'Stan Against Evil' Recap: 'Ouija Bored'

Written by Scott Edwards

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‘We’re not contacting the munchkins.’
– Evie

After a sleepless night in Willard’s Mill, Sheriff Evie Barret sees that there is a new flower growing at the front of the station. Giving it a whiff and smelling how terrible it is, she wants to know what the deal with it is. Deputy Leon knows all about these strange flowers that are popping up around town and gives Evie the locations. Connecting the dots on the station map and seeing that the locations make up a pentagram, she knows that there is only one place to turn, to Claire’s demon killing library. 

Bugging Stan while he is watching a WWII documentary, Evie is able to find out the secret behind the Black Flowers that have taken up residence in Willard’s Mill and what they are going to do. With the first flower opening and not allowing people to sleep, when the second flower opens, it will take an unknowing soul to a different realm. Not wanting things to get to that point, Evie gets the idea of trying to contact Claire in the spirit realm and while Stan is against it, he goes along with the idea, but things do not turn out the way he expects.

During the séance, Stan is taken from this plane and placed in another one filled with the dead. Seeing that he is home and that Claire is there and willing to do anything to make him happy, he does not know which life is real and which is the dream. But this world seems to be pretty darn good when all is said and done, since Claire is alive and is letting him watch his favorite war program and is bringing him beer. But all is not well when Hitler comes on the screen and talks directly to him, causing him to think that he is going crazy, yet what the former Führer is telling him does not seem that far off. Turning off the television and looking into his wife’s loving eyes, Stan cannot believe that he has been asked to kill the woman, but the signs are there that he may not be in Willard’s Mill any longer.

Losing Stan during the séance means that another flower has opened in town and now Evie and Denise are in a race against time before something else evil happens. Wanting to try and communicate with Stan to let him know what is happening, Evie and Denise perform yet another séance and communicate with him through the television, but don’t know if he really understands what is happening. With the third flower opening, Denise and Evie are forced to keep each other at arm’s length since this one will turn best friends against each other, but they don't have to worry since it was a man and his dog who suffered when the flower opened. The fourth flower opening signals the start of the return of the dead and yet again, the two are spared, but the grounds keeper at the cemetery is not. But the fifth flower opening, the last one, means that the person on the alternate plane must spill blood on both the living and dead side, and while that seems to be impossible, Evie gets the wild idea that it might not have to be Stan who needs to spill it, but someone related to him and in order to save the town, now seems like a good time to take a chance.

This show just continues to bring some of the most frightening aspects of witchcraft to the table and yet have enough fun with it to keep the mood light and bring out the jokes. I must agree with Evie in this episode to try and summon Claire, a bad ass demon killer, to try and help with the situation, but as always, nothing ever goes as planned. Even as retired Sheriff Stan is trying to get on with his life, he continues to get pulled into the situations to keep his old town safe, whether he likes it or not. You do however get to see Stan open up a little bit in this episode about how much he misses his wife, so you know that he is only human, trying to cope in his own way. Denise’s obsession with The Wizard of Oz and the munchkins however takes the cake, since she believes they should have the answers for everything. And Claire’s hatred for 'Brinner' fascinates Stan along with myself as there is nothing better than a good breakfast for dinner.  Stay Scared.

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