[En Sabah Nerd]

Hail to the king baby! Ash Vs Evil Dead was great, especially as a big fan of the films. It definitely made good use of its TV-MA rating and I feel like it couldn't be done on any other channel (except for another premium channel like HBO which also would have given it a bigger budget but Starz works well). My only nitpick is that some of the CGI they used looked off (too blatantly easy to point out) especially when there were some good ol' practical effects at play too, but it didn't hurt the overall episode. Spartacus was another show on Starz where season 1 had some poor CGI effects compared to other shows but then it got a lot better as the show continued and they got more attention/budget so hopefully AVED will either get better CGI later or continue to use practical effects more often. There was a notable lack of acknowledging Army of Darkness which felt weird, when he recounts his tale to another character he goes over the first two films with the cabin and all of his friends dying but neglects to share about that time he got sent back into medieval times and had to fight an army of skeletons and an evil version of himself. It just seems like something he would've mentioned. Maybe there's a legal reason behind this but story-wise it feels weird. Overall there was gore, a small jump scare here or there, and of course goofy/ridiculously implausible moments of badass fighting, I'd give episode 1 "El Jefe" a 9/10.