1/5
Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
The series returns to Murder House once again but this time it seems to all be within a videogame.
This is easily the worst episode of American Horror Stories and is amongst the worst episodes of the entire franchise. Why? Where to begin.
Firstly, this episode teases us with the destruction of Murder House, it does not deliver on this and instead gives us one of the worst bait and switch endings ever, it would have been less insulting to say it was all a dream; actually what they do isn’t that far off this.
Moreover, this big episode that will have huge ramifications for the show, at least in set up in actuality it changes nothing, they couldn’t be bothered to bring most of the main murder house cast back. Really? I understand people like Evan Peters and Jessica Lange might be too pricy to return but surely the show has a budget and could have got them to come back for this special episode.
The actual plot itself whereby American Horror Story exists within the universe of the show, but also doesn’t makes very little sense. The constant twist reveals of ‘oh you thought this was real no it’s a videogame’ become so overdone that the episode comes apart at the seams and ends up showcasing the very worst writing that the series has to offer.
Overall, a painfully bad episode that could easily ruin the spin-off series for a lot of people.
Pros.
A few good scares
Cons.
It is meaningless and effects nothing
They don’t bring a lot of the main cast back
The son is awful and completely annoying
The ending sucks so much
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