Which of these scenarios would be more frightening: walking into a particle accelerator that might or might not open the gates of hell, or becoming the biological mother of the antichrist?
During Evil Season 4, poor Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) gets to decide that first-hand. Each season, she and her fellow assessors—David Acosta (Mike Colter) and Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi)—examine paranormal phenomena for the Catholic Church to determine if they’re miracles, demonic activity, or simply strange secular events. But this season, as the series prepares to wrap up, the scares feel closer to home than ever.
Evil has always featured a healthy mixture of peculiarities—from compulsive singers, to a body that refuses to decay, to a creepy VR game. In Season 4 of the Paramount+ drama, creators Michelle and Robert King told The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, they’re particularly focused on the mysteries in science and technology. At the same time, Kristen and her family are staring down a more spiritual threat—albeit one that arrives via surrogacy.
