BSeason 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Curtain Call”Emily L. Stephens1/22/15 2:01amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkDandy Mott, not Jimmy Darling, has been American Horror Story: Freak Show’s secondary protagonist all along. Dandy and …
C-Season 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Show Stoppers”Emily L. Stephens1/15/15 2:42amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAmerican Horror Story has a genuine appeal: A stable of talented actors, lavish period costuming, the pulpy delight of…
C+Season 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Magical Thinking”Emily L. Stephens1/08/15 1:03amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWith only three episodes left in the season, it’s hard to imagine a satisfying resolution to all the remaining stories…
BSeason 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Orphans”Emily L. Stephens12/18/14 1:13amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSo many of American Horror Story: Freak Show’s characters identify as orphans. Jimmy Darling’s mother died, leaving him…
CSeason 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Tupperware Party Massacre”Emily L. Stephens12/11/14 1:23amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“You’re my savior,” Dandy Mott gushes to Maggie Esmerelda as she spins a vague, flattering fortune of future happiness…
B-Season 4American Horror Story: “Blood Bath”Emily L. Stephens12/04/14 4:38amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Jupiter, Florida, and Christmas episodes are all about family. American…
CSeason 4American Horror Story: “Test Of Strength”Erik Adams11/20/14 1:31amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIf there’s a justification for American Horror Story’s raging “us versus them” mentality, it’s captured in the final…
A-Season 4American Horror Story: “Bullseye”Erik Adams11/13/14 1:04amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe latest installment of American Horror Story: Freak Show is all tied up in easy circus metaphors: The spinning wheel…
BSeason 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Pink Cupcakes”Emily L. Stephens11/06/14 1:53amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Pink Cupcakes” is all about fantasies: fantasies of fame, of riches, of power, of love, of family. The episode opens…
C+Season 4American Horror Story: “Edward Mordrake, Part 2”Erik Adams10/30/14 1:37amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI should’ve known it was nothing but an origin story.
B-Season 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Edward Mordrake, Part 1”Erik Adams10/23/14 8:20amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Edward Mordrake, Part 1” is a pivotal episode for Freak Show, because it marks the first supernatural intrusions of…
BSeason 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Massacres And Matinees”Erik Adams10/15/14 10:21pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAmerican Horror Story so frequently finds itself wandering blindly into outlandish narrative territory because the…
B+Season 4American Horror Story: Freak Show: “Monsters Among Us”Erik Adams10/08/14 10:32pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink American Horror Story doesn’t do polite introductions. The opening moments of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s creepshow…
