The best episodes of Ash vs Evil Dead
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- 01
Ash and Kelly try to rescue Pablo, who is possessed by the Necronomicon. Meanwhile, Ruby prepares her master plan to control the evil of the Deadites.
- 02
Thirty years after his battle with the Deadites, Ash works as a stockboy at ValueStop. However, when he inadvertently recites a verse from the Necronomicon, Ash brings back the evil... and he's not the only one that the Deadites want.
- 03
Ruby interrogates one of the Deadites at the Maxwell farm. Meanwhile, Ash and his new allies visit Books From Beyond, and Lionel has the owner summon a lesser demon to decipher the Necronomicon for them.
- 04
Ash goes after Ruby hoping to recover Kelly's body, while Pablo discovers that the Dark Ones have come through the rift... and their presence threatens all of humanity.
- 05
Ash must face his destiny as Kandar the Destroyer emerges into the real world, and spread chaos and destruction among humanity.
- 06
When Ruby's "children" turn against her, she summons Ash to help her, and he brings Kelly and Pablo along to his hometown where Ruby has fled. Meanwhile, Pablo begins having unearthly visions and discovers that his uncle's amulet has mystical powers.
- 07
Ash and the others take refuge in the Williams house so that Ruby can extract the incantation from Pablo. However, the townspeople show up with plans of their own for Ash... unaware that Baal is among them with plans of his own.
- 08
Ash's opening of his new hardware store and sex emporium is interrupted when a woman claiming to be his wife says that their daughter is in danger. Meanwhile, Ruby recovers the Necronomicon and Kelly meets up with a member of the Knights of Sumeria.
- 09
While Ruby poses as the school's guidance counselor to bond with Brandy, Ash realizes that the Deadites are going after his unborn offspring and pays a visit to the local sperm bank.
- 10
As Candy's funeral, Ruby reveals herself to Ash but Brandy doesn't believe her father's claims. Meanwhile, Pablo leads Kelly and Dalton on a hunt for the Dagger, and Ruby casts a spell to bring back someone Brandy can relate to.
- 11
Two Ashes aren't better than one, when Ruby sends her demon version of Ash to the school dance to kill the students, frame Ash for the murders, and drive Brandy to kill her father.
- 12
Ash, Pablo, and Kelly stop off at a diner for a meal, but the Deadites follow them there. So does Amanda, who calls in her boss Boyle to arrest the trio. Meanwhile, Ruby confronts a Deadite possessing the brujo and goes on an unexpected trip.
- 13
Ash discovers that his severed hand has a mind--and a body--of its own. The knowledge will cost one of his allies dearly as Ash tries to bury the Necronomicon in the root cellar beneath the cabin where it all began.
- 14
To bring Pablo back to life, Ash forces Ruby to read an incantation to send them back to 1982 and stop his younger self from finding the Necronomicon. However, things don't go as planned...
- 15
Ash makes the ultimate sacrifice to save Kelly and Brandy. Meanwhile, the police launch a manhunt to find Ash after the dance slaughter, and Ruby and Kaya meet Zoe.
- 16
Ash takes Pablo, Kelly, and Amanda to Lem's militia camp to get the weapons they need against the Deadites, and Ash makes a decision. Meanwhile, Ruby arises from the flames, while a visitor arrives at the cabin.
- 17
After dealing with the Necronomicon's newest evil, Ash sends Pablo and Kelly to take the hikers to safety while he disposes of the body. While they meet with Ruby, Ash learns that his plan may not do what he hoped.
- 18
Ash and Kelly go to the county morgue to recover the Necronomicon and face a bad-ass bad ass. Meanwhile, Ruby realizes that Pablo has a connection to her Book.
- 19
Emery arrests Ash, and everyone ends up in the town jail as Baal makes his appearance... in someone else's flesh.
- 20
Sheriff Emery loses his head, Kelly meets Ashy-Slashy, and Ruby and Pablo try to find Ash and Baal.
- 21
It's a battle to the death as Ash challenges Baal to a one-on-one fight for the fate of humanity. But Baal has no intention of playing fair. Meanwhile, Kelly confronts the 80s Ruby, and Pablo is still dead.
- 22
After cutting up Brock's body, Ash has a heart-to-heart with his dead father's spirit. Meanwhile, a possessed Pablo attacks Kelly and Brandy, while Ruby talks to Dalton.
- 23
Ash spends some quality time with his newborn and then has a father-daughter moment with Brandy. Meanwhile, Pablo faces a test to become the most powerful Brujo of all... and if he fails, the darkness will consume him.
- 24
Kelly leaves to check on her mother and takes the Necronomicon with her. While Ash and Pablo have dinner with Kelly and her parents, Agent Fisher tries to track down Ash at the trailer park.
- 25
The demon possessing Kelly tries to kill Pablo, while the brujo unwittingly prepares to exorcise it from Ash. Meanwhile, Ruby and Amanda follow Ash's severed hand.
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