No analysis of Ash Vs Evil Dead 1x7 is complete without discussing Lucy Lawless’s Ruby. For six episodes, we believed Ruby was a victim—a scholar seeking the book to prevent catastrophe. In Fire in the Hole , the mask shatters. We learn she is actually one of the original Dark Ones, the scribes who wrote the Necronomicon. She doesn’t want to destroy the book; she wants to reclaim it to summon the true Evil.
In "Fire in the Hole," the ambiguity evaporates. In a chilling confrontation with the possessed Amanda Fisher (Jill Marie Jones), the truth is finally revealed. Ruby isn't just a cop; she is the author of the Necronomicon. Ash Vs Evil Dead 1x7
Coming off the adrenaline-fueled events of "The Killer of Killers," where the team battled a possessed militia in an abandoned asylum, "Fire in the Hole" begins with a deceptive sense of finality. Ash and his cohorts believe they have the upper hand. They possess the Kandarian Dagger and the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (though they are unaware that Ruby, played by Lucy Lawless, is the true owner of the book). No analysis of Ash Vs Evil Dead 1x7