Merry Christmas, kid.)
The move was not unanticipated.
The move was also not unappreciated.
Why was Moira able to toggle between young and not-so-young guises?
Was The Infantata a long-lived Frankenstein or one more house ghost?
Who was the guy with the bloody pruning shears in the opening credits?
Whatever happened to her never-seen fourth child?
Will her Antichrist grandson take over the world and skewer all of us with his pitchfork rattle?!?
For the most part, Im okay with lingering ambiguity.
McDermott and Britton did well by Ben and Vivien.
Nonetheless, their parts were little more than archetypes.
Still: I wanted more insight into Ben and Vivien.
Season 1 now feels like a beta test for hopefully better seasons to come.
Often really, really funny.
Season 1 actually may have been a better at dark comedy than horror.
The show often tapped the cold, maddening terror of eternity, wherever it may be spent.
It was an objective truth, albeit open to interpretation.
A metaphor for the metaphysical nature of the universe.
Meaninglessness incarnate, spawned from human experience.
A metaphor for society/culture.
to the boy who systematically raped his family, literally and figuratively.
of Tates unholy, unnatural devil boy son?)
and the larger mythological framework sketched byAmerican Horror Storysmight carry forward.
(That joke-theory was dedicated to my favorite horror writer,Alan Moore.)
So where will season 2 plant its sinister stakes?
(See: the episode Smoldering Children.)
Many fans suspect Florida, home to Aunt Jo, Viviens sister.
Twin sister, possibly?
theory in a second.)
The nationscheeseheadcapitol allegedly has more ghosts per square mile than any other state in America.
Or so Wikipedia tells me.
Too on the nose, if you ask me.
(BTW: Would love to see kooky Billie Dean and her Lifetime show in the future.
Maybe next season will transpire within a haunted Hollywood studio?)
CLUE?The Massachusetts license plate on Bens vehicle with an October expiration date.
As always, I look forward to being proven wrong.
But what about you,AHSfans?
Where do you think season 2 will be set or should be set?
How do you feel about leaving Murder House behind?
Has your opinion of season 1 changed for the better or the worse?
I look forward to reading your thoughts in the message boards.
