Among the many shows canceled or ending in 2024 is the CBS-turned-Paramount+ supernatural drama Evil . Despite being one of the best P+ original shows , it was announced in February that the series would be coming to an end after its fourth season, which premiered in May. As you would imagine, a story arc had to be charted out for this final slate of episodes.
And, now, it's been revealed that the showrunners initially had different plans for this season. While Evil was renewed for Season 4 back in July 2022, it was only announced a few months ago that the season would be the show's final. It’s unknown exactly how long the cast and crew were aware of that before the news broke, but it couldn’t have been very long.
While series creators/writers Robert and Michelle King were given four extra episodes to wrap up the series, lead actor Mike Colter told ET what they had originally planned and how that will be condensed into just 14 episodes: They like to have time to really process where they're gonna go, and I don't think they like to be rushed. When] we found out we were coming to an end, they had a few months, and I think Robert had to come up with the best parts of what he had intended on doing for the next two seasons and just touch on some things and, at the same time, leave it open. Leave it somewhere [between] a fulfilling ending and still not shut the door completely.
One would think that it would be somewhat disappointing on the showrunners' part for them to have two.