So it begins. We got some badass apples, and the bodies were hitting the floor this week. Brock returned, Coco had amazing hair, and Mallory learned that she can do shit. Oh, and we have witches! If you’re new to the blog, my name is Kent and I ask the questions and get some unique answers. Any comments in bold are from me unless otherwise stated. Please enjoy!
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- That confrontation in the opening segment between Langdon and Mallory was interesting. That seems like a sign of things to come. Mallory has some potential dark phoenix power. Do you think that Coco or Dinah Stevens have any powers? Will any other women be resurrected by our 3 old gal pals from Coven?
Kristi: I do see powers coming. It wouldn’t be a Coven crossover if they didn’t. Yes, we are going into some Coven shit now. This season has me super intrigued. I’m excited to see what it brings us! (Isn’t it nice when this show is done properly?)
Raylene: I think the others have powers just not a strong as Mallory’s I would’ve enjoyed Joan Collins being thrown in the mix with them. (I still think it is going to happen, or else my prediction last week is going to make me look foolish.)
Cece: I don’t know what their powers may be. Hers was pretty cool. So, we will have to see what the others can do! (For a second there, I was thinking, Drew Barrymore, is that you?)
Eric: Coco and Dinah don’t have any powers. I think they will be in some part of right place right time situation. (Eric, your words give me hope that I will get to hear “Right Place Wrong Time”.)
Melanie: I think Coco doesn’t have powers but will be some sort of bait and will die a couple more times. Not sure about Dinah. No one else will be resurrected or they all will, lol. (Dinah seems like a wildcard in this because Adina gets good roles as of late. Coco really could be bait, and if so, I am good with it. I love that lady!)
Tom: I do think all three have powers do to the fact they resurrected they’re “sisters”. I think they will probably bring back at least some of the others because there seems to be some story arcs that haven’t played out yet. (Thanks Tom, now I really don’t have to write an answer. I mean I will, but still.)
Kayleigh: Yes, we learned in Coven that their powers can come out when they’re under distress. I think their powers will show themselves. As far as any other “women” that might be resurrected, I hope not. (That’s been true since the dawn of mankind, or at least 1976 when Carrie unleashed her wrath.)
Kelly: I am interested in finding out how the Hell Coco is going to play into this as a witch. Gah, couldn’t they have left her dead? Dinah, I’m sure will be related to Angela Basset’s Coven character. And don’t forget her son! I think she’s the one who made the snake soup alive again. I have a feeling Mallory will be a descendant of the Supreme somehow. (I almost got through everyone’s responses without a Marie Laveau reference and that was going to be my niche. Thanks. Yeah, I think that there is absolutely a connection there. Coco is the most interesting one for me at the moment, but Adina is going to prove more important I would guess.)
Kent: Yes, I think Coco is a simpleton who is unaware of her powers. Keep in mind, sometimes they don’t know about their powers until shit gets real. So consider that ignorance is bliss. Coco has been presumably spoiled her whole life and may have rarely ever been under true distress and wouldn’t know about her power. I am so happy that she is back. I do believe, as I stated last week, that Joan will be brought back as seems likely to have some more screen time. Finally, Dinah seems likely to have a connection to Marie. This season is all about connections to the past. Will anybody be connected to Madame Delphine LaLaurie (Kathy Bates in Coven)?
- Mead is a robot, we now have clarification on that. That leads me to other questions. Did she use to exist as a person? Why did she have to wear the mask when she went outside? Did Constance in season 1 have access to a goddamn robot?
Kristi: I don’t think she existed before. As for the mask, my thought would be so that she didn’t get any contaminants on her to infect the others. (I hadn’t considered the containment aspect. This is why I ask the questions.)
Raylene: I think at some point there was a real person and Langdon created Mead out of her image since he said that she was the only person that truly understood him. I think Mead wore the mask because she didn’t know she was a robot until she had gotten shot and saw for herself. (It’s a good question. When did Mead have her moment of self-realization?)
Cece: I believe she is a robot created for Langdon with Constance’s memories. And it’s interesting. She was obviously a human at some point with Kathy Bates’ face. (Interesting thought on having Constance’s memories. I like that.)
Eric: Constance was a resourceful lady and created Mead with her memories for Langdon. Her skin came from a human. (Ohhhhh shit, a skinned human? These theories just keep getting better. I thought this question was going to yield lame results. I was wrong.)
Melanie: Mead is a human skin sack of a real person that crossed Constance. This human sack conveniently fit over Constance’s robot and the robot was filled with memories for Langdon. (Melanie, you have a way with words this particular season. I like that “human skin sack” is in this blog. I may use it as a tag for the blog.)
Tom: Yes, I believe she was designed after a real person and programmed with her memories as Langdon alluded to. I think she might have worn the mask to keep up appearances, either for the others or for anyone arriving. I don’t think robots had anything to do with season one. (I thought the keeping up appearances thing as well. But I like Kristi’s thought regarding the contaminants now. Maybe it’s both!)
