American Horror Story - Season 6, Episode 08: Chapter 8
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Season 6 is back without Jessica Lange and is focusing on the physical and psychological fears traumatising the staff and clients at a terrified colony.
The show generally doesn't feel pointless in its violence and gore. Sure, there's a lot of it, but on some level it feels purposeful. Or at the very least, it serves to move the story along. Not so much in Chapter 8 of "My Roanoke Nightmare."
They're intriguing issues, and "Chapter 8" is at its most interesting when it raises them, but its answer seems to be no, there's no agenda here. Everyone on "Return to Roanoke" is just as bad as they seem, no fancy editing required.
Though this cycle of American Horror Story has admirably managed to shirk formula for the better part of the season, we've reached chapter 8 and, as such, a season staple: The "death and destruction" episode.
The creators of American Horror Story weren't kidding when they said the plot would completely pivot with episode six. Two whole chapters later and things in the house have gone from 0-100.
Last week I mentioned that I am not a fan of the torture porn genre, so overall I was definitely not a fan of the live human-eating, teeth-pulling, rape-insinuating scenes in the Polk compound this week.
While not as shocking and exciting as the last installment by any stretch, AHS Season 6 Episode 8 certainly served up a few incredible moments and kept the Roanoke nightmare chugging right along to its impending conclusion.
Episode eight is a slow hour spinning its wheels, doling out the blood and death, but not providing much in the way of forward momentum. Its reliance on heavy gross-outs and strong character beats lead to what has to kindly be called a mixed bag
