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Last week on Ash vs. Evil Dead, Dalton shockingly died while Ash had to take out his father — risen as a Deaditte.
This week, season three of Ash vs. Evil Dead continues to fly along at a breakneck pace with Ash meeting up with his dad once again while Kelly has to battle Pablo — returned as a Deaditte.
Here is a look at our five takeaways from the fourth episode of season three, “Unfinished Business.”
Kelly v. Brandy
Last week on Ash vs. Evil Dead, Kelly, Pablo and Dalton headed out to find the Kandarian Dagger and sought it out at the Cabin in the Woods. Kelly found the dagger, but then everything went wrong.
As we saw, Dalton was impaled and became a Deaditte before Pablo ran him over with the truck to save Kelly. That was the end of their story last week.
This week, Kelly is on her way back to Ash’s house by herself. She has no idea what happened to Pablo and knows that Dalton is finished. When she gets there, she sees the remains of Brock Williams’ reanimated corpse. That is when Brandy shows back up.
Like she has all season, Brandy remains naive to the entire situation, even referring to Ash as “delusional.” That is when Kelly puts Brandy in her place (YES! Finally!). As she tells Brandy, Ash may be bad, but he has done everything he can to save his daughter.
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Kelly vs. Pablo
Sadly, their conversation is cut short when Pablo shows up on his motorcycle — a newly minted Deaditte. While Dalton becoming a Deaditte last week was shocking, Pablo becoming a Deaditte this week was sad because nothing is worse than watching Kelly and Pablo fight.
Although, Air Supply singing “I’m All Out of Love” during the fight was genius.
Pablo even bites a chunk out of Kelly’s leg before she and Brandy can get into Ash’s RV and lock themselves in. Thanks to the bulletproof glass, they are safe for now. However, that didn’t last since the bite on Kelly’s leg gave Pablo a chance to show his face there — literally, his face was on her leg trying to bite more.
It will be interesting to see how this turns out since Kelly said she won’t kill Pablo and wants to save him. How that is possible will have to wait, though, as that was the end of their story in this episode.
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Brock Williams finally opens up to his son
Last week, Ash killed his father again and this week, he chopped him into little pieces with his trusty chainsaw.
Just when Ash was talking to himself and said that he would know his dad if he showed up, the ghost of Brock Williams showed up.
Ash was very happy here and recognized his dad immediately. The two bonded and Brock decided to finally tell Ash the secret he tried to tell him before he was run over and died last season
- Ash: That gill cost me $300 to replace.
- Brock: You spent more on the car than my funeral.
- Ash: That’s not true-ish.
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As soon as Brock and Ash arrived at the hardware store, it was snowing, it was Christmas-time, it was five years ago, and the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas was playing in the background (another brilliant music choice).
This was, as Brock said, like A Christmas Carol, and this was the Ghost of Christmas Past. So, what was the big secret? A member of the Knights of Samaria showed up to tell Brock that the world was in danger and they had to find Ash, the prophesized one.
Sadly, Brock didn’t believe him, kicked him in the balls, and watched as the Knight fell down the steps of the cellar. Brock sealed up the cellar, locked up, and left his store for good — leaving the Knight for dead.
However, the Knight had the missing pages from the Necronomicon and wasn’t dead. Ash came back to the present day, went into the cellar, and saw that the Knight was dead now but had scrawled the etchings on the wall, and the pages were there as well.
Ash also saw through the wall and witnessed the face of Brandy’s friend crying out for help. Could it be that the spirits of all those possessed by Deadittes — including Ash’s loved ones — are trapped there and Ash can save them all?
After something from the other side attacked Ash, and he finally fought it off, he set off to kill Ruby. Brock then went back to the other realm and will be missed.
- Brock: “You’ll be a great father.”
- Ash: “You really think so?”
- Brock: “Hah. no.”
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Ruby seeks out Dalton
The problem is that the minute that Ash found the pages and opened up that portal to see to the other side, the Necronomicon alerted Ruby that the portal was opened.
Actually, she was warned through the book that the Dark Ones would be released into the world if the pages were in the hands of the prophesized one.
Yes, Ruby admitted this was all to get the power she wants to rule over the world, but does this mean Ash could release the Dark Ones into the world if he does something wrong?
Ruby went to the location of the cabin and found the Deaditte Dalton still impaled there. She dragged him over to her car and used a spell to push the evil out temporarily. Now human again, she demanded to know where the missing pages were — but Dalton had no idea.
Ruby admitted to killing the knights years before and was surprised any were left alive. Dalton said the Kandarian Dagger was found but would not tell Ruby who had it.
She said that she would wait for him to become a Deaditte again and learn that way but Dalton shot himself in the dead, ending any chance of coming back and helping Ruby.
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Ash meets Ruby’s baby
With Ruby at the site of the cabin, Ash went to the home of the school counselor that she took the place of (an older woman with an oxygen mask who loved bowling).
He went searching the house and found the room with the woman kidnapped earlier this season still bound to a sink while the Demon Baby — now a toddler (it is aging fast) — is sleeping while sucking someone’s severed thumb.
Ash tries to release the woman and when he does, he realizes he made too much noise and the toddler woke up. While Ash figured he could deal with a woken toddler, it opened its mouth and showed its immense teeth before screaming and knocking out the lights.
As Ash then said, he is now up “sh*t creek.”
A word about the final song
With that said, this is a good place to point out how fantastic the songs that play over the end credits of Ash vs. Evil Dead really are. Honestly, last week when Brandy walked out and Ash said “kids” the song was Bruce Campbell singing about kids.
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This week, Ash said “sh*t creek” and the song was about saying bad words. It was hilarious and just one part of what makes Ash vs. Evil Dead the funniest show on television today.
Ash vs. Evil Dead airs every Sunday on the Starz app and has an official air time of 9 p.m. EST on the Starz network.