Fire in the Hole

"Fire in the Hole" is the seventh episode of the American comedy horror television series Ash vs Evil Dead, which serves as a continuation of the Evil Dead trilogy. The episode was written by producer Sean Clements, producer Dominic Dierkes and co-creator Ivan Raimi, and directed by Michael Hurst. It originally aired on the premium channel Starz on December 12, 2015. The series is set 30 years after the events of the Evil Dead trilogy, and follows Ash Williams, who now works at the "Value Stop" as a simple stock boy. Having spent his life not doing anything remarkable since the events of the trilogy, Ash will have to renounce his routine existence and become a hero once more by taking up arms and facing the titular Evil Dead. In the episode, Ash, Pablo, Kelly and Amanda are captured by militiamen, convinced that they are government agents, just as a possessed Lem attacks the group. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.452 million household viewers and gained a 0.18 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received positive reviews from critics, who praised the action sequences, character development and ending. Plot Ash (Bruce Campbell), Pablo (Ray Santiago), Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) and Amanda (Jill Marie Jones) arrive at the woods to meet with the militiamen, only to find some of them have already been brutally killed by Deadites. They are taken by the surviving militiamen and taken to their leader, Crosby (Mark Mitchinson), who reveals that a possessed Lem (Peter Feeney) was responsible for their deaths.