He describes Townsend as a “connector,” someone who influences others to commit acts of evil. When Kristen confronts him, Townsend intimates that he’s part of some sort of Satanic cult called “The 60,” which he suggests is a vast and powerful organization.ĭavid is already very familiar with Mr. He obviously slipped the information to Orson in order to sell the story that he was possessed by a demon. As it turns out, his notes from their last session were stolen from his office by a man named Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson), who Kristen finds testifying on Orson’s behalf in court. Finally, it occurs to her that the only person she told was her therapist. He says that George is going to murder her children.īadly freaked out by this, Kristen struggles to find an explanation for how Orson could have learned about her dreams. She assumes that he’s faking, except that he somehow knows about George and taunts her with details of her nightmare that he shouldn’t have any way of knowing. Her faith in rationality restored, Kristen goes back to interview Orson once again. George disappears and her hand is not wounded. When she can’t read the words on her note, she takes that as proof that she’s just dreaming. However, this time Kristen looks up at the ceiling. She’s visited again by George, who becomes more aggressive and cuts off one of her fingers. The following night, Kristen tapes a note to the ceiling of her bedroom. As much as she tries to rationalize this and tell herself that she’s just suffered a night terror, she’s shaken by the experience. The night after that happens, Kristen is paralyzed by fear in her own bed when what appears to be a demon intrudes into her room, introduces himself as “George,” and climbs on top of her. Subsequent interviews with Orson the murderer leave Kristen unnerved, and he even attacks her for reciting a prayer at David’s insistence. His other assistant, a contractor named Ben (Aasif Mandvi), is another skeptic whose purpose is to find rational explanations that debunk supposedly supernatural occurrences. He welcomes her skepticism to challenge his own beliefs and assumptions. David says that he doesn’t mind that she doesn’t believe in demons. She’s inclined to refuse, but four adorable young daughters to raise on her own and a crushing debt hanging over her force her hand. Kristen thinks that’s all a bunch of hooey, but David seems surprisingly grounded for someone chasing angels.Īfter Kristen gets dropped from the case due to a dispute with the prosecutor, David offers her a job working for him.
Even Orson himself scoffs at that, but it draws the attention of David Acosta (Mike Colter from Luke Cage), an “assessor” from the Catholic Church who investigates alleged miracles and demonic activity.
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Her latest subject is an accused serial killer named Orson, and Kristen is all set to declare him fully competent when the defense floats a ridiculous-sounding theory that Orson only murdered because he was possessed by a demon named Roy. Kristen Bouchard, a clinical psychologist who makes a meager income by evaluating whether criminals are mentally fit to stand trial, and testifying to that effect for the prosecution. Even when they dabble a little in schlock (like 2016’s alien invasion comedy BrainDead), the Kings have a way of putting an interesting twist on it.Įvil stars Katja Herbers ( Manhattan, Westworld) as Dr. To be honest, the only reason I agreed to give the show a serious look at all is that I found out it comes from Robert and Michelle King, creators of CBS’ excellent legal drama The Good Wife and its spinoff The Good Fight. Remarkably, Evil may be more promising than some of the early previews made it look. The prospect of watching a new procedural drama on CBS isn’t something that typically appeals to me, and appearances that it might be a thinly-veiled X Files knockoff certainly don’t help.
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