Episode Title: “Boy Parts”
Writers: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear
Director: Michael Rymer
Previously on “American Horror Story”:
“In this whole wide wicked world, the only thing you have to be afraid of…is me” – Fiona Goode, the Supreme.
“Boy Parts” takes the time to develop each character further through three different plotlines and still manages to keep the pace at a decent, albeit somewhat sluggish, temp. Despite the lack of swiftness we do get some nice surprises to help keep the hungry AHS fans happy.
Jessica Lange is killing it this season on “American Horror Story!” She’s always been great on the show, and her talents as an actor are unquestionable, but when you give her an interesting, complex character like Fiona and let her run loose, awesome things happen. Being the Supreme witch has given Fiona the confidence of a man with Liam Neeson’s penis and a sass-tastic attitude to match. Let’s see, she slaps Madame LaLaurie (Kathy Bates) in the face so hard it rattles her teeth, she breaks the stubborn will of a cop trying to resist her mind control, and then she walks into Madison and Zoe’s room and tosses them against the wall like voodoo doll- and that’s all before breakfast! Dang girl! She has good intentions behind all of it (which makes it okay, right?) – the witches have to stick together and protect each other.
That little life lesson inspires Madison (Emma Roberts) and Zoe (Taissa Farminga) to go on a little field trip to the morgue. Madison knows that Zoe used her poisonous vagina to kill one of her rapists, so, as a thank you, she sets about helping her to resurrect Kyle (Evan Peters). The title, “Boy Parts”, becomes much more fitting when we see that Kyle’s body parts are mixed into a pile of parts and, since they don’t know whose parts are whose, the girls go about crafting the ultimate boyfriend. It’s nasty, it’s weird, and it’s perfectly American Horror Story, making it my favorite plotline so far.
Plus we learn that the witches not only have the ability to use their mutant… I mean witchy powers, but they can cast spells. And while this is a pretty morbid-ass scene, it shows us that Madison has some level of empathy underneath her bitchy outer shell. That bitchiness is still her top priority, though, which we see when she leaves Zoe and the newly-revived-not-sure-WTF-is-going-on Kyle high and dry when someone shows up.
Out of left field, we find out that Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) has a husband. Surprise! And they are trying to conceive but can’t naturally so they debate getting some help from science or magic. Anyway, good witch Cordelia shows that she has some boundaries when it comes to magic, unlike her mother. It’s nice that she wants to do things naturally, but after makin’ babies proves to be too difficult via the natural ways, she gives in (with a ‘lil nudge from hubbie dearest). They get steamy and sexy, and make a magically-charged baby. It makes sense- both rape and pregnancy have been elements of the first two seasons, and it seems that they’re going to play into season three, as well. Hmm, how is this pregnancy going to backfire, I wonder?
Fiona once again spends the episode in search of everlasting youth which feels like it’ll lead to a more interesting thematic payoff later (hopefully). For now we’ll have to be satisfied with seeing more of Madame LaLaurie and Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett). I can’t wait to see if these two face off against each other, especially with surprise reveal that Marie’s as immortal as LaLaurie is, and so is her boyfriend, who is still a frickin’ Minotaur. So, for those keeping trapped, Marie left LaLaurie trapped underground for nearly two-hundred years and slaughtered her family, and LaLaurie turned Marie’s poor boytoy into a half man/half beast. I’m betting both of these chicks are still pretty pissed about what happened.
Misty Day (Lily Rabe), the witch who was burned at the stake in the first episode, is revealed to be alive. She’s been living in the woods, growing a little bit crazy, and worshipping Stevie Nicks. It’s funny to hear a Fleetwood Mac song come on every time Misty Day comes onscreen. I hope that continues.
“Boy Parts” provides some needed character development, with only a slight hit to the pacing, but things seem like they’re working towards a major payoff, so here’s hoping we’ll get some faster paced interesting stuff later on.