Kayleigh: I think she was made in the image of a real woman. I think she wore a mask so no one else would know she’s a robot. (This is what you and I talked about. It makes a lot of sense. I want to know if Amazon Eve knew.)
Kelly: I think there’s a possibility she could have been human at a stage in her life. I wonder, with the mask being a thing, if she’s humanoid and still has needs that humans do, like breathing or eating? I took from Langdon speaking to her about how he modeled her from the one person who ever cared for him if he was talking about Constance since we’re left at the end of Murder House with her ecstatic to have a baby. I can only assume she did love him. (Ohhh, you’re right. We don’t know what needs this robot could have. That’s a very good point. I am digging today’s blog.)
Kent: I don’t have much to add. Everybody is on their A game so far. I would add the possibility of an unknown babysitter. Yes, as Kelly pointed out, Constance was ecstatic to have the baby. Who knows how long she lived beyond that? So fudge it, I am hoping for a babysitter, and possibly for it to be Alexandra Breckenridge as the maid. Please, give your straight male audience and lesbian audience something to applaud.
- The carriage with the apples. Was there somebody driving it at some point? It seems a bit odd that the horses knew how to get there, right? I guess this season we can chalk anything up to the fact that there is an Antichrist and witches, so disbelief must be suspended at times. Still, I find this odd.
Kristi: I’m thinking the horses are robots. (I really haven’t considered the idea of robot horses, but it is a possibility. We do know that radiation can affect them, but that doesn’t mean much yet with a lack of info.)
Raylene: I think Langdon control them from the bunker no driver per say
Cece: This was interesting. I’m guessing since it’s a technology-based world, that things could work with them sending the horses some specific way. I really don’t have an answer to this. (Soooo Westworld?)
Eric: Remote control devil power.
Melanie: I agree with Eric. It was driven remotely by the devil.
Tom: I’m more curious how Brock caught up to the carriage on foot. I tend to think there was no passenger and the horses just knew the way. Brock couldn’t steer the horses from under the carriage, nor did he know the way. (So what you’re telling me is that Brock couldn’t show them the way to go home? I wonder if those horses were tired and wanted to go to bed. Seriously though, how the hell did he catch up?)
Kayleigh: I think there was a driver that was killed by Brock before the carriage arrived. (I’m nodding in agreement.)
Kelly: I think it was either run by magic or the horses could be like Mead and are part android-part living being, therefore their “computer” was programmed where to go.
Kent: So it appears a lot of you are going with the most likely scenario of Langdon controlling them, whether they were living or robotic. You are probably right. Kayleigh is the only one with my initial thoughts, and since I like to live and die on random things, I do believe that there was a driver. Brock is a badass gangsta now. My only question is how long did he have to Cape Fear that ride? Also, am I the only person that thought of Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons parody of Cape Fear? Yeah, I probably am. Search YouTube for Sideshow Bob Cactus Patch. I’m not linking it here because FOX is very protective of that particular property.
- Sooo almost everybody got got, and a few got resurrected. This can’t be it for Evan Peters, can it? Did this feel rushed in killing off so many people, or is this a good pace?
Kristi: It felt like the Red Wedding to me. I think Evan will come back in some way. (Okay, I must admit, I expected at least 3 to 4 Red Wedding references, yet here we are, and it is just you. I am shocked. I agree with you though. It was just missing “The Rains of Castamere”.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECewrAld3zw
Raylene: I am pleased with everyone getting got was hoping it was like murder house were nobody stayed dead but as of now that’s not the case. Evan will be back you said he played like 4 characters in last season so he’ll be utilized the same way. (Let’s face it, this has been a waste of his talent so far this season, but he will make a comeback.)
Cece: It was perfectly paced. Those new characters were merely there to give extra plot to the base of the real story. Evan Peters will be here AS TATE! 🙂 (I am really just hoping we are done with the young couple and Dinah’s son. They served their tiny purpose.)
Eric: Super rushed! (This was my initial reaction as well. Then I found out that there are only 10 episodes and they had to rush through this to give enough time to go back and explore more of season 1 and give us witches. Consider this a necessary evil of adhering to a 10 episode season.)
Melanie: Only those three will come back because they aren’t duplicates of other characters. Also, thank God it was fast because that story line was weird. I am so glad to see my girls! My favorite badass b/witches!!! (I feel bewitched reading your comments.)
Tom: Way too fast! I feel AHS always kills some characters too fast, just as you start to get vested into their storyline. (I will prod you here. Which characters were you getting vested into that got got and not resurrected? For me, it would be Venable and Evie.)
