Story Grid Showrunners

09: Red Herrings - Killing Eve Ep7

Episode Summary

Red herrings, Trust betrayed, Orders ignored, Prison murders, dynamic escapes - Does Killing Eve Episode 7 work? Find out! The Story Grid knows!! The Showrunners discuss the 5 commandments of Episode 5 of Killing Eve. What other movies/ stories/ television series have bad safe houses? Basically, not-so-safe houses?

Episode Notes

Inciting Incident

Parul: You could say that the Inciting Incident is when Eve is ordered back to London, but I actually think it’s when they find out that Nadia has been killed and they are back at square one, and I think that Eve is only ordered back after that fact is discovered.

Progressive Complications/ Turning Point

Parul:

Progressive Complications:

• Eve doesn’t trust Carolyn anymore (nor do the viewers)
• Eve is shown the filthy letters between Constantin and Caroline
• Eve goes to visit Anna and finds out Anna’s husband was killed and castrated
• Eve finds Villanelle’s passport and money

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• Eve can’t a hold of her husband
• Villanelle is rescued
• Villanelle kills her new handler
• Villanelle confronts Constantin

Turning Point: 

Parul: Eve discovers that Carolyn met Villanelle in prison

Melanie: I think it’s when Carolyn tells Eve she can take her job away from her.

Randall: I think that Parul’s Turning Point is a good one, but it’s a Turning Point for a Crisis in the next episode, and there is another Turning Point within this episode that has a Crisis, Climax, and Resolution.

Parul: I think Mel’s Turning Point is a Progressive Complication.

Randall: I think it’s a Turning Point because of the fact that Eve disobeys a direct order from Carolyn, it builds on the character of Eve.  Jack Ryan is a good example - if there is no Turning Point in the episode, then the episode is boring.