This week, man……this week sucked.\u00a0 We saw how Michael got his followers and Meadbot.\u00a0 Seriously, that’s it.\u00a0 A bunch of stupid one-liners and it felt really out of sync with the season.\u00a0 If you’re new to the blog, my name is Kent and I ask the questions and get some unique answers.\u00a0 Any comments in bold are from me unless otherwise stated.\u00a0 Please enjoy!<\/p>\n
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Raylene: Were they parody after dumb and dumber that\u2019s what the hair reminded me of. \u00a0<\/span>(So I have heard of Mutt and Jeff, and Melanie talks about it, but the wigs were certainly Dumb and Dumber inspired.)<\/b><\/p>\n Cece: \u00a0This was hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. And I love how it tied in with the story. <\/span>(You and I do not share the same sentiments in regard to this, but I admit, I think I laughed 3 times. \u00a0My issue is that I didn\u2019t want a cheesy comedy this week.)<\/b><\/p>\n Melanie: \u00a0I honestly never knew where Mutt and Jeff came from. Interesting history! So, from what I gather about the comic strip where they originated…they were really manly men. I think that Evan and Billy (especially Billy) really lived up to that origination. Too funny! \u00a0<\/span>(So manly that Billy totally forgot about the girl under the desk, doing her job.)<\/b><\/p>\n Tom: \u00a0I don’t really know much of the history, \u00a0maybe if I did I would have enjoyed these characters more. \u00a0Not a fan. I did enjoy getting some backstory to where the Bates-bot came from and seeing how Michael gained power. \u00a0<\/span>(Yeah, the Bates bot story could have been like a 10-minute segment and spared us this episode.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kayleigh: The only thing that Kentertained me about these two was that they were coke heads that were obnoxious. I felt that they weren’t really needed, much like this whole episode. \u00a0<\/span>(Mmmmhmm. \u00a0I did enjoy that ridiculous amount of cocaine. \u00a0Clearly, somebody is a fan of Scarface. I am not.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kelly: \u00a0Absolutely vapid. <\/span>(There we go! \u00a0Vapid is never used.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kent: \u00a0I felt that this episode was written by a troglodyte. \u00a0What a waste of an episode in the best season that we have had in a while. \u00a0More complaints coming later. While I laughed 3 times, I don\u2019t want to laugh at this garbage juice. \u00a0When Coco or Madison say something mean or rude that makes me laugh, I accept that with glee. I felt this was trying way too hard.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raylene: Yes, we will see more of her I enjoyed her bitchy demeanor. <\/span>(I think we will see her more this week, but maybe not. \u00a0I like this role for her. She\u2019s good as a bitch.)<\/b><\/p>\n Cece: \u00a0I loved Ms. Venable but I\u2019ve had my nice share of her. \u00a0<\/span>(Maybe she will be Sally this week. \u00a0I really liked her as Sally. Sally was my favorite Paulson character now that I think about it. \u00a0She was compelling and not overused.)<\/b><\/p>\n Melanie: \u00a0It was enough. She is my least favorite character that Sarah has played. <\/span>(Really? \u00a0I prefer her over Ally, Bette & Dot, as well as Lana. \u00a0I really need to rewatch Asylum because I am always giving that season a lot of shit.)<\/b><\/p>\n Tom: \u00a0Well this Ms. Venable didn’t seem like the same character she was in the beginning. \u00a0I don’t know, this using the same actor\/actress over and over is bugging the heck out of me. \u00a0Poor, poor choice by AHS. I’d be fine if we don’t see her again if just to limit the Paulson characters. \u00a0<\/span>(Amen! \u00a0Less Sarah Paulson is fine with me.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kayleigh: \u00a0I have honestly had enough of her character. I’m hoping that is the last we\u2019ll see of her because she\u2019s dead, and now the flashback of her is out of the way. \u00a0<\/span>(I think we got at least one more episode of her this week.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kelly: \u00a0Touching on that topic could have been interesting, but this episode was absolute garbage and I don’t have much to truly comment on. \u00a0<\/span>(It\u2019s nice to see the anger coming out. \u00a0This episode should have been titled \u201cThis is why we can\u2019t have nice things.\u201d)<\/b><\/p>\n Kent: \u00a0I don\u2019t care. \u00a0I think we are getting more of her this week, and if she can be mean and fire more people, I am all for that.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raylene: I am not a fan of Sandra so for me it has to be Madeline and I\u2019m sad to say I recognized her as Bebe Glazer from Frasier hence the bold comments from Kent of my great choices I make regarding my TV watching. \u00a0<\/span>(I have nothing against Frasier.)