Sheryl is Kristen Bouchard’s mother, and the grandmother ofKristen’s four daughters.

Sheryl is also shown to be selfish to a fault.

She begins making sacrifices to Eddie the doll, a creepy porcelain-headed doll in the vein of Annabelle.

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She hasn’t done anything til then that is criminal in nature.

Weird, occultist, and evil?

Sure, but notthis.

Christine Lahti as Kristen’s mother Sheryl sitting at the desk in her office under a glass ceiling in Evil

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This would shatter Kristen if she found out.

Shatter her own grandchildren’s lives.

Does she not care about how Leland is tearing her daughter apart?

A defiant Sheryl (Christine Lahti) poises ready with a stun gun in ‘Evil’ Season 4, Episode 10

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Is she actively working with Leland to push Lexis toward her demonic destiny?

Is she fully aware of that being the end goal for her granddaughter?

Probably, and it’s not something we would have even considered before.

Sheryl (Christine Lahti) lies in a hospital bed in ‘Evil’ Season 4, Episode 10

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It does change how we look at “The Demon of Algorithms” slightly.

It turns the middle-third of the season into the one true redemptive arc in the series itself.

Miss you already,Evil.

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“Evil,” the 2019 TV series from creators Robert and Michelle King, is a gripping exploration of the intersection between science and the supernatural. The series stars Katja Herbers as Dr. Kristen Bouchard, a forensic psychologist drawn into a world of dark mysteries and unexplained phenomena. Alongside priest-in-training David Acosta (Mike Colter) and tech expert Ben Shakir (Aasif Mandvi), Kristen is tasked with investigating a series of bizarre cases for the Catholic Church, including demonic possessions, hauntings, and miracles.

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