Sojourn

I don't know what the writers were thinking. The Satanists were so stereotypical and unbelievable that I couldn't take them seriously. Terrible writing and direction this episode. The only good thing about it was Cody Fern.

HAIL SATAN! I wasn't a fan of this episode at all. It almost seemed like it was a spoof of AHS. For a season with only 10 episodes, I feel this was completely unnessisary. But, I also can understand it's importance for story development.. however, it lacked enthusiasm and shifted away from the shows eerie aesthetics. Hope the next 2 episodes are good because this season has been wonderful up until now.

Everything from the title to the guest stars is a huge disappointment. Especially for Apocalypse and to premier on HALLOWEEN!! What a waste! It's also felt terribly short compared to the others. Sandra Bernhard is right up there with Lena Headey in terms of terrible guest stars. Less of a satanic priest and more of a cheesy goth comedian. And she managed to drag politics into it... We had enough of that in Cult thanks. It makes sense for the story to go where it is going at this point and even feels organic. It feels like a proper bridge in the story but a bridge you'd rather hurry cross to get to the next episode.

This season has been really good. Probably the best AHS has been since Coven. And this episode flopped. It was very comedic but not in that charming way that AHS usually gets you. More like over-the-top-we-just-need-to-develop-the-storyline-so-throw-in-some-jokes kinda way. Nevertheless, I will proceed watching because Cody Fern is evil af and I love it.

I guess people just don't get camp anymore. I noticed this episode seemed awfully short after watching it on dvr. I went to imdb and saw that it was indeed a pretty short episode, which is the only thing I didn't like about this episode. After seeing the low score I read some reviews wondered what everyone else had watched. The scenes with Sandra Bernhard and the Satanist church were clearly meant not to be taken seriously, you know... It's the church of Satan. A little comic relief never hurt anyone. I thought it was a pretty clever way to fill in some back story.