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"Twist And Shout" is the seventh episode of the third season of Ash vs Evil Dead and the twenty seventh episode overall in the series. It was written by Caitlin Meares and directed by Mark Beesley. It premiered on April 8, 2018.

Plot Synopsis[]

At the Williams Family Home, Brandy Barr is getting ready for the "Midwinter Night's Dream" dance at her high school, though Ash protests that she can't go while evil is on the loose. Brandy explains that Ms. Prevett is going to be there, and she intends to find out if her trusted counselor is truly a demon in disguise (as Ash claims she is). After some encouragement from "Kelly", Ash agrees to let Brandy go to the dance, under the condition that he and Kelly be waiting to "swoop in for the kill" when Ruby shows her true nature.

Meanwhile, inside the attic of the Prevett Mansion, the contents within a large fleshy cocoon begins to writhe as Ruby reads from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, it's movements becoming more erratic until a humanoid arm punctures through the slimy membrane. Out tumbles Ruby's doppelganger of Ash Williams, no longer a child, but a fully-grown man matching his original counterpart's age and build. Ruby joyfully welcomes her reborn offspring, eager to set her plan into motion that will destroy the real Ash and make the clone the new "Prophesied One". She tells the clone to cut off his flesh chainsaw hand and to get dressed, as the school dance is about to start. As Ruby walks away, the Evil Ash begins to yell as he slices into his wrist with a rusty meat saw...

Back at the cellar of Ashy Slashy's Hardware, a tearful Zoë gathers the belongings of her fallen fellow Knights of Sumeria as Pablo offers her his condolences, though their discussion is interrupted by a strange light and sound coming from the center of the deciphered incantations painted across the back wall. Pablo steps closer to the wall, realizing that voice and image is that of a panicked Kelly trapped within in a strange green void. Kelly explains that she tried to take on Ruby alone, but was ultimately killed by The Dark One with the Kandarian Dagger. Suddenly, the conversation is cut short as a shadowy shape materializes behind Kelly, and the image quickly disappears. Realizing his friend is dead, Pablo begins to cry.

Night has fallen as the Oldsmobile rolls up to Kenward County High School, where Ash goes over the plan with Brandy one more time. As one student entering the school passes by, he points out "Ashy Slashy" to a nearby police officer, prompting Ash to rethink his plan, and tells Brandy and "Kelly" to go in through the front entrance as he'll come in through the back to avoid detection. Once inside the gymnasium-turned dance hall, Kelly asks Brandy if she's noticed anything weird about Ash recently.

In one of the school's distant corridors, two students are enjoying a joint on the stairwell when "Ashy Slashy" slowly approaches, warning them of the dangers of smoking cannabis. Walking up the stairs until he is standing directly in front of them, Ash revs up his chainsaw as he forces the young couple against the wall before finally slicing into them with his blade. Their screams of agony and terror as Ash dismembers them is drowned out by the loud music inside the gymnasium, leaving the dancing students completely oblivious to the slaughter just down the hall.

Back inside the gym, Ruby (as Ms. Prevett) gets on stage and calls for the attention of the students within, delivering a short "remembrance" speech about the recent deaths of Candace Barr and Rachel Manning, asking for a moment of silence on their behalf. The speech leaves Brandy teary-eyed and unsure of her beliefs of Prevett's true intentions. After the moment of silence ends and the music returns, Ruby approaches "Kelly" and the emotional Brandy, asking them to follow her back to her office to talk. Though Brandy is somewhat reluctant, "Kelly" says that they should follow her, assures Brandy that she'll be right behind her.

Outside of the school, Ash finally manages to pick the lock of the building's rear security door. As he walks through the hallway, the sound of steadily-dripping liquid coming from a nearby staircase captures his attention. Grabbing his chainsaw and Boomstick, Williams follows the trail of blood up the steps and down another hall, finding a dimly-lit figure hunched over a bloody corpse at the end of the corridor. After Ash calls out to the demon, the figure reveals itself to be Evil Ash, who reveals that he's going out to find Brandy. Before Ash can attack his devious double, a police officer emerges from the hall behind him, allowing Evil Ash to escape as the real Ash gets detained.

