Here, in this blast into the past, it was Ash trying to course correct everything, though as we'd discover, Baal was still very much at large and working his trickery. Like I mentioned last week, it was great to have both seasons of this show end with a two cabin episodes, each endgame arc done under different circumstances.
We want some more of it.It felt immensely satisfying to see things end with the Evil Dead cabin collapsing in flames, hell opening up underneath it. What does he have to do to please his own daughter, anyway? Wait. (It was nice to have her back, though.) This leads into another knock-down, drag-out fight with Ashy Slashy that ends with Brandy being covered head to toe in blood and not looking too enthusiastic about it. This is all very truncated, but it makes more sense than Cheryl’s spontaneous comeback last year, the logic of which slightly annoyed me. He targets Brandy just like Ruby wanted, trying to manipulate her against Ash. Lee Majors’ return is a grotesque one at first, involving a scary shower scene lifted straight from a classic X-Filesepisode.
Meanwhile, Ruby digs up a relic from AvED’s recent history: Brock Williams. I like Pablo’s mysterious visits from his topless ancestor as much as the next guy, but now I’m wondering – is he going to be the big bad this year? I could see it happening, and it makes a lot of sense if you think about his character’s history, but if that means we would lose him as a cast member at the end of the season, no thanks. If this feeling turns out to be wrong, well…it was nice knowing you for a few minutes, buddy.īy the way, Dalton told Kelly that Pablo was responsible for his demise using his last breath. Either way, I have a feeling this isn’t the last we’ve seen of this Knight of Sumeria. Given the title of this episode, I’m not going to speculate too much on whether or not this is not a fakeout here, but I must say I am surprised that a character who serves such a useful function for this show as the expositor would be disposed of so quickly. While there, the trio sifts through the destruction that the convoluted second season left in its wake, finding iconic curios from the past any fan will recognize. Pablo, Kelly, and Dalton take a trip up to the woods to dig up the remains of the cabin and find the Kandarian dagger to stop Ruby, who is now posing as Brandy’s sneaky guidance counselor from hell.
Speaking of which, “Apparently Dead” excavates the series’ past in a very literal way. Now that the show has this perspective, it feels more comfortable embracing Evil Dead‘s twisted legacy, making the easter eggs feel less like strategically placed stunts to please the fandom and more like actual, meaningful tributes to this decade-spanning horror franchise. Pablo and Kelly came close, but they were destined to be wisecracking heroes from the get-go. Never before have we viewed Ash and his weird world from the point of view of a true outsider that couldn’t keep up with him in some way or another.
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Her character represents vulnerability, something we’ve only seen brief flashes of in Pablo and Kelly, who were forced to suck it up and keep fighting evil as soon as they were introduced.Īs stated before, Brandy is the emotional compass of the series now, but she also provides an ingredient AvED didn’t realize it needed until two seasons later: contrast. She gives a shockingly good performance as the doe-eyed, innocent “last girl standing in a horror flick” role. While I don’t quite buy the crowd’s reaction to the matter – or, should I say, the lack thereof – I do buy Brandy’s emotional response, which she sold unbelievably well.Īrielle Carver-O’Neill was a fantastic casting choice for this role, by the way. (Different body fluids are involved this time, though.) He horrifies everyone in the room and embarrasses the living heck out of himself and Brandy, giving us some serious laughs in the process. Much like the sperm bank brawl we witnessed in the previous episode, Ash faces off against Deadite evil again and makes an unholy mess doing it. There’s a lot going on and all of it holds our interest in the palms of its bloodstained hands.įor starters, Candy Barr’s funeral is an instant classic. “Apparently Dead” is exemplary of the show’s newer, more confident format.
Rather than meander between gruesome set pieces, grasping for conflicts between its main characters that never quite landed right, Ash vs Evil Dead now cuts to the chase and ticks off its plot beats one at a time at a refreshingly breathless pace. Season three’s storytelling style is much more efficient than what we’re used to.
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