Genesis 1

"**Genesis 1**" (alternatively known as "**Pilot**") is the first episode of *Evil*. It first aired on September 26, 2019.

## Cast

* Mike Colter as David Acosta
* Aasif Mandvi as Ben Shakir
* Michael Emerson as Dr. Leland Townsend
* Christine Lahti as Sheryl Luria
* Kurt Fuller as Dr. Boggs
* Brooklyn Shuck as Lynn Bouchard
* Skylar Gray as Lila Bouchard
* Maddy Crocco as Lexis Bouchard
* Dalya Knapp as Laura Bouchard
* Marti Matulis as George
* Darren Pettie as Orson LeRoux
* Danny Burstein as D.A. Lewis Cormier

Guest* Brooke Bloom as Emily LeRoux
* Rodney Richardson as Tommy Boutella
* Abraham Alvarez as Judge
* Thirsa Van Til as Female Patient
* Marc Webster as Guard
* Samaria Nixon-Fleming as Robin
* Brian Smolin as Mr. Gilbert

Co-Starring
*To be added*

## Quotes

**David**: "Well, the church has a backlog of about 500,000 requests for exorcisms and, uh, miracle appraisals. And my colleague Ben and I are hired by the church to investigate unexplained phenomenon and to recommend whether there should be an exorcism or further research."
**Kristen**: "I didn't know that was a job."
**David**: "It is."

**Kristen**: "So this is what, a haunting?"
**Ben**: "It's an infestation."
**Kristen**: "What’s that?"
**Ben**: "A haunting."
**Kristen**: "I thought this was about possession."
**Ben**: "Well, the theory is that an infestation leads to a possession. First, the demon takes over the house, and then it takes over the person, supposedly."
**Kristen**: "You don't believe in it?"
**Ben**: "I believe it pays the rent."

**David**: "Do you think science can answer every question?"
**Kristen**: "Yes, I do. I do, just not all at once."
**David**: "So there are no mysteries? No miracles?"
**Kristen**: "A doctor creates a hearing aid for a deaf man who hears music for the first time. That's a miracle. Philae probe lands on a comet 100 million miles away, a comet travelling at 11,000 miles per hour. That is a miracle. They just happen to exist. They're real. But ghosts and demons and that thing on her phone or whatever it was... I don't know what to do with that."
**David**: "Ten years ago I decided to drop out and travel the world. And the farther I got from America, the more I realized how little I knew. I saw a shaman in Kyzyl transfer his soul to a dying child. I saw a woman in the Indus Plains come back to life after drowning for 20 minutes. Science is only good for repeatable phenomenon. And most of life, the most interesting parts, don't repeat, so science doesn't recognize it."

**Kristen**: "Why did you give my therapy notes to a serial killer?"
**Leland**: "You're in way over your head, Ms. Bouchard. Why don't you leave this to the professionals?"
**Kristen**: "Who are the professionals?"
**Leland**: "Your boy toy Acosta. LeRoux. The Sixty."
**Kristen**: "Who are the Sixty?"
**Leland**: "People who know who you are now. Hey, that session number 37 was a juicy one, wasn't it? 'I just want my daughters gone so I can have my freedom.' Just say the word, Kristen, and poof, they're gone. No one blames you, no guilt, just four little caskets."
**Kristen**: "Go to hell."
**Leland**: "With pleasure. In fact, I'll make room for your daughters."
## Multimedia

### Videos

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