# Will I be able to jump into American Horror Story: Freak Show tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800 "2014-10-08T20:50:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/1 "2014-10-08T20:50:09Z")
I watched the first couple of season 1 episodes on Amazon last night. No time to catch up on the seasons I missed before tonight’s season premiere. Will I be totally lost? ---
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/2 "2014-10-08T20:55:29Z")
Each season stands alone as a series. Some of the same actors are in every season, but they play different parts. I’ve watched all three seasons and cannot wait for this new one. Jessica Lange is a wonder. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/3 "2014-10-08T21:28:30Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/4 "2014-10-08T21:32:23Z")
Hopefully this means Season 3 will hit Amazon Prime sometime soon. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/5 "2014-10-09T03:36:14Z")
That is one creepy fucking clown. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/6 "2014-10-09T06:37:20Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > That is one creepy fucking clown. Yep. If you weren’t afraid of clowns before, you will be now! At least Evan Peters is still hot. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/7 "2014-10-09T10:25:33Z")
I am a huge Kathy Bates fan, and she is certainly up to her usual awesomeness. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/8 "2014-10-09T13:21:23Z")
I think that clown wins, hands down, for the most awful creepy clown EVER. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/9 "2014-10-09T13:50:56Z")
Last year, I found some of Kathy Bates storyline so disturbing I could not watch (her scenes in the attic with those poor slaves). I have a feeling this year will be the same with that horrible clown. I can’t get that poor girl and young boy in the cage out of my head. That clown’s name should be Zippy Sardonicus! I’ll assume you know the reference. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/10 "2014-10-09T13:56:46Z")
Ryan Murphy does it again! Incredible!! ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/11 "2014-10-09T14:17:24Z")
It sure seems to owe a lot to Tod Browning’s “Freaks” but the clown has to be inspired by William Castle’s “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961). [https://www.google.com/search?q=mr.+sardonicus&hl=en&biw=1255&bih=682&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xpg2VMbRIMjKggT92oLwAg&sqi=2&ved=0CKwBEIke](https://www.google.com/search?q=mr.+sardonicus&hl=en&biw=1255&bih=682&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xpg2VMbRIMjKggT92oLwAg&sqi=2&ved=0CKwBEIke) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/12 "2014-10-09T15:20:18Z")
The clown reminded me of Captain Spaulding from _House of 1000 Corpses_ and _The Devil’s Rejects_. Is the actress playing tiny Indian lady really that small or is it special effects only? And for some reason Evan Peters giving women the shocker with his claw hand really freaked me out. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/13 "2014-10-09T15:41:32Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > I am a huge Kathy Bates fan, and she is certainly up to her usual awesomeness. > [@Dogzilla](#): > > I think that clown wins, hands down, for the most awful creepy clown EVER. +1 to both. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/14 "2014-10-09T16:05:31Z")
Can anyone place that accent that Kathy Bates is doing. Canadian maybe? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/15 "2014-10-09T18:16:29Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > Is the actress playing tiny Indian lady really that small or is it special effects only? She is the[real deal](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5956253/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t11). > [@randwill](#): > > Can anyone place that accent that Kathy Bates is doing. Canadian maybe? I wondered the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/16 "2014-10-09T18:28:10Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > Can anyone place that accent that Kathy Bates is doing. Canadian maybe? At times she sounded remarkably like Lily Tomlin. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/17 "2014-10-09T19:04:51Z")
I read a preview for next week - Twisty takes off his mask and reveals why he needs to wear it. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Abracadebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abracadebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abracadebra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/18 "2014-10-09T19:31:11Z")
I thought Kathy Bates’ accent sounded like some folks I’ve known from Pennsylvania. They round off some of their words or something. Hard to describe. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/19 "2014-10-09T19:32:18Z")
I think Kathy Bates is imitating John Travolta from HAIRSPRAY. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800/20 "2014-10-09T19:34:58Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Last year, I found some of Kathy Bates storyline so disturbing I could not watch (her scenes in the attic with those poor slaves). I have a feeling this year will be the same with that horrible clown. I can’t get that poor girl and young boy in the cage out of my head. And it’s one of the few times when the Hollywood version might have been LESS horrible than the reality. Mme. Lalaurie and her husband were truly two of the world’s most evil creatures. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-be-able-to-jump-into-american-horror-story-freak-show-tonight/700800.md?page=2)