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.
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.
Amanda apologizes to Ash for believing he was responsible, explaining that Ruby (Lucy Lawless) paid the price for her actions.
While Ash and Amanda are pursued by Lem inside the bunker, the militiamen hunt Pablo and Kelly, believing that they are government agents.
[1] In its original American broadcast, "Fire in the Hole" was seen by an estimated 0.452 million household viewers and gained a 0.18 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
'"[5] Gina McIntyre of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Hmmm... A gang of heroes battling an enclave of gun crazed military men ready for the apocalypse?
I'd hate for the gang to stay split up for long, and I suspect Amanda has the names of the victims and can quite easily find the cabin, so leaving them behind was more for dramatic effect than anything else.