American Horror Story

jeff061 · 10-16-2011, 10:49 AM

Anyone watching it? Love the visual style and the casting is damn near perfect.

I just can't figure out ultimately what the show is about, still waiting for the hook that will keep me in. The cast and cool factor are working for me right now.

Honolulu_Blue · 10-16-2011, 11:05 AM

I watched the first episode on demand last night. Has there only been one so far? Or two?

I enjoyed it. I've never really watched anything on FX before and was surprised at what they were able to get away with gore and language wise.

It was creepy, creepy fun. I, too, like the cast and found eerie and compelling enough to keep watching. I just set up my DVR to record the series like 5 minutes ago.

Edit: Just saw there have been two episodes so far. Just found the second one and will record it.

jeff061 · 10-16-2011, 01:03 PM

Yeah, two now, had just finished the 2nd when I posted this.

Doug5984 · 10-16-2011, 01:17 PM

I'm watching it, and liking it. Like y'all said the casting is great. Not sure how to make it good for a whole season- but I like it.

sabotai · 10-16-2011, 01:31 PM

Watched the first episode and really liked it. It's on the same time as Revenge, which I like as well, so I'll be a week behind on the series since I'll have to wait for the episodes to become available On Demand.

samifan24 · 10-16-2011, 04:15 PM

The first two episodes have been interesting but I'm still not sure if the show is supposed to be flat out scary or just really creepy and weird. I'm going to keep watching but sometimes it feels like the show is just really weird so people will talk about it more.

Doug5984 · 10-29-2011, 01:46 PM

bump

Still really liking this show, don't know how they can stretch it to multiple seasons- but it's holding my interest so far

Brownkeg8 · 10-29-2011, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug5984

bump

Still really liking this show, don't know how they can stretch it to multiple seasons- but it's holding my interest so far

Like the show as well, just seems like a lot of info being thrown at us so early though.

Draft Dodger · 10-29-2011, 04:52 PM

I'm still on the 2nd episode. Not sure that "enjoy" is the right word to use as I'm not a horror fan, but I am liking it so far. I agree with Jeff that the cast is amazingly perfect and I love the little tweaks (film jumping, scratches) to the visual style

Swaggs · 10-29-2011, 04:55 PM

Enjoyed the first one last night and looking forward to the other two on demand.

Lots of cool/disturbing stuff going on, so I'm interested to see how things play out. Any show that is willing to kill off little kids to lead off the show is not playing around.

jeff061 · 10-29-2011, 08:46 PM

Still liking it, but it's almost to surreal. Several times in the last couple episodes I was expecting a dream sequence reveal(thankfully it didn't come).

Jessica Lange is doing one hell of a job, the cast is great but she's still a cut above.

Swaggs · 10-31-2011, 02:53 PM

Got through episode three last night. Still liking it.

At this point, I know that some of the characters are probably still alive, but I can see situations where almost every one is already dead. I'm basically leaning towards believing that the family, Jessica Lange and daughter, and the burned man are still living and that the patient/daughter's love interest and (obviously) maid are not.

Doug5984 · 10-31-2011, 02:56 PM

Yeah, I know the maid is not- and I'm pretty certain that Tate (Patient/Daught's guy) is dead as well. Burned guy, I'm not sure about- but since he has been seen outside of the house/yard I think he is. I think that is the key when figuring out who is alive or not.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 10-31-2011, 03:04 PM

Didn't Tate see the doctor guy at a coffee shop though? Or I am misremembering?

Swaggs · 10-31-2011, 03:08 PM

Tate was with the daughter on the brick footbridge when she was smoking and her dad saw her. It looked like it might have been on campus or something.

Swaggs · 10-31-2011, 03:09 PM

Has anyone seen episode 4? I have not, but my brother did and told me...

Spoiler

Doug5984 · 10-31-2011, 03:56 PM

Yeah in the latest episode the ghosts were outside of the house, they mentioned it early in the episode that Halloween was the only day ghosts were allowed to go out with the living.

As for the smoking scene on the brick, I thought that was at a school also- but when burn face hit baby-mama-girl in the face with the shovel it was right next to similar brick work, so I assume that is part of the house, like a side yard or something

Travis · 10-31-2011, 03:57 PM

Anybody catch why the maid has aged (to some) and none of the other dead have? Any why some of the dead show the evidence of how they were killed (albeit in different ways as the maid's eye shows where she was shot but no exit wound, the original woman who lived there had part of the back of her head missing, the twins show damage, but the gay couple didn't seem to show any indications)?

