Comments on: Possession, Zombies, and Aliens: Why Season Two of American Horror Story Was Such A Horrendous Fail

By: RemyCarreiro

RemyCarreiro — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:27:55 +0000

And I hafta say, no matter what ANYONE says, The Name Game scene was an embarrassment. I know they were trying to show Lange’s insanity in an offbeat, original way, but it looked force, and felt silly, and not in a way the show could afford this season.
I really love all your passion, though, even if we agree to disagree about this one.

By: Tricky2000

Tricky2000 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:06:54 +0000

This review is dead nuts on. You are not the only one who thought this season was a mess. I also enjoyed watching this season but the plot was just a train wreck. However, I’ve talked to more than one person who though this season was great.

By: Bob Saget

Bob Saget — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:19:24 +0000

Look, the people who made this show also made Nip Tuck. That pretty much tells you that the whole show is going to be a bunch of fucked up things happening for no reason other than shock value.

By: Beanbags

Beanbags — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:45:10 +0000

I disagree, the second season was much better than the first, story and acting wise. Is it just me or is Dylan McDermott a shocking actor? It seems that a lot of viewers were confused by the amount of information throughout the 2nd season, or maybe it involved a lot more thought than most modern day TV and we are falling behind haha.
Anyways I thought the 2nd season was much more interesting than the 1st and would like the see Dylan McBadactor gone from the show…
I cant understand how any of those things can be bad besides the assumption that it is too much thought to handle…

Psyco Santa = good
Nazi doctor making mutants = good
aliens doing alien things = good
Devil possessed sexy nun = …
Evil nun gets payback like never before = awesome (acting was insane)
and more crazies than you can poke a stick at = good

plus all the other insane stuff in between

By: john v.

john v. — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:28:04 +0000

I liked as the season was progressing that I was saying things like, “Holy crap! Now they’ve added demonic possession on top aliens & zombies, Nazis, etc…. what’s next?” “Anne Frank!?!” That part of this season was fun, the issue I have is that they didn’t tie into together very well. So I guess I agree with the core of your article.

@Louis – I agree that Mary Eunice’s death seemed abrupt, but to me, Dr. Arden’s seemed even more so. It seemed like he accepted who she had become (the demon) and then all of the sudden he flip flopped back again – total hardcore one minute to big softly the next. And it was shocking to watch him ride with her into the crematorium oven, but didn’t wrap his story up very well for me.

And maybe we’re looking at a tie in for season 3, but why were the aliens so interested in Kit? I don’t think that was ever explained.

One scene I did absolutely love though was when Lana shot Thredson in the head. That seemed real. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve watched a movie or TV show and shouted “Stop talking and just shoot him!!” She did.

And finally, Jessica Lange…. what a great actress, huh? I thought the whole evil for the sake of good theme between her and Dr. Arden was the best theme of the show, but once again, I don’t think that was brought to its full potential.

By: wevs

wevs — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:48:46 +0000

@cadettssk: There are a lot of shows and movies that take overthetopness to an awesome level and pull it off. This show is not one of them – have you even seen season 1? It’s not about the show being over the top, it’s about being provocative with an outlandish plot that in the end makes you think “why the fuck not?”. Season two, to me, seemed like a Scary Movie instalment, but taking itself completely serious.

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:02:08 +0000

Also, can you look me in the eyes and say this wasn’t the greatest, most unexpected scene on television for a long time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e37NtAYb5g

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:58:05 +0000

Well I can see how this season rubbed you the wrong way. I can relate to the point that many storylines kinda went nowhere like the zombies and whatnot (well, to be fair, their part was to “guard” the back entrance, remember when Kit, Lana and Grace i think tried to escape but couldn’t because of a little rendezvous with them?). And Ian Mcshane simply disapeared after he was done doing his mischievous part in the story (altought they did mention him in a later episode). I also though sister mary eunice’s death was absolutly out of the blue (that’s my major criticism to this season), but then they did that final scene with the cremation oven and it totally blew my mind. I must confess I adored this season. And I know i’m not alone. If you check Tv.com you’ll see that all episodes are very well graded overall, and some people down at Pajiba which your site frequently mentions also enjoyd the show (at least so it seems by their reviews). I’m not in any way suggesting our opinion overways yours, you are of course absolutly entitled to have disliked this season. However I don’t know if that wasn’t because of your attitude towards it. Maybe if you had had another state of mind you’d have trully enjoyed it. Look, it really was lots of fun. Wonderfully acted (Jessica Lange is a godess and golden statues should be risen in her honor everywhere!!! And of course McShane and actually pretty much every single actor at one point or another had at least one excelent performance). In second place the visuals where astounding. The way they filmed and edited some scenes was trully mesmerizing. But of course all style and no substance always falls short of a work of art. But that’s where I don’t agree with you. You say this season was a convoluted mess, and I get where you’re coming from, but… most epidodes I was stuck to my chair just thinking what the hell? This is so much, I don’t get anything, how does this turn out like that? How? Where? When? WOW! It was a trully crazy ride (which seems fit since it took place on an asylum). Suspention of disbelief aside, I don’t think thematic incongruence undermined the show. I think its part of what makes it so great. Oh well… i’m just sorry you didn’t get to enjoy such an amazing experience like people who liked the season. It really was fantastic.

By: cadettssk

cadettssk — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:08:11 +0000

THIS was a TV SHOW, peeps. It was supposed to be contrived, silly, over the top etc. That’s what the actors did, they emoted to make it all seem contrived, silly, over the top. I think the unexpected element the writers came up with was the glue that held the watchers tuned in. Just my opinion. I loved it. Can’t wait for Season Three.

By: Steve p

Steve p — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:15:44 +0000

I too loved season 1. I had a very hard time getting into season 2 and decided to, instead of watching it as they aired, to DVR the whole thing and watch it when it was all done.

So now that’s its over, can someone tell me, with NO SPOILERS, if I should bother investing my time in watching it? So far I have seen only up to episode 3