5 Chilling Questions for ‘Evil’ Season 2
Evil, our favorite show to watch with all the lights on (or in the middle of the day), is coming back for a second season to scare us some more — especially after that finale!
The CBS drama ended its freshman run with an episode that left us worried for multiple characters and whether they’ll end up on the side of good or evil in the series that begs the question: Can some mysteries be explained by science, or is it the supernatural? That’s what psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers), priest-in-training David Acosta (Mike Colter), and carpenter Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi) set out to discover.
Below, we take a look at the aspects that have us most concerned heading into Season 2 (so any relationship-related questions are out, for now).
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Did Kristen kill Orson?
Serial killer Orson LeRoux (Darren Pettie) was out of prison, visiting Kristen’s house, and a serious threat in the finale … until he was killed. And considering Kristen did seem to be out for blood and didn’t have an explanation for blood Ben noticed on her leg, all signs pointed to her having done it, especially since …
Is Kristen possessed?
As was established, the possessed are burned when they touch a cross, and at the end of the finale, that’s exactly what happened to Kristen. (Plus, David had a vision of her in a field walking in the direction of the demon therapist.)
Does the demon therapist actually exist?
Honestly, it’s hard to care either way, considering a demon as a therapist — to the evil Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson) — with a legal pad and pen (above) may have been one of the greatest images of the 2019-2020 season. But was that all in Leland’s head? The fact that others (Kristen, her daughter Lexis, and David) also saw the demon therapist suggests it wasn’t.
Should we be worried about Lexis?
As we just noted, Lexis (Maddy Crocco) also saw the demon therapist and her disabling the alarm of the house to open the door to him, him inviting her to go with him to “the next level,” and her trying to lock him out may be indicative of the struggle that could be coming for her next season. After all, Kristen had gone to the fertility clinic that may have created evil children to get pregnant … with Lexis.
How worried should we be about Sheryl?
Kristen’s mother Sheryl (Christine Lahti) refused to see Leland for what he is (and what her daughter sees him as) and now that she’s engaged to him, she’s being pulled further to his side (evil). But should we be more concerned about what being in Leland’s life will mean for Sheryl or perhaps what could come of her if her involvement (or lack thereof) in Kristen’s life is no longer useful to him?
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I'd like to see less of Kristen's mother Sheryl next season. And one question deserves to be looked into: when Kristen & David went to David's dad's "compound," she inadvertently took something narcotic. She saw the dad's girlfriend giving birth, out in a field... and what she saw was... well, let's just say it was troubling. We don't really know if it was real or an hallucination, but Kristen was definitely freaked out about it. And yet-- she has said nothing about it.
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I had the same question. I am on episode 10. It look liked a baby George. The 2 wives gave me bad vibes.
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Why does David see Leland at night?
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I have so many questions. If the show wasn't so fun and creepy I might be annoyed that so many things go unanswered, but I hope more will be revealed in the next season.
Theory: I think that Kristen has been possessed since Episode 1. There was a very telling moment after she had a nightmare and her daughters joined her in bed where she opens her eyes, looking straight at the camera, and seems to smirk. It happens about halfway through the episode. They explain that one type of possession is a demon entering a house and then eventually possessing a human host -- a demon has been in Kristen's house since Season 1 and I think that's when she became possessed, though she wasn't aware of it. It's also possible that she became possessed once Lexis "invited" the Devil in by opening the door.
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