Season 1 Talk AHS: Murder House - American Horror Story

Publish date: 2024-04-25

On 10/19/2014 at 9:48 PM, Guest Accused Dingo said:

I love the idea of a house being so evil that if feeds off a person's worst instincts. Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott had great chemistry and I like watching a complete destruction of their marriage. I was also a big fan of the Tate/Violet relationship it was beautifully tragic.

I’m super late to this, but I just finished watching this season of this show because of a recommendation from a coworker (I was completely unfamiliar with this show beforehand) and I loved it. Totally agree that Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott have great chemistry. It was such fun watching their marriage break down and watching Viv go nuts. I feel similarly about Tate/Violet too. So tragic! 

On 11/12/2014 at 6:53 PM, Mattipoo said:

I know some will disagree but I really like Murder House because of the casting of Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton in the lead roles.

Agreed! I don’t get the hate for these two, I thought they were fantastic! 

On 12/21/2014 at 8:47 PM, manbearpig said:

Connie Britton's 'what the hell' face when dealing with Constance or that kooky real estate agent is my favourite thing about Murder House. She cracked me up, and it's such a shame the show hasn't been able to get Britton back for a guest appearance. I really liked Vivian as a character.

Yes, me too! Her “what the hell face” was absolute perfection. Viv was definitely my favorite character this season. 

On 12/22/2014 at 8:52 AM, Captanne said:

So I finished Murder House.  I loved Vivien.  It's such a delight to see a competent, strong female character.  Her daughter was, too.  

Agreed! I loved that both of them were so tough, especially when they survived the home invasion together! 

On 10/16/2017 at 6:40 PM, Peanut6711 said:

I'm even more bugged after two viewings and further reflection by the way that Ben gets a pass and Tate doesn't. I would have really liked to see Violet come around to Tate at the end.  If you watch the making of, Brad Falchuk talks about how they wanted Ben to be a likable guy. I'm sorry but I loathed Ben even more the second time around. I found Vivan's assessment of him as a "narcissist asshole" in one of the earlier episodes to be spot on.  I felt he made little change/growth as a character and didn't deserve the HEA he got.  He's quick to write Tate off as a psycho, but I had far more sympathy for Tate's character.  Tate's original murders--the HS massacre-- are committed when he's a teen and jacked on cocaine. His later  (post death) murders of the previous owners as well as the rape of Vivian are committed in his twisted attempt to pacify an upset Nora, longing for her house and baby back.  His actions, while true horrors, aren't done for selfish reasons. In fact, he seems to relate to Nora as a mother figure, probably out of the distorted family life he had. He's been influenced/subjected to the evil of the house all of his life.  And yet, he still saves and attempts to save Violet twice as well as spare her feelings. That doesn't sound to me like someone without a conscious as Ben accuses. Ben, by contrast, never actually commits a murder, but he's a adulterous husband and neglectful father.  Repeatedly cheating on your wife who's suffered a traumatic miscarriage, trying to excuse your bad behavior, and then lying to said newly pregnant again wife to accompany pregnant mistress to an abortion is not what I'd ever consider a "likable" guy.  All of his bad deeds occur as a mature, educated adult.  Tate I felt sorry for. Ben I wanted to throat punch and then cut off his balls.

My feelings exactly!! I mean, I get why Violet wrote Tate off, but I still feel like what Ben did was 10X worse for all the reasons you mentioned.....and he essentially gets a happy ending while Tate is all lonely. Ugh. 

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