American Horror Story

Oh noooo! I was preoccupied and missed it yesterday. Completely forgot about it. Gotta watch. I hope it was good!

American Horror Story: Coven is like Ryan Murphy, Freud, and Hannibal Lecter went into the hidden parts of my unconscious, had a baby together and let Marilyn Manson raise it. Then put it on a reality show where Jessica Lange was the host.

And that's why I love it so.

JohnnyGottaKeyboard said:

Worst Line: "I'm a human voodoo doll!" Way to info-dump! (Actually that whole dinner table discussion was a cornucopia of stilted dialogue and lazy writing.)

Best Line: pretty much anything uttered by Lange or Bates.

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I actually loved the delivery of the voodoo doll line.

My personal favorite line of the night belonged to Paulson, something along the lines of 'When are you going to die and let me live my life?"

Other than that, Lange ripped up the rest of the casts scripts and was playing in her own world.

dragonjax said:

She's basically a succubus. I'm not clear why this makes her a witch. I'm more puzzled by it than offended. And really, she screwed the rapist to death, which I guess is one for the irony column.

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I find the succubus angle odd, too, but totally got why she took out the high school dude.

Partly because he was the rapist ringleader, partly because he survived the crash and the nicer kid from the wrong side of the tracks didn't.

So, when someone is in a coma or whatnot, they can still get a boner? This is a legitimate question. Sorry if I'm a total dunce.

JohnnyGottaKeyboard said:

Worst Line: "I'm a human voodoo doll!" Way to info-dump! (Actually that whole dinner table discussion was a cornucopia of stilted dialogue and lazy writing.)

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Yeah, I totally get that. Info-dumping indeed. But the info revealed was done so pretty good. Of course their actions would've showed their special power nice enough.

CrastersBabies said:

So, when someone is in a coma or whatnot, they can still get a boner? This is a legitimate question. Sorry if I'm a total dunce.

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No, no valid point! I wondered the same thing. Apparently he was conscious enough to die, saw it in the eyes and whatnot. She just rode him literally to death.

And what the hell, I expected Evan Peters to be around MUCH longer than that -- like the whole season. C'mon now! I hope something happens to where his character turns out to be alive somehow.

I always like Sarah Paulson and Jessica Lange was of course awesome. I just loved that image of Fiona and the girls trailing behind her, all women clad in black walking down town. What rubbed me the wrong way was how "bitch" was as casually thrown around as breathing air. That's just my personal hang-up though.

Jehhillenberg said:

Of course their actions would've showed their special power nice enough.

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And I'm not sure we needed to know everyone's super power right then and there ("I get it you're clairvoyant" came like 2 seconds before the voodoo doll line, making the whole scene quite stilted, I felt.)

Jehhillenberg said:

No, no valid point! I wondered the same thing. Apparently he was conscious enough to die, saw it in the eyes and whatnot. She just rode him literally to death.

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I immediately thought of the World According to Garp.

Jehhillenberg said:

And what the hell, I expected Evan Peters to be around MUCH longer than that -- like the whole season. C'mon now! I hope something happens to where his character turns out to be alive somehow.

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I thought Hermoine and Pansy Parkinson were going to bring him back to life a la Frankenstein. That was what I took from the previews...

JohnnyGottaKeyboard said:

And I'm not sure we needed to know everyone's super power right then and there ("I get it you're clairvoyant" came like 2 seconds before the voodoo doll line, making the whole scene quite stilted, I felt.)

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I agree. All that info just came at us right there, back to back. Could've been gradually revealed, but I guess a lot was happening in the episode.

JohnnyGottaKeyboard said:

I immediately thought of the World According to Garp.

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Never seen it, but I looked it up since you mentioned it. Ick. But it may have been a good movie anyway.

JohnnyGottaKeyboard said:

I thought Hermoine and Pansy Parkinson were going to bring him back to life a la Frankenstein. That was what I took from the previews...

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Ahh. I'll have to watch the "Boy Parts" episode from this Wednesday again. He was "brought back."

I enjoyed the last episode. But sex in a pentagram? Can't see that working out well...

I love the tete-a-tetes between bates and lange; I wonder just how much they can cram into a season. I vote for more of them and less of Hermoine and Pansy.

I was also thrilled Lily Rabe reappeared. I wasn't thrilled by nun-pazuzu last season, but she is one of my favorite actors in the series. But, being neither young nor female, is it possible a moderately knowledgeable young woman wouldn't know who Stevie Nicks is?

CrastersBabies said:

So, when someone is in a coma or whatnot, they can still get a boner? This is a legitimate question. Sorry if I'm a total dunce.

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If Clerks has taught me anything, it's that the answer to "can they still get a boner" is always "yes," if the story requires it. ALWAYS.

As for Evan Peters, I have a feeling he's either A) dead and gone forever, and only showed up in the first ep as a tease for the Violet/Tate shippers (we are many, and not amused), OR B) coming back as a ghost/zombie/vampire/something. I have a feeling her weird succubus power might work in reverse. (Yes, that's where my mind went... What is this show doing to me...)

Rhoda Nightingale said:

If Clerks has taught me anything, it's that the answer to "can they still get a boner" is always "yes," if the story requires it. ALWAYS.

As for Evan Peters, I have a feeling he's either A) dead and gone forever, and only showed up in the first ep as a tease for the Violet/Tate shippers (we are many, and not amused), OR B) coming back as a ghost/zombie/vampire/something. I have a feeling her weird succubus power might work in reverse. (Yes, that's where my mind went... What is this show doing to me...)

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Holy $%&&, a Clerks reference and a Near Dark avatar. Are you perfect?

Cheers. I <3 Severen.

dragonjax said:

Enjoyed ep. 2. Like the tension between voodoo practitioners and witches. (Or maybe just Angela/Jessica/Kathy, because damn, these women are amazing!)

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The Angela/Jessica and Jessica/Kathy scenes were great.

And I want to see a cameo by Stevie Nicks

dragonjax said:

Wait. I thought Lily Rabe **was** Stevie Nicks. (Kidding!)

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Maybe she's Stevie's #1 Fan *cue Kathy Bates-esque Misery flashback*

Twisted episode (wouldn't expect anything less for this show) and some WTF?! moments. Whoa...

Yeah, they really went hard last night.

I can't tell if the Stevie Nicks thing is supposed to be for real, or just Lily Rabe's own personal brand of super-fan crazy. With this show, it could go either way.

I was afraid after the first two episodes that this season was going to be... well... boring. The last season scared the crap out of me, which had a lot to do with the setting itself. This last episode, though? I'm still processing.
What. the. hell. So much I didn't expect like Emma whatsherface being killed off so quickly, being the most notable of the young actresses on the show