# Evil TV Show - anyone watching **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [September 20, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994 "2021-09-20T13:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/1 "2021-09-20T13:52:39Z")
Does anyone here watch the show “Evil”? Its first season was on CBS and the second season is on Paramount Plus. It’s about a team of investigators that works for the Catholic church. One is becoming a priest, and the other two are atheists. The team is priest, psychologist and technologist, to put it simplistically. They look for non-religious reasons for odd events. As time progresses, so does the pace of strange things that happen to the characters themselves. I really like it. We went back and re-watched Season 1 before we started Season 2. There were a lot of little clues to future events during that season that we completely missed the first time around. If anyone else is watching, I would love to discuss it here. Apologies if there’s an earlier thread. I looked but did not see one. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/2 "2021-09-20T14:11:33Z")
I loved the first season and am very disappointed that it’s no longer on CBS. I refuse to pay for more streaming. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/3 "2021-09-20T14:33:46Z")
We had subscribed to the channel earlier to see Picard and a few other things. We keep saying we’ll cancel when we’re not watching, but so far they’re doing a good job of keeping us. They do have trials, so you could sign up, watch the season, and then cancel. Of course, that’s how they hooked us in with Picard… ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/4 "2021-09-20T15:08:13Z")
Enjoyed S1. I was looking for something to watch on Netflix while on the elliptical a couple years ago that was entertaining enough to make the time pass, but not too complicated plot-wise. S1 of Evil fit the bill perfectly. Had a quirky charm to it. That’s a shame that it’s on Paramount Plus now. As TRC4941 says… > [@TRC4941](#): > > I refuse to pay for more streaming. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/5 "2021-09-20T17:43:18Z")
nm - stupid phone screen rotated on me while I was typing. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/6 "2021-09-20T17:48:36Z")
What I was trying to say, before my phone prematurely posted… It’s not just paying for more streaming. Although that’s part of it - I’m already subscribed to four different streaming services. But isn’t Paramount+ just a rebranded “CBS All Access”? I never heard one good thing about All Access and am _especially_ reluctant to throw money at that one. But yeah, I thought season 1 was great. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/7 "2021-09-20T18:17:15Z")
You guys are killing me 😩 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/8 "2021-09-20T18:22:21Z")
we watch - we have this weeks episode queued up for tonite. Season 2 has been great - ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/9 "2021-09-20T18:28:44Z")
When we re-watched Season 1, we started noticing all of the places the color red shows up and what it’s associated with. The main association it seems to have is with the Grandmother. A lot of her actions Season 1 don’t seem so benign on re-watching. I am dying to know what’s up with her doll too. Favorite scene so far? Leland and his psychiatrist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/10 "2021-09-20T20:05:50Z")
I fucking love this show. That said, not a fan of that lady’s kids though. Thankfully, their scenes are limited. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/11 "2021-09-20T20:43:21Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Favorite scene so far? I’m torn between when Kristen took Leland down a notch and when the Grandmother broke up with him. My favorite episode at this point is still last years halloween episode. What do you mean beth’s not here - she’s just upstair… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/12 "2021-09-21T03:42:07Z")
I’ve had Paramount Plus for over a year now and have paid $0. Every month they have new codes for a 30-day free trial so I just wait til my current month expires and then reactivate my account with the new code for another free month. If anyone wants to sign up apparently the current 30 day trial is PAWVALPAK. “Evil” is such a crazy show! I really have no idea where it’s heading. It seems to be leaning **way** more into the supernatural being real in season 2, and I kind of liked the more ambiguous feeling of season 1. But it’s just so bonkers and I don’t know if certain things are meant to be seen as hallucinations or if we are supposed to take them as real. The creepiest episode was the one with the sub-basement. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/13 "2021-09-21T03:56:43Z")
…Evil Season Two is the most WTF show in the history of WTF shows on television. The latest episode had me saying “WTF” probably about seven or eight times. The absolute magical thing about the show is that the line between what is and isn’t real, what is and isn’t supernatural, what is and isn’t a dream, what is and isn’t demonic…the balancing game they are playing is just unreal. It’s a show that just takes you along for the ride. It subverts all expectations. Season one was great. Season two is absolutely off-the-charts good. The unsung hero of the show is the sound design. Its just a magnificent show to just _listen_ to. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/14 "2021-09-21T03:58:37Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > The creepiest episode was the one with the sub-basement. …that episode is one of my favourite hours of television. The discovery of the bodies was heartbreaking, followed by the realization that soon…he was going to be joining them. It just punched me in the heart. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/15 "2021-09-21T04:41:32Z")
The basement was very creepy. This week’s episode was definitely WTF. For instance, WTF was up with the “influencers”? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/16 "2021-09-21T05:07:50Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > This week’s episode was definitely WTF. For instance, WTF was up with the “influencers”? and WTF is up with Vanessa? And her sister? And WTF is up with Lexis and her tail? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/17 "2021-09-21T13:27:04Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > And WTF is up with Lexis and her tail? Yes! And her teeth! Also, I really thought Sheryl had a demonic connection already, but I guess not. WTH would she go anywhere with Leland? What was going on with those other women on the trays? One was the doctor, but there were a few others in the same room. Which reminds me - if the same doctor helped Olive as helped Matthew, will Olive also have similar issues? What’s up with Kristen’s missing egg? I still don’t understand why she was going to a fertility clinic at all, when she had all of the other kids without a fertility clinic. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/18 "2021-09-21T22:04:03Z")
I keep meaning to bring up the “cursed song” from the first season. My husband was humming it in his sleep the other night. 😱 ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/19 "2021-09-22T11:22:05Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Yes! And her teeth! > > Also, I really thought Sheryl had a demonic connection already, but I guess not. WTH would she go anywhere with Leland? What was going on with those other women on the trays? One was the doctor, but there were a few others in the same room. Which reminds me - if the same doctor helped Olive as helped Matthew, will Olive also have similar issues? > > What’s up with Kristen’s missing egg? I still don’t understand why she was going to a fertility clinic at all, when she had all of the other kids without a fertility clinic. …so much WTF LOL. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I keep meaning to bring up the “cursed song” from the first season. My husband was humming it in his sleep the other night. 😱 It took me WEEKS to get that song out of my head. And guess what is now stuck in my head? So I’m going to inflict it on everyone else LOL (Contains spoilers Evil S1 E10) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qr1zOPijyK8/hqdefault.jpg "Pudsy's Christmas from Evil Episode. 10 “Seven swans a singing”") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr1zOPijyK8) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994/20 "2021-09-27T04:15:55Z")
We’re watching episode 11 right now. W.T.F? The drip? The drill? My husband thinks it’s a shapeshifter, but I’m not sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994.md?page=2)