And why make the big deal over the maid's body being covered up by the gazebo (trapping her there forever) when it seems like others they're showing (twins/gay couple/etc) had their remains found/removed from the premises?

I find myself wanting to like the show but getting frustrated by the lack of consistency/rules/explanation to this point.

Honolulu_Blue · 10-31-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Travis

Anybody catch why the maid has aged (to some) and none of the other dead have? Any why some of the dead show the evidence of how they were killed (albeit in different ways as the maid's eye shows where she was shot but no exit wound, the original woman who lived there had part of the back of her head missing, the twins show damage, but the gay couple didn't seem to show any indications)?

And why make the big deal over the maid's body being covered up by the gazebo (trapping her there forever) when it seems like others they're showing (twins/gay couple/etc) had their remains found/removed from the premises?

I find myself wanting to like the show but getting frustrated by the lack of consistency/rules/explanation to this point.

Huh. None of this stuff ever crossed my mind.

Travis · 10-31-2011, 05:16 PM

This is what gets me in that it's like there's so much put in that's intentional, then in other areas either forgotten about or glossed over. I'm hoping there are explanations forthcoming but in a lot of ways it seems like ease of convenience. The big one (to me) being the maid being older to some. I'd have an easier time buying it if she was the same person at all times but had on different outfits depending on who was looking at her.

Even if some of the other ghosts were showing up as older to some people, etc.

And yes, too much time on my hands and too much time watching TV. This is what I get for having ACL surgery

Butter · 11-01-2011, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Travis

Anybody catch why the maid has aged (to some) and none of the other dead have? Any why some of the dead show the evidence of how they were killed (albeit in different ways as the maid's eye shows where she was shot but no exit wound, the original woman who lived there had part of the back of her head missing, the twins show damage, but the gay couple didn't seem to show any indications)?

And why make the big deal over the maid's body being covered up by the gazebo (trapping her there forever) when it seems like others they're showing (twins/gay couple/etc) had their remains found/removed from the premises?

I find myself wanting to like the show but getting frustrated by the lack of consistency/rules/explanation to this point.

I think the maid is appearing differently to different people as part of the house's (?) plot to entrap the man into cheating on his wife... would his wife really hire a maid that looked like she does when she appears to Ben? Not after what happened. But if he does end up cheating on Vivian with the maid, then that's a means to an end... which is clearly the family's death.

Why the house doesn't just come right out and kill these people, who knows. I also haven't figured out the significance of the black vinyl suit guy, but he has appeared a few times... once to impregnate Vivian (which I am just going ahead and assuming due to the fainting in the last episode), another time to kill the 2 gay guys, and most recently stalking behind Violet at the end of the last episode.

As someone said, I don't know how they can keep this up for multiple seasons... it just seems like they are throwing so much against the wall, I don't know how they can make sense of it all or make it come together. Maybe they won't. But it has been a lot of fun to watch so far, and I will keep watching as long as it maintains this high level of entertainment.

Butter · 11-01-2011, 06:40 AM

One thing I do appreciate is how it didn't take very long at all for the family to put the house back on the market. It was like at the end of Episode 2. I thought it might literally take seasons, and I was thinking "who the hell would stay at this house?" But I think they have done a good job explaining why the family is sort of trapped there, which has removed one big source of disbelief for me.

Swaggs · 11-01-2011, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

As someone said, I don't know how they can keep this up for multiple seasons... it just seems like they are throwing so much against the wall, I don't know how they can make sense of it all or make it come together. Maybe they won't. But it has been a lot of fun to watch so far, and I will keep watching as long as it maintains this high level of entertainment.

I saw an article that mentioned that future seasons might have new owners in the house. If the show continues to get good feedback, they might be able to pull in some bigger stars (not that the cast is too shabby now, between Britton, Lange, and McDermott) and, with the premise of ghosts in the house, you can always bring people back for cameos or arcs.

Swaggs · 11-01-2011, 09:12 AM

BTW, yesterday it was picked up for a 13 episode season next year.

Appropriate for Halloween.

timmynausea · 11-01-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Travis

Anybody catch why the maid has aged (to some) and none of the other dead have? Any why some of the dead show the evidence of how they were killed (albeit in different ways as the maid's eye shows where she was shot but no exit wound, the original woman who lived there had part of the back of her head missing, the twins show damage, but the gay couple didn't seem to show any indications)?

