American Horror Story

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Oh man.
Great episode. Just as some people predicted about a certain someone.
i honestly dont have a tv show I look more forward to than this one.

[Pared]

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I can't get over how they've pretty much had only one night off since the series began.

Most shows don't get this much run so soon - they usually get a week off here and there, especially around Thanksgiving. Not this show. Very impressed by FX to back this show so strongly.

[NYYanks26]

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A few of the guys called it.. I didn't believe it. The reveal was pretty crazy and very well done.

Every week this show has gotten better. Can't believe only 2 episodes left in the season, it went by really fast. Regular episode next week and then a 90 min season finale on the 21st.

No repeats really on FX.. Good thing about cable shows is they usually run straight with no breaks. Downside is the seasons are shorter than a regular network show (12 or 13 vs 22-24). But at least they gave this an early pickup for season 2.

[fistofrage]

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Oh man.
Great episode. Just as some people predicted about a certain someone.
i honestly dont have a tv show I look more forward to than this one.

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Yeah, that one episode where she saw herself running up the stairs pretty much sealed the deal for me. I have a feeling her and Tate are going to have some issues. But at least now you know why the family has the need to stick around.

So what was Tate really trying to do last night to Ben? What good is knocking out Ben for a few hours?

On a side note, is everyone cool without putting spoiler tags on things that have already aired? Its my belief that if you haven't watched the most recent episode, don't come into the thread.

[greenegt]

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A few of the guys called it.. I didn't believe it. The reveal was pretty crazy and very well done.

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Yeah, the reveal was done really well. I felt bad for Violet when she went down and saw her own dead body. I can't wait to see when/how her parents find out.

[fistofrage]

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Yeah, the reveal was done really well. I felt bad for Violet when she went down and saw her own dead body. I can't wait to see when/how her parents find out.

Its going to be soon, it wreaks up in there.

[Brandwin]

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Yeah, that one episode where she saw herself running up the stairs pretty much sealed the deal for me. I have a feeling her and Tate are going to have some issues. But at least now you know why the family has the need to stick around.

So what was Tate really trying to do last night to Ben? What good is knocking out Ben for a few hours?

On a side note, is everyone cool without putting spoiler tags on things that have already aired? Its my belief that if you haven't watched the most recent episode, don't come into the thread.

I agree,

I love Tate, he is so crazy. Burning Larry before he went and shot up the school.

It's crazy about Violet as well. I figured that was going to be what the exterminator saw when he was crawling around.

I wonder how this is all going to play out with Ben and Vivien discovering everything about the house?


A few questions -

Did Ben just forget about the exterminator? I'm sure his vehicle is still on the property.

I'm not sure why Tate tried to knock Ben out, only thing I can think of is he didn't want Ben to walk in on them "killing" theirself.

[fistofrage]

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I agree,

I love Tate, he is so crazy. Burning Larry before he went and shot up the school.

It's crazy about Violet as well. I figured that was going to be what the exterminator saw when he was crawling around.

I wonder how this is all going to play out with Ben and Vivien discovering everything about the house?


A few questions -

Did Ben just forget about the exterminator? I'm sure his vehicle is still on the property.

I'm not sure why Tate tried to knock Ben out, only thing I can think of is he didn't want Ben to walk in on them "killing" theirself.

I think Ben thought the Exterminator was going to look around and get back to him with an estimate so he could have thought it might take all day. But I'd have to check the timeframe and see when Tate attacked him, I'm assuming its the same day, if not, then yeah there would be questions about why the truck is still there. And now that the exterminator should be a ghost in the future, I think you might question why he's been at your house 24/7 for the last 3 weeks.

I also wonder why some ghosts appear with the wounds they had when they died and others do not.

I think Violet is going to get real tired of Tate. I expect her to do something crazy in the next two episodes. Season 2 should be interesting, Ben and Viv will want to stay there because of Violet, but Tater probably wants to drive them away and keep Violet for himself.

[Brandwin]

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I think Ben thought the Exterminator was going to look around and get back to him with an estimate so he could have thought it might take all day. But I'd have to check the timeframe and see when Tate attacked him, I'm assuming its the same day, if not, then yeah there would be questions about why the truck is still there. And now that the exterminator should be a ghost in the future, I think you might question why he's been at your house 24/7 for the last 3 weeks.

I also wonder why some ghosts appear with the wounds they had when they died and others do not.

I think Violet is going to get real tired of Tate. I expect her to do something crazy in the next two episodes. Season 2 should be interesting, Ben and Viv will want to stay there because of Violet, but Tater probably wants to drive them away and keep Violet for himself.

It was same day, at least from what I could tell.

Yeah, there are some loose ends, like why some ghost have their wounds and others don't.

[Brandwin]

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Good stuff as always...

