Posts Tagged ‘FX’

‘American Horror Story’ 2.13 Recap: “It’s Not Your Fault, Baby”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.13 Recap: “It’s Not Your Fault, Baby”

Given the utterly bizarre way that the first season of ‘American Horror Story’ drew to a close, I had no idea what to expect from the Season 2 finale, but braced myself for something that might pull the rug out from under the whole ‘Asylum’ storyline. Now that I’ve finally caught up with the last episode, I’ve found that it does just about the last thing I would’ve guessed. It provides an actual ending and fairly straightforward closure for most of the characters.
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‘The Americans’ Pilot Recap: “Someone’s Been Reading Too Many Spy Novels”

‘The Americans’ Pilot Recap: “Someone’s Been Reading Too Many Spy Novels”

Finally, the 2013 TV season has at least one new show worth watching. FX’s Cold War thriller ‘The Americans’ premiered last week with a pretty great pilot episode and a lot of potential.
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‘American Horror Story’ 2.12 Recap: “I’m the Queen of Candyland”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.12 Recap: “I’m the Queen of Candyland”

This may seem like a self-evident statement, but ‘American Horror Story’ can be a very pessimistic show. I’m not even referring to the general dread and depravity on display any given week. The message imparted by the season’s penultimate episode seems to be that there’s no way to escape a cycle of terror, and one awful act will always beget another.
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‘Justified’ 4.01 Recap: “One Sinner at a Time”

‘Justified’ 4.01 Recap: “One Sinner at a Time”

I wish that I had enough time to fully discuss every TV show that I watch here in the blog. Sadly, there just aren’t enough hours in the day, especially these days. One that really deserves more attention than I’m able to give it is ‘Justified’, which began its fourth season on FX last week. Even if I can’t cover this series on a week-to-week basis, I feel that I ought to shine a little light on the premiere.
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‘American Horror Story’ 2.11 Recap: “You Don’t Have to Cry to Be My Baby”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.11 Recap: “You Don’t Have to Cry to Be My Baby”

As ‘American Horror Story’ barrels toward its second season finale, major changes and developments are afoot in the show. As if that weren’t enough, last week’s episode may be one of the creepiest and most unnerving aired to date.
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‘American Horror Story’ 2.10 Recap: “Exciting Things Are Happening Around Here”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.10 Recap: “Exciting Things Are Happening Around Here”

My life is hectic these days, and one of the consequences of that is that I’ve fallen behind on TV watching. However, I know what my priorities should be, and made a point to catch up with ‘American Horror Story’ before the next new episode airs tonight. At this point, the show has done just about everything possible to baffle viewers. What fresh madness did last week’s episode bring? How about a musical number? Yeah, sure, that’d do it.
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‘American Horror Story’ 2.09 Recap: “The Rabbit Died”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.09 Recap: “The Rabbit Died”

The next new episode of ‘American Horror Story’ won’t air until January 2nd! How will I get through the next couple of weeks without my fix of this show? In the meantime, I’ll have to content myself with last week’s episode, which featured the triumphant return of yet another Season 1 cast member.
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‘American Horror Story’ 2.08 Recap: “Milk and Cookies Time for You and Me, Suzie”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.08 Recap: “Milk and Cookies Time for You and Me, Suzie”

You know what ‘American Horror Story’ has been missing this whole time? A very special Christmas episode with a serial killing Santa, of course! Oh yes, this is gloriously demented.
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‘American Horror Story’ 2.07 Recap: “Death Might Be Better”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.07 Recap: “Death Might Be Better”

‘American Horror Story’ is really cooking now. This past week’s episode brought back another first season cast member and piled on more delicious craziness.
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‘American Horror Story’ 2.06 Recap: “Where Does This Evil Come From?”

‘American Horror Story’ 2.06 Recap: “Where Does This Evil Come From?”

We found out the true identity of the mysterious Bloody Face in the previous episode of ‘American Horror Story’. In the latest, we also get to learn why he is what he is, plus the details of other important back stories for the season. The show doles out plenty more whacked-out insanity too, but that should go without saying by now.
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