To be honest, almost anything would be a comedown after the brilliance of episode 2, but Tony Tilse still delivers the goods. As far as I'm concerned, he could direct every episode, such is his deft handling of absurd humour and gross out special effects.
Last Call sees local teens stealing Ash's beloved Delta, unaware that the car contains the Necronomicon. When one of the teens finds the book and reads from it, the car becomes possessed and begins to kill the kids. Meanwhile, Ash is still trying to convince his father Brock (Lee Majors) of the impending evil that threatens the Earth.
Although Tilse tones it down slightly after The Morgue, there's still a few scenes that register highly on the gore-ometer, my favourite being the car's spinning wheel tearing off the face of one of the teens. The car also chops off one lad's fingers and catapults a hub cap though another's chest. In the bar, Ash and his old friend Chet (Ted Raimi) mix up a batch of drinks with a name that I cannot type in IMDb, and our hero battles a deadite trying to kill Brock, who at last realises that his son is a hero after Ash chops off the demon's head in the toilet bowl.
At the end of the show, Brock reveals to Ash that he has been harbouring a secret, but doesn't get a chance to say what it is.
7.5 out of 10, rounded up to 8 for IMDb.