Bestie

This episode has you thinking it goes one way and then it completely spins in the opposite direction. It definitely had some very shocking scenes; I did not understand the costume part, and when I did, I was completely shocked. I'm glad that they showed so much character development. It did start a little slow, but it does pick up. We need to remember that there needs to be a little backstory sometimes in order to get the bigget picture. This story was complicated due to all the different turns. I really appreciated them showing the very brief, but very important, scene of the teacher yelling at the doctor's. It makes a later scene more tragic.

Well done.

Tired story of bullying and the dangers of cyberspace. Strange and lonely girl who lost her mother to cancer is bullying by the "cool kids" and feels shunned and alone. Introduce a disfigured online friend who is obsessive and manipulative. This friendship escalates to dangerous behaviors and stunts. The shy girl suddenly becomes confident and blah blah blah.

As the story continues, nothing really happens but the shy girl finds herself, and she is continued to be stalked by the disfigured online girl.

The resolution is a downer. It culminates with the negative outcomes of obsessive thinking and behavior. Of the lonely and disenfranchised teens that just desperately want to belong somewhere.

Acting and production os high quality. The storyline just wasn't that incentive or original, regurgitating tropes and PSA warnings.

These AHStories just don't quite have enough to them to really justify this show.

My poor American Horror was such a let down thank god for THIS series. As usual brilliant. Great writing, great cast, great story, great acting! THANK YOU! I love the use of story telling, I love the way everything is beautifully twisted and unpredictable. This episode sucked me in and made me love the roller coaster ride that this series is USUALLY known to deliver. The visuals outstanding. I think this is where all the talent has gone, specifically to this story while abandoning it's mother ship! Thank god for small favors. My birthday was ruined until I saw this! Thank you so much! Yes I am a fan!

Slow, boring, contrived nonsensical. They had enough plot for maybe half an hour, but tried to stretch it out with this long game from the Bestie character. Who, by the way is a hideous trope of the villian's evil being shown through their deformity. The main actress did well enough, but there were a lot of routes to take with the concept and boy that... existed. AHS really wants you to know disabled people are out to get you. Because they're jealous!

But I can't say much other than having zero expectations going in, they still disappointed me. Bad dialogue, characteristic swipes at lesbians, incomprehensible human behavior, shots that lingered for not reason... yep. That's a Ryan Murphy production.

I agree with the other review about using the disabled/disfigured persons stereotype. In the world we live in now, we have supermodels and actors that are disabled and "disfigured"... so I don't know why this episode decides to use the old "different = bad" trope that even disney has grown out of.

On top of all that, the story was boring & unimaginative. Adding a computer or phone-centric story always feels a little cheap. Felt like the writer was trying way too hard to be relevant, but completely missing the mark with dated ideologies and stereotypes.

Disappointing and a waste of time. You are better off just re-watching the regular series.