‘American Horror Story: Asylum’ Is A Warm, Wet Hug On A Mossy Bank

01/08/2013 2:00 pm by

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So we need to talk about American Horror Story: Asylum for a minute. Or I do, anyway. (NOTE: Spoilers be lurking.)

It’s hard to believe that after all those months of freaky-ass teaser videos, we’re now down to the wire, with only three episodes left. In the meantime, it’s been a  delightfully uncomfy blur of…(hold up, this might take awhile)…let’s see: Nazis, aliens, serial killers, sons of serial killers, homemade zombies, torture, rape, lobotomies, electroshock, racism, sexism, homophobia, botched coat hanger abortions, demon possession, the Angel of Death, Fake Anne Frank, Cannibal Santas Claus, nun-on-nun caning, nun-on-priest rape and That Time Adam Levine’s Arm Got Ripped Off.

And of course, absolutely FABULOUS song-and-dance numbers!

Oh my God. That actually happened. Believe it!

And that sound you may have heard right after that aired was every other television actress collectively sighing “SHIT” because no one else is going to win any awards this year. Jessica Lange is a gorgeous gift direct from heaven and I’ve probably watched that video a good dozen times already. It’s just so fun while still delightfully fucked up. Like everything in the AHS universe, I suppose.

I was very, very worried about this season for a few episodes, honestly. Sure, it was wild and wacky and cringe-worthy and disturbing and basically like Season One on ‘roids, but…you know. It definitely had that careening-off-a-cliff sense that there was NO WAY any of this would come together in any satisfying sort of fashion, right?

And then Ryan Murphy last week shot the zombies, tossed the devil over a railing and cooked a Nazi in an oven. HOW YOU LIKE YOUR RESOLUTION NOW, BITCHES?

(Once more, with feeling. BECAUSE IMPORTANT.)

So I’ve basically tossed my hands up in the air at this point and rededicated myself to simply enjoying the crazy ride that is AHS, wherever it takes us, roller-coaster style. Don’t ask too many questions, don’t think about any of it too hard (except for all that serious business stuff about prejudice and the patriarchy and how the 1960s really kind of sucked for anyone who wasn’t a straight white male and/or a Nazi). And never, ever forget that Pepper? Pepper is the BEST.

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Also important: While that IS a shitload of makeup and prosthetics…

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…that’s NOT a bald cap.

P.S. American Horror Story season three is a go, and it sounds like Jessica Lange will indeed be involved. Ryan Murphy has hinted that the next season will go somewhere in the country where “true horror has been” and that last week’s episode contained a clue. Eagle-eyed viewers scanned the jukebox titles and think we’ll be headed to New Orleans. WHEEEEEEE!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/alimartell Ali Martell

    Gah. Pepper really IS the best. As is The Name Game video. I refuse to admit how many times I have watched it.

    • http://www.amalah.com Amalah

      And I would never judge you for it.

  • http://twitter.com/NutHouseShannon NutHouseShannon

    I still have this episode on my DVR. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has viewed this clip numerous times.

    Also, I have to admit I wasn’t feeling the Evan Peters love last season… but I am 100% completely totally onboard this season.

    • http://www.amalah.com Amalah

      Samesies! I was pretty “meh” when I heard he was returning this season but he’s been nothing but awesome. And some of the fashion/photo shoots he’s done to promote the show have…um…helped. DAMN GINA.

  • the grumbles

    I haven’t caught up on the last two episodes but I gotta say, this season has me underwhelmed. There’s just SO MUCH going on. I almost with they had picked 2 or 3 (or 4) storylines to concentrate on because satan-nazi-alien-lesbian-mutant-murder has my brain just like awhaaaa?

    • http://www.amalah.com Amalah

      I was concerned too, around that point in the season. Give the last two eps a chance; they’re B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

  • SuzyQuzey

    LOVE this show. LOVE Jessica Lange. Pepper is a midwife? YES.

    This video is beyond fantastic. There is no such thing as watching it “too many” times. Did you see Lana’s red shoes?

    This “in the country” theme for next season. My first thought was X-Files “Wonderful, Wonderful” territory. *shudder*

    • http://www.amalah.com Amalah

      This is how weird I am: Every day since this episode aired I have gone searching for an MP3 of the song. (The AHS version of the song, obvs. The original is useless without the “Lana Banana” verse.) No luck. WOE.

      • AmeliaBedelia

        just go to download.com and get the Free Youtube Downloader program. You can then just rip the audio from the video and voila, you have the song.

  • DeniDee

    I, too, have watched that video SO many times! It’s the only time we get to see Kit & Lana smile! They all must have had so much fun shooting that scene!

    • http://www.amalah.com Amalah

      That video is Exhibit A in Jessica Lange’s application for official National Treasure status.

  • http://twitter.com/redheadedwitch Siobhan

    OBSESSED with this season. The musical number was genius and it was so nice to see cutie Evan Peters look all happy and adorable, even for a couple minutes. The Nazi burning himself alive was a nice touch but I’m really going to miss Sister Mary Satan. She was fabulous. I hope Lily Rabe will return next season as well. I’m looking forward to the return of modern day Bloody face in tonight’s episode. Has anyone else considered the possibility that he could actually be the son who was born to Grace and Kit and not Lana’s unborn child?

    Personally I’m speculating that next season could take place during the Salem witch trials due to the “I Put A Spell On You” song dedication. I can definitely see Jessica Lange as the head of a coven out for revenge. But it could also refer to voodoo so New Orleans is probably more likely.

    • http://www.amalah.com Amalah

      I saw that speculation (modern-day Bloody Face is Grace’s son, not Lana’s) somewhere this week. (Vulture? TLo? Can’t remember, clearly also obsessed and reading waaaay too many recaps.) But then a commenter pointed out that in the scene with the shrink, he specifically said his last name is Thredson.

      And Ryan Murphy tweeted this, of course he could be messing with us: https://twitter.com/MrRPMurphy/status/281906581317238784

      ANYTHING is possible on this show, though. Continuity and logic need never apply.

      • http://twitter.com/redheadedwitch Siobhan

        I’ve been reading everything on it too. I forgot that he said his name was Thredson, I just remembered when he said he was the son of Bloody Face so I was thinking maybe Kit’s name was never cleared. By the way, how awesome was it that “It puts the lotion in the basket” was his therapist? That chick has to stop helping out random guys in need.

        Anyway, I saw a quote from Ryan Murphy saying before casting that they considered if Dylan McDermott looked enough like Sarah and Zachary to make it plausible. Not that I’d put it past him to put that out there as a misdirect. I suppose it could also be Kit’s son who somehow is raised by Thredson if Lana either dies while pregnant or is successful in aborting the baby.

        • DeniDee

          OMG, I didn’t know that the therapist was “Catherine Martin”! Good eye!

  • DoraDean

    I agree, Pepper is the BEST! So you’ve got to watch this video of her gettting into makeup beginning to end at Monsterpalooza. She is interviewed and we see more Pepper interacting with people towards the end than you ever will see on AHS. It’s awesone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GqUgqx62v8&feature=share&list=UUryaqDOfMM7g81ixQxJef2w

  • lisa

    I cannot wait until tonight! My Hubby and I watch each episode, and afterwards just say over and over how “f*cked up” the show is this season, and how there’s never any release… it’s all ratcheting up… and up… and then we get that lovely song!