I am a sucker for fanservice, LGBT-representation and male nudity, but if it's only used to cover up a mess, it's wasting my time - and makes me feel kind of dirty afterwards for indulging in my lower instincts. I can have that experience a lot faster and more effective by diving into the endless stream of porn out there.
Which is one of the many great themes the past three episodes touched and threw away without building on it - they weren't even trying. AHS has been many things over the years, but it has never felt cheap. And as far as the crew is concerned, the sets, the costumes, the makeup, the camera, it's still great, but too much talent has been replaced by abs and tropes, and the writing is just creating big moments loosely cobbled together with jump scares, shock value and big guest appearances from better seasons, culminating in big twists and climactic scenes that are just hanging in a vacuum of nonexisting plot, with borderline no wordlbuilding and absolutely no character development.
It's amazing how you can kill of your whole cast over the course of 10 minutes - suck on that, red wedding - and replace it with characters from better times, and it feels just as inconsequential as every other moment so far. If this wasn't AHS, I would give it the benefit of a doubt, but I've seen this before.
