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The Great Valerio
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Midnight Radio.

It doesn't help that when this show plays with this kind of bullshit where the main character turns out to be a secret killer, you almost have to make that character as much of a blank slate as possible so that the twist can almost work.

I give major side-eye every time this show is called a comedy, but the opening scene was the hardest I've laughed in a while. Even when no one was saying something hilarious, there was always Colton, standing on the far right side of the frame, awkwardly shifting around like a robot that someone spilled water on.

I've been obsessed with Jamie Lee, Nash, Lourde, and Pedrad all season, but this was the episode that made me go "Holy shit, I think Glen Powell might be this year's MVP."

I'm an American that works in retail and I still don't relate. If you need the deals, order online that day from your bed. Last year a girl I work with almost fell 20 feet down because a customer kept shaking the ladder she was standing on because he wanted to buy a TV NOW and no one was helping him quickly enough.

I kind of love that they're doing a "will they or won't they" situation on Jane and Petra becoming friends.

No shade intended, I'm all in on this episode, but I gotta say: I love that "You have to find an ancient chalice in Cairo, jerk off into it, and drink your cum out of it" ended up being not that much more ridiculous than "You have to travel into the underworld as an international assassin and take out Patti as a

I kind of loved how silly roping Jeopardy into the whole thing was. It made it feel real in a really sad way. Is "The Banality of Tragedy" a phrase people use? Because if it's not, it should be.

I said the same thing about the Erica-Nora faceoff. This show is brilliant with two-hander scenes.

Well-written stories about people and families that you rarely get to see on screen. Don't worry about genre, just go in to hear interesting stories about interesting people.

It shares the title with imdb message boards.

Damn I really loved Lara Jean in the role, but the idea of Friel playing Lounds is making me smile right now.

No, no. The coolest story, bro. For real though, I'm happy to hear that.

I would like to formally nominate Denis O'Hare as American Horror Story's new Jessica Lange. Angela Bassett, you know I was pulling for you, but the show dealt the hand that it dealt.

For real, out of all the crazy shit we've seen this season, when you say "AHS: Hotel", the first image that comes to mind is her green cape or whatever billowing behind her as she struts down the hallway in the premiere. And I'm not even into fashion. They're/O'Hare's that good.

Correct. For all the shit I talk on this show, it's genuinely my favorite comedy on television, whether it was meant to be or not.

As far as how Tristan died, the show's been pretty consistent on how the virus only keeps you immune from dying of natural causes. You'll never age or get cancer or die from a bullet wound that a normal would survive, but if you're dealt what would be a mortal wound for a mortal, you're done.

O'Hare was devastating in Tristan's death scene, and I can't even imagine how much more effective it would have been if they put any effort at all into building up that relationship before this episode. This show pisses away potential like it's its job.

And now I'm picturing a 1950s alternate universe of AHS with Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, and Bette Davis fucking shit up with like werewolves and cyborgs or something. It just came to me like a vision.

All the attention goes to what Lady Gaga's wearing, but I guarantee you O'Hare is Costume and Makeup departments' favorite castmember.