What is Killing Eve's IQ Score?

Killing Eve has an IQ Score of 153/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 30/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Killing Eve educational?

Killing Eve is moderate on educational value, 30/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Killing Eve IQ Score 153/200

Killing Eve has an IQ Score of 153/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-10-19·Methodology

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153/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Legacy score. Published under our earlier workflow, before the current standard took effect in August 2026. A founder reviewed and approved it against our methodology, under a process that does not meet the standard we hold now. What this means →

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,610 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Emmy-nominated cat-and-mouse thriller between an MI5 officer and a psychopathic assassin. High cognitive engagement from the shifting power dynamics and psychological gamesmanship.

Moderate educational value from the espionage world. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer create electric chemistry. The first season is a masterclass in tension.

People & Production Phoebe Waller-Bridge · BBC America · United States 16 connections

Direction & creation

Creator

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Writer

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Sandra Oh Jodie Comer Fiona Shaw Darren Boyd Owen McDonnell David HaigSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Production & release

Original broadcaster

BBC America

Distributor

IMG Netflix Hulu

Country of origin

United States United Kingdom

Original language

English

Credits and relationships: Wikidata, CC0. TVI preserves production, broadcasting, and distribution as separate roles.

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

Characters Scored Here

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