Ash Vs Evil Dead 1x7 -

Coming off the adrenaline-fueled events of "The Killer of Killers," where the team battled a possessed militia in an abandoned asylum, "Fire in the Hole" begins with a deceptive sense of finality. Ash and his cohorts believe they have the upper hand. They possess the Kandarian Dagger and the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (though they are unaware that Ruby, played by Lucy Lawless, is the true owner of the book).

The first season of Starz’s Ash vs Evil Dead was a masterclass in horror-comedy pacing. It took the ragtag trio of Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), Pablo Bolivar (Ray Santiago), and Kelly Maxwell (Dana DeLorenzo) on a bloody, chaotic road trip from the ValueStop to the cabin in the woods. By the time audiences reached the season's penultimate episode, the stakes had been raised significantly. Ash Vs Evil Dead 1x7

Ash Vs Evil Dead 1x7 opens with a brilliantly grim realization. Ash, hungover and complacent, believes the nightmare is over. Pablo is optimistic. Kelly is suspicious. Their reprieve lasts exactly two minutes. The "destroyed" Necronomicon hasn’t vanished; its malevolent energy has seeped into the earth, turning the ground beneath their trailer into a pulsating, organic womb of evil. Coming off the adrenaline-fueled events of "The Killer