And why make the big deal over the maid's body being covered up by the gazebo (trapping her there forever) when it seems like others they're showing (twins/gay couple/etc) had their remains found/removed from the premises?

I find myself wanting to like the show but getting frustrated by the lack of consistency/rules/explanation to this point.

First, Frances Conroy (the actress playing the old version of Moira the maid) actually does have a messed up eye from an accident in the past few years. The writers decided to incorporate that into her character's story.

As far as the other stuff, I think the show is incorporating tons of elements of different horror movies/stories and, rather than passing it off completely as their own, making subtle homages to them. Based on the title, I think that may essentially be the premise, so I think some of the rules will fluctuate for the different ghosts/storylines, which could be pretty cool in my opinion.

The maid's bones being buried and her needing them to be found is reminiscent of The Changeling. Ben sleepwalking and staring into the fire is straight out of Amityville Horror. It looks like the baby/doctor storyline has elements of Frankenstein. The twins are basically boy versions of the twins from The Shining. I feel like there have been a couple of oblique references to Rosemary's Baby along the way, but I can't remember them right now. I have wondered if that will be the direction that Viv's pregnancy will take. I'm sure there are others I am forgetting or have missed, too.

That's just my interpretation, though, so I could be wrong about some or all of it. In any case, I like the show.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-01-2011, 10:26 AM

I am also pretty comfortable with the idea that different rules apply to the different ghosts depending on how they died, who killed them, etc.

Rizon · 11-01-2011, 11:07 AM

I just hope they don't borrow a page from Lost and have some super stupid reasoning for all of it.

Butter · 11-01-2011, 11:27 AM

Just read an interview with the actress who plays the young maid, and she basically says "the maid can't leave the house until her body is found". Apparently that was supposed to have been communicated in episode 3, but I must've missed it.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-01-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

Just read an interview with the actress who plays the young maid, and she basically says "the maid can't leave the house until her body is found". Apparently that was supposed to have been communicated in episode 3, but I must've missed it.

The maid kept trying to get the husband to dig that hole. She was drugging his coffee and each time he was drugged he would end up outside digging in the backyard, where her body was.

However, the crazy burned dude went and killed the husband's mistress and then used that hole to bury her body. When he was digging, he uncovered the maid's skeleton. However, once he threw the mistress' body in there, the filled up the whole and built the gezeebo.

The maid was watching the gazeebo being built and Jessica Lange mentioned how she'd never escape now or something...

Butter · 11-01-2011, 11:51 AM

I guess I need to switch my brain on a bit more when watching this thing, I didn't gather any of that. I didn't understand why he kept ending up drugged. And I missed the maid's skeleton altogether.

Maybe I was drugged.

Swaggs · 11-02-2011, 10:47 PM

Pretty damn good episode tonight.

Seems to have laid out the rules for the dead pretty well and Tate's story seems to be clearing up.

Swaggs · 11-11-2011, 04:14 PM

Did everyone else give up on this?

I thought this last episode was one of the most disturbing TV shows I have ever seen. The acting from the daughter (who is apparently Vera Farmiga's much younger sister) was really impressive, as well.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-11-2011, 04:31 PM

Give up on this? Not at all! I love it.

I just watched the latest episode this morning. It was great and incredibly disturbing. I agree. Violet is a great character and really good actress. I really like both the mom and the daughter. The dad is a complete putz.

samifan24 · 11-11-2011, 09:33 PM

Nope. My gf and I are still watching and being stunned almost every week. Crazy show.

Rizon · 11-11-2011, 11:28 PM

Is this the thread about the new Marlins uniforms?

Doug5984 · 11-12-2011, 08:22 AM

Didn't give up either- this is my favorite non-Sunday night show... they're doing a great job with it

jeff061 · 11-12-2011, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Swaggs

Did everyone else give up on this?

I thought this last episode was one of the most disturbing TV shows I have ever seen. The acting from the daughter (who is apparently Vera Farmiga's much younger sister) was really impressive, as well.

This is the first episode that totally has me hooked into the series and wanting more. The school shooting really generated some strong emotion, I'm glad they had the balls to go through with it. Scenes like that(and others) are what will make other shows seem mundane.

