Not sure how my inaugural post on this blog ended up being about 'American Horror Story', but hey, here we are! Obviously, if you've not watched this episode yet then OMG SPOILERS SPOILERS, RUN FER YER LIIIIIIIIIIIVES!!!!!!!!!
Let's start things off with the official promo for this episode on what has become my EXTREMELY guilty pleasure this television season.
Allow me to warn readers in advance: I will likely offend many of you with what I have to say on this episode, and many, many topics in the future. I am an opinionated bitch and am at a stage in my life where political correctness doesn't really mean a damned thing to me. If you don't care for my opinion, right on, enjoy that right and move on.
Okay! Now, I have been waiting for this episode for a long time. Finally we got some answers regarding Tate, who most of the viewers had pegged as a ghost right from the start. Turns out his fantasies of walking into his high school and going on a Basketball Diarieseqsue shooting spree were more like memories, albeit sans the funky skullface makeup he sported in the pilot.
I won't deny that there were definitely a lot of similarities to the Columbine massacre, the most glaringly obvious being the scenes in the library. I am not sure why the little snippet "do you believe in God" didn't make an appearance, since in the Halloween episode, one of the ghosts of the kids Tate murdered mentioned specifically that he had asked her that before pulling the trigger. Maybe the producers wimped out? In any case, it was clear that the writers were drawing parallels to the real-life tragedy without that heavy-handed reference included in this weeks eppie, so I'm happy.
I liked the fact that Tate slaughtered a jock, geek, goth, etc instead of merely targeting kids who may have bullied him. I don't think he was bullied, for the record; I think the Murder House had its fun with him (just like Larry, who we know roasted his family like marshmallows at the behest of our favourite abode) and turned a sensitive, moody teenager into a mass murderer. This, of course, doesn't negate what Tate did, or make any of it okay, but I think him killing kids who never did a damned thing to him is a lot more affecting than a kid who has been bullied blowing away a ton of little assholes.
And what is up with the scars on Tate's face during the flashback? Where did those come from? Infantata? Some theorize that the scars are remnants of Tate's own love affair with cutting, which is a nice little link with Violet, fucked-up teen daughter extraordinaire of our beloved shrink Ben, but I don't buy it. Cutters don't typically go for the face; they tend to mutilate their arms, thighs, bellies, etc. So where did the scars come from?
Moving right along: am I trying to read too much into the fact that the Tate-centric episode has 'piggy piggy' references permeating it? What's the scoop with the Manson family tie-in here, if in fact there is one? I know, the whole piggy thing stems from the patient that sees Ben this episode, Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet. That guy has issues. Has a terror of mirrors, or more accurately, urban legends that involve mirrors. The fear that Ben wants him to work on this week is his worry that the Piggy Man, some pig farmer who used to put on a pig mask and snort around his hogs before butchering them, is going to appear from behind and slaughter him if he says "here piggy pig pig" three times in a mirror. Hmmm... I prefer Bloody Mary myself, but whatever floats your boat, right? In any case, Cam first tries to pull this off in the Murder House bathroom, only to see the ghost of one of the nurses in the tub before he can finish his mission. Not to worry, seeing the ghost of a murdered girl shouldn't put ANYONE off; our patient of the week runs along home to complete his homework, manages to say his lines three times, and gets blown away by a burgler hiding in the tub. Poor guy. At least he didn't get gutted and skinned by the Piggy Man. Jumping back to the Tate/Manson family thing: if anyone has a theory on what the writers are trying to accomplish with this, I'd love to hear it. For anyone who hasn't connected the dots yet: Sharon TATE, murdered by the Manson family, who wrote PIG on the door of the house in the actress' blood. She was 8 and a half months pregnant at the time.
Tying into this, we of course have Vivien, who is apparently carrying the hooved spawn of demons, aka The Beast, according to the ultrasound tech, who has quit her job and is now lighting candles at the local church. Vivien, our heroine, when not calling the hot security guy to come check the perimeter for her, has been happily scarfing down sweetbreads and raw brains, in addition to greedily sniffing at raw pig pancreas. Yummy yum yum! This is TOTALLY normal, girlfriend! I mean, this is your third pregnancy, so eating and craving raw pig parts shouldn't cause any alarm at all. After all, it's for the baby, and was offered to you by that nice lady next door, Constance, who is SO clearly a sweet, selfless woman without any ulterior motives whatsoever. Looking forward to seeing what exactly Vivien is growing in her womb; if it actually has hooves then I hope it has a little tail too. And horns? Would horns be too much to ask?
So, in conclusion, this is what we learned from this episode: Violet's boyfriend is a dead mass murderer, but he loves her and she loves him, so this can be overcome; Vivien is carrying the Beast, but the house needs a BAYBAY so it will all turn out; the hot security guy is so clearly going to fuck our pregnant heroine, whose husband is sending his patients into bathrooms to invoke the Piggy Man; Constance and Moira think that raw pig meat is just what that sweet, demonic fetus needs to grow big and strong; and, finally, there are a shitload of ghosts partying in the basement. I wonder if the Infantata gets pissy about them hanging out in it's comfort zone.
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