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Since the debut of American Horror Story: Freak Show on October 6th, I’ve been inundated with emails about the opening credits. The opening AHS: Freak Show sequence.
A Definitive Ranking of the “American Horror Story” Seasons. Last year I told you why I thought ***SPOILER ALERT*** “Asylum” was the best season of American Horror Story and why “Coven” was the worst, but what about the seasons in between? It seems that ranking seasons of American Horror Story is one of the most divisive questions you can ask someone, as everyone has a different favorite.
This is actually sort of genius, as it means that at least one season of the series will apply to one type of horror fan. There’s something for everybody here. Still, I maintain that there is a definitely ranking of quality when it comes to the series, and that is the ranking listed below. We’ll update this list in late November to include My Roanoke Nightmare. For now it’s too early to tell where it will place on this list. Coven. If there was one word to describe Coven, it would be “mess.” Coven has it’s fun parts, but it’s all too clear that Ryan Murphy and Co.
In fact, it almost seems like they made everything up as they went along. I stand by everything I said in my article from last year. The season arc of the new Supreme’s identity was never all that captivating, character actions lacked motivation and were inconsistent (La. Laurie specifically) and it was loaded with too many storylines yet still left some unresolved. It may have had a plethora of hilarious bitchy quips, but it’s still a sloppy series of television and definitely the worst offering from the series yet. Freak Show. A lot of people seem to hate Freak Show.
While it certainly lost steam towards the end of the season (as most seasons in American Horror Story are wont to do), it at least had more focus than the season that preceded it and served as a decent send- off for series mainstay Jessica Lange. Freak Show’s biggest crimes were completely wasting Kathy Bates and peaking too early with the Twisty the Clown sub- plot before abruptly killing him off. Dandy, obnoxious as he was, made for a supremely entertaining villain (his comeuppance is one of the season’s highlights). One could say that Freak Show, as a whole, was somewhat forgettable. It wasn’t overtly bad; the whole just never amounted to more than the sum of its parts.
Hotel. While I maintain that Lady Gaga did not deserve the Golden Globe she won for Hotel (#Justice. For. Kirsten. Dunst, #No. Really. She. Is. Amazing), she did turn in an impressive performance in the series’s fifth season. Her story line as well as that of Kathy Bates’s Iris and Dennis O’Hare’s Liz Taylor carried the majority of Hotel.
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Unfortunately everything involving the Ten Commandments Killer and anything involving Chlo. Angela Bassett’s vampire hunter and Sarah Paulson’s Hypodermic Sally felt like afterthoughts that never got their due, and don’t even get me started on that drill penis monster.
Hotel was filled with plenty of good ideas, but had its fair share of bad ones too. If anything, it shows that a 1.
Murder House. Murder House is a strong season of American Horror Story, but the series was still working out a few kinks. It also represents American Horror Story before it really became American Horror Story. Still, Murder House is an effective piece of television that is marred only by a misguided finale that turned the entire season into a joke. It is definitely the most focused out of all the seasons. By concentrating on the Harmon family and relegating all other characters (including Jessica Lange’s Constance Langdon) to supporting roles, it allowed the series to build relationships effectively and naturally.
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The season just doesn’t have the same impact as Asylum, which is why it ranks just slightly below it. Asylum. Asylum is a near- perfect season of American Horror Story. Had it jettisoned the alien sub- plot, it probably would have been perfect (it admittedly took a kitchen sink approach to the storytelling). Asylum is the only season to truly embody the horror in the show’s title all throughout the season. There is a sense of hopelessness in Asylum (though it still gives its protagonist a happy ending).
It also has the most consistent narrative throughout the season when compared to the other four. Characters are well- defined and their actions feel earned. The villains are deliciously evil without becoming caricatures. Still, many people don’t like Asylum, and I’m not exactly sure why. It is hands- down the best season yet. Does your opinion differ from mine?
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