Hail, Satan! What Made ‘Evil’ So Wickedly Good: TV Review
variety.comAlison Herman TV Critic SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers from “Fear of the End,” the series finale of “Evil,” now streaming on Paramount+.
Only on a show like “Evil” would a relatively happy ending include unleashing the Antichrist on the Vatican. In the paranormal procedural’s final minutes, psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) and Father David Acosta (Mike Colter) have transferred to Rome, where they’ll continue to assess potential demonic possessions despite the deconsecration of their previous home base in New York.
There’s just a couple of catches. First, the assessment trio is now a duo, with scientist Ben (Aasif Mandvi) opting to remain stateside.
Second, the baptism of Kristen’s infant son Timothy — potentially the devil’s prophet — doesn’t seem to have fully taken, putting a demonic harbinger of the apocalypse within spitting distance of the Holy See.
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