Saturday 1 July 2017

American Horror Story — Series 1: Murder House — Episodes 9 and 10: Spooky Little Girl and Smouldering Children

30th June, 2017.

OK … 

It’s a Friday night.

It is a Friday night, isn’t it … ?

Yes … ?

Good … !

Now, occasionally … ?

I’m at work of a Friday: head in a headset, voice on a phone, (hopefully) reassuring a tenant that there’s an engineer coming.

Or … 

Well, I could be at any one of a number of local pubs.

There’s a good few.

But I don’t drink.   And, after working as a barman for fourteen years?

Well … I get mildly annoyed at drunken people.   Whether that makes me a bad person, or just an easily annoyed one, I really couldn’t tell you.

At any rate, pubs … ?   Not an option.

Romance?

Ha … !   Don’t even get me started … !

One thing I do have … ?

Is a TV.

And a box set of American Horror Show.   The first series, Murder House?

Is working it’s way to a good looking climax.

~≈Ω≈~

Episode 9Spooky Little Girl — opens in 1947: and sees wannabe starlet, Elizabeth Short, pay a visit to a local dentist.

Who rapes her whilst she’s unconscious.

Rapes her … and, in his enthusiasm, kills her … 

Realises that he needs help to dispose of the body.

Isn’t a handy bunch of ghosts, convenient … ?

Episode 10 — opens with a flashback to 1994: showing us Constance (Jessica Lange), Tate (Evan Peters), Addie (Jamie Brewer) … before Tate, on the day of the school shooting his commits, visit’s Larry’s office … 

With a match … 

The action shifts forward: showing us Ben (Dylan McDermott) being visited by a Truancy Officer.   And doing a couple of things as a result.

Pricing up up schools for Violet (Taisa Farmiga).

Visiting Vivan (Connie Britton) in hospital.

And hiring a pest controller.

The blowflies … ?   Are getting numerous … 

~≈Ω≈~

Now … 

How did I fell after these two episodes?

Actually, rather better than I did about episodes six, seven and eight.

Those three episodes seemed a little choppy.

In contrast?   Episodes nine and ten seemed to move the story forward.

AND give us a much needed twist: showing us Constance begin investigated for murder, and revealing Violet’s sad death.

Frankly?

I’m looking forward to my next bit of time off.

I’d like to see these last two episodes.

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