Last week's ASH VS EVIL DEAD gave us the return of our beloved chainsaw-handed hero, the risk of impending doom, and a few new faces to follow through their fight against the evils of the Necronomicon. Things got really bloody really quickly, establishing the foundation for a series that isn't afraid to take risks, and is confident in who their core audience is.
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
Ash showed Kelly and Pablo what lengths one might have to go to in order to take out a Deadite. Kelly, impressed and a little weirded out by Ash's killing prowess, wanted to get to her dad's place STAT in order to save him from a wife that may or may not have come back from the dead. Ash seemed pretty confident that Kelly's mom was one of the undead, but saving her dad wasn't his top priority. He was more concerned with getting to Books from the Beyond to have the Necronomicon translated to he could save everyone.
Ash was thinking about the big picture. He went to prep his car for the ride out. Kelly was thinking about her family. She stole Pablo's motorcycle and headed for her dad's. Pablo was thinking about Kelly. He lied and told Ash that she'd taken the Necronomicon so Ash would be forced to help.
The ride to Kelly's dad's started out calm enough. Pablo, though shaken by all the horror he'd seen in this one day, was accepting of what was going on. Ash had read from book of the dead; demons were popping up, killing, and taking over people's bodies. Something needed to be done, and though he didn't want to kill any more Deadites, he was ready to be Robin to Ash's egocentric, foul mouthed Batman.
As Ash explained that it was the adrenaline from a good blow to the face that got him primed to fight, their boss-turned-Deadite, Mr. Roper (Damien Garvey) appeared in the backseat. The bout that broke out resulted in wildly unsafe driving practices, and Ash stabbing Roper in the neck several times with a broken beer bottle. By the way, Ash drinks and then drives, and yet his faculties remain consistent. He's an enigma wrapped in an uncomfortable girdle.
The safely reached Kelly's childhood home and burst into the house covered in blood and primed for a fight. Inside, Kelly had been reconnecting with her mom, Suzy (Mimi Rogers), who looked far from Deadite-like. Ash was skeptical, demanded his book be returned, and questioned why Mom wasn't dead like she was supposed to be. Kelly explained that Suzy had been in an accident, lost her memory, which had only recently started to return.
Ash continued to be openly doubtful; Suzy invited the filthy to stay for an awkward dinner. Ash attempted to throw her off with an onslaught of questions, all of which she had answers for. When playing 20 questions doesn't trip someone up, you literally do it. Ash knocked Suzy out of her chair, and everyone else at the table was all, "WTF?" except for Suzy, who picked herself up from the floor, eyes white and wild with Deadite fervor.
Suzy stabbed poor Dad (Phil Peleton) through the eye with a fork - yikes! - and assaulted everyone else. Kelly retreated to her bedroom. She just wanted to have her mom back. This had to be adding to her already deep set mommy-issues. She was having some sort of justified panic attack when her mom showed up looking normal. She lured Kelly in; told her that she blacked out and didn't remember killing her father. Who among us hasn't been there? Kelly wanted so badly to help her. She pled with Ash when he burst in, but he'd been fooled before ("I'm fine NOW.")
Suzy embraced Kelly, told her she had actually killed herself because she was such a terrible daughter, and then tried to kill everyone again. Ash's chainsaw hand got caught in the wall, but he got it free just in time to take Suzy's head off and bathe Kelly and Pablo in her blood. No big deal.
Now completely orphaned and probably both mentally and emotionally destroyed, Kelly agreed to help Pablo and Ash on their quest to find a spell to end the curse. Ash said she reminded him a lot of himself since she was hot and damaged. These are the types of things you want to hear while you're standing above the fresh graves of your parents.
While all of this madness was going on, Special Agent Amanda (Jill
Marie Jones) was conducting her own unauthorized investigation which lead her to Ash's now empty trailer spot. She caught a glimpse of some dead body parts and a discarded business card for Books from Beyond. The episode ends with her walking up to the book store.
Do you think Amanda will meet up with Ash and Company next week? What new dangers lurk in their future? Let us know in the comments below.
Photo Credit: Starz Entertainment
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