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SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE LATEST AMERICAN HORROR STORY!!!! Well, Ryan Murphy had promised last week that we would get closure on Violet’s status and we sure did: The Harmon daughter is indeed dead. She kicked the bucket a few episodes back when she took all those pills, attempting suicide. While it appeared Tate had saved her, he was in fact too late. Last night’s episode, “Smoldering Children,” also revealed that Tate was actually the one who burned Larry in a drug-induced rage before embarking on the school shooting. Heavy stuff but then there was some levity when Tate attacked Ben, who was wearing only a towel. For more on Ben’s “magical towel” (see photo for a lovely visual aid) as well as Violet’s big twist, EW talked to AHS maestro Ryan Murphy. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So Violet’s dead. Did you always plan on that happening?
RYAN MURPHY: That was a really interesting experience and I think we have such a wonderful writing staff and I adore them and love them. I always knew she was dead but I didn’t wanna tell people until I absolutely had to. So in the writer’s room as we’re writing one day, two episodes after the pill thing, I go “You guys do realize Violet’s dead?” And then they’re all like, “What?!” I edited the show where she took the pills in a way to me that was very vague. So yeah, I always knew that I wanted her to die. The thing about where the body was revealed was always in my mind, as well. I think Evan and Taissa were so brilliant in that episode. It was very emotional to watch.
When we shot it, I think we did not show Taissa the mold of her body. We reserved that for her close-ups, so what you’re seeing is her actually responding and looking at a dead her.
Will Ben and Vivien find out that she’s dead?
They will eventually find out if she’s dead, and imagine what you would do as a parent if you found out your child was dead. Would you want to live? Would you want to die yourself? I knew that it would be ripe for that family.
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Is this the last we’ll see of Larry?
Yes, I think this is goodbye to Larry.
He’s headed off to Illinois?
Oh yeah, we had to ship him out of state.
Do you think he’s actually doing this as penance for his sins? Or is he still just infatuated with Constance?
I think it’s both. I love that scene with the wife where he says, “I’m gonna make Constance pay.” And she says, “You’re the one who broke the vow.” I think that was an interesting lesson for him and I love that the show is dealing with the consequences of actions. I do think he realized he needed to pay for what he did to his family. But I also think he did it to save Constance who against all odds he should not still love. And I just loved what Jessica Lange did with that scene. My favorite scene Jessica has done in the whole show is the interrogation where you cut to see what Constance really did. I love that.
So is Tate’s reason for the school shooting mostly Beau’s death and his hatred for his mother?
Yes. Well, I think it’s more than that. I don’t think his motivations were as sinister and dark and f***ed up as Dylan Klebold for example. I do think Tate was probably someone who was bullied and made fun of. What he has done in many ways, all of it is in retaliation of Constance. She had several children and he was “the most beautiful” and she had such high expectations and needs and wants and probably wanted him to fill some of her own dreams and ambitions and he was just not gonna have it. We show him doing a lot of crystal meth. That’s what he’s doing, coke and crystal meth, before the shooting. I think his massacre became even worse because of the drug taking.
So are we gonna see Constance’s fourth child?
Maaaaaaaybe.
Is the fourth one like a spider-monkey or something?
I think Constance’s fourth child is Michelle Pfeiffer [laughs]. That’s all I’m gonna say.
Where is the infantata?! I miss that little guy.
The infantata is further explored and we really get into him in the one after this one. The thing about the episode that’s great is we’ve been very careful to only show split seconds of the infantata and in the next episode you really get to see what that little baby has grown up to look like and it’s really scary. I think it’s the scariest shot of the year.
I love that the fight between Ben and Tate occurred with Ben half-naked.
We almost called this episode “The Case of the Magical Towel.” [laughs] Dylan was so funny when we were shooting. He’s gotten so much attention for his quite well-formed derriere. Well if he lost the towel it would be like, How are we going to shoot it? We had to protect his pee-pee. But I loved that as the title. “The Case of the Magical Towel.”
Since next week’s episode is called “Birth,” does Vivien give birth?
She does give birth but the outcome is not what you would expect.
Next week’s is the second to the last episode?
“Birth” is the penultimate episode and “Afterbirth” is the finale.
So what can you say about “Birth?”
“Birth” is dealing with the fact that she’s deceased so she’s trying to protect her parents from the pain of that. I think that episode is really about “Out with the old and in with the new,” so to speak. Also, there’s been so much talk in the last five episodes that people want those babies. Everyone in that house has baby fever.
It has one of my favorite scenes we’ve ever done. Zach Quinto and Jessica Lange wanted a scene where they went head-to-head. So we were like, “We are happy to oblige.” So we wrote this really great, three-page fight scene between them where it’s Chad vs. Constance which is quite delicious. It’s really good. I’m sort of pissed we didn’t do this earlier because truly the only person who go against Constance is Chad.
The next two episodes in terms of “Smoldering Children” and “Birth” are interesting because I know that some people in the two before with the Black Dahlia and Connie and the loony bin, I think people felt you’re getting away from our main characters and people really loved the Tate/Violet stuff and they really wanna know about the core Harmons. So these last three episodes are all about the Harmons and the outcome of the Harmons.

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Travis was suffocated wasn't he? Obviously Violet wouldn't have any wounds and Tate's would be under his clothes,though you'd think Violet would've noticed them the other week. Hayden,we never really saw the corpse so maybe there wasn't that much damage on the outside.

[fistofrage]

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Travis was suffocated wasn't he? Obviously Violet wouldn't have any wounds and Tate's would be under his clothes,though you'd think Violet would've noticed them the other week. Hayden,we never really saw the corpse so maybe there wasn't that much damage on the outside.

I think Travis got stabbed then had a joker smile put on his face. Hayden's skull was bashed in by a shovel. Who knows there are some odd rules about all this specifically the maid.

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The Joker smile was afterwards. Though yah he was stabbed. Hayden asked for a hug. So his would be under the clothes as well.

[elTodd]

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So I just realized last night that the actress that plays Violet is Vera Farmiga's sister. I always thought she looked familiar.

I felt dumb.

[Brandwin]

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Travis was suffocated wasn't he? Obviously Violet wouldn't have any wounds and Tate's would be under his clothes,though you'd think Violet would've noticed them the other week. Hayden,we never really saw the corpse so maybe there wasn't that much damage on the outside.

But Tate has had his shirt off before... no bullet holes.

Just loose ends by the writers when it comes to the wounds, some ghosts aging, some not. Oh well, show is still great and I try not to nit pick much.