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Old 10-23-19 | 02:52 AM
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Renewed for a second season. https://deadline.com/2019/10/evil-re...on-1202766547/

Season 1 will end after 13 episodes. Apparently it was designed that way by the Kings,
That’s good to hear on both counts. I’m pro shorter seasons.
Old 10-23-19 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by DJariya
Renewed for a second season. https://deadline.com/2019/10/evil-re...on-1202766547/

Season 1 will end after 13 episodes. Apparently it was designed that way by the Kings,
Good. I was a bit concerned that this show would become tired, take fewer chances and become complacent filling out a traditional season. My biggest concern is that it goes an "X-Files" route, -and not in a good way, -by never really "commiting".

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Old 10-23-19 | 09:38 AM
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13 episodes is perfect for a first season

Yeah i hope they show proper proven supernatural cases and very clear technological hoaxes, so we never know which way the case of the week will end up
Old 10-23-19 | 09:45 AM
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I've stayed up to date with this one so far. I think the main reason I stick around is Aasif Mandvi. Feels like a show that will struggle to come up with unique stories after a season.
Old 10-25-19 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Noonan
Feels like a show that will struggle to come up with unique stories after a season.
They need to expand the mythology. It's still early. I have no doubt by Episode 13, we'll know a lot more about these characters.
Old 11-23-19 | 04:24 PM
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I binge watched the last 4 episodes after not watching for a while and it has really gone downhill

Please kill off the stupid mother and her stupid storyline

The Leyland character is just pathetic. If he's so dangerous, start a full on offensive against him

Now it seems they are throwing out weird plot points just for the sake of it

Will keep watching to see if it improves
Old 11-23-19 | 04:50 PM
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As a fan of the show Glitch, I was pleasantly surprised to see "James" from that show is playing Kristen's husband here.
Old 11-23-19 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Original Desmond
I binge watched the last 4 episodes after not watching for a while and it has really gone downhill

Please kill off the stupid mother and her stupid storyline

The Leyland character is just pathetic. If he's so dangerous, start a full on offensive against him

Now it seems they are throwing out weird plot points just for the sake of it

Will keep watching to see if it improves
My patience with the show is also wearing thin. The writers have come up with interesting characters but I don't think they all fit together that well. I wish they'd drop the VR videogame sub-plot.
Old 11-25-19 | 07:10 AM
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I deleted this from my series recording. I realized I have no interest in seeing where these characters go within the story. It became stale far too quick.
Old 11-25-19 | 09:54 PM
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Gotta say, was pretty excited at first when I saw the trailer.
Sadly, after 2 eps, it got old pretty fast.
Old 11-26-19 | 06:23 AM
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I like this series quite a bit - although I wish they'd have left the husband off-screen. My "guess" is he's not going to be around long.
Old 12-15-19 | 06:16 PM
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Pretty good episode this week. The compulsive singing thing with the girls was kinda creepy at first and then eventually horrific.The explanation, while far-fetched, at least kept things in the physical realm.

The scenes with Kirsten's mom and the bullied daughter were really good and subtly menacing.

Looks like we have to wait until the new year to find out what happens with David.
Old 12-15-19 | 11:49 PM
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This seems to be one of those polarizing shows--it appears to me that most people either love it or hate it, with not a lot of folks anywhere in the middle.

I'm in the "love it" camp. This week's episode was wonderfully creepy, and it reminded me of that too-brief period, around Seasons 2 and 3, when The X-Files was firing on all cylinders.

January 9th is a long time to wait for another episode. I'm getting the feeling that when the season ends in January, I'm going to binge the season a couple of times before the fall Season Two debut.

Old 12-16-19 | 01:09 AM
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I actually think the show has good writers but the execution is problematic for me because I can already tell I'm not going to like their endgame for the plot.
Old 12-16-19 | 08:14 AM
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Yeah this show doesn't know if it wants to be mystery of the week or build up the villian or explore the background of Powerman

The Villian has such direct ties to his mischief, it's just stupid. He's banging the mum, he's seeing as a therapist the gun kid and the youtuber

They either need to raise the game, kill off one ot the daughters or have more intriguing mysteries of the week
Old 12-16-19 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Original Desmond
Yeah this show doesn't know if it wants to be mystery of the week or build up the villian or explore the background of Powerman

The Villian has such direct ties to his mischief, it's just stupid. He's banging the mum, he's seeing as a therapist the gun kid and the youtuber

They either need to raise the game, kill off one ot the daughters or have more intriguing mysteries of the week
Your comment makes even more obvious the X-Files link; what I find fascinating, and you seem to find frustrating, is that every episode appears at first blush to be a "standalone" episode, but so far, a majority of them have actually tied back into the "mythology" (i.e., the Leland Townsend plot thread) of the series.

I don't think that it's a perfect show, but I haven't been disappointed by an episode yet. Sometimes it stretches credulity a bit, but if it keeps up the quality that it's shown so far, I can live with that.
Old 12-16-19 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by rbrown498
Your comment makes even more obvious the X-Files link; what I find fascinating, and you seem to find frustrating, is that every episode appears at first blush to be a "standalone" episode, but so far, a majority of them have actually tied back into the "mythology" (i.e., the Leland Townsend plot thread) of the series.

I don't think that it's a perfect show, but I haven't been disappointed by an episode yet. Sometimes it stretches credulity a bit, but if it keeps up the quality that it's shown so far, I can live with that.
Old 04-29-21 | 03:09 PM
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This show got renewed but still no signs of when it will be coming back. Looks like they're just skipping this broadcast season. Maybe it'll be ready for the fall. It'll be interesting to see how much the daughters have grown.
Old 04-29-21 | 03:11 PM
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They've been filming S2 since at least March.
Old 04-29-21 | 03:22 PM
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Not that I'm unhappy about it, but I wonder why this got renewed and the similarly themed, and in my opinion excellent, The Exorcist didn't.
Old 04-29-21 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by randian
Not that I'm unhappy about it, but I wonder why this got renewed and the similarly themed, and in my opinion excellent, The Exorcist didn't.
Netflix. CBS has had success with the CW shows on Netflix and had a one year deal with Evil that was also successful. Makes you wonder how many good but low rated Fox shows could have been saved.

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Old 04-29-21 | 07:17 PM
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Evil also has an overseas licensing deal.

Colter posted on Instagram on March 22nd that they were more than halfway done shooting the season. I know it's only 13 episodes.

I think this will air this summer at some point since CBS hasn't announced their summer schedule.

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Originally Posted by windom
This show got renewed but still no signs of when it will be coming back. Looks like they're just skipping this broadcast season. Maybe it'll be ready for the fall. It'll be interesting to see how much the daughters have grown.
Summer bound is my guess. Maybe June?
Old 05-17-21 | 04:12 PM
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https://deadline.com/2021/05/evil-mo...us-1234758581/

Evil expected to move to Paramount +

Old 05-17-21 | 05:49 PM
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I enjoyed the show (and, oddly, I went in not expecting to). I wouldn't subscribe to Paramount+ until a full season is available.

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