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Originally Posted by neverending
There was definitely a lot going on. It felt kind of scattered to me. One particular plot device even shocked me. I'm sure all the elements will come together and be amazing, but to me, it wasn't quite there yet.
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Ooo - I'm curious; what shocked you?
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I thought that it was a good, solid opener. I'm not sure if this season is really touching on a sub-genre of horror that I particularly like but that being said, the casting and direction (and knowing how much I've loved the last two seasons) definitely kept me a fan. The fiance wasn't a huge fan of the season opener, but come on - You only have an hour - I thought that it did just what it wanted to - Introduced a peak into history and characters effectively... And I can't wait for the rest of the season.
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Two things in particular shocked me:
- Delphine LaLaurie's atrocities upon her captive slaves, especially the placing of the cow's head (shudder)
- Zoe Benson's "power" - When we see what happens when she has sex with her boyfriend at the start of the episode, I assume that the bleeding was a byproduct of something else... But the reveal at the end that her sexuality literally kills - That was unexpected and definitely shocked me.