American Horror Story: Asylum Recap: Continuum

Recaps

By RJ | Friday, January 18, 2013 | 10:39 am | 17 Comments
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AHS takes us on a journey of bad fashion as we flash forward and start to discover what happened to some of our favorite patients after they left Briarcliff.

Yeah, when Joseph Smith allowed polygamy, he meant whites only polygamy.  Sorry.

A picture of Kit, along with Grace and Alma and their two kids, shows a happy, loving family. Then Kit stumbles in, his face covered in blood, carrying an axe. We hear a child call for “Daddy” from another room. It’s the great nature versus nurture debate. Did Kit’s time in Briarcliff make him a violent person? Certainly this family isn’t as happy as they seem. It’s like “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, except you didn’t want any of these people to die.

Bitches be crazy.

We return, in flashback, to a happier time when Grace and Alma are co-parenting. Its 1968, four years after Kit’s release from Briarcliff. This show is like a giant middle finger to the religious right. I half-expected Chloe Sevigny to reappear as the pot-stirring, legless third sister wife. Alma is doing most of the parenting, though, as Grace is rather obsessed by her alien captors still, and sits etching pictures of her memories, all but ignoring her child. Kit returns home and seems genuinely happy. He wants the whole family to attend a march together. Alma doesn’t seem too pleased with this idea and Grace offers to watch the kids so the two of them can go.

 

“Bitch, I got an idea.  I go to the march with Kit, and you go fuck yourself”

Alma confronts Grace about her alien obsession. Grace admits she doesn’t want to forget the past, while Alma clearly wants to move forward. Grace further admits that if she forgets the past, she forgets the night she lost control and went into an axe wielding murderess rage. Plus, Grace thinks the aliens are the best thing that ever happened to her- they were a gift that brought her clarity. She also got released from Briarcliff and did not have to fully pay for her crime, so there’s that.

Alma strongly disagrees that the aliens are the best thing that has happened to her. She wants nothing more to forget the pain they’ve brought. She reminds Grace that before the aliens, she and Kit were a happy husband and wife, and not a polygamist cult.

It’s been years since Grace has had a good probing

Grace tells Alma that the aliens will return one day, because Kit is something special. Yeah, he’s something special alright. He is the dumbest, most trusting man on the face of the planet and questions nothing. Alma shutters at the thought that the aliens will return for their kids. Although she probably agrees that Kit is special, as she married the guy of her own free will and not due to some weird alien abduction/pregnancy subplot. Try fitting that into your polygamist family’s annual Christmas card. Admittedly, though, Santa hats on the photo of your children might hide their weird, pointy alien heads.

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I learned I was different in the third grade.  They would bring in our parents as tutors to help with difficult subjects like math, which is a testament to just how underfunded the California school system has always been.  Michael Weber's mother was tutoring me and one of my classmates in multiplication.  I did not care for the speed at which the lesson was progressing. 

I threw out a line from the most classic of movies, 'Back to the Future', when I simply stated "Let's see if these bastards can do 90!"  Michael Weber's mom was not impressed.

Its sad when the peak of your comedic career comes in the third grade, but I've never let that hinder me.  I still plug away at my boring day job while I dream of a day that I can tell the Michael Weber's moms of the world to suck it for not appreciating my sense of humor.

 

17 Comments

  1. 1
    Parisi LaRoe Parisi LaRoe
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 10:48 am

    I am sorry but there is nothing less sexier than Evan Pieters or however you spell it in underwear. It makes me vomit a little every time.

    Back to reading….

  2. 2
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    This episode was American Bore-or Story.

    This show seems to have issues with it’s final (or, in this case, penultimate) episode(s). I HATED last season’s finale. So. Much. It was like American-Horror-Story-Hallmark-Family-Movie. It was completely stupid, tedious, and disappointing. Not unlike this episode. AHS is like an exciting freight train ride that hits a brick wall in episode 12. Or, it’s like really good sex with no climax. There’s barely one story arc to wrap up in the last episode and there’s absolutely no more horror in American Horror Story. The finale better effing step it up. I’ve loved this season (even more than last year’s), but they killed off Sister Mary Eunice way too soon, the alien plot was never explored enough to be interesting, Lana is now some pompous asshole, and there’s not much more to do. I hope Lana tries to break Jude out of Briarcliff next week — that would be slightly redeeming.

    Also, why isn’t this show listed on the list of “Hot Shows” on the right side of the page? There’d probably be a lot more comments if it was.

  3. 3
    annie annie
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 4:33 pm

    I really just can’t wait for this season to be over. I love the show, but lately it feels like a chore to watch it.

    I feel like there were so many unecessary things thrown at us this year, that had little to nothing to do with anything, or story lines went nowhere……and I reaaaaaaaaaly could have done without the entire alien thing.

  4. 4
    emily
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    I just thought of something when Devil Nun died the devil’s spirit could of possessed the Monsieur. I just notice that he seem less tormented as of late with fakeing Judes death and putting her in solitary for awhile not to mention not doing anything to get her out like he promised.

  5. 5
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Hmmmmm, Emily. That’s an interesting point. I do remember Sister Mary Eunice telling the angel of death to “take both of us,” though. I thought the Monsignor was just incredibly apathetic and depressed because, you know, he’s an evil man, but who knows? Maybe he grew up to become the current pope, because THAT dude looks all kinds of evil.

