Ash vs Evil Dead

Ash vs Evil Dead

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Genre Comedy horror
Action
Based on Characters
by Sam Raimi
Developed by
Starring
Composer(s) Joseph LoDuca
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
Cinematography
  • Dave Garbett
  • John Cavill
Editor(s) Bob Murawski
Running time
  • 25–37 minutes[1]
  • 41 minutes (pilot)
Production company(s) Renaissance Pictures
Release
Original network Starz
Picture format
Original release October 31, 2015 (2015-10-31) – present
Chronology
Preceded by Army of Darkness
External links
Website

Ash vs Evil Dead is an American comedy horror television series developed by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Tom Spezialy for the Starz network. It is set in Raimi's Evil Dead universe, with Bruce Campbell reprising his role as Ash Williams, and acts as a sequel to the original trilogy.

Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, and Lucy Lawless also star. The series is executive produced by Campbell, Raimi, Craig DiGregorio, and Robert Tapert, who originally produced all four Evil Dead films.[3] The series premiered on October 31, 2015. Three days before the series' premiere, Starz renewed it for a second season, which premiered on October 2, 2016. On October 7, 2016, while at the New York Comic Con Starz announced that the series had been renewed for a third season.[4]

Premise

The series is set approximately 30 years after the first three Evil Dead films. Ashley J. "Ash" Williams works at the "Value Stop" mart as a simple stock boy. His life has gone nowhere and he now lives in a trailer, drinking in bars at night and having occasional sex with various women, usually after making up a sensational story about how he lost his hand. After having inadvertently read the incantation from the Book of the Dead again, he unleashes the Kandarian Demon a.k.a. the Evil Dead one more time. A new set of events brings him to assume his former fighting persona and face the new demonic plague in order to save the human race.

The series shares a loose continuity with The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2, in that scenes from both movies have featured as flashbacks, and characters from those films have either appeared (such as Cheryl from The Evil Dead) or been referenced (Jake from Evil Dead 2, whose skeletal remains were discovered in the cabin’s cellar during the first series). While Raimi and Campbell have stated that Evil Dead 2 was intended as a direct sequel, the continuity between the two movies remains problematic – for example, the Necronomicon is destroyed in a fire by Ash in the first movie, yet is intact in Evil Dead 2. There are also no traces of the bodies of Ash’s friends from the first movie in Evil Dead 2, and Ash attempts to escape via driving over a bridge which had previously been destroyed, which he appears not to remember. The cabin itself appears intact in Evil Dead 2, despite having been ruined during the events of The Evil Dead (e.g. the cellar trapdoor, having been ripped off its hinges, is now back in place).

Due to a rights issue the events of the third Evil Dead film, Army of Darkness are not directly referenced in the show (also notably S-Mart is not where he works but rather Value Stop now). The producers wish to clear up that issue one day so they can reference it. [5][6][7]

Cast

Main cast

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Campbell stated, "Ash has survivor's guilt. You could have a heyday with his PTSD. He's a war vet. He doesn't want to talk about it, and he'll lie about that stump on his hand to impress the ladies. This is a guy who's got some issues. He's emotionally stunted. But, he's the guy you want in the foxhole next to you"[8] (all of which he masks with Narcissism).
Over the course of season one, it is revealed that following the events of the film trilogy, Ash spent thirty years drifting from town to town, living in a mobile home trailer and working a series of dead-end jobs at different branches of Value Stop. Ash has tried multiple times to, unsuccessfully, destroy the Necronomicon. Unable to be rid of the book, he instead becomes its defacto caretaker. Prior to the events of season one, Ash's only friend and companion is his pet lizard, Eli.
In season two, it is discovered that Ash returned to his hometown of Elk Grove, Michigan, after the events of the films, only to be met with a chilly reception to his version of what happened during his time at the cabin.
A co-worker who becomes Ash's loyal sidekick. Pablo believes in Ash's heroism (even if Ash himself doesn’t). Pablo's actor, Ray Santiago, describes his character as an "El Jefe in-training". He was raised by his uncle, a shaman, who had told him of a evil and of a man who can fight this evil.
A moody teen, a young woman trying to outrun her past; reluctantly dragged into the fight against evil with Ash and Pablo. She and her family are/were Jewish, and she worked at the same store, the "Value Stop", as Ash & Pablo. Her mother died in a car accident some six months prior to the events at the beginning of the series and is assumed dead, but her body wasn't found.
A disgraced Michigan State Trooper who sets out to find Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner.
A mysterious figure who is on a quest to hunt down the source of the recent evil outbreaks. She claims to be the daughter of Professor Raymond Knowby and sister of Annie Knowby from Evil Dead II.[13]
Ash's high school girlfriend who is now married to the town sheriff and has a daughter. She is one of the few people in Elk Grove happy to see Ash.
A party-hard, old childhood friend of Ash's. He was secretly intimate with Ash's sister, Cheryl, a long time ago. However, a reincarnated deadite version of Cheryl comes back from the grave and kills him.
Thomas' and Linda's 17-year-old daughter.

