It’s tech-savvy
Speaking of sinister humans, a big theme on Evil is how malevolent forces have tapped into the wonders of the internet as a way to remain potent in the 21st century: trolling, manipulating children and other vulnerable people, hiring “influencers” to promote negativity, even messing with Google Street View to perpetuate a dangerous urban legend. This is on top of the show’s other uses of technology, including plots involving a “god helmet” that probes deep into the wearer’s brain to produce visions of what appear to be heaven or hell, and an elaborate experiment to see if a person loses the weight of their soul when they die. These all dovetail perfectly with the show’s frequent “science vs. faith” questions, and also make Evil’s more unexplainable situations all the more potent, since the team has access to cutting-edge equipment when working on their cases.
