Please know that in replying to you, I am not in any way trying to invalidate your feelings about the kids or their mother. Everything you wrote is absolutely true, and you are entitled to feel whatever you feel about the kids and every other character on the show.
I am fascinated by the children's behavior on the show, rather than put off by it, as we all know about those sad TV shows where parents agree to have their children tricked to see if they will actually talk to strangers when they (the parents) are not around to actually stop them from doing it. So many times, even though kids know they are not supposed to talk to strangers, or text with strangers, they just do it, anyway, and it could be to their great harm. I think this show (Evil) is like a lesson to parents in a subliminal way. We all think (or want to think) our own kids are very different somehow, and will do the right thing 100% of the time, rather than the obviously wrong thing, but when you add in other kids (or even other adults) into the dynamic, along with AI or internet connected devices, the dynamic changes drastically, and very different actions are taken.
In my own life experience, I witnessed with my own eyes what one sociopathic, potentially psychopathic, neighborhood kid did to my kids and to other kids in town. The neighborhood kids did not expect that kind of "evil" in their midst, and the parents with nannies were in blissful ignorance about that child and her enjoyment in physically hurting other kids, but because I was right there, I witnessed it several times and I had to take action where no one else would -- all to protect my children. I did communicate with other parents about what I saw, but they, too, refused to believe that a beautiful blonde haired, blue-eyed child could behave the way she did. (Thankfully, that child and her parents moved away. Can you guess the number of their house address?)
But, back to Evil. While the kids in Evil are behaving in badly, I do not find it unexpected when children are pushed by a bad child to do something or say something they would not otherwise do or say, even if doing that makes them feel way out of their comfort zone. Today's kids are no different. Kids lie about vaping, and about doing drugs, and about texting strangers, and so many other things. We need to watch them like a hawk. In my opinion, the grandmother is not doing these kids any favors by being distracted by Townsend on the phone, or ignoring them once she gives them a sophisticated AI toy to play with on their own without her being present, and she is the one I blame for giving those AI goggles to the kids in the first place. Why didn't the grandmother know what those goggles could do, and that they were even hooked up to the internet where all four of her rather young granddaughters could interact with total strangers? (I equate those goggles with the Smartphones and those DS gaming toys that parents just give to their kids without any oversight or thought after purchasing them.)
I enjoy reading about everyone's thoughts, positive or negative.
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