Inside Ms. Prevett's office, Ruby reveals to Brandy that does in fact know much more than she's been letting on. With the aid of "Kelly", Prevett tries to convince Brandy that Ash is actually the demon among them, not her, though Brandy is quick to disregard this and storms out of the room. In a dark hallway, Brandy goes to look for her father after watching a panicked girl run past her, only to bump into Ash around the corner. She notices the fresh blood on her father's shirt as she goes in for a (reluctant) hug, and Ash admits that he's a little embarrassed right now. When asked what for, Ash shows her a corpse of a student laying on the floor, clearly sliced and diced by his chainsaw, and reveals his true demonic nature. Brandy runs away, her screams heard by her real father in the officer's custody down the hall. Suddenly, Kelly emerges from the shadows of the hallway, quickly tackling and tasering the cop before telling Ash that she believes Ruby intends to kill Brandy tonight. Williams tells her to go look for his doppelganger while he goes off to save his daughter.

Teenagers begin to panic at the sight of Ash as he runs through the halls calling out for Brandy, especially those gathered around the corpse of Evil Ash's latest victim. As one girl rushes through the crowd towards Ms. Prevett to warn her of the killer in the school, Ruby quickly snaps the girl's neck. Brandy then finds Prevett standing over the student's body, telling her that Ash did this, and it's only the beginning of what is to come. Before either Ruby or Brandy can react, Evil Ash barges into the gym and begins to slice and dismember every student within his vicinity. Brandy and Ruby take cover beneath a table, watching in horror as the blood of the students paints the floor and colorful decorations around the room.

As students flee in terror outside, Pablo pulls up to scene and runs inside. As he navigates through the crowd, the voice of Kelly calls to him from a nearby classroom. Hesitantly, Pablo replies to and approaches "Kelly", headbutting her and pulling out his revolver upon definitively proving that it isn't the real her. Asking what exactly this deception is, "Kelly" responds that she is neither Deadite nor demon, but simply Kaya.

Back in the gym, Ruby gives Brandy the Kandarian Dagger, telling her that when the time comes, she must defend herself. Ruby runs out from the hiding spot and calls for Ash to leave the children alone. Evil Ash leaves the gym as the real Ash barges into the room, and Brandy, brandishing the dagger, comes out from beneath the table as well and threatens her father.

In the classroom, Kaya encourages Pablo to shoot her, though he is quick to realize that if she dies, Kelly's soul has no hope of ever returning to her body. Kaya is quick to slap the pistol from Pablo's hand and toss him across the room. After avoiding Kaya's firing of all six bullets in the gun, Pablo manages to escape the room to continue his search for Ash.

As Ash attempts to explain to Brandy what's going on, Ruby throws herself on Ash's chainsaw blade, making the students trapped inside the gym watch in horror as the saw punctures her gut and grinds her organs.

Pablo finds "Ash" standing in the shadows of a hallway, guarding a doorway to prevent the trapped students from leaving. After explaining what has happened to Kelly, Pablo notices the sound of another chainsaw coming from inside the gym, and receives a vision revealing the true form of this figure before him. Evil Ash throws Pablo around the hallway like a ragdoll, upset that his cover has been blown.

Ash manages to pull Ruby off the saw's blade, where she collapses to the floor, and with her "dying breath", Prevett tells Brandy she must stop Ash. Brandy charges towards her father with the dagger pointed at his neck, but hesitates when she remembers the good times the two have shared over these past two days, and finds herself unable to stab him. She drops the dagger and backs away as she begins to cry. At that moment, Pablo and Evil Ash fall through a doorway and into the gym, continuing their battle from the hallway. Ash runs into action as Pablo calls for help, taking aim with his Boomstick and blowing apart Evil Ash's head with two shots. As Evil Ash's body begins to melt away, a shocked Brandy watches as Ruby rises from the floor, grabbing the Kandarian Dagger and saying "nobody is that stupid or lucky" to keep thwarting her plans. As Ash runs towards the Dark One, Ruby throws the dagger across the room towards Williams. For Brandy, time slows down as she watches the blade fly through the air. She quickly runs towards her father to push him out of the way, only for the dagger to land squarely in her back. Ash catches his daughter in his arms as she begins to collapse, giving Ruby a short distraction to flee. Williams drops to his knees as Brandy's eyes close, unresponsive to his calls for her. Ash pulls her closer and begins to cry, realizing that another loved one of his has died to the forces of evil.

At that moment, Brandy awakens alone in the gymnasium, finding that the very air of the room is now stained by a green tint. As she looks around, a shadowy, smoke-like humanoid figure rises before her. She shrieks in terror as the lights begin to go out around her, making a run for a nearby door...

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Guest Starring

  • Emilia Burns as Zoë
  • Chelsie Preston Crayford as Kaya (voice)

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