also spiral out of control?
The last 3 episodes in each season is where it always kicks off – BIG TIME
Will Villanelle discover Dasha set her up as Niko’s killer in this Season or next Season and what will she do?
I cannot wait to see how things will play out this season
Nanette there are 4 books…You can read the first two for free – Google Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings Read Online (Free)
THERE ARE ON THREE EPISODES LEFT? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I need this to last the whole summer!
Also I think For Life on ABC ends tonight. And HTGAWM Ends this week. All of the good shows are ending!!!
Check out Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. It’s pretty darned good. (It is standalone, don’t need to watch Penny Dreadful.) Takes place in 1940s Hollywood — right before the Zoot Suit Wars. Very James Ellroy dark underbelly Hollywood. The supernatural character played by Natalie Dormer could be Villanelle’s muse. She must be having a blast playing it.
Family trying to rent a Vacation by Owner place in a beach community in California are facing similar concerns as well. The owners were quarantined in Spain and cancelled my family’s reservations when they decided they wanted to go back to CA and enjoy their own place instead. But my family is having difficulty getting all their refund back because the old pre-COVID rules don’t always apply. Planning ahead more than a few weeks, not so easy during these times.
You can only plan ahead 2 weeks in Spain, the word REFUND no longer exists- the new normal is vouchers,
Europe is also attempting to change the law in regard to refunds via credit cards and the European banks are jumping for joy, i.e the 7/14 day refund is removed.
Airlines go into administration a voucher is worth ZERO..crazy times.
Thanks. I have a free trial too. So I can read all for free!
Perfect. Enjoy!
I love this show!!! I never want it to end. Jodie is a fantastic actress. I feel her emotions when watching the show. Her facial reactions are hilarious. I loved it when they broke out singing and dancing crocodile rock.
I LOVED it so much when she laughed at them saying the earth is flat!!
I got teary when she was so excited to win the cheesy fan. She was all “Ha!” when she tossed the dung — the competitive side. It was the child-like joy when she was in the podium that touched me. And when she told her brother he was right, it was fun.
I find the child-like joy extremely frightening,,,,as that is her building up for the main kill and then shopping like a little kid in a candy store.
What a great episode!!!! It’s was cool to see where Villanelle came from. I had tears when the brother said why he hit himself. Evil bitch of a mother! I was glad the two brothers made it out alive. Still grieving Niko and Kenny too. I can’t believe they’re gone.
It wasn’t clear to me if the older brother lived. I thought the barn blew up too.
Oh I thought they were the only two to survive. She lured the little brother out to the barn with her twin brother. She liked them both so I assumed it was to keep them both alive?
I thought so too, but it looked to me like the barn blew up too.
No, it didn’t! The 2 brothers are alive.
Yep – the little bro and the barn sleeping bro lived. She did not blow the barn. Great episode. It could have been shitz.
I thought there was SOMETHING being foreshadowed when they were giving the older brother shit for liking to sleep in the barn. YES!
Yes she kept those two alive. Agree, fantastic episode. Her comical facial expressions make me laugh so much x
Great performance by Jodie Comer. Also note she was wearing her mother’s refashioned “jumpsuit for from the 80s” on the train ride at the end.
Good catch! This is why I love an intelligent recap with intelligent comments about an intelligent show.
Having moved back to my rural, family domain to care-give, while discovering my own “mommy issues” this episode rocks for me. Although I don’t want to annihilate my family members guilty of thinking, “all outsiders are the problem we all are just fine, because anyone promoting change is just dumb or evil” Villanelle’s reaction to hearing the moon landing conspiracy theory was perfect. Be polite until you can’t take it anymore then run away in laughter and participate only in the crazy fun times.
The perceived hopelessness, self loathing and therefore dependence a family matriarch like Villanelle’s mother encourages upon her children showed Villanelle she never had a chance. Cry, girl cry. Loved the episode. And the title, Mother Russia, said so much.