<\/b><\/p>\n Cece: \u00a0I LOVED the leader. She was so funny. \u00a0<\/span>(Once again, I don\u2019t think we necessarily share the same sense of humor.)<\/b><\/p>\n Melanie: \u00a0Sandra, she was fantastic. She was commanding and hysterical. <\/span>(I don\u2019t mind Sandra and I felt this was actually a perfect role for her. \u00a0With that being said, I found no real value in any of her scenes. It kinda felt like \u201cHey, we got Sandra Bernhard, we need to give her some ample screen time to make it worth her time.\u201d)<\/b><\/p>\n Tom: I feel like I’m putting everything down this week but I hated Bernhard. \u00a0On top of just finding her annoying, I felt she really didn’t fit the part. I feel like entering the satanic church should have been more shock and awe, like the heart removing scene in Temple of Doom (hum mum shu bye). \u00a0Instead, we got a clown-show. Madeline was way more believable and, on her own, could have conveyed the message that these Satan worshipers are just everyday people. They’re pushing that message hard! <\/span>(Tom, you forgot to bitch about the NRA thing. \u00a0You\u2019re slacking!!)<\/b><\/p>\n Kayleigh: \u00a0I felt I was more entertained by Bernhard overall. But Madeline also had a scene that I loved. Going out into the kitchen to get a knife to slit Langdon\u2019s throat before she found out he was the antichrist. \u00a0<\/span>(That scene with Madeline was really solid and was probably the most realistic scene of the episode. \u00a0You could imagine that being the reasonable reaction.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kelly: \u00a0Madeline. Hannah was insipid. <\/span>(While you aren\u2019t saying much this week, you brought your thesaurus, and that pleases me.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kent: \u00a0I asked who was more compelling because Sandra was more entertaining, but I felt her scenes were just there to kill time. \u00a0Madeline was a good character caught up in a shitty episode. I really like her, although I was kinda hoping for a Mare Winningham appearance this season.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raylene: I think he will have help from Papa since Cordelia did not make a deal with him. \u00a0<\/span>(That\u2019s actually not a bad theory. \u00a0He would be more than willing to sacrifice anybody, except Mead.)<\/b><\/p>\n Cece: \u00a0I honestly am not too sure…<\/span><\/p>\n Melanie: \u00a0I am not sure. This episode was super confusing. Maybe with help of his father? He seems pretty deadbeat to me though. \u00a0<\/span>(Yeah, he went out for that pack of smokes and never returned.)<\/b><\/p>\n Tom: \u00a0In the time frame of this episode I really don’t think Michael has a plan at all. \u00a0He’s doing a great job of collecting allies so I guess that’s a plan on its own. <\/span>(I am going back to the dead horse that I like to habitually beat in this blog. \u00a0He has so much power. I\u2019m still baffled why he needs so many allies, but you\u2019re right in that is what the show is leading us to believe.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kayleigh: \u00a0I don’t think we got much insight about any sort of plan yet. But there is definitely something coming. His father is the devil!<\/span><\/p>\n Kelly: \u00a0Couldn’t tell you, so I won’t. \u00a0<\/span>(Good\u2026…don\u2019t.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kent: \u00a0Why not just make a robot army and clone them and call this episode II. \u00a0\u00a0Wait, no, that turned out horrible the last time someone tried that. I do think a robot army is the way to go though. \u00a0They can survive the apocalypse, in theory. More reliable too. Yes, he has a group of worshippers, but you only need a few of those to be your top advisors.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raylene: It seemed to be oddly placed. \u00a0<\/span>(Very out of place!)<\/b><\/p>\n Cece: \u00a0Nope. Not odd at all. It\u2019s all wrapping up. \u00a0<\/span>(I would like further explanation on this. \u00a0What exactly did this wrap up aside from the creation of Meadbot 2000? \u00a0I don\u2019t know if your thought process goes deeper. I could really be blinded by my disdain of this episode.)<\/b><\/p>\n Melanie: \u00a0Odd and my least favorite for this season. <\/span>(Yeah, and there\u2019s not a close second place award. \u00a0This was just bad. This was Roanoke finale bad.)<\/b><\/p>\n Tom: \u00a0Extremely odd and I feel like it halted my enjoyment of this season. \u00a0I honestly said to myself \u201cthis is stupid\u201d several times during the episode. <\/span>(Yeah, you had all of this momentum and it felt like it came to this abrupt stop. \u00a0It didn\u2019t fit the flow or the tone of this whole season.