Recurring cast

The sole survivor of a hiking group, she is rescued by Pablo and Kelly when they reach the cabin. She is later indirectly killed by Ruby when the evil was set loose.
Pablo's shaman uncle, Ash, Pablo and Kelly go to him for help against the Kandarian Demon. He is killed by the demon Eligos when he performs an exorcism on Kelly to release her from Eligos' thrall.
Ash's father, whom Ash has not seen in 30 or so years, since the events of Evil Dead/Evil Dead II.[14][15] It is from his father that Ash got his bad habits (debauchery, etc.), and it's hinted that he has stolen girls/women from Ash in the past (i.e. his son's old high school P.E. teacher, Lillian Pendergrast). His day job is as a handyman/carpenter; his slogan is "Brock Williams - has wood - call me."
The husband of Linda whom Ash used to pick on in highschool. He is now the strict sheriff of Elk Grove.
A diabolical demon and Ruby's ex-husband who wants the Necronomicon for his own nefarious purposes. His abilities include using lust to manipulate others, possessing human bodies and the ability to slow down time near a target where he can converse with or injure said target. When Baal is using this power nobody seems to be able to see him besides the person he is interacting with. Ruby has also mentioned that he is impervious to physical attacks and can only be harmed through mystic or spiritual means.

Special guests

Ash's former girlfriend who perished at the cabin 30 years ago after turning into a Deadite. Betsy Baker and Denise Bixler, who portrayed Linda in The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II, respectively, appeared in archived footages as the character.
Ash's younger sister who was the first victim of the dead at the cabin 30 years ago. Sandweiss reprises her role from the original Evil Dead film. She also appears in both season 1 and 2 through archived footage from the original film.

Production

The series first started life as two competing ideas for a fourth Evil Dead film.[16] However at the time the Raimi brothers did not know how to get funding for the film and so it was instead written as a TV show. Writing for the medium presented new challenges for Sam as he had to make the series accessible to new viewers as well as create new characters to "bounce off of".[16] The project was first officially revealed by Raimi at a surprise appearance at the 2014 San Diego Comicon [17] That November Starz announced that they officially put an order in for the series.[18] Campbell said the channel was the only network that would give them the ability to be unrated and unrestricted; Campbell has stated that Starz does not require the crew to create alternate, "wimpy" versions for television.[19] Due to legal issues with Universal Pictures, the events from Army of Darkness can not specifically be mentioned on the show.[20] Original film series producer Robert Tapert has returned to co-produce along with Raimi, Campbell and Craig DiGregorio.[21] So far two seasons of Ash vs Evil Dead consisting of 10 episodes per season (30 minutes each) have been ordered by Starz.[22] On February 11, 2015, Ray Santiago and Dana Delorenzo were cast in the roles of Pablo Simon Bolivar and Kelly Maxwell.

The pilot episode of the series was written by Sam Raimi (who also directed), Ivan Raimi and Tom Spezialy.[21] In February 2015, Starz confirmed that Jill Marie Jones will be playing the leading role of Michigan State Trooper Amanda Fisher.[11] In March 2015, Lucy Lawless will co-star as Ruby, a mysterious figure who's on a quest to stop the evil outbreak and believes that Ash is the one who's the cause of it.[12] In April 2015, Starz released a new graphic teaser advertising the TV show is coming in the Fall of 2015, along with a new poster for the series.[23]

Filming commenced in Auckland, New Zealand in April 2015.[24]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
110October 31, 2015 (2015-10-31)January 2, 2016 (2016-01-02)
210[25]October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)[25]December 11, 2016

Season 1 (2015–16)

