SERIES PREMIERE: Robert and Michelle King, creators of The Good Wife and The Good Fight, present this new series, which takes the dynamic of The X-Files – a skeptical female, a more open-minded male, investigating mysterious cases of seemingly paranormal activity – and asks moral and religious questions while having fun with long-established tropes. The demons we meet here are smart-mouthed and spooky. The villains, too. Katya Herbers and Mike Colter star, Aasif Mandvi assists, and Michael Emerson from Lost shows up midway through, portraying what may be this show’s Big Bad. Evil shines among the new fall crop, but where it’s headed remains anyone’s guess. My guess: It’s going somewhere good. For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website, and for a full review here at TVWW, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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