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American Horror Story: Freak Show |OT| Let your inhibitions go, it's a crazy night...
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Zoe
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Er... Jessica Lange isn't playing the same character.
Miles Quaritch
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Good episode.
Disappointed that Twisty is no more. Felt he finally became interesting only for him to end up in hell.
Still Dandy has more potential. Will be interesting to see how he develops.
Edward Mordrake was fantastic. Really hope he's not gone for good.
Holy shit at the guy sitting on that toilet seat. Holy shit at the chainsaw scene.
Best episode of the season so far, we'll see if the rest of the season can keep the same level of quality or if it's peaked earlier than normal.
Disappointed that Twisty is no more. Felt he finally became interesting only for him to end up in hell.
Still Dandy has more potential. Will be interesting to see how he develops.
Edward Mordrake was fantastic. Really hope he's not gone for good.
Holy shit at the guy sitting on that toilet seat. Holy shit at the chainsaw scene.
Best episode of the season so far, we'll see if the rest of the season can keep the same level of quality or if it's peaked earlier than normal.
Miles Quaritch
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I was thinking the exact same thing. We're only a couple of episodes away from when the show usually falls to shit, will be interesting to see what happens this time around.
The premise is infinitely more interesting than it has been with the last three seasons, so here's hoping it can at least maintain some level of quality until the finale.
bakerbakes
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Right, but it's just weird they'd make the universes the same with Lange as a Nun and Lange as an amputee being in the same universe. Just is jarring. Same with Evan Peters.
At least with Lana you could make the case she's two headed in the same universe so not totally a different thing.
I just don't like the merging of "two separate stories" with the same actors playing different characters in it.
Twisty was only ever meant to be an Origin story for Dandy.
dead souls
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Wow, last night's episode was great.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Oh yeah, Jessica Lange's flashbacks were pretty fucked up. The entire episode was the...I wouldn't say scariest, but definitely creepiest and most disturbing since Asylum.
Fenderputty
Banned
Just watched it. Thankfully wasn't spoiled, though I kind suspected it about 10 minutes in. Loved the use of a posseded demon head in a top hat to get backstory on the characters.
I can't unsee sweet tooth with that clown mask. Twisty was heavyset too. The kid better bring it.
I can't unsee sweet tooth with that clown mask. Twisty was heavyset too. The kid better bring it.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I'm really interested to see how Francis Conroy plays into things...
AlexMeloche
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I kinda felt bad for Twisty. Poor guy. 
Can't believe they killed Patti Labelle so early in the show. Let's hope we see more of her in flashbacks.
Can't believe they killed Patti Labelle so early in the show. Let's hope we see more of her in flashbacks.
User 479360
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This episode was better than the last, for sure. Still not amazing, though.
Asylum was hyper-consistent, but if you didn't realize the Aliens/Nazi stuff was a 50's pastiche (like Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull) it'd look random.
Ending was pretty predictable (I'm surprised people thought the maid wasn't a dead woman walking after last week episode), but much, much better than the previous episode.
wat. So they actually take place in the same universe? I thought Pepper name was just a reference...
wat. So they actually take place in the same universe? I thought Pepper name was just a reference...
Every American Horror Story series needs Jessica singing a Shirley Ellis song and that's it!
Clap clap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuSPPLtkEQ
It's soul time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TEyxwXIRPs
That's what the nitty gritty is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvzg8ZtFPnM
Sugar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F64sc2kyVu8
and for nostalgic reasons
http://vimeo.com/90482040
Clap clap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuSPPLtkEQ
It's soul time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TEyxwXIRPs
That's what the nitty gritty is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvzg8ZtFPnM
Sugar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F64sc2kyVu8
and for nostalgic reasons
http://vimeo.com/90482040
User 479360
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The intro is solid and disturbing, but I found Murder House's scarier. Can't comment on the middle two, though.
The music and volume jumps got me a bit.
mercenar1e
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Pepper is a clear example of that.
Yeah, they had that "we stay overnight in haunted places" thing in S2 that was a subtle shout-out to S1 that was mentioned earlier. The various nods/references are fun.
It's funny how he contradicts himself saying first it didn't had connections until this season came up.
User 479360
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I like NPH, so I'm curious to see how he'll fit into this type of subject matter. He'll likely do quite well.
Deciding it's a shared universe four seasons in seems like one of Ryan Murphy's more questionable ideas.
User 479360
Banned
It's weird how a shared universe exists with the same actors playing different roles.
a secret-boss
Banned
part 1 and 2 of Mordrake were great
good clown flashback
good clown flashback
BoboBrazil
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They just got rid of the 1 of the 2 interesting characters on the show. I'm not sure where this is going, but I don't care about any of the characters from the actual freak show.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Nemesis_
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We kind of knew this ever since they announced Pepper for Freak Show, but other fans have come up with ideas as to how the seasons are related and Ryan himself said many of them have been "spot on" which is interesting.
I'm not too angry about it but I do find it bizarre that there's a mother, a nun, a witch and an ex cabaret German ex-part who all look like Jessica Lange living in the same universe.
