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Tom4784 · 24-01-2015, 04:42 PM

I wouldn't say the size of the cast is a problem, they just need to centralise the plot and the characters and not have them all be disparate to each other. The writers have shown that, even in Asylum, they can't handle multiple plotlines effectively so they just need to focus on one thing.

MH was great because it all revolved around the house and all the characters and the sideplots all had a purpose in relation to that. Freakshow suffered because there wasn't a central plotline and Coven was terrible because they kept changing the central plot every few episodes.

Freakshow would have been great if they only did around 6-8 episodes and focused on the threat of Dandy and Twisty to the Freakshow because as soon as they offed Twisty the series lost it's direction and everything became diluted and bland.

Smithy · 24-01-2015, 07:14 PM

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Yeah they really need to sort the show out for season 5. I liked Freakshow in parts and liked the characters although it was just 13 episodes of random events, with no story going on throughout.

One thing they need to do for season 5 is cut the cast in half. The main problem that started with Coven and became too much in Freakshow has been the larger casts. Cut it out, have a smaller cast, characters we can get to know on a deeper level and a story with a meaning. I know the show has grown to have a great cast of people but really they need to just ditch a load of them, maybe work some of the cast on a 'every two seasons' cycle. Keep the regulars that have stayed since season one and rotate the others.

Freakshow has improved in some places though and we did get more horror in this than we did Coven.

I just hope they do a complete revamp and make it great for the next season, otherwise I cannot see this show holding its viewers and fanbase if season 5 is a mess again.

It felt more like a drama than a horror tbh and i disagree with it being more of a horror than Coven, murder/random killings = horror, it's the disturbing, dark and creepy atmosphere that makes the show a horror, and imo Coven had more of it than FS, there were definitely a lot more moments in Coven when i was like

or on the edge of my seat.

I think you're kind of right with the cast, it didn't help that the freaks they employed weren't actors, and that half of them had 0 lines or personality, so when they died (like the dwarf and the woman with no legs) it was hard to really care. I think they did it well with Asylum bc they had a pretty large cast with the recurring characters but you still had feelings about them one way or another

lostalex · 25-01-2015, 11:19 AM

Asylum is still the best season overall imo, but the Pepper episode this season was the best single episode of the entire series. It was an amazing perfect episode.

Niamh. · 02-02-2015, 09:57 AM

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yah overall this season was crap tbh

This.

It started well, same as Coven and then it just went downhill after the clown died i think. they made the same mistake as with Coven, having bits and pieces of stories all over the place but not really running with one thing. The ending was awful, worse than Coven even.

I doubt I'll watch the next Season

Niamh. · 02-02-2015, 09:58 AM

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Asylum is still the best season overall imo, but the Pepper episode this season was the best single episode of the entire series. It was an amazing perfect episode.

That was a good episode and probably because it seemed more like an episode of Asylum, which was perfection

Smithy · 02-02-2015, 10:03 AM

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I can imagine Kathy Bates as the bearded lady.

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I think the pinhead girl from Asylum is definitely gonna be back. Pepper.

Ddd psychic teas

Xtopher · 25-02-2015, 04:11 PM

Season 5 is called HOTEL starring LADY GAGA.

https://amp.twimg.com/v/be6523a7-5a0...e-9e8a216ad272

As a former Gaga stan I'm actually ****ing excited for this. I know she can act and after the Oscars the hype around her has been brilliant.

Lostie! · 25-02-2015, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Xtopher

Season 5 is called HOTEL starring LADY GAGA.

https://amp.twimg.com/v/be6523a7-5a0...e-9e8a216ad272

As a former Gaga stan I'm actually ****ing excited for this. I know she can act and after the Oscars the hype around her has been brilliant.

I thought the Lady GaGa thing was a joke, but I just did a search and it's true.

Headie · 25-02-2015, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Xtopher

Season 5 is called HOTEL starring LADY GAGA.

https://amp.twimg.com/v/be6523a7-5a0...e-9e8a216ad272

As a former Gaga stan I'm actually ****ing excited for this. I know she can act and after the Oscars the hype around her has been brilliant.

Is Smithy alive right now