American Horror Story: A Creepy Unraveling

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In summary: The daughter is a psychopath, the husband is possessed, and the teenage boy is a psychopath. The next door neighbor (mother) seems to be behind all of the sinister activities, her downs syndrome daughter seems psychically attuned to the house, or may have a more sinister role, the house keeper is dead (killed by the neighbor)and appears old to the mother and daughter but young to the sex obsessed dad. In summary, this show is very disturbing and definitely not for the faint of heart.
  • #36
zoobyshoe said:
They're probably going to make one particular issue the focus and then drag the resolution of that issue out over two episodes.

It can't be the dog or the Down's girl, since they haven't been in every episode. The maid's already dead. That leaves: the family members, the neighbor, psycho boy, the burned man. I can't think of anyone else whose been in every episode.
I don't remember the burned man being in the first episode.
 
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  • #37
Evo said:
I don't remember the burned man being in the first episode.
He first showed up peeping through the laundry hanging on the line right after the naked Father walked in on the maid.

Tonight's episode:

The clue TVGuide gave about the major character dying turned out to be flawed.

Now I'm curious about who's been walking around in the rubber suit impregnating people and killing gays. The way the nurse fainted when she saw the sonogram intrigued me.
 
  • #38
zoobyshoe said:
He first showed up peeping through the laundry hanging on the line right after the naked Father walked in on the maid.

Tonight's episode:

The clue TVGuide gave about the major character dying turned out to be flawed.

Now I'm curious about who's been walking around in the rubber suit impregnating people and killing gays. The way the nurse fainted when she saw the sonogram intrigued me.
SPOILER ALERT

Since the down girl was dragged onto the mother's land as she died, she'll be back, is my guess.

So the baby creature is the evil ghost of the dismembered child of the first homeowners that the father "frankensteined"? I assume it's dead.

Psycho boy must be the neighbor's son. Did you see last week where he was inside the "murder" house standing in a window and she was walking by and she smiled and waved at him and he walked away? Also he was with the neighbor and the maid to do the cleanup on the dead people in the basement, they all knew each other. Is he dead? He's always inside the house, except for All hallow's Eve, when they said the dead can walk among the living, and he agreed to meet the father on that day outside the house.

The dead trollop is just as crazy dead as when she was alive, I wonder what she's going to do?
 
  • #39
Ok, things to watch for tonight.

I knew it, psycho boy is the neighbor's (probably dead) son.
 
  • #40
Evo said:
Ok, things to watch for tonight.

I knew it, psycho boy is the neighbor's (probably dead) son.

Yes, apparently he killed a bunch of schoolmates and then died himself, but has amnesia about it.

It's very difficult to know who's alive or dead on this show. They even got you to think the dog was a ghost for a few minutes.
 
  • #41
I forgot to post yesterday's pre-show interview, here it is.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/American-Horror-Story-Spoilers-1039300.aspx?rss=breakingnews

Here's the after show review.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/American-Horror-Story-Spoilers-1039300.aspx?rss=breakingnews
 
  • #42
Last week was pretty good. Lots of interesting things revealed.

Tonight the identity of rubber man will be revealed.
 
  • #43
Evo said:
Last week was pretty good. Lots of interesting things revealed.

Tonight the identity of rubber man will be revealed.
My TV is old and I can't up the brightness. Who did psycho boy shoot in the last scene?
 
  • #44
zoobyshoe said:
My TV is old and I can't up the brightness. Who did psycho boy shoot in the last scene?
He killed the gay couple.
 
  • #45
Ooooh, I really liked the Elizabeth Short angle in tonight's episode. I knew who it was the instant she appeared: the actress looked remarkably like the real Elizabeth Short.

And the husband was "finally starting to see things as they are".
 
  • #46
zoobyshoe said:
Ooooh, I really liked the Elizabeth Short angle in tonight's episode. I knew who it was the instant she appeared: the actress looked remarkably like the real Elizabeth Short.

And the husband was "finally starting to see things as they are".
He's a creep, but i love that he got a glimpse of the maid.

Also, he KNOWS that ugly girl he had an affair with is dead, yet he seems to have forgotten that, or just thinks it's normal that she's returned from the dead, but still doesn't believe in ghosts.
 
  • #47
Evo said:
He's a creep, but i love that he got a glimpse of the maid.

