“S Is for Silence” (season 2, episode 7)
No list of exceptional Evil episodes is complete without “S Is for Silence,” which sees the team travel to upstate New York to investigate a case involving a monk whose corpse has remained perfectly preserved, and is therefore being considered for sainthood. Aside from giving us one of Evil’s all-time grossest scenes—proof that an infestation of botflies can be more horrifying than an infestation of demons—it also requires the cast to remain nearly speechless throughout the episode, because the monastery where it’s set operates under a strict vow of silence. It’s a storytelling gimmick, yes, but an effective one, and the result is impressive.
