Review of Winter Kills

American Horror Story: Winter Kills (2021)
Season 10, Episode 6
8/10
Okay
23 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Not exactly sure how I feel about this episode. Everything was going great until the time jump to Hollywood where things got a little messy.

I'm not sure why they decided to make this episode one of the shortest of the series at 37 minutes, as it suffers from a rather rushed storyline.

I feel like we needed to stay more in P-town to wrap up some loose ends and get some minor explanations. Would have much preferred it if the Hollywood storyline was cut to just a 'mention' at the end for the episode instead of eating up ~15 minutes of screen time. Maybe they ominously drive away to Hollywood as P-town gets thrown into utter chaos or something.

Billie Lourds character who's been MIA for the majority of this season doesn't even get a mention. Mickey and TB Karen also don't get mentioned (though I don't think they really needed to be, as they were always viewed as disposable to the other characters). And really we don't exactly know what happens to Alma.

Just a little jarring compared to last weeks episode to say the least. I guess I was expecting more, and that seems to be the general consensus.

Great acting however, and visuals. Just such a weird last 15 minutes that I just don't understand why they chose to go in that direction. I get the message they tried to convey, but it felt out of place based on what this season has given us.

Unfortunately the weakest episode of the season for me. Part 1 was almost near perfect, so it's a bit of a shame. However, this episode was still enjoyable and had some redeeming qualities.

7/10 for me. Rounding up one to counter act all the '1's' as this definitely wasn't that bad, I honestly don't think any show or movie deserves a 1/10.

Part 2 looks very interesting so I'm excited for next week! Perhaps it will even tie into this episode, so maybe it will make more sense in the grand scheme of thing, but we'll see.

A little disappointed, but I'm sure I'll get over it.
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