Also, he KNOWS that ugly girl he had an affair with is dead, yet he seems to have forgotten that, or just thinks it's normal that she's returned from the dead, but still doesn't believe in ghosts.
He thinks the burned man and the girl got together and hoaxed her murder and burial. He confronted the burned man about it after she showed back up and the burned man didn't exactly deny it was a hoax. The husband's not aware anyone around there is dead. Not yet, anyway.

They've really rewritten the book on ghosts. Ghosts can do nearly everything the living can do, and also show up anywhere they want any time they want. I can't exactly figure out the disadvantage of being dead on this show.
 
  • #48
zoobyshoe said:
He thinks the burned man and the girl got together and hoaxed her murder and burial. He confronted the burned man about it after she showed back up and the burned man didn't exactly deny it was a hoax. The husband's not aware anyone around there is dead. Not yet, anyway.

They've really rewritten the book on ghosts. Ghosts can do nearly everything the living can do, and also show up anywhere they want any time they want. I can't exactly figure out the disadvantage of being dead on this show.
Ghosts definitely have a better sex life than I do.

Why do none of the other ghosts age, just the maid?
 
  • #49
Evo said:
Ghosts definitely have a better sex life than I do.

Why do none of the other ghosts age, just the maid?
Another weird mystery. No explanation has been put forward for that. Maybe they all do age but all prefer to manifest only in their youngest version?
 
  • #50
Wow, I didn't see that coming.

Waiting for zooby to watch.
 
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  • #51
Evo said:
Wow, I didn't see that coming.

Waiting for zooby to watch.
I saw! I didn't think they'd do that.
 
  • #52
zoobyshoe said:
I saw! I didn't think they'd do that.
How are the parents going to explain not knowing about their daughter's disappearance?
 
  • #53
Evo said:
How are the parents going to explain not knowing about their daughter's disappearance?
They think she's alive and won't know any different unless the corpse gets found. Tate prevented that once tonight. Thing is, now Dad knows he's Mr. Rubber. They're going to call the cops anytime he shows up again. Someone's also bound to come looking for the exterminator.

I'm guessing Tate and Violet are going to run away. She'll leave a note or something and the Dad will call the cops and report her missing. On the other hand, maybe Tate will just lay low and they'll arrange to have Violet home schooled.

I wonder if the burned man is now leaving the series. He lied about how he got burned, so he must have also lied about being institutionalized all those years. Where was he and what was he up to?
 
  • #54
zoobyshoe said:
I'm guessing Tate and Violet are going to run away.
They can't leave the house except on halloween according to the show.

On the other hand, maybe Tate will just lay low and they'll arrange to have Violet home schooled.
That might be it.

I wonder if the burned man is now leaving the series. He lied about how he got burned, so he must have also lied about being institutionalized all those years. Where was he and what was he up to?
They previously debunked him being institutionalized. At least crazy husband mentioned it.

Think Larry got the neighbor off the hook? Or are they still after her?

Glad that crazy daughter is dead. She's still too pathetic though.
 
  • #55
Evo said:
They can't leave the house except on halloween according to the show.

They previously debunked him being institutionalized. At least crazy husband mentioned it.
I missed one episode a couple weeks back. This info might have been in that episode.

Think Larry got the neighbor off the hook? Or are they still after her?
They dislike her very much, so I wouldn't be surprised if they visit her again.

Glad that crazy daughter is dead. She's still too pathetic though.
That's the thing: her being dead is not much different than her being alive on this show.
 
  • #56
Tonight was so disappointing. It was actully boring. Next week is the finale and at this point I don't plan to watch. How disappointing. Everyone's dead. YAWN.
 
  • #57
I haven't even looked at this yet but I just reserved it at Netflix

Some very good series just fail at the end.
 
  • #58
Ivan Seeking said:
I haven't even looked at this yet but I just reserved it at Netflix

Some very good series just fail at the end.
It's not good. Prepare to be disappointed. I kept thinking "it has to get better". Nope.
 
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  • #59
Ivan Seeking said:
I haven't even looked at this yet but I just reserved it at Netflix

Some very good series just fail at the end.
The first episode was dynamite. It went downhill from there simply because it didn't go uphill: they never managed to surprise you again they way they did with the first episode.