I really like Ryan's choice for the leitmotifs for his character - here's Mordrake's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWy7DmDlCxQ
AlexMeloche
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I don't mind the shared universe thing. In the end I doubt it's gonna change anything.
Next season to take place
. You heard it here first folks!
Next season to take place
on a Monopoly board
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I'd love to see another modern day season that's set years after the events of season one, where the devil baby is grown up and ruling the world.
I'm okay with that as long as
is played by
toastyToast
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I've enjoyed this season so far. The ending of this episode was kind of corny with Mordrake eliminating the big threat up until now which was fair enough but then that led to the sappy accepting of the freaks thing. Vick Mackey didn't look too happy about it though, bet he's gonna fuck it up somehow.
Evan Peters pairing up with Emma Roberts was shocking.
Evan Peters pairing up with Emma Roberts was shocking.
That's what bothers me. I don't mind the nods and references, but geez. :/ Four Jessica Lange dopplergangers out there. Unless they're going to pull a Cloud Atlus out of their ass, that's kinda breaking the third wall for me.
BertramCooper
Banned
Finally watched the new ep. Pretty good stuff.
Hopefully the super-sized episodes are done. The pacing was so much better in this week's ep than in the first three. Keep this shit under 50 minutes, pls.
Hopefully the super-sized episodes are done. The pacing was so much better in this week's ep than in the first three. Keep this shit under 50 minutes, pls.
I think the episode moved along nicely pace-wise. However, Mordrake felt like a cheap plot device to tell backstories and remove characters out of the way.
The clown's eloquent explanation of his past was a mess. I would have preferred Mordrake to just read his mind and see flashbacks than having that clunky narration.
The clown's eloquent explanation of his past was a mess. I would have preferred Mordrake to just read his mind and see flashbacks than having that clunky narration.
dead souls
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I couldn't agree more with everything in this post. I nearly cried tears of joy when I saw a regular length episode of an FX show on my DVR. Forget killer clowns, the scariest thing on FX is Kurt Sutter's inability to edit Sons of Anarchy at all.
Agreed! I hate to sound like an old fart but the 1hr20 episodes take me two work nights to watch!
Plasticine
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The last episode builds to a frantic crazed finale. It seems like there's a ridiculous amount of plot to get through in five minutes.
Jessica Lange's voice is heard calling for Lambchop.
Even though the show keeps going, Jessica Lange's disembodied voice continues to call for Lambchop. Nobody acknowledges the voice.
Smash cut to:
Lambchop wakes from her nap, Jessica Lange calls her name again. Lambchop goes for her walk.
Fade to black.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The last episode builds to a frantic crazed finale. It seems like there's a ridiculous amount of plot to get through in five minutes.
Jessica Lange's voice is heard calling for Lambchop.
Even though the show keeps going, Jessica Lange's disembodied voice continues to call for Lambchop. Nobody acknowledges the voice.
Smash cut to:
Lambchop wakes from her nap, Jessica Lange calls her name again. Lambchop goes for her walk.
Fade to black.
..
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I like you.
MagnaderAlpha
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I personally was thinking something to do with ...
magic/magicians, maybe Las Vegas or something sorta like Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions.
That, or
Victorian era stuff, which, to be honest, something set in the late 1800s or even early 1900s would be fuckin AWESOME!
Anybody know what Murphy meant with the obvious connections between Asylum and Murder House? I don't recall any literal character connections. The only things both shared were
the whole existence of demons and the mad science aspect.
I finally caught up with the recent episodes and this is miles ahead better than Coven. The background reveal of Elsa was horrible. I needed to take a break after each of the 2 most psychotic scenes. She didn't want to be a whore but she still fell from grace very hard.
The clown was a great character but he needed to go when he did. The shows themes about humans becoming monsters or humane doesn't require his presence anymore.
I'm looking forward to tonight's episode.
Which of the Siamese sisters will shank the other sister first?
Will Jimmy be finally taken down by the same people he is trying to save?
Will Elsa fully realize Mortred picked her because she was still holding onto the hope of becoming an entertainment star?
Where will the various members of the Floridian troupe go after Coney Island remains as the last bastion of Freak shows for the next decade?
Who will sing the 5th performance?
The clown was a great character but he needed to go when he did. The shows themes about humans becoming monsters or humane doesn't require his presence anymore.
I'm looking forward to tonight's episode.
Which of the Siamese sisters will shank the other sister first?
Will Jimmy be finally taken down by the same people he is trying to save?
Will Elsa fully realize Mortred picked her because she was still holding onto the hope of becoming an entertainment star?
Where will the various members of the Floridian troupe go after Coney Island remains as the last bastion of Freak shows for the next decade?
Who will sing the 5th performance?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
That could be cool, although they already did something with magic (albeit real magic as opposed to illusions) last year so I don't think they'll return to that well any time soon.
That also would be cool, but I feel like that would be too similar to the flashback scenes from Coven.
One of the characters in the present day scenes in Asylum mentioned visiting a haunted house.
Alligatorjandro
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