I think the daughter has been surprisingly good all year, it's amazing how there really seems to be no weak link in this cast. No one is being overshadowed. I'm glad it got picked up for next year, yet still somewhat surprised. I doubt it's a cheap show to make and it certainly seems like they are focusing more on artistic merit than pulling broad audiences.

timmynausea · 11-12-2011, 10:11 PM

As far as drawing a broad audience, the show actually tied South Park the last 2 weeks as the top show on Cable Wednesday nights in the 18-49 demographic, which is the key demographic to advertisers. It actually even beat South Park (narrowly) the week it premiered and the week leading up to Halloween. So it's pretty successful by cable standards.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-30-2011, 09:53 AM

I finally caught up with this show this morning. I was a couple of weeks behind.

The last two episodes were fantastic. I am still really digging this show and feel like they are handling things fantastically.

Based on the previews for tonight's episode, it looks like they are going to get all biblical up in this shizzit. It will be interesting to see how big an issue they make all of that.

I guess this season ends on Dec. 14. I will miss it, but look forward to see where they leave things off.

JediKooter · 11-30-2011, 10:37 AM

Watched a couple of episodes and was completely underwhelmed by it. The 1989 Friday the 13th TV show camera angles, softcore porn and just boring story was enough for me to know I wasn't missing anything. Oh well, no biggie, different tastes I guess. I'll stick with Walking Dead.

Swaggs · 12-08-2011, 12:01 AM

Pretty good episode tonight.

My interest was starting to slip a little bit, but the twist tonight pulled me back in. I probably should have expected it, but that was a "the Sixth Sense" type of reveal -- so obvious in hindsight.

Suicane75 · 12-08-2011, 04:38 AM

Loved the twist and how it keeps the main characters married to the house.

samifan24 · 12-08-2011, 07:02 AM

Well that was a twist! I'd almost forgotten that the event in question had even happened.

Landshark44 · 12-08-2011, 10:23 AM

i didn't see that coming at all.....

Mota · 12-08-2011, 07:54 PM

Are we on different episodes in Canada vs. US? I didn't see any huge twists. Our latest episode was the one where the guy wanted to buy the house and there were a lot of sexual favors being given out.

samifan24 · 12-08-2011, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mota

Are we on different episodes in Canada vs. US? I didn't see any huge twists. Our latest episode was the one where the guy wanted to buy the house and there were a lot of sexual favors being given out.

Yes.

Are you talking about the one with Mr. Escanderian and the maid? If so that was at least three or four episodes ago.

LloydLungs · 12-08-2011, 08:49 PM

I strongly suspected, but the way they revealed this was brilliantly and horrifyingly well done. The show can be very hokey and I think it's definitely going off the rails at some point, but that whole sequence was just superb and chilling.

Swaggs · 12-08-2011, 11:41 PM

My fear is that the childbirth/aftermath will be too much of a climax for the show to keep going for more than another year or so.

I talked to my brother and he brought up the point that the dad might be dead, as well. I had forgotten, but he got shot a few episodes ago (I think his wife got him, after she stole the gun from the realtor). His wife is the only one that has seen him outside the house since then (I think) and she isn't exactly in the best of mental health right now.

Mota · 12-09-2011, 05:48 AM

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Yes.

Are you talking about the one with Mr. Escanderian and the maid? If so that was at least three or four episodes ago.

Must be it. We get FX Canada so probably a butchered version of the US Channel.

I was wondering what everybody was freaking out about, that episode was pretty interesting but I didn't see anything too crazy.

Doug5984 · 12-09-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Swaggs

My fear is that the childbirth/aftermath will be too much of a climax for the show to keep going for more than another year or so.

I talked to my brother and he brought up the point that the dad might be dead, as well. I had forgotten, but he got shot a few episodes ago (I think his wife got him, after she stole the gun from the realtor). His wife is the only one that has seen him outside the house since then (I think) and she isn't exactly in the best of mental health right now.

I'm not sure if that is true- didn't he talk to the doctor about the fathers of the babies? Also, the police were at the house and bandaged him up- so that whole scene would've been different if the shot really killed him, not saying it couldn't be- but I don't see it.

Spoiler for whoever is a few episodes behind

Spoiler

10-16-2011, 11:05 AM	#2
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	I watched the first episode on demand last night. Has there only been one so far? Or two? I enjoyed it. I've never really watched anything on FX before and was surprised at what they were able to get away with gore and language wise. It was creepy, creepy fun. I, too, like the cast and found eerie and compelling enough to keep watching. I just set up my DVR to record the series like 5 minutes ago. Edit: Just saw there have been two episodes so far. Just found the second one and will record it. __________________ *Steve Yzerman: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons). Last edited by Honolulu_Blue : 10-16-2011 at 12:24 PM.*

10-16-2011, 01:03 PM	#3
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Yeah, two now, had just finished the 2nd when I posted this. __________________