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kayleigh: \u00a0I was not a fan of this episode. It reached into another style or type of show completely. They could have gotten this whole episodes point across with one 15 minute flashback. <\/span>(Yeah, if they did the opening and the segment after the commercial break, they could have told this entire episode\u2019s story, with ease.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kelly: \u00a0Completely wrong timing for an episode like it and the context of it was just garbage. <\/span>(Remember when they tried squeezing in that alien story in Asylum? \u00a0It NEVER fit in the context of that season. That\u2019s what this felt like, only with extra garbage juice poured over it.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kent: \u00a0This episode could have fit a different season. \u00a0This episode did not feel like anything else from this season, and that is a shame. \u00a0Really, when I go back to binge watch this season, I will probably just skip this episode. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Final Thoughts – Was this a good place to insert this episode, as the 8th of 10, or should it possibly gone on earlier in the season?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Raylene: Earlier in the season <\/span>(The episode after they brought back the witches. \u00a0You could have followed that week with this episode I think. \u00a0People would be pissed because they want more witches, but it\u2019s easier to write off an early episode rather than a late one.)<\/b><\/p>\n Cece: \u00a0Nah. It\u2019s going to wrap up well as stated earlier. \u00a0<\/span>(I do wish that I had your optimism.)<\/b><\/p>\n Melanie: \u00a0Earlier, but that is what makes AHS so great, it always puts episodes where they do not belong, lol. <\/span>(I gotta disagree with you. \u00a0I will stand by the fact that Cult could have been somewhat enjoyable had the changed the order of the episodes or where they placed certain things. \u00a0And this is something that I feel Ryan Murphy, and others, get stuck doing. I don\u2019t feel that you always need the flashback. The Purge just pulled this nonsense and it stopped working by the halfway mark. \u00a0Murphy is far more successful with it, but sometimes dead is better, I mean less is better.)<\/b><\/p>\n Tom: \u00a0No. We should be winding up to a climax at this point and instead, they are filling in backstory with a lot of cheesy fluff with it. \u00a0<\/span>(After episode 7, the bodies were burning, and you sat there and you were getting amped up thinking about the cool possibilities to wrap up the season, right? \u00a0Then this happened.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kayleigh: \u00a0I am getting sick of these flashbacks. I am ready to get back to the original start of the show. Now that there are only 2 episodes left, I’m starting to feel cheated. \u00a0<\/span>(This episode robbed all of us. \u00a0I would have much rather seen more of Brock\u2019s journey. \u00a0We really didn\u2019t spend nearly enough time dealing with the wastelands. \u00a0It honestly pisses me off because, in the beginning, it seemed so promising. \u00a0And then the witches came and nostalgia for weeks and it was cool. But we could and should revisit the wastelands. \u00a0That would be a better use of time. Or show more warlock and witch training.)<\/b><\/p>\n Kelly: \u00a0As I said above, no. Should have been earlier. I lost respect with this episode and hope the last two will bring it back full force. \u00a0<\/span>(I am really worried based on the preview for this week\u2019s episode. \u00a0Only 2 episodes to go, and I hope that I am wrong. They need to get back to proper pacing._<\/b><\/p>\n Kent: \u00a0When we look back on this season and compare it to the past greats, shit like this episode is going to hold it back. \u00a0It\u2019s currently in 4th place and I don\u2019t think it can go any higher. I\u2019m not sure if I can place this above Hotel. Simultaneously, unless these last 2 episodes are trash, I don\u2019t see any way it goes below Asylum or Freakshow. \u00a0It can\u2019t go lower than Roanoke or Cult. Roanoke is that cautionary sign on the road of life. If that season didn\u2019t have such a lousy finale, I think it would have been in 4th place entering this season. I quite liked a lot of things in it. \u00a0But it got terrible, slowly but surely.<\/span><\/p>\n ______________________________________________<\/p>\n Please check us out at Superkent’s 9 Deuce Blog on Facebook<\/a>, on Twitter @official9deuce<\/a>, or Instagram at Official9Deuce<\/a>.\u00a0 Share this, like this, write us an email with a question at kent@9deuce.tv<\/a>.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n All the pictures used in this blog are for review purposes. 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