In the penultimate episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show, Show Stoppers, vengeance and vindication are at the heart of the plot, and it almost seems as if there are not enough conflicts left to address in the finale. As noted before, American Horror Story:...
After a series of mediocre episodes, American Horror Story: Freak Show is making a bit of a comeback as the season winds down. In episode 10, Orphans, a plot-line surrounding Pepper delighted fans by confirming rumors that have been swirling since before the pilot even...
At this point in American Horror Story: Freak Show, it seems as if main villain Dandy Mott is channeling Madame LaLaurie from Season 3. Episode 9, Tupperware Party Massacre shows viewers that he is really coming into his own as a murderous psychopath, procuring blood...
While Episode seven of American Horror Story: Freakshow focused on bad dads, episode eight, Bloodbath, which aired on Wednesday December 2nd after the show took a brief Thanksgiving hiatus, was all about mothers, both biological (Ethel; Gloria; Dora), self-appointed (Elsa), and symbolic (new character, Barbara). AMERICAN...
American Horror Story: Freak Show, Test of Strength, is another episode that highlights man’s capacity for evil, and “man” is used here in the literal sense. The villain at the center of the plot is Dell, the strongman with a secret and a tendency to...
Episode 6 of American Horror Story: Freakshow, Bullseye, reveals the freakshow’s den mother’s dangerous relationship with the wheel of fortune, both in the literal sense and the figurative sense. Jessica Lange’s Elsa has proven to be both fragile and dangerous, just like her characters in...
While the last two episodes of American Horror Story: Freak Show humanized its characters, episode 5, Pink Cupcakes, showed a great deal of ugliness. Characters who were not quite good, but not entirely evil, settle in on the latter side, and those who were villains...
On Wednesday’s October 29th's episode of American Horror Story: Freak show, Edward Mordrake: Part 2, audiences learned how a “freak” is made into a monster. Part 1 introduced viewers to the titular character, a carny boogeyman (possibly based on a real individual) who will select...
Episode 3 of American Horror Story: Freak Show draws on 19th century lore surrounding the tragic life and death of the episode’s titular character, Edward Mordrake. It is unclear whether Mordrake truly existed, but his woeful tale is mentioned in the late 19th century book...
It looks like Freak Show is shaping up to be the best season of American Horror Story yet. Episode 2, titled Massacres and Matinees, ramps up the tension with another murder and a police investigation. Of course Elsa’s “monsters” are the prime suspects, and, in...
