Evil ’s never been shy about pointing out a lot of the patriarchal bullshit the Catholic Church spins, but in “How to Dance in Three Easy Steps,” it confronts the issue much more head-on. And that’s because this week we’re dealing with witches. As our head witch Isabella points out to David at one point, “When two or more men are gathered, it’s a church; when two or more women are gathered, it’s a coven,” isn’t that interesting? While David might only briefly consider what Isabella’s saying here (in David’s defense, he’s dealing with A LOT at that moment), surely he’ll be thinking about what Kristen lays on him in this episode, right? It’s Kristen who, not surprisingly, gets pretty blunt about what’s going on: Has David noticed how many men they’ve assessed over the years versus women? She sure has — 16 versus 63.
David digs himself into a bit of a hole when he tries to blame it on the fact that women might just be more sensitive — a great thing, he adds! — and therefore more “susceptible to manipulation.” Kristen has to laugh (or she’ll cry!) because the number of “Q-Anon Dads” suggests otherwise. She has a different theory: “When women go against their accepted roles, the church labels them as possessed or witches.
” Evil has something to say, babes, and it’s not mincing words! This whole conversation about rampant misogyny kicks off thanks to this week’s case in which the team is asked to assess, you guessed it, a po.
