Kristen Bouchard cuts ties as an expert witness for the District Attorney after being pushed to lie in court regarding an alleged murderer who appeared to be possessed.
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Pictured (l-r) Aasif Mandvi as Ben Shakir, Brooke Bloom as Emily Leroux, Mike Colter as David Acosta and Katja Herbers as Kristen Bouchard Photo Jeff Neumann/ ©2019 CBS Broadcasting CBS’ take on the “Pilot”: “The series focuses on a skeptical female psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a contractor as they investigate the Church’s backlog of unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions and hauntings. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Kristen finds that she has a taste for the work and is invited to join the team on a permanent basis, on the series premiere of EVIL, Thursday, Sept.
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If episodes disproving the paranormal becomes repetitive or a little boring to keep watching, why not muddy the water? But even if they don’t and every single instance of the paranormal turns out to have a down-to-earth explanation, I have faith in the King’s to make it entertaining and interesting."Pilot" - Forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard is hired by the Catholic Church to work with David Acosta, a priest-in-training, and contractor Ben Shakir, to determine whether a serial killer is possessed by a demon or merely a psychopath. It seems that Evil is a debunker’s take on The Exorcist (1973), but there’s room for the show to let some ambiguity about the existence of demons seep onto things. The King’s had a cynical view of social media and modern technology on The Good Wife (as various tech cases were modelled on Google and Facebook), and that worldview continues in Evil. Even Acosta states that true source evil in the world is the work of ordinary people with alarming influence thanks to controversial websites like 4chan.
But I enjoyed watching a version of The X-Files where clogged dishwashers are the cause of otherworldly gurglings recorded on tape, and there’s a clever explanation for why psycho locked in jail knows the details of someone’s dreams. As viewers, we’re never quite sure what to make of it.Īre there genuine demons in the world of Evil, or will everything have a rational explanation like George? I really don’t know. She instead finds convincing evidence for why she imagined the incubus. And when Bouchard starts to experience spooky goings-on herself, the truth of what’s happening isn’t made clear for a long time…īouchard’s interview doesn’t go well in ‘Evil’ © CBS Television StudiosĪnd while it’s natural to expect George’s frightening appearance to be a huge turning point, with Bouchard now believing in the existence of demons because she’s met one, things don’t go that way. He’s happy to assess things rationally and appreciates a non-believer’s perspective on his work.
So, from the get-go, it’s expected that Bouchard to be resolutely against all the mumbo-jumbo spouted by Acosta in an attempt to convince her Hell and demons exist, but it turns out Acosta’s not going to ram his theological beliefs down her neck and proclaim he’s right and she’s wrong. Particularly on a traditional network, which has a tendency to produce straightforward ideas compared to cable and streaming. The most notable difference is how the pilot cleverly played around with the audience, knowing savvy viewers are conditioned to feel they know how a concept like this will develop. It’s an X-Files successor, however one wants to split hairs, but there are enough tweaks to make that comparison melt away. Bouchard consults the records in ‘Evil’ © CBS Television Studiosīut this is still, fundamentally, what it sounds like on paper: a dubious and rational woman joins forces with a firm believer of the paranormal to investigate weird cases.
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