Evil

The following contains spoilers for Evil S3E7 “The Demon of Cults” (directed by Yap Fong Yee and written by Louisa Hill).  I love a good cult plotline, and Evil S3E7 “The Demon of Cults” delivers a pretty weird one, and plenty of other weirdness on top of that starting to bring some of the broader plotlines of […] More

The following contains spoilers for Evil S3E6, “The Demon of Algorithms” (directed by Peter Sollett and written by Patricia Ione Lloyd). We’re officially in the second half of Season 3 of Evil, and if the rest of the season slaps as hard as S3E6 “The Demon of Algorithms” does, I’m going to start running out of people […] More

The following contains spoilers for Evil S3E5, “The Angel of Warning” (directed by Matt Kregor and written by Rockne S. O’Bannon & Erica Larson) Evil S3E5 “The Angel of Warning” opens with the catastrophic collapse of a tower and frantic EMS teams setting up a crisis unit in a nearby community center. David is called to be […] More

The following contains spoilers for Evil S3E4, “The Demon of the Road” (directed by Peter Sollett and written by Dewayne Darian Jones) What a banger of an episode! Evil S3E4 “The Demon of the Road” has everything: It’s genuinely scary, the faith debate weighs heavy, and our core trio gets some excellent development. It’s a tightly written […] More

The following contains spoilers for Evil S3E3 “The Demon of Sex” (directed by Nelson McCormick and written by Aurin Squire) Michelle and Robert King have been vocal about how the move from CBS to Paramount+ has been liberating in what they can do with the show, and when Evil S3E3 is called “The Demon of Sex,” we’re […] More

The following contains spoilers for Evil S3E2 “The Demon of Memes (directed by John Dahl and written by Davita Scarlett) So it turns out that even if you’re a priest, you can still hate your job sometimes. Evil S3E2 “The Demon of Memes” finds David trapped in a montage of frustrating situations and people, from a […] More

The following contains spoilers for Evil S3E1 “The Demon of Death” (directed by Robert King and written by Robert King & Michelle King) Hoo, boy, I had definitely forgotten how dense Evil can get with plot threads and mysteries. Evil S3E1 “The Demon of Death” opens with a concluding moment of S2, wherein a devastated […] More

We’re finally here: “C Is for Cannibal,” Evil’s Season 2 finale, opens with David proceeding with his ordination, starting with a series of quiz questions from higher ranking members of the Church. One of the hot-button issues brough up stems from David’s sermon on God’s love and race, and he’s asked whether racial politics have […] More

It took a few rewatches of “D Is for Doll” for it to click for me. I wasn’t a huge fan until I started to piece together the ways in which it comes back around to some of the things alluded to earlier in the season. It’s not an episode with many “big” moments, but […] More

Evil S2E11, “I Is for IRS,” is a good reminder that Evil doesn’t always have to be scary. It can indeed be very scary, but it also is very skilled at being campy and just genuinely funny. It was pointed out on the Evil subreddit that the ditty being sung by Edward and Sheryl at […] More

Evil S2E10, “O Os for Ovaphobia,” starts building momentum for Kristen, David and Ben’s showdown with RSM Fertility Clinic. Kristen and David are focusing their investigation of RSM by looking into some of the troubled children we’ve seen thus far in the show. First on the list is Tammy, Mathilda’s mother—yes, that Mathilda, who allegedly […] More