American Horror Story 12/14 - "Birth"

[Liberal Veteran]

And the house claims another victim.

Zachary Quinto as Chad was so funny in this episode:

Constance: What you are planning to do is unnatural.
Chad: Deodorant's unnatural, but it's a public good. We'll make excellent parents.
Constance: Man shall not lie with man. It is an abomination.
Chad: So's that hairdo, but I figure that's your business.

And his scene with Violet trying to banish him from the house was funny too. Playing along and then dissing the medium as " that press on nails psychic".

And of course Ben being completely clueless.

[xmas74]

1. Jessica Lange is fantastic on the show.

I'm wondering how Ben explains everything that happens to Viv and to Violet to the police? Then again, maybe it never makes it that far.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Maybe they can blame it on the Orkin man who is sharing the crawl space with Violet?

That house must reek by now.

[xmas74]

10. What ever happened to the two who broke in to the house?

We know they are stuck there but what did they do with their bodies?

[Liberal Veteran]

14. If you mean the two that terrorized Viv and Violet while Ben was in Boston with Hayden...

...I think the police took the bodies since there was a lucid moment of sanity where someone thought to call the police about random people just happening to wander into the house uninvited (and really, Security hunk needs to be fired for not installing new locks on the doors with the security system they installed).

[xmas74]

16. No, I remember

them talking about the "friend" was found a few blocks away nearly cut in two but there was no trace of the others. They thought they disappeared out of state somewhere and used the third (the one who cased the place out by setting an appointment with Ben) as a part of their ritualistic killings.

And security hunk was called in after the break-in. The break-in was episode two and the security guy showed up during episode three.

[Liberal Veteran]

19. Yeah, but people were still just wandering around all the time after the break in.

Before any of them realized they had a ghost problem....Nora, Tate, Hayden, Elizabeth, Constance, Larry, Addie....

Ben didn't even flinch when Hayden wandered into the kitchen when Hayden's sister showed up with the detective. (Of course Ben isn't all that bright anyhow, thinking Larry and Hayden were involved in some elaborate fake death scheme).

I still want to know what Larry needed the $1000 dollars for.

[xmas74]

25. For his head shots!

Remember, he wanted to break into the theatre.

I love Denis O'Hare!

[Duer 157099]

29. It took me several episodes before I recognized him

as Russell Edgington!

[xmas74]

30. He's been around for years.

And I loved him as Russell.

[Chan790]

7. As I said a few weeks ago...

I don't think the Harmons survive the season.

Can you imagine being trapped for eternity in a house with your philandering husband, his mistress, your moody daughter and her psychopathic boyfriend. Add in two infants, one of whom is the antichrist. Also a gay couple who despise each other, a pair of jackass twin boys, a developmentally-disabled boy who seems to be unnaturally-strong, the neighbor's kind but idiotic boyfriend, a sexually-inappropriate maid, an inhalant-addicted corpse-defiling early-20th-c. abortionist, his demonic pig-child and homicidal wife.

It reads like the setup of a gothic comedy.

[xmas74]

11. And that's not all.

Have you been to the site http://www.youregoingtodieinthere.com/

There are many more ghosts in there.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. And Constance's hubby or whatever that she shot at the same time as Moira.

And the nursing students and Black Dahlia and the pest control guy as well as the home invaders from earlier in the season.

Quite the party there.

[Yavin4]

18. You Could Have Saved All That Typing with the following...

Can you imagine being trapped for eternity in a house with...the Republican party.

[Liberal Veteran]

22. Oh...and we forgot about Larry's ex-wife and kids.

Travis seems like a better match for them than Larry anyway.

[JackBeck]

8. She is phenomenal and better win an Emmy for this.

Now that Ben is 'alone' in the house, wanna bet he gets accused of murder?

[targetpractice]

9. Lange's nominated for a Golden Globe for the role of Constance...

Constance is especially enjoyable to watch now that I've discovered what Narcissitic Personality Disorder is all about... She's playing it perfectly.

[JackBeck]

23. Thanks for the info. I just went and checked out the nominations.

Not only have I thoroughly enjoyed Lange's performance in AHS, but I see that Laura Dern has also been nominated for Enlightened, another show we try to never miss each week.

[xmas74]

15. Unless he doesn't leave alive either.

With this show you never know.

[JackBeck]

17. The Po-Po have been turning up the heat on Constance.

But you're right, with this show you never know. So many twists.

I have a friend who won't watch because he finds it frustrating not knowing (or keeping track of) who is alive or dead.

[Liberal Veteran]

20. It's probably easier to count who is alive at this point. *spoilers* - just in case

Marcy (world's worst realtor)
Constance
Security Hunk
Ben
Constance's psychic friend
Larry

[Chan790]

24. Yes but... (SPOILER)

isn't Larry being sent to prison in IL for murdering Travis for the rest of his life. He's as good as gone.

(I'm watching on Hulu so I'm 8 days behind. I already know what happens generally in the current episode, I just can't watch it until a week from now.)

[xmas74]

28. Constance,

Larry, the psychic, and Marcy all know something's up with the house.

The security guard was confused after Hayden's disappearance and Ben is figuring things out now.

[xmas74]

26. That's the fun part for me.

Like I wonder now if the flashes Ben saw during the birth were actually what was happening or if they were breaks into something else. What if Ben actually killed his family early on and everything else is a manic hallucination of some sort? What if every one of the ghosts is someone he's met before and he's incorporated them into his delusions?'

Not my favorite ending but it's a theory.

[Chan790]

31. That ending would piss me off.

This isn't one season and done, is it? That would pretty well make a season two impossible. At the rate they're going anyways, they are going to have problems past one season unless they bring in a new family.

[xmas74]

32. Originally it was supposed to be one season only.

Then Murphy said that if there was a second season it would be a completely different focus. The show is about American horror stories, not necessarily the story of one family or even one house (which is the real star of the show-and for sale as we speak!). Now he's being coy about how season two will play out.

Murphy has great first seasons and then the subsequent seasons tend to go downhill fast.

[redqueen]

3. I really like this show.

It's been a while since I enjoyed a soap opera horror series.

[frogmarch]

4. lol! Guess I will

start watching the show. It sounds great!

[wyldwolf]

5. One of the best shows on TV

At some point over the last two months I found myself looking forward to each week's episode more than any other show.

[Duer 157099]

6. But will Ben see Vivian?

And yeah, can't wait til the police arrive and cart Ben off to jail, lol.

[marzipanni]

13. We don't have cable so I googled it - Yay! it can be viewed online!

In case you want to check it out, as I do-
http://vod.fxnetworks.com/watch/ahs

[Ptah]

21. I had to google to find out what this was abount.

I don't mind that, I enjoy learning.

What really caused me to check it out is that yesterday (12/14) was my birthday.

Wondering if my mother had started posting here.

[xmas74]

27. Happy belated Birthday!

And I think you'd enjoy the show.