When the Bough Breaks

Dexter has been a disappointment from the beginning, but he's now fully lost his footing as a husband. Whatever his name might suggest, he is not RIGHT and fails to serve at Anna's RIGHT HAND as a supportive husband of a (no longer) pregnant wife Unfortunately, there is nothing to like about him, nor can anything desirable be said about those he associates with; Sonia and Talia to name a few. This would be fine if it added villainous depth to a character, but in Dexter Alcott's case... it is just annoying. The season has reached a point where we know that EVERYONE is implicated in the nefarious plot, whether they are procuring it or attempting to remove the target from it (Preacher, and possibly nurse Ivy). The aesthetics of the consistent color scheme and devilishly black clothing, as if having a ,The devil wears Prada' catwalk makes the tediousness of the plot a somewhat forgivable peccadillo with the purpose of establishing an eerie ambiance. The problem of incoherence remains, and severely detracts from plot aesthetics. Audiovisuals and imagery are still top-notch. However, as the plot keeps drawing on cliched horror tropes, it cannot be helped that the audience is annoyed. However, the design of the black goat ladies, undoubtedly in league with diabolical forces, is the peek of the episode. Unfortunately, whenever the audience was struck with reality again, it proved to be underwhelming. Lastly, I was quite disappointed with Kim's acting this episode around. There was some cleverness in her oration, but then there were some phrases where that cringeworthy tone came out again.

Therefore, my rating for this episode got stuck at 63/100.

CALCULATION of the final rating:

PLOT AESTHETICS 24/45

Characterization 5/10

Convincing theatrical techniques 8/10

Cohesion and coherence 6/15

Suspense, pacing and developmental sequences 5/10

CINEMATOGRAPHY 13/15

Soundtrack 4/5

Visual effects (imagery) 9/10

EPISTEMOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK 26/40

Actuality and relevance 14/20

Effectiveness of oration 6/10

Individuality and originality 6/10

TOTAL 63/100.

This is a great idea for an AHS season but man o' man they completely messed up casting Kim Kardashian! Any scene that's she's in is awful. It's difficult watching the show because of her. Her "acting" is so bad you kind of view it as an accident you can't help looking at. It detracts from the good underlying story and the other actors in this season. It almost seems like the other actors in scenes with her were either seriously uncomfortable or trying to make sure the audience still could follow the story and recognize the real talent in the show. One can only hope they kill off Kardashian's character sooner than later.

It's very obvious what generation their catering to this season. If they're bringing back an element of the witches, their catering to gen Z. Kim Kardashian is honestly the most painfulpart of this season. If she wasn't in it, it would have a little bit more potential for being okay. They just need to get back to the origins of American Horror Story. A similar feel of seasons 1 2 and 5 this catering to a specific age demographic needs to stop or they just need to end the show. If they're going to continue to fall of some pattern that just doesn't make any sense I did not understand this episode at all.

Yooooo it's SOOOOOOOO GOOD!

This episode is the American Horror Story we all know and love! Mr Murphy what happened to you as a child sir lol, I was totally creeped out watching this episode it is quite chilling. I want to low key admit that I never saw "Rosemary's Baby" (I know how lame right) well it's just shy of my time but from what I understand this is following queues from it and if that's true I'm gonna be watching it very soon. Do yourselves a favor if you've been feeling like it's time to give up AHS don't do it because it's definitely back. And while I'm at it let me praise the Emma Roberts and KimK's incredible performances this season. Emma has taken on a whole new role than we are used to seeing her in and she's really killing it and KimK is as amazing as I knew she would be. Kim is here to shut down the haters!

I'll be pretty honest. This season is disappointing me. Okay, we really are in the suspenseful atmosphere and confusion of not knowing what's going on with the main character. But Anna is a weak character to be the main one. Maybe it's because of Emma Roberts' bad skills for acting. Kim Kardashian is just having a supportive kind of role for Anna. Siobhan is not being like the Siobhan from the book. Everything's different from Danielle's Valentine book. I feel like there's a creativity fatigue going on. The productions seems to be tired and we are seeing the same kind of themes that we saw in other seasons. There's no character development and no story development.