***The following interview contains spoilers for 410***

On the newest episode of Evil, which premieres today on Paramount+, when Kristen (Katja Herbers) is horrified by her new neighbor, David (Mike Colter), Ben (Aasif Mandvi), and Sister Andrea (Andrea Martin) come over. However, that’s not all, as there’s a bad hurricane on the horizon, which Sister Andrea thinks is more than just the weather. Meanwhile, Sheryl (Christine Lahti) and Leland (Michael Emerson)’s war comes to a shocking end.

Sister Andrea is the one person besides David who can see demons on the series, but the actress thinks that it’s likely they are just the only ones we know of. “I don't think this is the first time that people of the cloth, religious people, can see things,” she explained to SciFi Vision during a recent interview. “It's just other people don't believe that they can.”

Since Sister Andrea can see the demons, she’s often the one battling them physically, and generally in comedic ways, bashing them with shovels and things, which she has enjoyed. “There was something satisfying about it, I have to say,” said Martin. “Also, it made me feel kind of like [I had] a superpower, like a Marvel figure, or swashbuckling or something, that I felt like I was on some kind of adventure doing it.”

Martin has some action scenes in the most recent episode as well specifically when her character ends up in the middle of the storm, which was quite an experience for her “That was crazy,” she told the site. “That was a lot of wind machines. I'm only five one. I'm a little person, and that seemed as I was shooting it really otherworldly. I felt like I was fighting against a power much greater than me, but I had to continue, and it was a powerful scene, I thought.”

Another important part in the episode for Sister Andrea is when she is talking to David and Father Dominic Kabiru (Chukwudi Iwuji) about how to stop Leland, when she suggests they could kill him, which is a surprising response from her. Would she really be okay with it? “I think when it's pure evil, I think that she would condone it,” said Martin “…I've never come across someone that I thought was pure evil, as myself, because I don't believe in the death penalty, but then, I think, would I believe in the death penalty if somebody was pure evil up there and had killed innocent children? Maybe I would. It's a really difficult subject…I don't know if there is a right answer.”

Martin has greatly enjoyed her time on Evil. “I loved playing this character,” said the actress. “…I could get into a space of the character, and that is not something that I've had in my career. I've done a lot of comedy. There's a lot of banter on the set. Usually I'm with another actor, but there was a significant amount of Sister Andrea by herself, praying, meditating, looking at demons, and I haven't had that kind of solitary work. It turns out it was very, very rewarding. I hope I get to do more of that where I don't have to do a lot of shenanigans to be powerful, where I can be still and powerful. I haven't been given a lot of those opportunities, so I love that the audience or the fans were taken with the character as much as I was.”

For more from Martin, including what she thinks about what’s next for her character, working with Emerson, and more, read the full transcript below and catch new episodes of Evil on Thursdays on Paramount+.

SCIFI VISION:   The first thing I want to talk about is her beliefs. Just your own opinion, why do you think that she's able to see the demon manifestations and other people aren't? Because obviously, the other priests, other than David, can't. So, it's not just that she's close to God, I'm assuming, but what's your take on it?

ANDREA MARTIN:   Well, I think in the past, in history, when people would see visions and they became saints, I don't think this is the first time that people of the cloth, religious people, can see things. It's just other people don't believe that they can. So, that's my thought about it.

Do you think, though, that seeing the actual manifestations of the demons, do you think it makes it harder or easier for her to keep her beliefs? Because obviously, I mean, seeing things, in a sense, makes it easier to believe they're there, but I would think that that would kind of test your faith sometimes, seeing all the scary stuff she does.

Gosh, that's a good question. I guess what comes first is your uncompromising faith from an early age. One of the episodes we did, she sees a vision of Saint Bernadette, I think was her name, Saint Bernadette, when she's like, twelve or thirteen. That vision solidified her belief that there's a higher power, higher good. I think it's hard for us to understand if we don't have that kind of faith, right? It's like, I think of Mother Teresa, or I think of people in our time. I'm trying to think where there is such holy people, like that wonderful man that goes around the world, and he provides food for people in war torn countries. I mean, he's got to be a saint. You know, there are good people in the world. We just don't see enough of them, I think. Also, good people tend to be very humble. They don't have huge egos, I don't think, but I think that she maybe isn't the only person in the world that's seeing demons, that we've just covered her.

That makes sense. So, in the next episode, she makes a point when she's talking to David and the other priest about what to do about Leland, and she says they could kill him. Now I'm just curious, do you think that she would actually be okay with that, or did she just kind of say that in passing? I'm just curious, because obviously that's juxtaposed with David in the episode talking about, you know, would God forgive him for for murder and everything? So, I'm just curious your take on that. Would she actually go that far?

That is a great, great question. As you say it out loud, I think, how would she condone that murder? But I think when it's pure evil, I think that she would condone it. Yeah, I don't know that we have come across - I've never come across someone that I thought was pure evil, as myself, because I don't believe in the death penalty, but then, I think, would I believe in the death penalty if somebody was pure evil up there and had killed innocent children? Maybe I would. It's a really difficult subject, right? So, I don't know. It's a good question. I don't know if I'm giving you the right answer. I don't know if there is a right answer.

