'Stan Against Evil' Recap: 'A Hard Day's Night'

Written by Scott Edwards

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‘You know that whatever you’re trying to do, it’s not gonna turn out exactly the way you want it to.’
- Kevin

Arriving at the graveyard to see Stan digging up Claire’s grave, Kevin and Evie try to talk him out of what he is thinking of doing, but their words are just that, words. Getting the eyes of his love and making his way to the time travel cabin, Evie tries once again to make sure that Stan knows what he is doing. Making a rational argument with his friend, Stan would do anything to get his wife back, since she died well before her time. Not knowing if they will remember each other after this trip, Stan offers his number for the new sheriff to look him up, but once he passes through the door, the number vanishes, but Evie still remembers Stan.
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Waking up and calling the police station to make sure that she is still the sheriff and that Leon is still manning the phones, it appears that nothing has changed. But after arriving at the Miller house to see Claire answering the door, Evie sees that something has changed when she discovers that Stan died a year ago. Not leaving the front porch after finding out the news, Claire invites the sheriff in and tells her the story of how Stan died at Ida Putnam’s hands. Knowing that it was Claire that was supposed to die that night, Evie recounts what she had heard and knows that there is a way to make things go back to normal.

Arriving at the graveyard with a plan in place to bring Stan back from the dead, Kevin tries to make sure that what she is doing is of her own free will. Wanting her friend back, Evie has the same devotion as Stan did and takes his eyes, bringing her back to the day he died. Making her way down Main Street to try and find Stan, Evie is stopped by Leon who has no idea who she is. Trying to explain, she gets arrested and Leon is very disappointed with the stripper he believes she is, but his victory is short lived as Ida Putnam is on a rampage and takes the deputy’s head as a prize.

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Making her rounds to kill off the five black flowers that appear in Willard’s Mill every year, Claire is stopped by her husband, the one from the future, to be exact. Knowing that she will meet her maker on this night, Stan takes her place in the fight against the evil Putnam who is still on the hunt. Starting to lose the fight against Putnam, Stan sees his old friend Evie join in and take care of the situation, but some things never change as he sees his wife lying on the ground. Watching Claire die from her heart condition, Stan is ready to leave, finding out that there is no changing the past. Arriving back at present day Willard’s Mill and seeing the town in ruins due to one of the black flowers not being destroyed, Stan and Evie know exactly what they need to do…go back to that fateful night once again.

Wow, talk about a strong way to end the season and I am happy to see that the witch and demon killing will not be ending since the show is coming back for a third season. There are still so many things to get to, like racking up more demon kills, since I guess they only killed seven this year and there were originally 172 that burned at the stake, so there’s plenty more monsters to deal with. Stan got a second chance to save his wife’s life and while he succeeded once, he was not around to enjoy the victory and knows now that spending the rest of his life with Claire is not meant to be.

Evie got show off her awesome garden spade skills to kill another demon, along with demonstrating that she will do anything to keep her friends safe. Denise has a trombone and is getting really good with it, perfecting ‘Diamond Dogs’ (by David Bowie) and Leon is proud to be a police officer with a police officer mustache. Well, it will probably be several months before Stan will be back on the airwaves, but I must admit that this season will stick with me more than the first did, not only because of some awesome cameos, but thanks a storyline that will be hard to forget, along with my love for the entire family dynamic in Willard’s Mill. Stay Scared.

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