Inkoo Kang reviews the Paramount+ procedural, created by Michelle and Robert King and starring Katja Herbers, Aasif Mandvi, Mike Colter, and Michael Emerson.
Popular culture seldom explores spirituality with much depth. “Evil,” which wraps up its four-season run this month, on Paramount+, always stood out for its uncommonly open approach to faith. But the show feels just as distinctive for its particular tonal mixture—at once spooky, horny, satirical, larkish, and eschatological. The effect is that of a philosopher in an exorcist’s trenchcoat.
She’s baffled that someone like David’s mentor, Sister Andrea , would spend her days cleaning up after priests—men who are her spiritual inferiors—or choose to serve an institution so hostile to the idea of gender equality. Inevitably, the cases take a toll on each character’s sense of self. Ben grows depressed as he encounters phenomena he can’t explain away.
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