Tonight marks the season finale of FX's freak-show American Horror Story: Asylum and the last we'll ever see of Briarcliff.
SPOILERS: The action is shifted to present day. Lana sits for an exposee on her career and rise to fame. We learn the fates of Kit, his children, and Sister Jude, and we also finally get to see the shocking confrontation between Lana and her wayward son.
This wasn't a tremendously horrifying end for the Asylum saga. I expected to see firsthand how Briarcliff eventually moved to its decrepit state. That sequence is never shown. Instead the writers opt to mention the fate of the asylum in a sneeze-and-you'll-miss-it statement from Lana during her interview. Make sure you're paying attention. Something about a storm...
I was disappointed in that regard, but there's certainly no shortage of shock value. Looks like creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (Glee*, Nip/Tuck) saved the best for last. I didn't expect the outcome of Lana's meeting with her son (Dylan McDermott) to go as it did, but it was mind-blowing. Kit's fate is also unexpected, but it's appropriate. Fans of the series should be satisfied.
I'm eager to see what's in store for the next chapter of American Horror Story. I'm trying to think up ideas for what they could do next. The haunted house and the insane asylum are two classic horror settings that have been dispatched like a severed appendage. I'd like to see them do something in the forest, maybe taking the classic slasher or cabin-in-the-woods trope for a spin. Murphy and Falchuk could really get crazy with that. There's so much potential there to show us something we haven't seen before. If they do it right, I'd like to question my sanity and safety the next time I go hiking.
(* Yes, Glee. The creators of American Horror Story are the same minds behind the popular high school comedy-musical series. Depending what level "gleek" you are, that may not be such a surprise.)
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