The first episode is 45 minutes long and premiered as a sneak preview one day early on October 30, 2015, it had 233,000 viewers.[26]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"El Jefe"Sam RaimiSam Raimi & Ivan Raimi and Tom SpezialyOctober 31, 2015 (2015-10-31)0.437[27]
Thirty years after his epic battle against the evil Deadites, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) is living in a trailer park, working in a ValueShop department store, and spending his evenings womanizing in dive bars. After seeing a demonic visage appear on a woman's face, Ash recalls having a recent Marijuana-addled "poetry read" with another girlfriend, from the Necronomicon, which he still keeps locked in a trunk. Elsewhere in town, Michigan state police detective Amanda Fisher, (Jill Marie Jones), investigates a disturbance at an abandoned house and encounters Ash's demon-possessed girlfriend who kills her partner. After defeating the possessed woman, she is then forced to put down her undead partner who attacks her. Later, Amanda meets the mysterious Ruby Knowby, (Lucy Lawless), who seems almost too understanding about the horrors Amanda has witnessed. As more evil happenings occur around him, Ash realizes he unwittingly reawakened the horrible curse again and decides to slip out of town, but he is stopped by his co-workers, Pablo (Ray Santiago) and Kelly, (Dana DeLorenzo), who realize he's to blame for what is going on. After having to kill his possessed neighbor, Ash reluctantly decides to resume his old chainsaw-wielding persona once again.
22"Bait"Michael J. BassettDominic DierkesNovember 7, 2015 (2015-11-07)0.276[28]
Pablo and Ash help Kelly who is worried about a strange call from her father and the sudden return of her lost mother, (Mimi Rogers), who was feared dead years ago. Ash remains suspicious of the mother, believing she's a Deadite impostor. Meanwhile Amanda follows leads that Ash Williams is behind the recent deaths and strange happenings around town, and decides to track him down. Ash and Pablo arrive at Kelly's father's house to find Kelly's mother acting normal. However, after being provoked at the dinner table by Ash, Kelly's mother reveals herself as a Deadite and kills Kelly's father with a fork. After a madcap fight between her and Ash, the Deadite tries to convince Kelly that she's fine now, but shows herself again and Ash kills her. After burying the two bodies, Kelly agrees to accompany Ash and Pablo, and the three drive away.
33"Books from Beyond"Michael J. BassettSean ClementsNovember 14, 2015 (2015-11-14)0.383[29]
With the mysterious Ruby one step behind them, Ash and his friends seek out Lionel, the owner of an occult bookstore, "Books from Beyond," to find a way to undo the evil curse. Lionel uses the Necronomicon to summon the demon Eligos in hopes of compelling it to give the answers Ash seeks. The ceremony goes awry when Amanda arrives to arrest Ash and Eligos escapes the summoning circle. In all the chaos, Ash does manage to get a cryptic response that the solution to his predicament resides within him.
44"Brujo"David FrazeeJames E. EaganNovember 21, 2015 (2015-11-21)0.448[30]
After dealing with the demon, Ash leaves the uncooperative Amanda handcuffed in the bookstore and trapped with a Deadite Lionel. She is saved however by Ruby, and after learning of her interest in Ash, the two join forces in hunting him down. Meanwhile Pablo takes Ash to meet his shaman uncle, a "Brujo", who may be able to help. Along the way, Kelly gets sick and acts strangely, having been unknowingly possessed by Eligos. Eventually the Brujo gives Ash a drug-induced vision of himself relaxing on a pier in Jacksonville, Florida, (Ash's idealized vacation spot), where his pet lizard Eli appears and tells him he must bury the Necronomicon deep in the place where everything started – the cabin in the woods. During the trip, a possessed Kelly attacks Ash.
55"The Host"David FrazeeZoe GreenNovember 28, 2015 (2015-11-28)0.430[31]
The Eligos-possessed Kelly convinces Pablo and his uncle that Ash is the one possessed. Elsewhere, Amanda and Ruby close in on Ash by using Ash's severed undead hand to guide them. The Brujo prepares for an exorcism while, back in Ash's trailer, Kelly tries to seduce Pablo and later kill him. Once the demon reveals himself the Brujo performs the exorcism on Kelly, forcing Eligos to leave, but not before the Brujo is killed. During a funeral for the Brujo, Pablo takes his uncle's sacred medallion. Back at the trailer, Pablo gives Ash a new mechanical hand that he had been working on.
66"The Killer of Killers"Michael HurstNate CrockerDecember 5, 2015 (2015-12-05)0.402[32]
