American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
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American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
Synopsis:
Chapter 12 - "Continuum" (Airs January 16, 10:00 pm e/p) - A deadly new inmate threatens Sister Jude's chance of release from Briarcliff. Grace's obsession with the aliens turns violent. Written by Ryan Murphy; directed by Craig Zisk.
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Episode 12 of 13
Next week is the season finale
The new FX series "The Americans" will take over this timeslot on the 30th.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
An I the only one didn't know this? I thought she was legitimately retarded until she started talking...
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/01/her...ideous-makeup/
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/01/her...ideous-makeup/
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An I the only one didn't know this? I thought she was legitimately retarded until she started talking...
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/01/her...ideous-makeup/
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/01/her...ideous-makeup/
This season overall has kind of lost me. There are things I liked about it...but last year seemed to have a clear story that it was telling that worked well in episodic format. This seems like too much going on for a 13 episode run. I don't think the way the told some of the stories worked well either. Maybe rewatching it once completed in a marathon would work better.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
Never would've guessed that, before the season finale, it would be Sister Jude I was most concerned about. That character has had an incredible arc this year. I hope she gets some measure of happiness or something in the finale.
PS Pepper! I had no idea. Thanks for the link.
Last edited by onebyone; 01-17-13 at 08:22 AM.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
This season overall has kind of lost me. There are things I liked about it...but last year seemed to have a clear story that it was telling that worked well in episodic format. This seems like too much going on for a 13 episode run. I don't think the way the told some of the stories worked well either. Maybe rewatching it once completed in a marathon would work better.
For those of you watching American Horror Story Asylum, do you find it as perplexing as I to reflect on everything that's transpired over these 12 episodes? So much has happened and it all makes sense, but it feels so disjointed... almost epic in its scope. I marvel at how much ground has been covered in 9 hours of TV so far.
So much has happened, so many characters and stories, and I feel every single one of them has been serviced very well and satisfactorily. I really don't think it fails in any way.
One of the few shows in which I absolutely lose myself for 45 minutes.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
I love this season just as much if not more than last season. Its batshit crazy.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
I won't say it lost me at all, but I understand where you're coming from with these feelings. This is what I actually wrote on Facebook before crashing last night:
It does feel bigger and more scattered than season one, but no less enjoyable. Every little piece that I remember amazes me more and more about what all they've touched on. The present Bloodyface kicking off the season and now ending it, the racial prejudices of the 60s, the homophobic prejudices, Chloe Sevigny, Maroon 5, Anne Frank, running from your past demons (Judy running over that kid), the hiding Nazi, the investigation into him, possession, exorcism, crucifixion, stigmata, the angel of death, serial killing Santa, Ian McShane, abominations in the forest, alien abductions, miraculous healing, reincarnation, delusion (Jude's mental absence for 2.5+ years), denial, freaks, and musical numbers!
So much has happened, so many characters and stories, and I feel every single one of them has been serviced very well and satisfactorily. I really don't think it fails in any way.
One of the few shows in which I absolutely lose myself for 45 minutes.
It does feel bigger and more scattered than season one, but no less enjoyable. Every little piece that I remember amazes me more and more about what all they've touched on. The present Bloodyface kicking off the season and now ending it, the racial prejudices of the 60s, the homophobic prejudices, Chloe Sevigny, Maroon 5, Anne Frank, running from your past demons (Judy running over that kid), the hiding Nazi, the investigation into him, possession, exorcism, crucifixion, stigmata, the angel of death, serial killing Santa, Ian McShane, abominations in the forest, alien abductions, miraculous healing, reincarnation, delusion (Jude's mental absence for 2.5+ years), denial, freaks, and musical numbers!
So much has happened, so many characters and stories, and I feel every single one of them has been serviced very well and satisfactorily. I really don't think it fails in any way.
One of the few shows in which I absolutely lose myself for 45 minutes.
Also...did they ever explain the things in the forest?
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
An I the only one didn't know this? I thought she was legitimately retarded until she started talking...
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/01/her...ideous-makeup/
http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/01/her...ideous-makeup/
#12
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
my desire to watch this show dramatically declined, just could never get into it... it was too all over the place... ended up having 5 episodes stored on the DVR. Deleted. Thankfully due to the nature of the show, I will give it another shot next year.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
I'm pretty sure the things in the forest are the same things that Chloe was turned into. He just ended up killing them all off. They were his experiment to make a super human.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
The writers clearly didn't have a coherent story in mind for 13 episodes. This episode felt like a lot of catch-all filler to me. The second season of AHS greatly reminds me of the latter seasons of Ryan Murphy's previous show on FX, Nip/Tuck. A mess of random stories jammed together, with a bunch of shock moments to keep the audience's interest up. You still had some excellent cameos and acting performances, but the core of this season's story was empty and hollow.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
Here is a great video on Naomi Grossman's transformation into "Pepper"...
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
Third Cycle Of ‘American Horror Story’ To Be A Romance, Sarah Paulson & Evan Peters To Return
American Horror Story co-creator/executive producer Ryan Murphy lifted the veil a bit on the upcoming third installment of the FX horror series. At a screening of the season finale tonight, he confirmed that the storyline in season three will be a romance set in modern times, and that Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will join star Jessica Lange on the next cycle. All three appeared both in American Horror: Asylum, whose finale airs next Wednesday, and the original American Horror Story.
American Horror Story co-creator/executive producer Ryan Murphy lifted the veil a bit on the upcoming third installment of the FX horror series. At a screening of the season finale tonight, he confirmed that the storyline in season three will be a romance set in modern times, and that Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters will join star Jessica Lange on the next cycle. All three appeared both in American Horror: Asylum, whose finale airs next Wednesday, and the original American Horror Story.
#20
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
Finally caught this episode last night... it was dis-jointed to say the least. I also thought it was entirely unnecessary. I don't think the core story moved forward at all except that Grace is dead (again) and Lana is a total beeyotch now. I guess we get Bloody Face II vs. Mommy next week? I highly doubt we'll ever get resolution as to why the aliens prefer Kitt or what happens to his kids.
#21
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
I still enjoyed the episode but I agree with the sentiment that the episode felt like filler. Looking forward to the finale though.
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Re: American Horror Story: Asylum -- "Continuum" -- 1/16/13
I actually liked it. Instead of having the season end at some point in Briarcliff, its very interesting to me to see these characters sometime later. Its the kind of thing I usually think about anyway.
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