There was a great series on HBO called Six feet Under, also based on an odd premise, that did a consistently brilliant job of surprising you week after week for 5 seasons. It can be done, therefore, but these producers don't have the knack.
 
  • #60
zoobyshoe said:
The first episode was dynamite. It went downhill from there simply because it didn't go uphill: they never managed to surprise you again they way they did with the first episode.

There was a great series on HBO called Six feet Under, also based on an odd premise, that did a consistently brilliant job of surprising you week after week for 5 seasons. It can be done, therefore, but these producers don't have the knack.

I tried six feet under but it didn't keep my attention. All the dead stuff was a turnoff, which is strange because I really enjoyed Dead Like Me.
 
  • #61
Ivan Seeking said:
I tried six feet under but it didn't keep my attention. All the dead stuff was a turnoff, which is strange because I really enjoyed Dead Like Me.
By "all the dead stuff" you mean them having conversations with the departed?
 
  • #62
Evo said:
Tonight was so disappointing. It was actully boring. Next week is the finale and at this point I don't plan to watch. How disappointing. Everyone's dead. YAWN.

What do you think of this:

AHS receives Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Television Series - Drama. Jessica Lange for Best Performance for a Supporting Actress in a Television Series, Movie or a Miniseries. Jessica Lange also received a Screen Actors Guild award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series.
 
  • #63
zoobyshoe said:
What do you think of this:
She was outstanding in the show. Creepy, unsettling, the entire show revolved around her, she was really the leading character, the others were just there as fillers in her story. I hope she wins, she deserves it.

Psycho boy was also very convincing.
 
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  • #64
Evo said:
She was outstanding in the show. Creepy, unsettling, the entire show revolved around her, she was really the leading character, the others were just there as fillers in her story. I hope she wins, she deserves it.

Psycho boy was also very convincing.
She is certainly the most vivid character. I think all the all the actors are excellent and it's really executive decisions about where to take the plot that annoy me. The show as a whole was nominated as best drama, though.
 
  • #65
zoobyshoe said:
By "all the dead stuff" you mean them having conversations with the departed?

No, it was just a bit too dark for my tastes.
 
  • #66
Ivan Seeking said:
No, it was just a bit too dark for my tastes.
Hmmmm. American Horror Story is about 5 times darker.
 
  • #67
zoobyshoe said:
Hmmmm. American Horror Story is about 5 times darker.

I tried that show about the serial killer who kills serial killers, which is highly acclaimed, and I only lasted about half an hour. Dark can be fine depending on the tone. it just depends on the spirit of the darkness. :biggrin: I don't like anything psycho. I had enough of that in LA with real people.
 
  • #68
zoobyshoe said:
She is certainly the most vivid character. I think all the all the actors are excellent and it's really executive decisions about where to take the plot that annoy me. The show as a whole was nominated as best drama, though.
So have they just swept the "infantata" under the rug? From interviews it always sounded like it was going to become a central monster, but nothing happened. The show was like that from one episode to the next, the writers would just abandon a story line and go off in a completely different direction, with no explanation, no tying up loose ends. I don't get why Constance's young boyfriend is so happy to be dead.
 
  • #69
Ivan Seeking said:
I tried that show about the serial killer who kills serial killers, which is highly acclaimed, and I only lasted about half an hour. Dark can be fine depending on the tone. it just depends on the spirit of the darkness. :biggrin: I don't like anything psycho. I had enough of that in LA with real people.
I can't predict. You'll just have to watch it to see if it works. It's like a conjunction of Stephen King, M. Night Shyamalan, and the makers of Six Feet Under, with a dash of David Cronenberg.
 
  • #70
Evo said:
So have they just swept the "infantata" under the rug? From interviews it always sounded like it was going to become a central monster, but nothing happened. The show was like that from one episode to the next, the writers would just abandon a story line and go off in a completely different direction, with no explanation, no tying up loose ends. I don't get why Constance's young boyfriend is so happy to be dead.
I guess they are. The ghosts "debunked" the medium, as it were, so I guess they're free to abandon that set up. But you're right, the amount of stuff they've set up only to have it go nowhere or be rendered moot is extremely annoying. It's like they're just making it up on the fly as they go along. Maybe the point is just to reference every previous horror fad possible.
 

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