Ruby and Amanda arrive at the Brujo's ranch just having missed Ash, but the charred skeleton of the Brujo emerges from the funeral pyre and confronts Ruby telling her that she'll never have the book for herself. The two fall into the pyre which then explodes. Amanda leaves in Ruby's car but notices Ash's hand has disappeared. On their way to the cabin, Ash, Pablo and Kelly stop at a roadside diner to meet Lem, a old militia friend of Ash, and ask for help in acquiring some weapons. While Ash tries to scam his way out of paying the diner check, Pablo and Kelly return to the trailer and deal with the Necronomicon which comes alive and reacts to the Brujo's medallion. Meanwhile, Amanda confronts Ash and arrests him, just as her police chief arrives. Soon, however, the Kandarian Demon attacks the diner, turning the police chief and a waitress into Deadites. Having barely escaped the horror, Lem calls his militia buddies to "arm up" but he is soon attacked by the Evil Dead. Back at the smoldering diner, Amanda agrees to join up with Ash's group.
77"Fire in the Hole"Michael HurstSean Clements, Dominic Dierkes and Ivan RaimiDecember 12, 2015 (2015-12-12)0.452[33]
Ash and his group go to meet the militiamen, but find they have been attacked by a demon-possessed Lem. Lem attacks them again, but Ash and Amanda become trapped in the militia bunker with him. Meanwhile Kelly and Pablo escape to the woods, but the militiamen, (thinking the two are government agents and their friend Lem is infected with a government virus), hunt them down. Back at the Brujo's ranch, Ruby emerges from the funeral pyre unharmed; she goes to the diner and resumes her search for Ash. Eventually Pablo and Kelly rescue Ash and Amanda and get the weapons from the militia, but Ash has unexpectedly vanished. A closing scene shows Ash's severed hand crawling through the woods toward the cabin.
88"Ashes to Ashes"Tony TilseMichael J. BassettDecember 19, 2015 (2015-12-19)0.465[34]
Armed with his chainsaw, shotgun and the Necronomicon, Ash returns to the sinister cabin after 30 years. He finds Amanda behind him who convinces him that he shouldn't face the evil alone. Meanwhile Kelly and Pablo are lost in the woods but find a group of hikers consisting of Brad, his fiancée and Heather, who lead them toward the cabin. At the cabin, Ash is taunted by the severed head of his old girlfriend Linda that he left in the work shed three decades ago. In the cabin, Amanda listens to the old tape recorder about the Necronomicon. Ash suddenly appears and tells her that they should just leave and be together, but Amanda notices his putrid hand and he attacks her. She manages to cut off and destroy the hand, but imposter-Ash impales her on the antlers of the deer head in the living room. The real Ash then finds Amanda just before she dies. Pablo and Kelly return and Ash tells them that she was killed by another Evil Ash that is running around somewhere.
99"Bound in Flesh"Tony TilseRob WrightDecember 26, 2015 (2015-12-26)0.343[35]
Pablo and Kelly confront the two Ashes and, once they realize who the impostor is, they kill him. Ash decides to chop up the bodies of the impostor and Amanda before they turn into Deadites, but the hikers return. Pablo and Kelly lead them away while Ash dismembers his clone. Suddenly the Necronomicon starts talking to him, trying to convince him not to bury it. He throws the book in the refrigerator then notices Amanda has disappeared. Amanda, now a Deadite, attacks Pablo, Kelly and the hikers. She kills Brad and his fiancée and Heather breaks her leg. Ruby arrives and Amanda runs off. Returning to the cabin, Ruby confronts Ash, introducing herself as the one who's been cleaning up his mess. She explains that the book cannot be simply buried but needs to be dismantled. Ash agrees to destroy the book and cuts off its face, but once he hands it over Ruby begins a ritual to unleash the evil upon the entire world. Ruby claims to have written the Necronomicon and the face of the book animates and attaches itself to Pablo.
1010"The Dark One"Rick JacobsonCraig DiGregorioJanuary 2, 2016 (2016-01-02)0.508[36]
Before Ash can react to what is going on, Amanda returns and attacks him. He manages to defeat her but notices Ruby and Pablo have disappeared into the cellar. He goes down to find them but the Evil Dead pounds the cabin and Ash falls down the steps. He suddenly finds himself back in his trailer with the Necronomicon. Ruby appears and tells him that he was destined to stand against her, but she tries to broker a truce by offering him what he desires the most – a peaceful retirement in Jacksonville. Refusing the offer, Ash finds himself back in the cellar and under attack by a demonic child that was belched up by the book-possessed Pablo. Meanwhile, Kelly and Heather attempt to survive a demonic onslaught. Heather ends up being dismembered while Kelly is locked out of the cabin. Eventually Ash has a final showdown with Ruby, where she promises that if he lets her release the evil she can keep it under her control. She promises to let Ash and his friends live in peace if Ash accepts her deal. Ash, of course, makes the worst decision possible. As a result, Ash hits the road with Kelly and Pablo in tow, while the radio reports sinkholes opening up around the world.

