After a really good season in Modern-Day AHS terms and the beautifully crafted episode 5 "Gaslight", I was expecting an amazing finale to a stellar first half of this season. Instead, I was met with let down and unresolved plotlines. It feels like Ryan Murphy has no clue what Chekhov's Gun is and drops the ball on nearly all unresolved plotlines. Lark, who is buddy-buddy with Austin and Belle should've been there with them when they confronted the Gardener family + Ursula, but Lark is nowhere to be seen so her fate is left unresolved. Lyme Disease which is mentioned by Doris at least half a dozen times in this season has no overall meaning. Doris was literally eating an animal at the end of the 5th episode and could've easily contracted Lyme from that animal and it could've cured her? Speaking of Doris, where was she? She wasn't in the pale people raid that occurred at Belle's house even though Ursula was in the graveyard where they reside. What was the point of the Red lights? It's mentioned multiple times this episode and never fully explained. Other than unresolved plot lines, let's talk fate. Belle and Austin die in the weakest way imaginable. They are built up to be our antagonists of the season and die in seconds of each other. Harry gets killed by a 9 year old and doesn't try to even fight back, he just sits there and lets his daughter drink him dry. Ursula and The Chemist are now living it up in L. A. together with Alma and Eli. Literally where did this come from? Why do we always end up in L. A.? We just spent all of American Horror Stories in L. A. So I'm not super eager to come back to L. A. 7 out of the 10 Seasons of AHS have been in or have episodes in L. A. Please give us a break from L. A. Ursula and The Chemist should've stayed in Provincetown where they're safe. They had no reason to leave. Holden told The Chemist to get the act together and she did. Austin, Belle and Harry are no longer a problem. It's just Alma that survives and is under the care of those two. Also, how did Alma kill Rory? He was the other musician towards the end of the episode. She would've had to convince him to go out back, kill him with out getting a drop of blood on her clothes, dodge the cameras coming back and do that all within the judges deliberating? And the cops could've easily DNA tested where Rory got bit on the throat! How did she get away with it? It just seems Ryan Murphy, for whatever reason, struggles to write finales. Supremely let down by the ending of this season.
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