American Horror Story - Freak Show

[Hotsauce]

I read an article that popped up on FB this week that basically said we haven't seen the last of Twisty and Dandy will prove to be worse than twisty. Too lazy to link it

[XClown1986]

I read an article that popped up on FB this week that basically said we haven't seen the last of Twisty and Dandy will prove to be worse than twisty. Too lazy to link it

I read that somewhere too. Both Twisty and Edward Mordrake are said to be back sometime during the season.

[XClown1986]

This, and if I understood correctly, the freaks are physically unable to lie to Mordrake. He knows of they are lying or holding back if I understand correctly.

They CAN lie but he will know. I took the whole thing as Twisty killing those people and saying he did good things instead. Like a little kid that doesn't want to get in trouble. He may have been simple but he had to have known the difference between murder and kind acts. He was clearly delusional but Mordrake seemed angry that Twisty wouldn't admit to being so evil, implying that Twisty knew that he did horrible things. Either way, I enjoyed the back and forth between the two.

[Guest]

I still want to know what else happened to twistys face that it looks like he is scalped at the top.

 

I wondered the same thing. In one of his last scenes it looked as if maybe he was wearing someone else's scalp on top of his? Dunno. 

[Datawire]

That's what it looked like to me as well. He is wearing someone else's scalp. I think we may find the answer to that question as the season goes on.

 

Also, let's not forget, Mordrake almost took Elsa. He was just short of striking her down until he heard music that led him to Twisty. I think that can be somewhat telling of her character too.

[cardiackat88.]

I wondered the same thing. In one of his last scenes it looked as if maybe he was wearing someone else's scalp on top of his? Dunno. 

 

Hmm..weird, I think you are right.

 

I wonder what those feather looking things on top of the scalp are?

[XClown1986]

I have a theory about what is going on in this season. Potential spoilers below

 

I think the story that is unfolding this season is the origin story of Bloodyface from Asylum. The show's creator has come out and said that the seasons are all connected and it will be very clear how by the end of this season. I think that Dandy becomes enamored and then infuriated by the freaks and decides to exact his revenge because of their refusal to accept him into their troupe. He finds a taste for killing and will do so more efficiently as he goes along. He also will become smarter about how to exact his revenge by shutting down the freakshow (somehow) and having the freaks be commited because of their physical and mental abnormalities. Freakshow takes place 12 years before Asylum so it's plausible.

I also think that the snuff film and the weird poo that happened with Elsa and Berlin, Germany has ties to Dr. Arden and his kinky sex stuff and Nazi experiments from Asylum. It is worth noting that Arden amputated Shelley's legs in almost the same manner that Elsa lost hers. Drugged, tied down, and helpless. Arden also created the "freaks" in the woods. So I think that there is something to this. 

 

I'm excited to see how they tie the seasons together, however it plays out.

[Datawire]

All kinds of homages in this season.

 

 

 

 

Sarah Paulson is doing a really good job portraying Dot and Bette. Some nice acting chops on that one.

 

Maybe it's just me but it seemed this episode spent a lot of time with character developing, kind of dragged a bit in my opinion. Maybe I am just feeling a little gap without Twisty. Next week seems to be pretty crazy, though.

[PandaPancake]

" The American Horror Story installments ofAsylum and Freak Show just became even more connected: EW has exclusively learned that Lily Rabe will be appearing on Freak Show and reprising her Asylum role as nun Sister Mary Eunice. The actress, who has appeared in every season of AHS and is currently starring in the ABC midseason series The Whispers, will shoot her spot this weekend."

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/29/ahs-freak-show-lily-rabe/

[cardiackat88.]

" The American Horror Story installments ofAsylum and Freak Show just became even more connected: EW has exclusively learned that Lily Rabe will be appearing on Freak Show and reprising her Asylum role as nun Sister Mary Eunice. The actress, who has appeared in every season of AHS and is currently starring in the ABC midseason series The Whispers, will shoot her spot this weekend."

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/29/ahs-freak-show-lily-rabe/

Did you notice "Pepper" is also in Asylum and Freakshow?

[PandaPancake]

Did you notice "Pepper" is also in Asylum and Freakshow?

 

No, but I did notice you didn't read the link.

[Datawire]

Did you notice "Pepper" is also in Asylum and Freakshow?

 

Yep. This could be a segue into how Pepper ended up in the Asylum if Lily Rabe is coming back as sister Mary Eunice with Freak Show taking place in a setting period before Asylum.

[cardiackat88.]

Yep. This could be a segue into how Pepper ended up in the Asylum if Lily Rabe is coming back as sister Mary Eunice with Freak Show taking place in a setting period before Asylum.

Maybe so.

Did anyone else remember how much of a goofball and dunce Mary Eunice was before her accident in Asylum?

[Jangler]

not going back to watch it.