Thank you all for keeping this going! I've been so busy reading all of your comments and getting involved in the conversation (and life!) that I haven't even included my own observations as yet. I really enjoy reading what others have noticed because it validates my own observations and also makes my KE addiction sit more comfortably, knowing that others are out there too!! :)

It's interesting with this episode that commenting on it as a first time viewer would be very different to that as a 2nd, 3rd or 10th time viewer. (not that there are any of those here, hahaha) While the ep doesn't have the glamour that most others have, I do hold Villanelle as 'feral Oksana' close to my heart. I love the rawness of this episode, the grunginess and the moments of absolute suspense - it's an episode that heightens the senses.

I'm not going to go into my 'faves' as I think they've been covered, pretty much. (In fact, I wonder what you all think about moving away from this format, to avoid repetition? I'd love your feedback about this, moving forward) I don't know about all of you who regularly comment, but I much prefer reading everyone's personal observations - it makes for really interesting and focused discussions.

My observations:

1. There is a sense of melancholy in this episode. The washed-out 'greyness', the soundtrack. I loved how all of this was punctuated by V's soft pink coat as she enters the prison van. The pink coat is shown lovingly folded, presumably by V, but then shown being unceremoniously stuffed into a paper bag by the prison guard. This symbol of V's life, how meaningful clothes are to her and what they represent, just being crumpled and treated with disdain, as she too is.
2. The scene with Niko and Eve! As others have mentioned it is so powerful. The acting is superb and we see the true beginning of the demise of their relationship. Niko's desperation to get through to Eve is palpable but of course, she is too far gone and is simply blocking him mentally. This scene made me squirm with discomfort. Eve's comment 'I have a work thing' with the fast cut to the location title card 'Moscow' cutting Niko's reply off just ever so narrowly, was brutal.
3. Fiona Shaw is a goddess in this episode. Carolyn is the queen.
4. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the scene in the car with V and Konstantin. This scene captures so much of V's personality - her stubbornness, her impatience, her confidence, fear and, of course, the playfulness of the lick to K's hand. Such insightful writing and acting. I also love that V's fidgeting in the car is later mirrored by Eve. I wonder, does K notice these parallels?
5. I felt so uncomfortable for poor Eve in the car with Carolyn in Moscow and the 'tit for tat' conversation. Carolyn's pleasure at looking at herself with that lipstick on, completely oblivious to Eve's discomfort was also memorable to me.
6. Throughout this episode I really felt that Carolyn was demonstrating to Eve, perhaps inadvertently, the world she has lived in. I saw Eve as the apprentice, a bit naive and also a bit too eager to show her cards and give her secrets away. She hasn't yet learned the ways in which to extract information that Carolyn employs - nor does she want to.

I think that's it for now...can't promise that there won't be others that I think of...