Kayleigh: No, I think we’ll see a good portion of those characters that were killed come back. (Sooooo, if I am understanding you right, you are saying that it’s possible that the witches may need a zombie army. And they may be wondering, Who Do You Voodoo Bitch? Angela Bassett is so making an appearance!)
Kelly: Evan will return as Tate. Well, I think this pace is a little reminiscent of Roanoke, so it isn’t out of the ordinary in my opinion. (Roanoke did set a precedent for killing people off rapidly, so no, not out of the ordinary nowadays, for better or worse.)
Kent: We will be seeing Tate back no later than the 6th episode. And he will not be alone. My girl will be returning. It will be nice to see Sister Irene back on AHS.
- Brock is alive, and as Melanie said in week 1, “Puss Galore”. Coco is also alive again. Is Brock screwed now, or will they mend fences perhaps?
Kristi: I see a death of Brock in our future.
Raylene: I say Brock has left the bunker already. (I am curious if he was smart enough to get out of Dodge.)
Cece: Brock is dead, sooner or later. I don’t believe Coco is Coco anymore…
Eric: I don’t think she will kill him. (I don’t either. I think Coco is going to go through a transformation and really work together.)
Melanie: Puss Galore is going to get got by the flick of a wrist by my girls. (Take your bow. Puss Galore is gon get flicked. I do love this blog.)
Tom: I don’t think there will be any mending faces between those two. I don’t think he’s screwed at all though. His name is Brock and he’s a badass wasteland warrior now. (I accidentally wrote faces instead of fences, but I’m choosing to leave it.) (Tom, that may be the least pretentious thing that you have ever written to me. Good for you sticking by your words. I admire that.)
Kayleigh: No I think Brock will try to kill her again and she’s probably gonna want revenge as well.
Kelly: I’m not sure Brock will make it much longer. There’s a good chance now that Coco will find out she’s a witch (because I don’t think she knows), that she kills him in spite.
Kent: So a lot of you think Brock is F’d in the A. The looming question is what kind of power will Coco possess and will she use it for revenge. It sounds like most of you feel that way. I think they are going to team up and work together, or as Tom would say “Mend faces”, even if Brock gets reanimated to be her manservant, I think that they will join forces and possibly create Captain Planet. Still, Tom brought up an incredibly valid point. His name is Brock. How many Brock’s do you know on TV? I know of Brock Sampson of The Venture Brothers and Brock Lesnar the UFC and WWE fighter/wrestler. Both are badass dudes. Brocks are fighters. Brock is a survivor. He will be singing some Gloria Gaynor at some point hopefully. Seriously though, this video is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I
Final Thoughts – We are officially 30% through the season already. I need to bring up a topic very near and dear to me. Who has had the best hair so far this season?
Kristi: Langdon. Is that his name? He has some flowy locks going. I want to brush it. (I don’t know why, but your last line made me giggle.)
Raylene: I’m giving Brock some love especially post bomb look poor fella. (All things considering, he’s keeping it real. That just got out of bed and I have messy hair look, plus radiation.)
Cece: The best hair? I mean, I guess Coco and I actually enjoy Mallory’s as well. (Mr Gallant did a hell of a job on Coco’s hair without a blow dryer. I was impressed.)
Eric: Coco’s assistant. (Mallory is her name, and yeah, that shit is great!)
Melanie: Mead! So cool. (I wasn’t expecting this one, but I agree. It’s pretty awesome on Bates.)
Tom: Hmmmmm, I gotta go with Brock. He’s got the radiated mullet. Mangy in the front, party in the back. (And he killed a finalist on Top Chef! That line was really good.)
Kayleigh: Mallory, because it looks like she has a dick on her head. (You stay classy San Diego.)
Kelly: It’s getting shorter and shorter. *Eyeroll.* Also, best hair… Probably Sarah. I think she looks beautiful in her character. (It is getting shorter and shorter. I thought Venable would get more love with the responses. I think he’s is incredibly unique and works for her.)
Kent: Myrtle Snow because someone has to give love to the gingers of this world. This is by far the best season for hair, so I felt that this was a poignant topic. I need to wrap this up with some of my favorite quotes from this episode. Yes, I am taking notes now.
“Why not? You’re mean and self-involved to survive anything. And I’m a goddamn robot.” – Mead – I thought to myself, how many other people could have pulled off that line.
“When we had Stu” – Coco – This was great because that’s how it was written on closed captioning
“Oh well, hey, Mallory. Uh, there’s a fire right there bitch. Do it again.” – Coco – How does anybody hate this character? She is fucking hilarious. She also mentioned analingus which reminded me of the great Christopher Walken sketch on SNL.
“I don’t know why I did that.” – Mead after shooting Venable
Also, am I the only one who had flashbacks to Stand By Me when everybody was puking?
Finally, I really enjoyed both music choices this week. “Baby I’m-a Want You” by Bread and “She’s a Rainbow” by Rolling Stones were solid. Thank you for reading everybody!!!
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