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.
The episode received extremely positive reviews from critics, who praised the action sequences, humor, performances, closure and twist ending.
Outside the asylum, Pablo (Ray Santiago), Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) and Ruby (Lucy Lawless) gear up to retrieve Ash (Bruce Campbell).
Wandering through the asylum, they encounter Sheriff Emery (Stephen Lovatt), who claims that he got Linda (Michelle Hurd) to help him release Lacey (Pepi Sonuga) from Baal's power.
[1] In its original American broadcast, "Ashy Slashy" was seen by an estimated 0.237 million household viewers and gained a 0.12 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "great" 8.8 out of 10 rating and wrote in his verdict, "'Ashy Slashy' tragically saw one of the show's core team members -- an original Ghostbeater -- fall in the name of defeating evil.
This was a fun, focused episode that featured Ash outsmarting a demon boss known for his wit and cunning while Kelly had a knock-down, drag-out fight with a pest of a puppet.