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Four episodes is just simply not enough time to wrap up everythingEvils been trying to do since it premiered.
It deserved so much more, in every sense of the phrase.
Fear of the End definitely does have something to say, though.
Thats certainly where we wind up in regards to the meeting of the 60 families.
Instead of some big showdown with the demonic families and the Entity or the assessors, Leland and Mr.
Stick use the assumption that there will be a big meeting to their advantage.
As per usual, Leland has been one step ahead.
Sure, David also tries to warn them.
A haunting image if ever there was one!
Its true: There is no big meeting of the 60.
At least not IRL.
The demons have gone virtual, people!
The big, bad evil coming to New York?
Turns out it was the Entity all along.
Ben watches Karima die terrified that his cynicism about religion and the afterlife was right all along.
Basically, its everyones worst nightmares come to life or at least to virtual reality.
Why go to the trouble of tempting when you’re free to upload despair right into the brain?
Davids right on the money.
After the staged Black Mass to take out the Entity is successful, Leland and Mr.
Stick hop on … a Zoom call with the 60.
They all go about their business.
I remain torn about this twist.
Once again,Eviltaps into some horrifying truths in the way onlyEvilcan (a completely bonkers way).
On the other hand: That was it?
This mix of disappointment and acceptance comes into play in regards to Lelands fate, too.
Aside from his big demon call, hes been up to his usual games with Kristen.
She tases him repeatedly until David and Ben show up to get rid of him.
But Leland is committed to making good on his promise to kill both her and Timothy for his cause.
Believing her to be in the shower, he slowly creeps in but Kristens lying in wait.
She uses a rope in the closet to strangle him, taking him to the ground.
you could see it in her face shes going to kill this man.
But right before that becomes an inevitability, we see Davids hand reach out for hers.
He tells her softly to stop.
She isnt alone in this fight anymore and she recognizes that.
We get to seeexactlyhow theyve all been changed by one another.
Its a fitting tribute to the friendship that was the anchor for all this madness.
But you know what?
May the botflies eat his flesh and may he never know peace!
It is a deliciously, well,evil, fate for ol Leland Townsend.
Leland could escape, evil still lurks at every corner, and what of our assessors?
Ben declines since hes now making bank (I dont fully buy this decision, but alas).
Kristen, inspired by her doppelganger, decides to go for it.
You didnt thinkEvilwas going to end on such a basic note, though, did you?
They pack in one more surprise, as a treat.
Consider it one last nightmare for the road, friends.
Church Bulletin
So, um, Bens migraines and visions of the jinn are just … fixed?
No explanation, no conclusion to his story?
Did he get that cerebral path and were supposed to infer that?
What a dropped story line if ever there was one.
Not that I dont love watching Sister Andrea go toe-to-toe cute little nose boop included with the Mr.
Stick Demon, but nothing came of this at all.
She has no showdown with him, she never takes him on in any meaningful way.
Speaking of no pay-offs: We dont get any sort of conclusion or closure on Lexis.
Not even a quick cutaway to her tail for old times sake.
I couldve also used like, one more Kurt Boggs scene.
That guy was the best.
The whole thing just feels sloppy.
You love to see it!
I love these three so much what do we do without them?