10-16-2011, 04:15 PM	#6
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	The first two episodes have been interesting but I'm still not sure if the show is supposed to be flat out scary or just really creepy and weird. I'm going to keep watching but sometimes it feels like the show is just really weird so people will talk about it more. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

10-29-2011, 04:52 PM	#9
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	I'm still on the 2nd episode. Not sure that "enjoy" is the right word to use as I'm not a horror fan, but I am liking it so far. I agree with Jeff that the cast is amazingly perfect and I love the little tweaks (film jumping, scratches) to the visual style __________________ Mile High Hockey

10-29-2011, 04:55 PM	#10
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Enjoyed the first one last night and looking forward to the other two on demand. Lots of cool/disturbing stuff going on, so I'm interested to see how things play out. Any show that is willing to kill off little kids to lead off the show is not playing around. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

10-16-2011, 01:17 PM	#4
Doug5984 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisiana	I'm watching it, and liking it. Like y'all said the casting is great. Not sure how to make it good for a whole season- but I like it.

10-16-2011, 01:31 PM	#5
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Watched the first episode and really liked it. It's on the same time as Revenge, which I like as well, so I'll be a week behind on the series since I'll have to wait for the episodes to become available On Demand.

10-29-2011, 01:46 PM	#7
Doug5984 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisiana	bump Still really liking this show, don't know how they can stretch it to multiple seasons- but it's holding my interest so far

10-29-2011, 08:46 PM	#11
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Still liking it, but it's almost to surreal. Several times in the last couple episodes I was expecting a dream sequence reveal(thankfully it didn't come). Jessica Lange is doing one hell of a job, the cast is great but she's still a cut above. __________________ Last edited by jeff061 : 10-29-2011 at 08:47 PM.

10-31-2011, 02:53 PM	#12
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Got through episode three last night. Still liking it. At this point, I know that some of the characters are probably still alive, but I can see situations where almost every one is already dead. I'm basically leaning towards believing that the family, Jessica Lange and daughter, and the burned man are still living and that the patient/daughter's love interest and (obviously) maid are not. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

10-31-2011, 02:56 PM	#13
Doug5984 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisiana	Yeah, I know the maid is not- and I'm pretty certain that Tate (Patient/Daught's guy) is dead as well. Burned guy, I'm not sure about- but since he has been seen outside of the house/yard I think he is. I think that is the key when figuring out who is alive or not.

10-31-2011, 03:04 PM	#14
Ronnie Dobbs2 Pro Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bahston Mass	Didn't Tate see the doctor guy at a coffee shop though? Or I am misremembering? __________________ There's no I in Teamocil, at least not where you'd think

10-31-2011, 03:08 PM	#15
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Tate was with the daughter on the brick footbridge when she was smoking and her dad saw her. It looked like it might have been on campus or something. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

10-31-2011, 03:09 PM	#16
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Has anyone seen episode 4? I have not, but my brother did and told me... Spoiler that the maid made an appearance outside of the house in episode 4. I brought up the point about seeing the "ghosts" outside of the house, too. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

10-31-2011, 03:56 PM	#17
Doug5984 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisiana	Yeah in the latest episode the ghosts were outside of the house, they mentioned it early in the episode that Halloween was the only day ghosts were allowed to go out with the living. As for the smoking scene on the brick, I thought that was at a school also- but when burn face hit baby-mama-girl in the face with the shovel it was right next to similar brick work, so I assume that is part of the house, like a side yard or something

10-31-2011, 03:57 PM	#18
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	Anybody catch why the maid has aged (to some) and none of the other dead have? Any why some of the dead show the evidence of how they were killed (albeit in different ways as the maid's eye shows where she was shot but no exit wound, the original woman who lived there had part of the back of her head missing, the twins show damage, but the gay couple didn't seem to show any indications)? And why make the big deal over the maid's body being covered up by the gazebo (trapping her there forever) when it seems like others they're showing (twins/gay couple/etc) had their remains found/removed from the premises? I find myself wanting to like the show but getting frustrated by the lack of consistency/rules/explanation to this point. __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

10-31-2011, 05:16 PM	#20
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	This is what gets me in that it's like there's so much put in that's intentional, then in other areas either forgotten about or glossed over. I'm hoping there are explanations forthcoming but in a lot of ways it seems like ease of convenience. The big one (to me) being the maid being older to some. I'd have an easier time buying it if she was the same person at all times but had on different outfits depending on who was looking at her. Even if some of the other ghosts were showing up as older to some people, etc. And yes, too much time on my hands and too much time watching TV. This is what I get for having ACL surgery __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby Last edited by Travis : 10-31-2011 at 05:17 PM.

