Spoilers

“Halloween Part 1“

“Halloween Part 2“

On Halloween, the spirits of the dead are able to walk the streets once more. So it makes it easy for all of the lost souls living inside the Murder House to get out for a night.

The story advanced like crazy in these two episodes. So much happened. We met a gay couple who were former owners of the house who was killed by Rubber Man. Moira left the house and went to see her mother who was on life support that she immediately took her off. Hayden showed up to torment Ben and Vivien, forcing Ben to tell Vivien the whole truth. Tate and Violet were chased by a group of teen ghosts who claimed that Tate had killed them. Adelaide is hit by a car after she was dressed for Halloween as a ‘pretty girl’ and she dies before Constance can drag her onto the Harmon’s lawn. Constance grieves desperately for her loss and tells Violet that she was Tate’s mother. Vivien felt her baby kick, which should be too soon so they go to the hospital and the nurse collapses when she see the baby. Ben leaves the house the next morning and Vivien indicates that she is going to divorce him.

Just so much happening. I remember when it was first aired being really uncertain about everything that was going on, but this time, with my foreknowledge, everything was much clearer.

There is a ton of drama going on around the Murder House and everyone does a wonderful job. Jessica Lange is magnificent in this episode with the death of Adelaide. She always acted as if she did not love her ‘monster,’ as she called her, but the moment she finds her on the ground and desperately tries to drag her to the lawn before she dies so she would continue to exist, albeit trapped in the Murder House, is heartbreaking.

Evan Peters is another actor who brings his best in this episode as he starts to remember what he did to those teens. I believe that is coming up soon.

Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton both play every possible emotion during these two episodes as Ben clings to his life with his family, even while it slips away.

Zachary Quinto makes a great cameo as one of the former owners of Murder House, the one whom is killed by Rubber Man.

Overall, these two episodes play great together and is a complete gamechanger.