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Evil (the tv show)

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Evil (the tv show)

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Thomas Veil

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Feb 14, 2004 2,635 8,857 Much greener pastures
I've been wanting to post this for a while, but held off because I kept on waiting to see if this series could live up to its lofty title. Boy, has it ever.

Here's the Wikipedia page who don't already know what it's about, but to put it succinctly it's sort a religiously-focused version of The X Files.

Like The X Files, Kristen is a rationalist, David is a believer, and the two often come up with differing theories about the cases they take on.

Like The X Files, there is an underlying plot about some looming apocalyptic catastrophe...only this one is religious, not alien in nature.

And like The X Files, certain plot twists (I'm thinking especially the ending of the episode "Rose390") leave you saying to yourself, "I can't believe they went there."

On top of that, Michael Emerson plays the most loathsome bad guy I think I've ever seen on a series. He insinuates his way into people's lives just to create trouble. On any other show, you'd think he's "just" a manipulative psychopath, but on this one...well, he's obviously something more.

Emerson is so good in this thing that even though I watch him and tell myself rationally that he's an actor and probably a very nice man, I always feel like I want to reach through the screen and strangle that sinister little son of a *****. ?

Mostly I'm impressed with how thoroughly creepy this show can be, considering it's on a regular TV network and not HBO or something. That is no small trick!

Your thoughts? (Please, if you'd like to discuss plot twists, use the spoiler function. This show is too deliciously scary to be giving things away.)

Tomorrow

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Mar 2, 2008 7,159 1,360 Always a day away
This looks pretty cool. I don't often watch TV serials, but this one looks right up my alley.

I loved the original X-Files when it was out. Might have to give this one a look.

Huntn

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May 5, 2008 20,674 24,464 The Misty Mountains
I see it’s on CBS All Access, which is kind of regular network, but it’s not, the new subscription model bandwagon. It makes me wonder what the future of CBS is, not that I watch any regular CBS show anymore. We have basically abandoned all network viewing and I have become more intolerant to commercials So maybe it is the future.

@Thomas Veil are you maintaining a subscription or binge watching?

Thomas Veil

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Feb 14, 2004 2,635 8,857 Much greener pastures

Neither. I set my DVR to record it weekly off the CBS network and I watch it at my leisure...

...which usually has to be when my wife’s not around, since stuff like demons appearing in your

scares the bejabbers out of her. ?

(We basically had the same system with Gotham, since that show was pretty violent and gory.)

I’m also one of those guys who likes to watch week-to-week instead of bingeing. I like the anticipation of having another episode coming up.

Huntn

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May 5, 2008 20,674 24,464 The Misty Mountains

Neither. I set my DVR to record it weekly off the CBS network and I watch it at my leisure...

...which usually has to be when my wife’s not around, since stuff like demons appearing in your

scares the bejabbers out of her. ?

(We basically had the same system with Gotham, since that show was pretty violent and gory.)

I’m also one of those guys who likes to watch week-to-week instead of bingeing. I like the anticipation of having another episode coming up.

I thought it said CBS All Access when I looked it up. It definitely said watch on CBSAC. Maybe that just means you can watch it there too.

MacNut

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Jan 4, 2002 22,516 9,333 CT
I thought it said CBS All Access when I looked it up. It definitely said watch on CBSAC. Maybe that just means you can watch it there too.
It's on the network but can be watched on all access.

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Thomas Veil

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Feb 14, 2004 2,635 8,857 Much greener pastures
Oh my god. I just watched the winter finale alone, and it scared the crap out of me. You know how I compared to the series to The X Files? I don’t remember that show ever frightening me the way this one does.

Without getting into details, I’ll just say that things are really hitting the main characters hard. David (the priest) is under attack, as is Kristen‘s family, and there is a very palpable sense that the events that are happening to them are way outside of their control.

The show returns January 9, and I can’t wait.

Thomas Veil

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Feb 14, 2004 2,635 8,857 Much greener pastures
LOL. Between getting distracted by first the NFL playoffs, then the XFL, then all this coronavirus craziness, it took me this long to get around to the last four episodes of season 1 of Evil. (Yes, there are only 13, and yes, it's a network show.)

I don't know if anyone's watching this, but the season finale was a terrific cliffhanger. Should you choose to watch the series, know that various things that happen in "standalone" episodes will come back to haunt you in the finale. It ties a lot of seemingly unrelated things together.

There have been three or four times in the series when the lead character, Kristen, has been shown to be a very strong woman who can take care of threats to her and her family. Ordinarily that would be something to cheer--until they reveal the horrifying reason why she's that way.

A very good conclusion, I thought, that answered lots of questions. Now if only the virus will subside a while so this show (and others) can return in the fall.

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Huntn

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May 5, 2008 20,674 24,464 The Misty Mountains
I recently completed Season 1 (Netflix*) wow this is great! Nothing is resolved at the end of Season1 and then Season2 (Paramount +) gets better!

* Season 1 is available on Netflix for viewing until the end of Sept.

Huntn

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May 5, 2008 20,674 24,464 The Misty Mountains
Just watched Season 2, Episode 10, (3 more to go to the season final) this story is getting darker and the ramifications of this good vs evil story is becoming much larger in scope. 👍

My wife says it’s getting stupid, which is one way to look at it, but I’m enjoying the premise and characters (really like the main stars and the nun ).

Huntn

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May 5, 2008 20,674 24,464 The Misty Mountains
Spoilers
Season 2:Episode11-
I am loving this show, it’s in the zone of creativity, and unexpected. The darkness in Kristen, has it been lifted? What are the forces of the Devil pumping into the veins of her mother?? 🤮

Huntn

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May 5, 2008 20,674 24,464 The Misty Mountains
Just finished Season 2, and while I’m still enjoying it, it seems it has lost it’s focus juggling many plot balls, even though many are/seem related, carrying them forward but other stories come and go and seem to be glossed over or dropped unfinished.

If you expect some resolution at the end of season 2, there really are none to be had, the plot continues to get deeper and more complex. In the major plot line, I’m guessing we are somewhere between the 4th and 7th inning.

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