![]() He also starts to miss the promised marital bliss when he notices the more adorable aspects of his former fiancée which he overlooked. Leland’s fall from disgrace is even more comedic, as he finds Sheryl may not be quite as injured as he thought. He says he only dated her to hurt Kristen, and now that she’s feeling the pain, he wants to pay it forward. “Take your dried-up ovaries and crawl back under the rock that you came from,” Leland tells Kristen’s mother Sheryl (Christine Lahti) as he breaks their engagement in a wedding planner’s office. It really all builds up to his confession, and he’s hardly sorry for his offenses. For that, Leland Townshend (Michael Emerson) steals the episode, as he sinks deeper into divine comedy. It informs the performances, grounding them without ever becoming comic relief. It is everyday humor, commonplace in any workplace, family or subway car. Their most dramatic moments are made more real by the comedy which infuses it. “A Is for Angel” features top comedic talent, Andrea Martin and Aasif Mandvi. A passing train is very creepy during Kristen’s talk with a homicide cop, but David can reasonably ask a towering Lovecraftian-looking-creature, “are you the archangel?” The juxtaposition of suspense is crucial to the overall effect, brightening the darker places illuminates the shadows and throws shade on everything.Īs frightening as any of the conceptual possibilities are, the humor wins out. Much of why Evil works to scare an audience is because all of the suspense is as tilted as the camera angles. It is an interesting juxtaposition in a horror series. When he drops to his knees, it is chilling, but only as an afterthought. But it is the reverence and fear in David’s body which sells it. The special effects-rendered figure is impressive, evoking the more Biblically accurate representations of other angels. David’s visit from the archangel is effective because of the naturalness of Acosta’s reaction. The post-apocalyptic city which appears in the visions of the second bowl is very well rendered, and benefit from its sparse presentation. There’s no appeasing some creatures, especially when they enforce the belief that rebirth can only come after devastation. The angel of death makes V-Ger from the original Star Trek look tolerant. When it’s pointed out that Sodom would have been spared if there were ten righteous people there, Raymond, as the archangel Michael, says “But there were not.” Kristen is right when she says this man poses a danger to the community. The justice portrayed is fierce, and it shows the evil of a jealous god. “Who are you to question God,” the archangel asks when David ponders the innocent victims of almighty wrath. That’s a lot of salt for a little lady, even if she is with child. Her ultimate fate also suffers from a vastly mis-measured distribution. Raymond’s idea of living biblically only sets restrictions on her. Her arc is disproportionally sad, but also prophetically reflective on the persistent sins of the present. Two months from giving birth, she dims the lights of hope incrementally until there is nothing bright showing in her future. They are cinemascopes into the family drama. The sad arc of the archangel’s intrusion on the marriage plays out in the eyes of his wife, played by Joniece Abbott-Pratt. We can’t see what he sees, but we believe in the conviction of his sight. ![]() He is there and he isn’t there, and plays his part in a nether region. Dirden is incredibly effective as Raymond. “Are you the angel that wrestled with Jacob,” David asks the intrusive force inside the all-too faithful follower. Bishop Thomas Marx (Peter Scolari) assigns David Acosta (Mike Colter) the task of deciphering deviltry. Raymond begins his ascent into angelic possession with a similar idea, he is giving away all his earthly possessions to help less fortunate souls. While the show only cites a few examples, the most prevalent being Sodom and Gomora, it becomes apparent collateral damage has been evenly distributed. Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi), of course, just gives her a quizzical look. During the course of the episode, Dr Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) brings up the evils angels have done, according to the Bible, at the behest of God. The designation of angels and demons, black and white magic, is a form of spiritual racism. On the surface, it may appear the presence may not be as malignant as a servant of Satan, but it is equally diabolical. Johns, is possessed by an angel, or so he claims. It is a monster-of-the-week installment which may result in an exorcism, but this time the intruding influence is not demonic. Evil Season 2 Episode 2Įvil season 2, episode 2, “A Is for Angel,” finds a new twist in the series’ main thrust.
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