American Horror Story: Freak Show Thoughts?

[Alan Henry]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 10:13pm

Who's watching tonight?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 10:29pm

DVRing it about 1 AM to watch tomorrow.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 10:44pm

"Tell me, Has anyone tasted your cherry pie?" I LOVE Jessica Lange!

[darreyl102]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 11:13pm

That Freak with the crab hands- at least he found a use for that deformity of his... LOL

[E.Davis]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 11:16pm

I think the "Cherry Pie" line is almost as good as "Show me your mossy bank".

[darreyl102]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 11:24pm

Is Kathy Bates doing a Baltimore Accent? "The Sasquatch Champion of law and Order"

Updated On: 10/8/14 at 11:24 PM

[east side story]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 11:26pm

Legless Lange.

How does she look so beautiful while crying? Updated On: 10/8/14 at 11:26 PM

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 11:33pm

^DON'T RUIN THE BEST SURPRISE IN AMERICAN HORROR STORY HISTORY!^

I absolutely loved it. That's probably due in part to Emma Roberts' absence, but all in all I felt that it's already much more integrated than Coven. All the characters feel absolutely necessary, whereas last season they seemed thrown in because the recurring actors needed parts. And Twisty doesn't scare me that much, but that Fraces Conroy and her demonic son do.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 10/8/14 at 11:50pm

^ Her son is hot!
Jessica Lange does David Bowie!

Updated On: 10/8/14 at 11:50 PM

[redmustang]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 12:56am

Was that really Lange singing Life on Mars?

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 7:22am

They're off to a great start! Lange is the Marlene Dietrich of the Freak show. Love it!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 8:34am

Bates Baltimore accent is very spot on.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 10:33am

I want Bates to order a coke and a hoagie!!!

Did anyone else start a-twitchin' when the clown wound up the clown doll and 'Love Makes the World Go Round' from Carnival started playing, even though Carnival is like a decade away from when this is set!?!?! I was like, 'How DARE you, Ryan Murphy! Of all your sins, THIS is the most unforgivable.' And then the show went batsh*t and had Lange sing Bowie and I was all, 'Gotcha!'

Every time that clown showed up I just started shouting 'NO!' out loud to no one in particular.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 10:38am

I know in the near future I will be waking up screaming because of that clown!

[Wynbish]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 11:08am

Bowie now. Fiona Apple and Lana Del Rey later. Ugh... I almost wish they would re-do them with 50's era sound, like the music in Baz's The Great Gatsby was styled to the time. It's a weird nitpick I have when people use modern music in a firm past setting.

While I didn't find Twisty creepy because he's a clown because I don't have that fear, it was creepy seeing him emerge from the woods and later have a blank look while stabbing someone repeatedly.

I feel like with every season (apart from the third season), Evan Peters gets better.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 11:32am

'it was creepy seeing him emerge from the woods'

OH GOD! I reminded me of a (very) similar scene from ZODIAC and I almost couldn't bear to watch it.

[Kad]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 11:45am

I have to wonder if the anachronistic music won't be a plot point.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 12:01pm

I have been having sound issues with the show. I don't know if it is my system or what... but I am having trouble listening to and understanding some of the dialogue. I noticed this last year during Coven.. I don't have this issue with anything else. Is it the sound mix of the show? Anyone else have similar issue?

I loved it by the way. Just had to replay a few scenes. especially the scene with Jessica in the diner.

Updated On: 10/9/14 at 12:01 PM

[clever name]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 12:08pm

That clown was scary as hell. And that film footage with the candy striper..shivers Updated On: 10/9/14 at 12:08 PM

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 12:10pm

"Her son is hot! "

That's my big crush Finn Whitrock (when he was a teen on All My Children forum members had no end to puns on his name.) He said he left t to do theatre--he was Biff in the Salesman revival and Chance in the Diane Lane Sweet Bird in Chicago, but seems to be back to higher profile tv work--he was the gay prostitute on Masters of Sex last year, and now this...

[choitoy]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 12:15pm

I don't have a clown phobia, though I think that may change soon...

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 12:40pm

Dame, I have the same sound issues on all the FX shows I watch. I had to crank the volumes just to hear the dialogue on Fargo and The Bridge as well, yet during silent scenes save for musical underscoring, the sound became very loud. (The warning about viewer discretion after each commercial break is also EXTREMELY loud and almost scares me if I hit play too soon on the dvr and it catches it.)

I thought the premiere of Freak Show was a vast improvement over Coven. Sarah Paulson was excellent, and it looks like she's positioned to be our lead protagonists too.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 12:58pm

Whizzer, Thanks for saying so. I was about to start dealing with the settings on my system which is always a pain in the ass. I think next week I will try to watch the show on demand to see if it is any better sound wise. I have to do the same for Sons Of Anarchy.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 1:00pm

I'm so dumb I actually thought it was a choice for the first segment, to keep the viewer off balance, to lean in to understand the things Jessica was saying to the twins and flipper boy and the peppermint girl.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/9/14 at 1:25pm

to my mother, and dog and clowns