This show, I can't even. Hank, WTF? And Spaulding! It's too much -- the dolls, and the self-mutilation!, and the Madison doll! And then someone burned Cordelia's eyes out and the DEAD rose! (Not to mention poor Queenie.)

I think missing!Kyle is the least intriguing -- I bet he shambled back to Misty.

That is a healthy heaping of rape being served up. Three in the first four episodes. Wow.

This show continues to intrigue and be all kinds of fucked up. And I admit that I shouted out loud "Beverly Leslie!" Makes sense that he would be a warlock.

I will have to catch up on AH. But, yeah my 91 year old Mom can get a lot of stuff. But I would never expect her to enjoy AH.

No, I called out a pretty loud "NO, Mom" as soon as I heard that nurse recommending AHS to Mom. She was fine with me steering her away from it -- she's open to a lot of things, but if she pushes too far over the edge she gets nightmares. She trusts my judgment, and then we discussed some of the broader aspects (horror! rape! in your face, over the top!) so I don't think she'll be pulling it up on On Demand when I'm not around.

Gotta hand it to Marie Laveau, she doesn't pull her punches when she decides it is on.

But would LaLaurie's daughters be anything more than skeletons after 18 decades of decomposition in southern Louisiana?

So are we thinking Hank is a serial killer in general, or is this something caused by the dark magic he and Cordelia used to try and conceive?

I'm not sure what the deal is with Hank. Is he really Hank, even? i.e. is he scamming Cordelia, too? Or maybe doing sex magic with someone means you're a little closer than that?

I can't see him as a serial killer, really -- he killed that girl execution-style. I just don't get why.

But would LaLaurie's daughters be anything more than skeletons after 18 decades of decomposition in southern Louisiana?

You can't have three big Piles o'Dust show up on the porch, though.

I can't see him as a serial killer, really -- he killed that girl execution-style. I just don't get why.

I KNOW. I don't know why. And it was nice to see Alexandra Breckinridge (hot Frances Conroy) again, this time with actual lines.

And the random eye assault! What was up with that?

Also, Spaulding hugged a scarecrow. That happened.

I do love Marie Laveau and her zombie army. This episode fleshed out a lot about how this world of witches works, with the truce and the Council and the academy and stuff.

Looks like they're doing another Halloween two-parter. Did last season have a Halloween episode? Or just Christmas?

Frances Conroy was awesome. Such a change from her first season character.

It's hard to picture Lana and Sister Jude when Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson have their scenes together this season, too. The dynamic is completely different.

The eye assault is confusing, only because someone had to know they were at that bar to carry it out. Why not wait till they're home and let the zombies get them, too? But also, why not wait till you can also attack Fiona? Unless they have something even bigger and badder planned for her, I guess.

But would LaLaurie's daughters be anything more than skeletons after 18 decades of decomposition in southern Louisiana?

Try 366 days - you can bury another family member in the same tomb a year and a day later - I think what's left is bones at that point. The tombs are pretty... oven-like (and that's just from being in a New Orleans cemetary in July - St. Louis #1 is literally the hottest place in the city). /NOLA trivia

In terms of AH:Coven. Hubby has done this before. His comment about going last Halloween as a "monster" makes it pretty clear that this is at minimum a Halloween ritual for him. Perhaps it is part of a spell Fiona cast for him, which would explain why she does not like him being with her daughter, and why she won't explain why she does not like him being with her daughter. Not that Fiona does not seem to prefer lies to truth in almost every circumstance.