Season 2 (2016)

Ahead of its broadcast date, the season premiere debuted online as a sneak preview on September 27, 2016.[37]

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [38]Directed by [39]Written by [39]Original air date [40]U.S. viewers
(millions)
111"Home"Rick JacobsonCraig DiGregorioSeptember 27, 2016 (2016-09-27) (online)
October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) (broadcast)		0.436[41]
While enjoying his time at Jacksonville, Ash is forced to come out of retirement after being attacked by Deadites summoned by Ruby. Ash (still in possession of the Kandarian Dagger), Pablo and Kelly return to Ash's hometown, Elk Grove, where they meet up with his father, Brock, who criticizes him for running away from the town after the events that transpired 30 years ago. While searching around town for Ruby, Ash encounters his former love, Linda Bates, who is married to the town's sheriff, Thomas Emery. Emery mocks Ash, and promises to take him in when he can. Pablo receives a vision, prompting the gang to head to the town's crematorium, where Ash finds an injured Ruby, claiming that her children have betrayed her, forcing her to hide the Necronomicon. After saving her from her three demon children, Ash and Ruby form a temporary alliance.
122"The Morgue"Tony TilseCameron WelshOctober 9, 2016 (2016-10-09)0.333[42]
Ruby reveals to the group that she hid the Necronomicon inside a corpse at the town morgue, which prompts Ash and Kelly to go retrieve it, while Pablo stays with her at Brock's house in order to find out about his visions. While attempting to get the book, Ash discovers that his old high school P.E. teacher, who is dating Brock, turns out to have been dead and is now a Deadite. Ash returns home just in time to stop the Deadite from raising hell. Meanwhile, Pablo's grasp on reality is tested when Ruby reveals that the Necronomicon has gifted him with premonitions, a detail seen in one from which Ruby deduces that her ex-husband, Baal, is the reason behind why all of her children have turned on her. At the end, Ash's car, the Delta, is stolen by two teenagers, while still carrying the Necronomicon in it.
133"Last Call"Tony TilseNoelle ValdiviaOctober 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)0.321[43]
In an attempt to lure the teenagers who stole his car to his place, Ash and his best buddy, Chet, devise a plan to throw a party at the bar, lure the thieves in, and get the Delta and the Necronomicon back. The plan backfires, however, as one of the teenagers' friends accidentally reads from the Necronomicon, allowing evil to possess her as well as the Delta, leading to a mass killing spree. The possessed teenager, Amber, heads to Ash's party, where she almost kills Brock before Ash intervenes. Brock realizes the truth about his son and shows his pride, but before he could reveal a secret to Ash, he is run over by the Delta. Meanwhile, Ruby attempts to convince Kelly that she is the one Ruby was supposed to be looking for.
144"DUI"Michael J. BassettIvan RaimiOctober 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)0.274[44]
The possessed Delta continues its rampage holding one of the teenagers, Lacey, hostage. It comes back and kidnaps Pablo as well. Ash takes Chet in tow, driving his car and pursues the Delta. Meanwhile, Ruby and Kelly head back to Ash's trailer to pick up weapons, where Ruby reveals that Baal can get into an individual's mind and manipulate them, and that she has been manipulated before. While they go back to the crematorium and kill the rest of her spawn, Ash continues chasing down Pablo, and Chet drops him off at an abandoned Demolition derby park. The Delta lets go of Pablo and Lacey, facing Ash by itself. While Pablo tries to deface the book, it tells him to read a passage. Ash stops the Delta, and they throw the book into the trunk of the car, a portal to hell, seemingly destroying it. Ruby, sensing the book's disappearance, runs back along with Kelly. A demon jumps out of the trunk at the end.
155"Confinement"Michael J. BassettWilliam BromellOctober 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)0.274[45]
