Grotesquerie

I'm only two episodes in but there are aspects of this show I'm not liking. One is the woman at the hospice and the other is the nun, not so much the nun, but the fact that she is being given all these details about an ongoing serial murder case, on a whim. Then there's the other issue, that our lead protagonist never seems phased by what she sees but literally everyone else is disturbed to the point of barfing everywhere. It wouldn't be an issue if they didn't INSIST on showing everyone disturbed all the time and someone barfing all the time. _You're contaminating a crime scene. Get a barf…

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2024-11-21

⭐ 4

Well, if you've seen American Horror Story, that's pretty much what you're getting. Some seasons of AMS really work for me, others really not so much. I find when Ryan Murphy tries to play with his formula he mostly fumbles it. Niecy Betts is an excellent lead and it's good to see her with the space to round a character out - she's truly really good in this and backed by a strong supporting cast, Goodwin and Diamond in particular. I enjoy camp, but about half way through the season there's an absolutely senseless, anachronistic and frankly painful musical number, that had me absolutely c…