American Horror Story (FX) TV Show • Page 46

Having Finn back was nice though, so no complaints about Bobby.

 

Fun enough season, far from their best, but whatevz

 

Enjoyed it way more than apocalypse and hotel, probably a little ahead of freak show.

 

I actually loved the ending. It was nice to get like an actual happy ending from the show, it seems pretty rare that's happened. One of the things I really liked about this season was that it really used established mythos from the show and presented a new story in that context. Of course this isn't the first season since Murder House to have ghosts in it, but I liked that that was the only supernatural aspect (other than Ramirez's devil stuff which kind of goes hand in hand). It didn't introduce aliens, or vampires, or whatever just for the sake of it.

Which brings me to the other thing I liked which is that this actually felt like the most cohesive season for me. All the plot threads tied together in ways that made sense to me. There was no wild plot thread that doesn't really go anywhere. It was one of the cleanest seasons. I had a blast with it.

Moments I loved from the finale:
-Margaret getting killed in a woodchipper but dying a second before she crossed over
-Keeping guard over Ramirez to kill him whenever he wakes up
-I was genuinely touched by Mr. Jingles & Fam, as well as the moment between Donna and Brooke.

The only thing that doesn't fully add up is Brooke fully forgiving Donna, but I guess it makes sense since she did save her.

 

Just finished the season finale -- reminded me of the Game of Thrones series finale. A perfect ending for a show like AHS? Just seems silly.

Loved the concept of the season and that it was just a straight slasher style, but that ending....

 

See, to me it seemed just as disjointed as other seasons. It didn’t bring in aliens or something, but it jumped between eras and focus and went off on tangents just as often. What started with a super straightforward slasher ended up involving ghosts and Satan and a real killer and murdering Kajagoogoo (???) and false imprisonment and lifestyles of the rich and famous and a heartwarming family reunion.

The bigger thing that struck me last night was how little consistency the characters had. You could pull two random scenes for most people and not find any similarities in their portrayal. Jingles was the best and most memorable because he actually felt like a real person throughout the entire season.

 

Agree on the consistency -- maybe it's because that first season had such a plot twist you really didn't see coming that I'm comparing it to the past writing, but the 1984 season they made it more like a soap opera where the characters just completely flipped a switch. There wasn't much substance to the plot line this time around, which would have been fine if they just kept it as a slasher.

As I was typing it I realized that the last season (Apocalypse, I believe) sort of felt the same way -- they wrapped up all the fan theories and made it another perfect ending (with Tate and Violet). I love the series and think the concept is absolutely genius, but 1984 just didn't do it for me.

 

It’s amazing how efficient they are at completely fucking up their interesting stories in just a couple of episodes every year.

 

FX Renews ‘American Horror Story’ Through Season 13

 

That's honestly a surprise to me, but I'm happy to hear it.

 

not surprised at renewal, but 3 seasons is pretty big!

 

Idk....feels like they were running out of ideas during 1984

 

Let's see how much worse this dumpster fire can get

 

Well ya the 3 season renewel (with 1 more season already ordered) is the surprising part for a show that’s been on this long.

I hope we get an alien season soon.

 

I mean I'll probably never jump off this ride.

 

I just want them to have slightly longer season so they don’t have to rush the ending like the constantly do.

 

Idk about that, they tend to drag a lot of pointless shit in the seasons, leaving me waiting for something interesting or important to happen. I think they just need better focus instead of throwing everything under the kitchen sink at the season

 

I still stand by 1984 as one of the most focused seasons this show has ever had.

 

Freak Show, Apocalypse, and Asylum were probably worse in terms of focus, but those are the only ones that come to mind for me. And Asylum is one of the best seasons of the show so I can forgive that. I did like 1984 more than Freak Show and Apocalypse, though

 

Ya I'd agree with.. most of this. Asylum was definitely not focused but like the parts that worked worked well enough that it wasn't hard to overlook the undercooked bits. Freak Show was a mess - only season I genuinely did not enjoy. Apocalypse was also a mess, but it was also a blast (for me). I enjoyed 1984 returning to a much more isolated story.

 

The last couple of episodes completely shit the bed though. It was quite promising up to that. I thought Apocalypse was the same. Intriguing until about halfway and then it got fucking silly.

 

Well I agree on Apocalypse even though I still enjoyed it. I really wish it had stuck with it being post-Apocalypse more and we actually got to see more of that world. Why even share that people are still alive if you're not going to do anything with that.

But idk I didn't mind where they went with 1984.

 

Oh man, I thought Apocalypse was painfully boring until the witches were introduced. I could have gone without those episodes.

And then, continuing with the Tate/Violet romanticism after the shit he pulled was super cringey, and defeating the Antichrist by running him over with a car was very unsatisfying

 

Agree with your second paragraph. The last few episodes of Apocalypse were the definition of letdown.