  6. 6
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 6:24 pm

    And I usually don’t go for twink-y dudes, but I think Evan Peters is hot. Way more in this season than the last. Probably because he’s not a psychotic murdering ghost this year.

  7. 7
    Miss Molly
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    I’m the Queen of Candyland.

  8. 8
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 18, 2013 at 6:52 pm

    Also, Grace was declared legally dead. And Kit was in Briarcliff for allegedly murdering Alma. And yet the police and townspeople knew he was living with both of them? What the what? The police and townspeople are just accepting the fact that Alma apparently came back from the dead? And since Grace was legally dead, why didn’t Kit just bury her in the backyard? That’s what I was expecting him to do. He could have just said that Grace went to France or something, because, you know, she technically didn’t exist (legally). So, why was Alma, who was probably also declared legally dead, in Briarcliff for killing someone who was also legally dead? Was there some sort of trial? Because THAT would have been a confusing mess. Maybe Kit just took her in to Briarcliff and had her admitted without telling anyone about the murder, but still . . . That whole story line bugs me.

  9. 9
    plockness monster plockness monster
    Posted January 19, 2013 at 10:59 am

    I hope that this season was all a dream or a demented fantasy conjured up by Sister Jude. I really hope R. Murphy watched this season and realized it was lameeeee and is going to do better for season 3. I realize I’m in the minority, but in my opinion, this season sucked rocks.

    Annie – completely agree about the alien story line.

    Any thoughts on the season 3 setting?? New York??

  10. 10
    plockness monster plockness monster
    Posted January 19, 2013 at 11:00 am

    Also, this episode was really fucking confusing.

  11. 11
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 19, 2013 at 10:06 pm

    On the official Twitter account, there was a “clue” in “The Name Game” episode. There’s a lot of speculation that the season will deal with witches, based on the fact that “I’ve Put a Spell on You” was featured playing on the jukebox. It’s also going to include a “horror romance,” which makes me think of that abortion, Twilight, which makes me angry. I like the idea of witches though . . . Here’s an article and interview with Ryan Murphy:

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/american-horror-story-season-3-sarah-paulson-evan-peters-413542

  12. 12
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 19, 2013 at 10:07 pm

    Sorry, I meant that the AHS official Twitter account stated that there was a clue in “The Name Game” episode.

  13. 13
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 19, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    Ugh, sorry again, but I just want to say that Mr. Murphy’s “lighter tone” comment has me worried. I don’t want AHS to have a “lighter tone.” I want it to be f**king dark and f**ked the hell up.

  14. 14
    Parisi LaRoe Parisi LaRoe
    Posted January 20, 2013 at 6:21 am

    R.I.P. Alma. I actually liked you even though you weren’t on that much. You at least were more interesting than Grace and am glad you were the one who axed her instead of her axing you. It comes full circle.

    I didn’t really enjoy this episode so much. It felt like a filler episode for the first time. I wanted to learn more about Lana losing herself to fame. I just felt that they could have kind of expounded a little bit. I also am pissed about her leaving Jude but I also think that they are setting us up to hate her and then like her in the end. I think Jude will come out but I don’t think it is going to end well. I think she may be the one who will be the soul survivor of Briarcliff but I think she will be too old come present day. One can dream. I love Lana but Jude grew on me just based on Jessica Lange’s portrayal.

    Lana wouldn’t be out if it wasn’t for Jude and to turn her back is unacceptable. She is a reporter and I don’t think she honestly believed Jude was dead. Then again, she was only really a reporter on boring stuff (cooking, etc) so maybe her instincts are about as sharp as a blunt ax. I still love her but I want Jude to get her reward for doing the crap she did.

    Am I the only one who misses Sister Eunice screwing shit up? I thought she wouldn’t die until the end of the season with Sister Jude ceremoniously staking her but we can’t all have what we want. I have taken to watching the earlier episodes of the series just to watch her screw it up.

    I think in the finale that one of two situations transpire. Both situations involve Kit biting it which I think is possible but AHS has kept me on my toes so I cannot say it like I usually do (I usually tend to pick out endings which sucks but I like it usually). One ending involves Jude finally leaving and living and when she is about to croak of old age, she goes with the Angel of Death happily. The other involves Lana living but with her shooting BF2 the same way she did to Dr. Threadson. Brings it full circle.

    I don’t think BF2 will survive either way but then again, who knows? I hate that this show does it.

    Great recap though! It was a horrendous episode but it worked.

    R.I.P. Pepper. We will miss you.

  15. 15
    plockness monster plockness monster
    Posted January 20, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    Thanks for the link, Hypno. I am glad J. Lange, E. Peters, and S. Paulson will be back. I really, really, REALLY hope Murphy brings back Taissa Farmiga. I loved her in season one.

    I also agree it sounds like there is going to be some vampire aspect to season 3. Love story and time period jumping kind of confirm it.

    I thought the clue we would get would regard the location, not the plot??

  16. 16
    yeknom
    Posted January 23, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    I agree Plockness (#10) I felt as confused as I was when the show first started. Tonight’s episode better be good dammit!

    I miss sister Mary Eunice. Who knew a possessed nun would bring all the fun?

    And I am so excited to hear Jessica Lange will be back. I love that woman! :)

  17. 17
    Parisi LaRoe Parisi LaRoe
    Posted January 23, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    @plockness monster-Taissa is in talks to return. Here is the link I found.

    http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/01/american-horror-story-season-3-taissa.html

    I cannot wait to discuss the finale with you guys!!

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