Ash finds himself getting arrested and Ruby and co. end up having to free him. The group, along with some other bit players including a disgruntled cop and one of Ash's ex-girlfriends, end up being trapped in the police station but someone called Baal, who it seems is our new big bad. Meanwhile Pablo is starting to change into the Necronomicon. You read that right.
Apparently a seductive, powerful phenomenon, Baal was a bit of a disappointment when he finally revealed himself. He just looked like the creepy guy who got held back in college 10 years in a row and sits at the back of lectures cat calling female students. Still, Baal skinning people and removing skin that he stole off of people was really cool – definitely a highlight of the season. The skinless baddie was also quite cool, although the prosthetics did look a bit too stiff. A couple of buckets of grease wouldn't have gone amiss. As stated, Baal takes off the skin off victims and wears theirs as his own. As a result, the people in the station know that one of them is Baal. In an episode that homages John Carpenter's The Thing, there's arguments and sweaty palms all round as each accuses the other of being the anomaly.
I do feel they need to tone down the comedy in this series or at least rework it. Season 1 had me squirming at the violence and then laughing out loud a second later at something funny. In the second series however it seems they are throwing in a joke at every possible opportunity, some of which are funny and most of which are not. Dramatic tension and genuine horror is becoming a rarity. The dick jokes and fart gags could be spaced out a little more to give time for some scares.
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