# Ash vs Evil Dead season 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257 "2016-09-30T00:12:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/21 "2016-11-21T05:14:17Z")
Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 Episode 8 – Ashy Slashy This show is definitely not afraid to kill off characters. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/22 "2016-11-21T12:37:02Z")
> [@2nd\_Law](#): > > Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 Episode 8 – Ashy Slashy > > This show is definitely not afraid to kill off characters. That was sooooo sad when they killed off Muppet Ash. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/23 "2016-11-22T04:17:39Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > That was sooooo sad when they killed off Muppet Ash. Yeah, I really felt for him. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/24 "2016-11-23T04:50:16Z")
I’m three episodes into season 2. This is the craziest show on television. I am so impressed how far they took Evil Dead on TV. It’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/25 "2016-12-12T20:53:09Z")
Did anyone else watch the final episode? What a weird and unexpected ending. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/26 "2016-12-12T21:09:27Z")
Yeah, I didn’t love the finale. I read in AV Club that there was drama behind the scenes and the showrunner was replaced, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/27 "2016-12-12T23:26:16Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Yeah, I didn’t love the finale. I read in AV Club that there was drama behind the scenes and the showrunner was replaced, or something like that. [Yes, the story changed a lot from the original. You can read about it here.](http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/28 "2016-12-12T23:27:49Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Yes, the story changed a lot from the original. You can read about it here.](http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262) That link doesn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/29 "2016-12-12T23:53:18Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > That link doesn’t work for me. Works for me. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/30 "2016-12-13T00:41:30Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Yes, the story changed a lot from the original. You can read about it here.](http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262) That would have fuckin’ rocked. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/31 "2016-12-13T00:48:59Z")
Works for me now. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/32 "2016-12-13T03:24:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Yes, the story changed a lot from the original. You can read about it here.](http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262) That is very disappointing to hear, that ending sounds way way better. Also kinda kills any enthusiasm for next season. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/33 "2016-12-14T19:04:24Z")
Agreed. That finale sounds awesome. I felt the show slowed down a bit the second season, compared to the first one, which upped the ante every episode. This kinda puts a damper on my expectations going forward. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/34 "2016-12-14T19:41:09Z")
The big twist in the original ending doesn’t sit right with me, truth be told. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/35 "2016-12-14T19:50:33Z")
Me neither. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/36 "2016-12-17T01:44:05Z")
The “old ending” doesn’t appeal to me on the surface, but you never know, they could have made it better than it sounds. The actual ending, just felt weird, I kept waiting for the shoe to drop and all we got was 80’s Ruby doing nothing when she was supposed to be doing even less, having been banished with Bill and the kids. Also, if they wiped the timeline, why does the town still remember? Ash and co, them still knowing, that’s okay, timey wimey wibbly wobbly, but the town? I do wonder who found the book by the VW. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/37 "2016-12-18T15:22:21Z")
Yeah, that left me just kinda confused. How did they get back into the present? How does the town still remember Ash’s alleged murders, when they now never happened? How are the father and the others still dead, when the events leading to them dying never occurred? I mean, Pablo came back… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/38 "2016-12-18T15:57:58Z")
Watch now, think never. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/39 "2017-02-06T03:26:35Z")
The second season lived up to the first, for me. I’d agree that the finale did feel a bit off compared to the rest of the season, though, and if the other producer was fighting against the colon monster, and they’re pulling in someone from Daredevil to lead, I’m not feeling too hopeful for season 3. (Daredevil was a decent show, but it’s nothing like Ash vs Evil Dead.) I suspect they just killed the show. Usually, I don’t like the whole, “Everyone is actually a relative of everyone else”, sort of thing. But the idea that Kelly is Ash Jr. doesn’t bother me terribly, given how silly the show is, and it does explain why she’s able to survive the fights. (Pablo’s excuse is that he is a natural shaman.) If season 3 does end up a dud, maybe Raimi will step in and bring DiGregorio back. There’s no indication that the show is slowing down at all, at the end of S2. So I’d rather see a season 4 run by DiGregorio than let the show die based on bad reviews of S3. Of course, hopefully season 3 will be good despite the loss of DiGregorio. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pork-Chop_Express)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257/40 "2017-02-06T10:40:53Z")
The dad episode. Christ, the brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/767257.md?page=3)