DWilson

Apparently, their pastiche of "Snapped" in the last episode was pretty much dead on, though I've never watched that show. I agree they're basing this on shows that are somewhat obscure, but though I don't watch them I understood what they were doing. My chief complaint is that they act as though "My Roanoke Nightmare" was a big network show, and a monster hit, -that's just not plausible. I'd prefer they'd be more realistic about that angle.

Josh-da-man

I would have liked for them to ditch the whole tv show angle and just done a full season of AHS in a rural setting with rains of human teeth, crazy and rednecks played by Chaz Bono, vengeful ghosts, haunted farmhouses, and other freaky shit inflicted upon a yuppie couple played by Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding jr who moved away from the city to escape some trauma.

DWilson

Obviously, there's a wide range of opinion here. If they had not done the TV Show format, I would not have been lured into watching this season. I got tired of AHS going off the rails in the second half of the season, starting with "Coven", though I stayed through "Freak Show" (and regretted it). I didn't bother with "Hotel".

Abob Teff

I watched Season 1 over the last few days ... Now that I have a little bit of context I am going to say Season 6 was a less coherent and more sloppy revisit of Season 1.

The whole concept of a married couple (having marital problems and a miscarriage to boot) tying all of their money up into a house that is far away and a chance at a fresh new start ... They can't leave the house for various reasons ... Terrorized by various ghost factions ... The house has a long history of numerous murders so the ghosts cannot leave ... Some of the ghosts are "friendly" ... Human neighbors who want the house because they want the ghosts to remain ... Seems like a lot of rehashed ideas.

Roanoke and Croatoan were used in Season 1. This was a chance to expand upon that idea which was really just a passing reference in S1.

I thought Season 1 peaked around episode 4 or 5 and then it turned into a dragging soap opera about ghosts. Like S6, it turned into a somewhat bloated mess and should have been condensed into something much greater. I liked most of the characters from S1 and their stories/motivations, unlike S6 where I found a only few characters fleetingly entertaining (the professor and the medium) but couldn't find anything to like in the main characters.

LiquidSky

Thank you. Me too.

ultimaton

Just off the top of my head:

Murder House
Piggy Man
Croatoan!

Asylum
Lana Winters
Ghost Chasers mention "the asylum"

Coven
Cricket invokes the "white light of protection" like Misty Day

Freakshow
Edward Mott -> Dandy Mott

Josh-da-man

Also, related to Coven, Lady Gaga's character was the first Supreme. (This was divulged by the producers.)

ultimaton

Yup, forgot that one.

Troy Stiffler

That was a good end. Had to roll my eyes at ANOTHER group going to the house (seriously, fuck you guys I hope you die!). The final moment was the first time it felt like an actual ending (though I wouldn't have minded a few extra minutes to watch everyone get slaughtered). They usually end it on a lower-key note.

Would still love to see them try something epic next season. Some Marvel shit. Jeeze, you birthed the anti-Christ at the end of season one. You introduced all these rules and supernatural factions. That could write itself.

ultimaton

I think I enjoyed the idea of this season more than the execution, especially the way Matt and Shelby's story was sort of an antiparallel to the Harmons' from Murder House. That concept alone was really interesting to me, but didn't really gel like it should have primarily because it got completely swallowed by the show within a show within a show conceit. I also really wish we could have seen more of the real ghosts, which all seemed to have the potential to be really interesting and scary, but because of the storytelling structure of the season we only caught glimpses, and ultimately had to settle for the Polk clan, who didn't deserve the amount of screen time they received. Oh well.

Still love the show, and I ultimately liked the season despite its flaws even if it didn't come close to living up to its potential.

Anyway, my ratings for the seasons would go: Asylum -> Freakshow -> Coven -> Murder House -> Hotel -> Roanake.

Rob V

So the part that threw me off the most was the Lana Winters interview. She was present in Asylum - 1964 AND she's now a TV talk show host in 2016... but has not aged?

Also, gotta say that using the same actors to play multiple roles can be a bit confusing. Especially when I don't recall the characters roles from a few seasons back.

Pointyskull

Lana's character had bad "I'm old now" makeup on, and she spoke the with stereotypical shaky old person voice - to the point we laughed out loud everytime she talked. The only high school theater production trait she was missing was the exaggerated palsy shake.

hdnmickey

Yeah, the old lady routine was one of the worst "aged character" examples I have ever seen on TV. Essentially ending on an even lower note than the rest of the season. I've got to learn to bail on these terrible seasons fast so I don't waste 8 plus hours of my life like I did watching Roanoke. Feeling the same way about S2 of Scream Queens.

Pointyskull

I've only recently discovered how liberating it is to bail on a show/season.

On a side note: Agree about Screams Queens S2 - it is fucking awful - and I LOVED S1.

Rob V

Googled her image and see that you're right... but wow, that was awful "old lady" gear.

dex14

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amer...fx-1201958880/

Rob V

Fool me 6 times shame on you... fool me 7... I can't be fooled again!

RichC2

I didn't feel fooled the first two or fifth time. The third fourth and sixth time though, fie!