Baal arrives on Earth and seduces a female officer, before then skinning her. Ash is later arrested for the murder of Amber. After being thrown in prison, he is let out by Baal, who appears wearing the skin of the female officer. Pablo, Kelly and Ruby arrive to free Ash, and Lacey is brought to the station by Linda, who believes her daughter is drugged. When Ash walks in on the group, the skin of the officer is thrown on him, and Ruby reveals Baal's tactics, as he jumps from person to person by wearing their skin, and that any of them can be Baal. She goes down to the evidence locker to get the Kandarian Dagger, but gets locked down there with another female officer, who is later revealed to be Baal. Meanwhile between the others, tensions rise as they are unable to trust one another completely. Pablo confides in Ash and Kelly, revealing a strange rash on his abdomen, describing it as something trying to get out of him. Sheriff Emery believes that Pablo is the demon when his condition worsens, and starts to lose control, even threatening his wife. The skinned corpse of the female officer attacks and kidnaps Linda. Ash finds her but is once again attacked by the flesh monster. Ruby arrives with his weapons and Ash defeats the flesh monster, proving the truth in his story. As Pablo's condition greatly worsens, Ruby looks at the rash to reveal Sumerian writing on Pablo's body, and she declares that he might be their only chance to stop Baal.
166"Trapped Inside"Mark BeesleyJames E. EaganNovember 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)0.330[46]
Ash, Kelly, Ruby, Linda and Lacey take Pablo back to Ash's house, where Ruby reveals that Pablo is converging with the Necronomicon, and that if they wait long enough, the required spell to send Baal back to hell, will emerge on Pablo's skin. Emery is confronted by the people of Elk Grove, who demand Ash be brought to justice. Despite Emery knowing the truth, he is convinced by Baal to lead a mob to capture Ash. Ruby starts to accelerate the convergence, discovering that Pablo's necklace will be able to stop it, once they reach the required spell. As the townspeople arrive and start attacking Ash's house, Ash hears a noise upstairs coming from Cheryl's room. Inside he sees Chet, who was coming to warn him about the mob, while going through Cheryl's belongings. The required spell emerges from Pablo's skin, but Ruby opens an old wound and reveals to Kelly that her children stole her immortality. Cheryl's Deadite returns and fights Ash, killing Chet in the process. Eventually the fight leads outside, where the people are surprised to see Cheryl and Ash reveals her to be a Deadite, convincing the people that he is not a murderer, but a Demon hunter. Ash, is then held by Emery, allowing Baal to knock him out.
177"Delusion"Mark BeesleyHank ChiltonNovember 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)0.337[47]
Ash wakes up from a nightmare only to find himself in an asylum, where a man calling himself Doctor Peacock claims that Ash has been locked up since the murder of his friends at the cabin, and that everything about the Necronomicon was a delusion he made up to deny responsibility for his actions. Ash realizes that Peacock is none other than Baal, who is trying to break his mind through an illusion. Within the illusion he sees Ruby, as a nurse, Kelly as a fellow inmate, and Pablo as an orderly. Ash attempts to fight through the illusions, but fails time after time. After meeting with Linda, and seeing Ruby, Pablo and Kelly arrive outside the asylum, Ash then seemingly agrees to follow Baal's command to destroy the Necronomicon.
188"Ashy Slashy"Tony TilseSuzanne Keilly and Aaron LamNovember 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)0.237[48]
Ruby, Pablo and Kelly enter the asylum and encounter Sheriff Emery, who got Linda to help him capture Ash in exchange for Lacey's freedom from Baal. Lacey, however, turns up as a Deadite and murders Emery, and is later killed by Kelly. Ruby and Pablo encounter Ash, who then tracks them down and takes Pablo to Baal. Kelly later meets up with Linda, who learns about the deaths of both her husband and daughter. She then resolves to take down Baal for good. They reach Pablo, where Ash reveals that he was never broken by Baal, and it was all part of his plan to get Pablo and Baal in the same room. Pablo then recites the incantation to send Baal back to Hell, but before disappearing, Baal slashes Pablo in the stomach, cutting him in half.
199"Home Again"Rick JacobsonJennifer Ames & Steve TurnerDecember 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)[49]TBD
Distraught over the loss of Pablo, Ash and the gang attempt to travel back in time to ensure that young Ash will never see the Necronomicon.
2010"Second Coming"Rick JacobsonLuke KalteuxDecember 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)TBD