I am still trying to work out my feelings about this episode. Do I want Villanlle to have a family? Or do I enjoy watching this fully formed person operate in the world without thought to how she got here? Obviously the acting was great and the Killing Eve moments were there. I don’t know folks….I am conflicted.
Is this a safe space??? I wanna slap this sh!t out of someone at work who just got nasty with me on a work email, that wouldn’t have DARED tried that had we been working in the office.
I’m sorry, TT. I know you hate when people get off topic. Killing Eve is a FANTASTIC show. LOL 😉
Not entirely off topic. Likely, Villanelle AND Eve would feel the same way. Villanelle would whisper in your ear, “You should just DO it!”
Villanelle is my new spirit animal!!!! LOLOLOLOL
And instead of burning sage, burn dung. After you slap the crap out I’d the cockwombler, burn dung in his office!
YES! I am stilling this comment. Villanelle is my spirit animal.
I too want to hurt my co-workers at times. Right there with you.
We knew something was off with Mom. Not going back to get Oksana, we saw through her lies.
Mom does see a darkness in Oksana — the old “takes one to know one.” Even though she won’t admit it, she KNOWS … Mom may not kill, but she destroys with words. She wasn’t even shocked at Villanelle’s confession.
But I think the REAL reason Mom wanted Villanelle gone was more common — jealousy. She was jealous of the way Villanelle “controlled” her father, who would do “anything” for his little girl. (And Mom never did say what happened to Daddy.) When Villanelle was in the garden talking to Mom’s hubby, we saw that curtain moving. We KNEW that something was going to come up, that Mom was suspicious and jealous. I didn’t think Villanelle was being shady or seductive. But Mom does … that was when we knew Villanelle would have to go. Mom can’t take the perceived competition
OOOOHHH Nanette!!!!
You haven taken me to “Like Mother,” “Like Daughter “with a little pinch of Nature versus Nurture….
Imagine if her mum had been left at the orphanage…How would she have turned out?
Elton gave Jodie a high 5.
DUH!! Jodie’s red love heart sunglasses in homage to Elton, I rushed Season 1 so I am going to re-watch and review all the Easter eggs I missed.
Have a great day everyone.
Finally am caught up on this show! I love it so much! But to find out that there’s only 3 more episodes left is a bummer. What good shows are going to be left?
Anyway, the irony that her mother told her that she was told that she died in the orphanage because it was burned down was not lost on me. That conversation made me think immediately that before the episode was over that she would be killing her mother in the same way.
DIAF shows itself again (this is us) and I have to laugh, even though the humor is dark. I also cracked up when Villanelle did when the other two were talking flat earther conspiracy theories. Made me wonder if Russia started that crap irl, lol.
I also noticed Villanelle was wearing the acid washed 80s jumpsuit on the train. She is either coming unglued or planning her biggest move to date. I fear for Constantine now. I also am not over Kenny or Nico. Should be interesting future episodes. I think Villanelle will want to seek out Eve for love/comfort not knowing that Eve is under impression that she killed Nico. Once Villanelle figures this out, I think she’ll kill Dasha. I wouldn’t be surprised if Villanelle switched sides and joined Eve and her side as a double agent. And Jodi Comer is the best actress to pull that off. Then hopefully we can all get back to finding out what/who the 12 is!
Thanks for turning me onto this show and recapping it. I’m going to be in depression when this show and Survivor are over! I hope HBO or Showtime has some new stuff up their sleeves because now that Homeland is over, along with the aforementioned others, WTF IS LEFT TO WATCH????
Also, why did all the Russian family dance like Elaine from Seinfeld? ? and I feel like villanelle wearing that jumper of her mother’s was like symbolism of her armor like now she is the HBIC of sociopath women. I’m staying tuned!
Sorry in regard to informing only 3 episodes left, I am also wondering WTF is left to watch. ??
I agree Villanelle will be looking to Eve for emotional support and the shit will hit the fan, plus I also think Double Agent is possible next season.
