Requiem 1981/1987: Part 2

While this season often lost itself in half baked metaphors and countless characters never given time to develop, I did find myself enjoying this finale more than the two in double feature. (Yes the bar was low) Definitely a rather unique choice to have the last 15 minutes ish of the episode contain no dialogue, simply a montage of different shots ending the story. It succeeded in some ways, provoking plenty of emotion and concluding the story. However it didn't fully scratch the itch that left this season not feeling very progressed. Some of the payoffs were effective, but at the same time not quite deserved considering what was presented to us in the lackluster build up. A part of me thinks this is a season that could improve with a second watch. Only time will tell.

As a white heterosexual male, I'd like to express my absolute outrage at .... the negative reviews!

Really?

I've watched AHS from the beginning and I thought this season was possibly the best so far. It completely nailed the era (as did Joker) creating that sweaty, claustrophobic world of Taxi Driver et al. When NYC was definitely NOT the place to be.

And, best of all, it had heart. I was invested in all of the characters and their arcs, especially Gino, and I feel that the finale was absolutely masterful; simultaneously solving one mystery whilst revealing the inevitable horror to come of the AIDS crisis era.

Bravo to all involved!

I honestly don't know where to start, this has got to be the worst season of ahs. I really don't understand how this show keeps getting worse, its shocking how each season manages to be worst than the last. Don't even get me started on the out of touch 40yr old, ABOMINATION that was American Horror Stories.

Now, don't get me wrong in this day and age gay people are about as american as it gets but where the hell is the horror? This season started semi interesting with the mai tai killer but as soon as he's written out the writers seem like they don't know what to do with themselves. Even before that each episode was really dragged out, you can tell by the run times that they really struggled to fill the 45 minutes they were given.

The writers seem to be too busy huffing their own farts trying to come up with cool, deep and smart metaphors instead of actually writing something interesting, coherent and scary. This seems to be a theme with ryan murphy as all his shows somehow manage to nose dive straight into the pavement after 1 or 2 seasons (for "the watcher" it only took him 3 episodes).

Instead of a good story this felt more like the writers and directors were using the show as an excuse to make their own fetishes come to life. At the beginning i really thought that they might go somewhere really cool with the aids and the leather guy storyline but no, of course they didn't. Majority of it was just filler cliché crap. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this show was just one big money laundering scheme at this point.

I'm straight but even i can see that this was a pimp slap in the face to the gay community. Especially those that truly struggled in that time frame, the men who would throw down and fight tooth & nail every night outside those nyc clubs and bars. The aids storyline could have been significantly more meaningful, impactful, disturbing and painful instead of boring nonsense.

They can't keep letting him get away with this!!!

Shame on all the great actors who let the writers get away with this garbage. Murphey and Falchuk should have never been given another show after what they did to the later seasons of nip/tuck.

The gay community in the early eighties. On the one hand, an irresponsible, loose, promiscuous, and apparently joyful 24/7 party, on the other hand, ignorance and rejection by society and institutions. Two serial killers are lurking in the shadows. One with a crazy agenda, skilled, cunning, ruthless, but still catchable. The second, much more cruel and dangerous, invisible and unexpected, will turn the end of the twentieth century into one of the greatest horrors the gay population has ever faced. Together with the rest of us.

A story that deals exclusively with the gay population and in which almost all the characters are gay, but without even an undertone of modern LGBT propaganda and Woke culture. And it was not made in the '80s, but now! It's nice for a change to watch a gay series that keeps both feet on the ground and doesn't stick a finger in your eye. These are gay people you can relate to and sympathize with, because they are portrayed non-aggressively, as common next-door guys, as they mostly are. With real problems of real people.

The atmosphere is quite serious and it stands out from the previous seasons, which were obvious parodies and caricatures of clichés or at least pulled in that direction. The impression that I don't watch AHS anymore is reinforced by the fact that almost the entire cast is new, with very few returnees. But the fact that they are new does not mean that the acting is any worse than what we are used to in this series. The sound and music are very well-blended and atmospheric. The ending is also completely different than in the previous seasons. Instead of twists and surprises, typical of horror, "NYC" gives us a calm, sad, natural epilogue, which nicely wraps up the story.

Unlike the horror genre that aims to scare and entertain, this season is more of a drama, strong, poignant, and human. Although, of course, there are explicit horror and other elements typical of AHS, just so we don't forget what we're watching.

8/10.

Think I'm done with AHS.

Here's the easy part... Glorification and profiting off of of a disease weaponized with ignorance by a government hopeful a "problem" would resolve itself naturally.

What makes it worse is the added element of all the seeds of the stereotypes that helped create the deadly Reagan-minded.zeitgeist which allowed Ryan Murphy to fill that bank account just a bit more.

Really that's all that needs to be said but since there's minimal character requirements...

Metaphors and visuals are cheap and unnecessary throughout.

Russell Tovey is the only good thing about this season.

Unfortunately, the entire time you're hoping he leaves for a better project or he'll make it better. He can't.