Music

Joseph LoDuca, a frequent Sam Raimi collaborator who composed the scores for the Evil Dead films, contributes the original music for Ash vs Evil Dead. The series also leverages excerpts from various 1970s and '80s popular songs, particularly featuring artists (e.g., Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent and Frijid Pink) from the greater Detroit area where Season One's action is based (and where Raimi, Campbell and Tapert grew up). In an interview, Sam Raimi states that the music selected for the series is based on the lack of growth the Ash character has progressed over the past 30–35 years, and that, "the music should reflect the last time he was engaged in society, and living".[50]

On November 11, 2015, it was announced that the Joseph LoDuca music score entitled Ash vs Evil Dead: Music from the STARZ Original Series would be released by Varese Sarabande digitally on December 11, 2015 and via audio CD on December 18, 2015.[51][52] The following are the tracks that are on that album:[51]

List of popular songs featured in Ash vs Evil Dead
Title Performed by Played during Episode Ref.
"Space Truckin' (1997 Remix)" Purple, DeepDeep Purple Opening of episode 1. "El Jefe" [50]
"End Of The Line" Pink, FrijidFrijid Pink Flashback scene 1. "El Jefe" [53]
"Journey to the Center of the Mind" Dukes, AmboyAmboy Dukes Chainsaw scene and credits 1. "El Jefe" [54]
"Highway Star (1997 Remix)" Purple, DeepDeep Purple Car fight 2. "Bait" [55]
"Knife-Edge" Emerson, Lake & Palmer Credits 2. "Bait" [56]
"Loose" Stooges, TheThe Stooges Credits 3. "Books from Beyond" [57]
"Midnight Rider" The Allman Brothers Band Car ride scene 4. "Brujo" [58]
"Here I Go Again" Whitesnake Drug trip 4. "Brujo" [58]
"Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow" Funkadelic Credits 4. "Brujo" [58]
"Down by the Water" Harvey, PJPJ Harvey Car scene 5. "The Host" [59]
"Is It My Body" Cooper, AliceAlice Cooper Bong scene 5. "The Host" [60]
"Stranglehold" Nugent, TedTed Nugent Credits 5. "The Host" [59]
"Be My Lover" Cooper, AliceAlice Cooper Washroom fight 6. "The Killer of Killers" [61]
"All My Ex's Live in Texas" Shafer, WhiteyWhitey Shafer Ash eating at diner 6. "The Killer of Killers" [62]
"Freakin' Out" Death Diner fight 6. "The Killer of Killers" [61]
"Renegade" Styx Credits 6. "The Killer of Killers" [61]
"Time Has Come Today" Collins, BootsyBootsy Collins Credits 7. "Fire in the Hole" [63]
"The Two of Us Together" Gibson, DonDon Gibson and Thompson, SueSue Thompson Credits 8. "Ashes to Ashes" [64]
"Just the Two of Us" Withers, BillBill Withers Chainsaw the clone scene 9. "Bound in Flesh" [65]
"I Could Write a Book" Washington, DinahDinah Washington Credits 9. "Bound in Flesh" [65]
"End Of The Line" Pink, FrijidFrijid Pink Trailer scene 10. "The Dark One" [66]
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" Cooper, AliceAlice Cooper Car ride scene 10. "The Dark One" [66]
"Back in Black" AC/DC Credits 10. "The Dark One" [66]

Reception

Critical

The first season of Ash vs Evil Dead has received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the season a 98% "Certified Fresh" rating based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus reading: "True to the movies that spawned it, Ash vs Evil Dead is a gory, hilarious, and audacious resurrection of Sam Raimi's beloved horror franchise."[67] Metacritic gave the season a rating of 75 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[68]

The second season has received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 100%, based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus currently reads, "Ash vs. Evil Dead's sophomore season proves the show is in command of its characters and tone, turning up the gore, fun, and energy to deliver even more grisly, action-packed thrills and laughs."[69] On Metacritic, the season has a rating of 82 out of 100, based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[70]

Accolades

Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result
2016 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards[71] Best Television Series Ash vs Evil Dead Won
Best Actor on Television Bruce Campbell Won
Best Supporting Actress on Television Dana DeLorenzo Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Horror Television Series Ash vs Evil Dead Nominated
Best Actor on Television Bruce Campbell Won
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Best TV Presentation Ash vs Evil Dead (Episode: "Brujo") Won [72]

Media releases

Non-subscribers to Starz can purchase episodes of the show on Amazon Video.[73] On August 23, 2016, Anchor Bay Entertainment released the first season of the series on Blu-ray and DVD.[74]

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