Thanks for the recipe xx
Yay! For the sausage balls I also add a bit of parsley for a flavor punch and added color but can probably add anything you prefer to it. Let me know if you need exact recipe amounts for a batch. I’m still up to my ears in bananas bc I keep trying to order four bananas on the online amazon grocery thing and they keep sending me 4 BUNCHES instead! Lol! I need Nanette’s frozen home made banana liquor/hooch recipe! I’m literally going BANANAS over here! ?
Double YAY for sausage balls
I have a freezer full of bananas and Nanette’s frozen home made banana liquor/hooch recipe is a high priority..
Recipe for a batch would be grand,
Okay so first I decided that you need the answer to the initial question “what is Bisquick” … I’m reading the box and this is what it says verbatim under ingredients in the order listed: “Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin,iron,thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Corn Starch, Dextrose, Palm Oil, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, mono calcium phosphate), Canola Oil, Salt, Sugar, DATEM, Distilled Monoglycerides. CONTAINS WHEAT INGREDIENTS “
So, yeah it’s an American pancake, biscuit and baking mix with a shittion of added gross bullshit pretty much. I’m thinking you probably just need flour, baking soda and some salt and either a cooking oil or butter and idk how to figure out those amounts from that ridiculous list but it can’t be too difficult if you cook regularly. Note that these things are greasy AF yet tasty nonetheless.
So actual recipe is here for one batch:
3 scant cups Bisquick Baking Mix,
1 pound pork sausage at room temperature (I use the “hot” or “spicy”,
16 ounces grated/:shredded sharp cheddar cheese (4 cups),
*1/4 cup chopped fresh chives or parsley (optional)
Combine all ingredients in a stand mixer seton low using the paddle attachment (or combine by hand in a big bowl) until all ingredients are evenly combined/distributed.
Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and place on a baking sheet one inch apart. (I spray the baking sheet with Pam or lightly grease it to prevent the bottoms from burning or sticking to the sheet pan)
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until bottoms are slightly browned. (Check first batch often as this differs greatly depending on ovens and they can burn badly if not. In my latest oven I’ve found that 18 minutes is the baking time)
Notes: I always use the Jimmy Dean Hot sausage.and it’s not too hot for the little ones. If you choose to use a regular or mild sausage, you might want to add a bit of cayenne pepper)
Always grate your own cheese. The pre-shredded kind is covered in some kind of cellulose which is a moisture blocking agent and can dry the entire batch out.
Refrigerate leftovers in airtight container and can reheat a plate of them in microwave for 30-45 seconds. Can also freeze for a pretty long time in airtight container. (I separate layers of them with waxed or parchment paper), but always defrost in refrigerator and reheat as directed above or in regular oven to your desired temperature but microwave seems to reheat better in my experience it doesn’t dry them out.
I just transcribed my recipe but they are really not complicated ~actually very simple to make just time consuming if you can only fit one baking sheet in oven at a time which is why I usually make 2 batches at a time and freeze the second batch. Second batch is always ty best because zero effort involved, lol!
The cheese straws are very similar in ingredients and baking temp/times.
Enjoy!
Excellent, I also now have an understanding of American measurements cups/ounces…
I can convert recipes and participate on the next Open Post.
A positive during a Mid Week Madness Wednesday.
Came back to tell you that evidently I typed the amount for the cheese wrong! 16 ounces is actually 2 cups ~ NOT 4!!! I think my brain is so used to doubling the batch I typed it wrong. Hope you read this in time! Apologies!
Also you can google how to make substitution for Bisquick. There are several versions of substitutions or you can order it off of amazon. If ordering, get the one that says it is the “original “ kind in the yellow box. And tbh I’ve probably put more cheese in it than called for because I usually err on the side of “wow that’s a shit ton of cheese”. More is better in regards to cheese in/on anything imo, but that’s just my preference lol!
The more cheese the better
Only ONCE in my life have I uttered “too much cheese.” Other than that ONE time, NEVER too much cheese.