- The Independent’s Jessie Thompson awarded Black Doves’ return four stars, calling it “even more of a delicious binge watch than the first time.”
- The Guardian also gave it four stars, noting that while the plot “might be implausible”, the drama was “magnetically acted” by Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw, who plays Helen’s best friend and fellow hitman, Sam
- The Telegraph followed suit with four stars, singling out Whishaw in particular for a “filigree” performance as a conflicted killer.
- The Times awarded four stars as well, warning viewers not to take the series “too seriously”.
- Wall Street Journal praised the platonic chemistry between Helen and Sam as “very real and very moving” as long as “one disregards the inconvenient fact that they’re all scoundrels”.
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