History Characters / Evil2019

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* MamaBear: In the pilot her daughter Lila tells her a man called threatening her about her student loans. Kristen doesn't take too kindly to this and tells her former employer that they can go ahead and scare her, but NOT her children. The final catalyst for her in the series finale [[spoiler: snapping and possibly killing Orson [=Leroux=]]] also seems to be that [[spoiler: he broke into her house and left a gift basket there whilst her children were home alone]].

A priest in training who works for the New York diocese as an assessor, determining the validity of possessions, miracles, and other debatably supernatural occurrences. David had a conversion experience while on a publicized trip around the world.

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Subverted. She arguably does more sketchy things than either of her male colleagues

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: she arguably does more sketchy things than either of her male colleagues

* BrokenBird: Shows signs of this even before the events of the show. She has weekly therapy sessions and has admitted to being 'too soft'. Her overall demeanor also fits as she can be quite cynical and sarcastic.

* BrokenBird: Shows signs of this even before the events of the show. She has weekly therapy sessions and has admitted to being ''too soft''. Her overall demeanor also fits as she can be quite cynical and sarcastic.

* MamaBear: In the pilot her daughter Lila tells her a man called threatening her about her student loans. Kristen doesn't take too kindly to this and tells her former employer that they can go ahead and scare her, but NOT her children. The final catalyst for her in the series finale [[spoiler: snapping and possibly killing Orson [=Leroux=]]] also seems to be that [[spoiler: he broke into her home and left a gift basket there whilst her children were home alone]].
* GoodParents: She's trying to provide the best for her four daughters, even while she's basically living as a single mother while her husband is on the other side of the globe.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: While David's size and strength serve him well in rare physical fights, Kristen can be just feral. She slashes Leland's throat to keep him from dating her mother [[spoiler: alas, it doesn't work]] and in the first season finale it's implied that she [[spoiler: killed Orson [=LeRoux=] after he started hanging around her house]].

* FriendToAllChildren: In his awkward way he tries to make Kristen's daughters happy and also protects them from a cyber-predator targeting them through hacked VR goggles. Gaining the loving nickname: Ben the magnificent

* FriendToAllChildren: In his awkward way he tries to make Kristen's daughters happy and also protects them from a cyber-predator targeting them through hacked VR goggles.

A forensic psychologist who has worked with the DA's office and now serves as psych consultant for David's team. While Kristen has stayed in New York to raise her four daughters while husband Andy works as a mountain guide, she's an accomplished mountain climber herself.
* MamaBear: In the pilot her daughter Lila tells her a man called threatening her about her student loans. Kristen doesn't take too kindly to this and tells her former employer that they can go ahead and scare her, but NOT her children. The final catalyst for her [[spoiler: snapping and possibly killing Orson [=Leroux=]]] also seems to be that [[spoiler: he broke into her home and left a gift basket there whilst her children were home alone]].

* MamaBear: In the pilot her daughter Lila tells her a man called threatening her about her student loans. Kristen doesn't take too kindly to this and tells her former employer that they can scare her and NOT her children.

->'''Played By''': Creator/MikeColter

* MamaBear: In the pilot her daughter

[[folder:David Acosta]]
!!David Acosta
A priest in training who works for the New York diocese as an assessor, determining the validity of possessions, miracles, and other debatably supernatural occurrences. David had a conversion experience while on a publicized trip around the world.
->'''Played By''': Creator/MikeColter
-->''"See, the problem with my job is that possession looks a lot like insanity, and...insanity looks a lot like possession. I need someone to help me distinguish between the two."''

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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: While the trio has what [[Series/DoctorWho the Thirteenth Doctor]] would call "a flat team structure", clean-headed David is the one the Church vests authority in.
* CelibateHero: Due to his being in training for the Catholic priesthood. He still faces temptation, [[spoiler: and in one Season 1 episode, succumbs to it.]]
* GeniusBruiser: His quick thinking and encyclopedic knowledge are his chief weapons, but he's the likely winner of any one-on-one fight if it comes to it. Not for nothing did his actor play Series/LukeCage.
* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: He at least attempts to divine cosmic secrets as well as getting in touch with a fallen friend by taking illegal drugs.
* NiceGuy: Soft-spoken, respectful of differing opinions, and loyal to both friends and colleagues.
* [[TokenReligiousTeammate Token Christian Teammate]]: Of the trio out in the field he's the only one who actually follows Christianity. Kristen is an apostate, whereas Ben is a non-observant Muslim.

[[folder:Kristen Bouchard]]
!!Kristen Bouchard
->'''Played By''': Creator/KatjaHerbers
-->''"Well, I heard a doctor today talking about prescribing chlorpromazine and aripiprazole and trauma exercises, and I realized it sounded just as much like leeches."''
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A forensic psychologist who has worked with the DA's office and now serves as psych consultant for David's team. While Kristen has stayed in New York to raise her four daughters while husband Andy works as a mountain guide, she's an accomplished mountain climber herself.
* GoodParents: She's trying to provide the best for her four daughters, even while she's basically living as a single mother while her husband is on the other side of the globe.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: While David's size and strength serve him well in rare physical fights, Kristen can be just feral. She slashes Leland's throat to keep him from dating her mother [[spoiler: alas, it doesn't work]] and in the first season finale it's implied that she [[spoiler: killed Orson [=LeRoux=] after he started hanging around her house]].
* PragmaticHero: She allows Ben to create a deepfake of Townsend, ordinarily a profound violation of ethics, although the damning evidence he manufactures is a close paraphrase of what Townsend actually said.
* RaisedCatholic: She grew up in the Church but has had nothing to do with it since, which is one reason her husband is nonplussed that she's working for priests and would-be priests now.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: She delivers a particularly brutal one to Leland.
* StrugglingSingleMother: She's not actually single, but faces many of the same situations because her husband is absent for much of the time and his income from guiding climbers in the Himalayas is unpredictable.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: As a Muslim-raised atheist who doesn't really like authority he seems a strange fit for a Catholic Church job. As he tells Kristen, he doesn't work for the Church, he works for David, and he likes David.

->'''Played By''': Katja Herbers

->'''Played By''': Aasif Mandvi