11-01-2011, 06:40 AM	#22
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	One thing I do appreciate is how it didn't take very long at all for the family to put the house back on the market. It was like at the end of Episode 2. I thought it might literally take seasons, and I was thinking "who the hell would stay at this house?" But I think they have done a good job explaining why the family is sort of trapped there, which has removed one big source of disbelief for me. __________________ My listening habits

11-01-2011, 09:12 AM	#24
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	BTW, yesterday it was picked up for a 13 episode season next year. Appropriate for Halloween. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

11-01-2011, 10:26 AM	#26
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	I am also pretty comfortable with the idea that different rules apply to the different ghosts depending on how they died, who killed them, etc. __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

11-01-2011, 11:27 AM	#28
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Just read an interview with the actress who plays the young maid, and she basically says "the maid can't leave the house until her body is found". Apparently that was supposed to have been communicated in episode 3, but I must've missed it. __________________ My listening habits

11-01-2011, 11:51 AM	#30
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	I guess I need to switch my brain on a bit more when watching this thing, I didn't gather any of that. I didn't understand why he kept ending up drugged. And I missed the maid's skeleton altogether. Maybe I was drugged. __________________ My listening habits

11-02-2011, 10:47 PM	#31
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Pretty damn good episode tonight. Seems to have laid out the rules for the dead pretty well and Tate's story seems to be clearing up. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

11-11-2011, 04:14 PM	#32
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Did everyone else give up on this? I thought this last episode was one of the most disturbing TV shows I have ever seen. The acting from the daughter (who is apparently Vera Farmiga's much younger sister) was really impressive, as well. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

11-11-2011, 04:31 PM	#33
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	Give up on this? Not at all! I love it. I just watched the latest episode this morning. It was great and incredibly disturbing. I agree. Violet is a great character and really good actress. I really like both the mom and the daughter. The dad is a complete putz. __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

11-11-2011, 09:33 PM	#34
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Nope. My gf and I are still watching and being stunned almost every week. Crazy show. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

11-12-2011, 08:22 AM	#36
Doug5984 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisiana	Didn't give up either- this is my favorite non-Sunday night show... they're doing a great job with it

11-12-2011, 10:11 PM	#38
timmynausea College Starter Join Date: Dec 2002	As far as drawing a broad audience, the show actually tied South Park the last 2 weeks as the top show on Cable Wednesday nights in the 18-49 demographic, which is the key demographic to advertisers. It actually even beat South Park (narrowly) the week it premiered and the week leading up to Halloween. So it's pretty successful by cable standards.

11-30-2011, 09:53 AM	#39
Honolulu_Blue Hockey Boy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Royal Oak, MI	I finally caught up with this show this morning. I was a couple of weeks behind. The last two episodes were fantastic. I am still really digging this show and feel like they are handling things fantastically. Based on the previews for tonight's episode, it looks like they are going to get all biblical up in this shizzit. It will be interesting to see how big an issue they make all of that. I guess this season ends on Dec. 14. I will miss it, but look forward to see where they leave things off. __________________ *Steve Yzerman*: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons).

11-30-2011, 10:37 AM	#40
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Watched a couple of episodes and was completely underwhelmed by it. The 1989 Friday the 13th TV show camera angles, softcore porn and just boring story was enough for me to know I wasn't missing anything. Oh well, no biggie, different tastes I guess. I'll stick with Walking Dead. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

12-08-2011, 12:01 AM	#41
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Pretty good episode tonight. My interest was starting to slip a little bit, but the twist tonight pulled me back in. I probably should have expected it, but that was a "the Sixth Sense" type of reveal -- so obvious in hindsight. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

12-08-2011, 04:38 AM	#42
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Loved the twist and how it keeps the main characters married to the house.

12-08-2011, 07:02 AM	#43
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	Well that was a twist! I'd almost forgotten that the event in question had even happened. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

12-08-2011, 10:23 AM	#44
Landshark44 High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Atlantic City, NJ	i didn't see that coming at all.....

12-08-2011, 07:54 PM	#45
Mota College Starter Join Date: Jan 2001	Are we on different episodes in Canada vs. US? I didn't see any huge twists. Our latest episode was the one where the guy wanted to buy the house and there were a lot of sexual favors being given out.