No, that’s good. I was going to say, I don't know that there is one either; it's your opinion. And that leads me to the other thing, you made me wonder, too. And, again, I don't know if there’s an answer really or not, but I thinking just now, in one of the recent episodes, she makes a comment to David that he was using his powers for the wrong reasons, because he was using it for remote viewing. Knowing that he could affect Leland or hurt him, I just wondered if you thought that changed her opinion on [him using his powers] in that way?

Wow, boy. Well, you're asking very interesting questions, and I don't know that I have the answer. You're really, you're really challenging me!… [laughs] Yeah, I mean, sure, I guess. I don't know. [laughs]

Let me ask you this. You can answer this. Talk about filming the tornado scene [or] hurricane. It was a tornado, I think, at that point, but when you're down in the wind and everything.

Oh, yeah, wow, I can talk about being an actor in that. That was crazy. That was a lot of wind machines. I'm only five one. I'm a little person and that seemed as I was shooting it really otherworldly. I felt like I was fighting against a power much greater than me, but I had to continue, and it was a powerful scene, I thought. Then, there was a strike, and we weren't able to finish it until months later. So, it was very surreal, as you can imagine. The next scene was in the bathroom, on the floor, and I'm like, “Wait, what happened? Okay, yeah, I remember five months ago.” - I don't know how long it was - yeah, that was very realistic, though.

I know Sister Andrea a lot of times is whacking demons with shovels and everything else. Can you talk about that? I mean, I assume that you probably do it by your by yourself. I mean, it's kind of a stunt, but not exactly a stunt, but that's got to be fun.

[laughs] I guess I got out my anger. It's like those things you teach children, you know, take a pillow and hit the floor if you're angry. So, I guess, I don't know, sadly, it was very easy for me to take a shovel and pretend I was hitting people. But you're right, there was never a real person there. They put them in afterwards. So, it was all special effects. But yeah, there was something satisfying about it, I have to say. Also, it made me feel kind of like [I had] a superpower, like a Marvel figure, or swashbuckling or something, that I felt like I was on some kind of adventure doing it. It took me outside of the everyday, you know, being in my little room praying on my knees.

Yeah, it makes it shocking, though a lot of times it's in such a funny way. I love when she does that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And, you know, I didn't intend it to be funny. I never intended Sister Andrea to be funny, but I guess people think of it that way.

It's funny in a dry way.

Yeah, in a dry way, yeah.

So, obviously, as a viewer, the show gets pretty scary, and I know it's not the same thing when you're filming it, but has any of it ever affected you or freaked you out or anything at all, even after the fact, watching it maybe?

Watching it really does affect me. I don't like horror, the horror genre, although I've done a significant amount my life. I don't like violent things, so that makes me uncomfortable, but I have to say, the acting is so beautiful and the scripts are so great that I close my eyes even though I've shot the scenes. I close my eyes when those things come on, like with a shovel. I didn't watch myself do it, and I open them when there are scenes between the actors. So, that's how I watch Evil. It's very schizophrenic.

[laughs] That's funny. Yeah, I know the show can definitely be freaky. I've learned not to watch the screeners at night, because I've done that before and regretted it.

Yeah, right, right, exactly.

Talk about working with Michael Emerson, because the scenes of you two together are always the best. So, I’d just love to hear about that.

Well, I didn't know Michael before. I don't know if he's a method actor, but I've known him social[ly] - let me work backwards. So, we just had…the end of a season party, the end of the show party. So, I met Michael socially for the first time, and he was just fun and sarcastic and approachable and social. And I'm like, “Who the hell is this guy?” Because on the set - and I'm kind of like this too, actually - on the set, he sticks to himself. I'm actually like this too. I don't like talking to people on the set. I like to stay in character. I don't like to use my energy making small talk. I never sit in the cast chairs. I'm always kind of walking around and staying in character, and Michael is too. So to meet him after doing those scenes where I'm looking at him with my eyes, and he's looking at me with [his] eyes, and he's giving me the evil eye, and then we're just there, you know, having nachos, and it was a very surreal experience. Now I look forward to socializing with him. [laughs] Now that the show's past.

Is there anything you were given or took from the set, just to remember it by now that it's unfortunately over?

You know, I loved playing this character. I could walk on the set. The crew was very respectful. I could get into a space of the character, and that is not something that I've had in my career. I've done a lot of comedy. There's a lot of banter on the set. Usually I'm with another actor, but there was a significant amount of Sister Andrea by herself, praying, meditating, looking at demons, and I haven't had that kind of solitary work. It turns out it was very, very rewarding. I hope I get to do more of that where I don't have to do a lot of shenanigans to be powerful, where I can be still and powerful. I haven't been given a lot of those opportunities, so I love that the audience or the fans were taken with the character as much as I was.

Is there anything that you're allowed to say about the last four episodes coming up for Sister Andrea about what we'll get to see? Is there anything you can tease at all for the ending?

You know, I think I really shouldn't say anything. What I would say to everybody watching, I would just sit back, take everything in, and let it kind of wash over you. That's what the last episodes did for me. I just let the tone of the show and what it's trying to say wash over me. I know that's not the answer that you want, but it's the one that I really feel. Would I like to see the show carry on? Of course. Do I like the way it ended for her? You know, I challenge that ending, but I also understand it. So, watch it with those eyes.