This is something new I thought I’d try. “Discussing” an episode of a series as I watch it. Well, not literally, I watched the episode the other day, but giving my thoughts per episode. I think in the past I’ve done per season… but I imagine this season will have 10 episodes, maybe, so here we go.
First off, and I think most people think this based on just the promotional material alone, I assume it is going to be some homage to Rosemary’s Baby. Sidenote, back in college, I had to watch that film for one of my screenwriting classes, and I was just like, why doesn’t Rosemary leave or NOT do what they are telling her to do… but I didn’t realize at the time, that was kinda the point being made. And it’s easy to think from this modern time how it could be easy to leave, but it was harder, if not impossible to leave back then. Not to mention people, not wanting to believe that the people in your life don’t wish you well… Anyway, back to this.
Something I’ve noticed, especially in American Horror Stories and the most recent seasons of American Horror Story, is the LAVISH lifestyles the characters have. I look at the homes they have and I’m like, they aren’t just rich, they are WEALTHY…. and it is rare that a character doesn’t have some extravagant home. The first thing I noticed about this season was the NYC apartment. I also really didn’t like the sliding door. My first thought when I saw it was, that doesn’t seem very secure… Then I thought of Brian’s place from Queer as Folk.
Another thing, and this is just a personal thing, I don’t like that Anna’s (Emma Roberts) hair is so long. I’m not sure why it bothers me, but it does. Maybe because Emma Roberts is so short and her hair is so long. Maybe because I’ve never seen Emma Roberts with hair that long before. I don’t know. It bothers me. But from the promo stuff, maybe there is a reason for that.
Plus there was that moment when she was pulling a piece of her hair and it kept going and going, like a spider’s thread, so maybe that’s it.
Kim Kardashian. People seem to be bothered by the fact that she’s in this. I’m not. Adam Levine was in the show. Noah Cyrus was in the show… It’s whatever to me. And I don’t think she’s doing a bad job. Granted, I’ve only seen one episode, but Siobhan seems fun to me, and I imagine she channeled a lot of Kris while working on this.
Now, on to the plot. I can’t help but think of the American Horror Stories episode, Ba’al, when I think of this season. In that episode, a wealthy woman marries a struggling actor. They are trying to have a baby, but having trouble… (just like this, so far…) I do think this takes a turn though. In that episode, she is given a figure that is supposed to help her have a baby. She does, but then starts to go crazy and thinks a demon is trying to take her baby. She ends up in a mental hospital… and it turns out her husband and his friends, all in the entertainment industry, were doing an elaborate hoax, so she would be put away and he’d have her fortune. Unfortunately (see what I did there?!?) for him, she ended up summoning the demon, and the demon kills him and his friends. He is sent to prison for the murder of his friends… and his mistress (the one who just so happened to give his wife the figure). And she keeps the demon captive and agrees to let him go… if he gives her another baby.
I definitely see Anna’s husband, and two lesbian friends, being a part of some cult or group or something, that needs Anna to have a baby… maybe they are a spider cult and she needs to have a spider baby. Siobhan (sidenote, I LOVE the name Siobhan, mostly because, to me, it doesn’t sound how it is spelled.) may or may not be involved in it too. I’m not sure. For now, I’m leaning towards her being in on it, because how convenient is it that she met Anna at an infertility group and now is her publicist. Also, she doesn’t seem to notice, or care, about the weird things with the doll with the X on its stomach.
There’s also the doctor congratulating Anna’s husband, instead of her, or both of them. That’s weird. That’s suspicious.
And I think the woman with the black hair, (I assume that’s Cara) isn’t stalking her in a bad way, but is trying to save her. Maybe something like this was tried on her in the past… Someone is trying to save her because of that “Don’t do it, Anna” message.
I do wonder how and why someone is messing with her appointments in her phone, rather than coming and having a direct conversation with her. But looking back, I do see everything that was being messed with was to keep Anna from getting pregnant. Her fertility appointments being deleted and moved around, the suppository being left out when it needs to be refrigerated. Someone is doing all they can to keep her from getting pregnant, and I wonder who.
As the first episode, I feel drawn in, and I feel there is enough mystery to keep me invested. I’m curious to see where it goes.
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