mercredi 11 décembre 2013

American Horror Story: "Head" Review

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow…


American Horror Story introduced a whole new mythology into the "Salem vs. Voodoo" mix this week in the form of an ancient organization of witch hunters who now secretly work within a large global company called the Delphi Trust (which came complete with the "Sarabande" piece from Barry Lyndon). Some solid texturization here for a world that had been rapidly growing paper thin. And the two scenes between Hank and his father - the first being a flashback to 1991 - were excellent.


The rest of this chapter ("Head"), I'm afraid, offered up more takebacks and runarounds - this time with Delia getting her eyesight back. Because nothing sticks. No dramatic, character-altering moment is allowed to resonate. Sure, her new eyes came at the expense of the two leftover council members - Pembroke and Quentin - but it still just felt like another example of the show inadvertently instructing me to temper any expectations regarding permanence of payoff.


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