Delusion (Ash vs Evil Dead)
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Episode 7
| "Delusion" | |
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| Ash vs Evil Dead episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Mark Beesley |
| Written by | Hank Chilton |
| Featured music | "I'm Your Puppet" by James & Bobby Purify |
| Cinematography by | Dave Garbett |
| Editing by | Tom Eagles |
| Original release date | November 13, 2016 |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Guest appearance | |
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"Delusion" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American comedy horror television series Ash vs Evil Dead, which serves as a continuation of the Evil Dead trilogy. It is the seventeenth overall episode of the series and was written by co-executive producer Hank Chilton, and directed by Mark Beesley. It originally aired on the premium channel Starz on November 13, 2016.
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 finds himself inside an asylum, part of a delusion caused by Baal to break his mind.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.337 million household viewers and gained a 0.18 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received extremely positive reviews from critics, who praised the episode's directing, performances, and ending.
After having a nightmare, Ash (Bruce Campbell) finds himself at an asylum, with no idea of how he got there. His psychiatrist, Dr. Peacock (Joel Tobeck), claims Ash killed four people at a cabin and that everything that he experienced ever since is part of an hallucination. After Ash attacks him, the doctor sedates him.
Ash starts seeing other people in his state, such as Ruby (Lucy Lawless) as a nurse, Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) as a fellow inmate, and Pablo (Ray Santiago) as an orderly. Ash is also taunted by a puppet that frequently visits him, as well as experiencing a loss of perception of reality. While undergoing electroshock therapy, Dr. Peacock tells Ash that he needs to "kill the book". Ash then decides to incite a riot, upon which he steals Pablo's access card. That night, Ash releases Kelly from her cell and attempt to escape, but the alarm is activated. In her madness, Kelly kills Pablo, claiming he was a demon. When more orderlies arrive, Ash finds that Kelly and Pablo have been mutilated and is blamed for their deaths.
Confined to his cell, Ash is visited by Linda (Michelle Hurd), who tries to reason with him. Ash is moved by their conversation. While staring at the window, he sees three shadowed figures (Pablo, Kelly and Ruby) parking his Delta outside. Moved, he confesses to killing his friends at the cabin. Content with the results, Dr. Peacock tells that he must listen to him and "destroy this delusion", which can only be done by destroying the Necronomicon. Ash accepts it, unaware that this is part of Baal's manipulation. He is released from his straitjacket to follow his orders.
Production
Development
The episode was written by co-executive producer Hank Chilton, and directed by Mark Beesley. It was Chilton's first writing credit, and Beesley's second directorial credit.[1]
