This is one of those things that is so absurd you couldn’t even do it on the Onion.
Well. That was a relief, I don’t think I could have taken much more of him.
It seems like the show could have ended, right there, it felt like a finale.
I thought Twisty might turn out to be sympathetic and boy, was he. Poor Twisty. 
So the real freak is the murderous rich kid then. Just as I suspected. I’m finding I have little sympathy or even give a damn about most of the other characters.
Surprised Patti Labelle would take a maid role that doesn’t involve singing and ends with getting her throat cut by a rich white kid.
And the saddest thing about Twisty is that everybody’s life would have been better if his shotgun blast had succeeded in killing him.
Twisty will be back, as a ghost with the troupe of Soul Seekers…
Okay, annoying phone call last night so I missed what Elsa’s freakiness was. It was BSDM, snuff film, yaddayadda, chainsaw, …?
Yep. Though the snuff film was without her consent. (And still a pale imitation of the far superior snuff films Marlene Dietrich would have made had she so desired.)
Speaking of snuff films, I’m so glad at least one clown is out of that way because I was afraid it was going to be a long season of PG-14 torture porn of the abducted kids.
Edward Mordrake is an existing legend, btw (i.e. his historicity is in doubt, but the character wasn’t just made up just for the show).
No Kathy Bates last night. Though, on the bright side, no Kathy Bates godawful accent last night.
Do you think Strong Man (Michael Chiklis- can’t remember his character’s name) was afraid because he’s wanted or just pissed and jealous that his son is being hailed as the conquering hero by the villagers?
I keep watching but at this point it’s just to see what Glee-esque musical number will be over-dramatized next.
I really liked her. I wish she hadn’t died. 
And I’m flabbergasted that everyone isn’t absolutely loving this season. So far, it’s been my favorite. And the guy playing Dandy is doing an awesome job. I’d turn in to see him if for nothing else.
One last note, was it just me or was the flashback scenes for Elsa pretty explicit for TV? I mean I know they push the envelope, hell, the intro has a Siamese twin skeleton giving itself a hand job, but I was quite surprised at what all they showed last night.
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Is doing an awesome job. I’d turn in to see him if for nothing else.
One last note, was it just me or was the flashback scenes for Elsa pretty explicit for TV? I mean I know they push the envelope, hell, the intro has a Siamese twin skeleton giving itself a hand job, but I was quite surprised at what all they showed last night.
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Yeah, that was kind of graphic. And in case you missed what was happening, she narrated it (something like “the best blow job you’ll ever have for a nickel”).
Better still, no anachronistic musical numbers, and barely any two-headed girl. I think that those combined might make this episode the peak of the season, after a particularly weak start. Time will tell, but this show always gets really bad near the end, so it’s not like they have much of a chance of getting better than this ep.
Season 5 has been approved, I just found out. (News of this came out a couple of weeks ago.) It doesn’t look like they’ve said what the theme will be. What could it be? They’ve covered:
Hauntings/Ghosts
Alien Kidnappings
Insane Asylums
Witches
Freak Shows
Scary Clowns
Serial Killers
Posession
What are some other arguably “american” horror themes that haven’t been covered here?
The greatest remaining things people are horrified of are werewolves, unrequited love, and public speaking.
Have they done 80s slasher? A kind of Sleepaway Camp thing might be cool.
I’m enjoying this season a lot (it’s my first time watching the show).
This season just hasn’t got it, imho.
I blame the lack of a supernatural element (yeah, Edward Mordrake, but that was a stand alone thing). It’s all just torture porn and psycho humans.
And a gay bar like that in 1952 small town Florida? As if.
Though I will say that Dandy lives up to his name in underwear.
But why get Matt Bomer that close to naked and then dismember him?
And Denis O’Hare’s character should figure out that he can make a helluva lot more money with the twins alive than dead. Hell, he probably COULD get them a TV deal.
That was my thought as well.
This was the first episode of this season where I thought “Well, that was disappointing…and boring…and not good.”
They keep getting further and further away from the things I’m interested in–the carnies and ‘freaks.’
The repressed homosexual schtick with Chikliss is cliched and stupid since the implication in the scene that introduced him was that he was open about it (“I’m a fully functioning hermaphrodite.” “What does that make you?” “The luckiest man in world”)
Also… “that’s a not a penis its a giant clit–surprise!” is comically idiotic. Did she or anyone she have contact with not know how a penis worked?
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Also… “that’s a not a penis its a giant clit–surprise!” is comically idiotic. Did she or anyone she have contact with not know how a penis worked?
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And lots of estrogen makes you sprout a third booby… who knew?
For those who are enjoying this season (we are), a book I highly recommend is “Geek Love” by Katharine Dunn. My fiancé and I have both read that book and can’t believe the similarity in the nature of AHS and Geek Love. Should have been named “Freak Love.” It’s a tad strange, but to me anyway it was very enjoyable.