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At first I wasn’t really sure how I felt about this episode
as it was ongoing. I was fully on-board with the idea of an American Horror Story holiday episode after last season's finale ended with a final shot of the Harmons--dead and ghostly in the house that killed them-- trimming the tree together. But this was the very definition of a filler episode. First of all, visually this episode was a huge let down. There had to have
been any number of cinematic tricks that could have been busted out for this
type of holiday-tinged affair but there wasn’t anything but some cheesy jump-cuts
and jump-scares to be found. I expected better after we’ve had some truly
spectacular camerawork this year. It wasn’t my favorite of the season, but there were
ultimately a few good moments of character development and forward plot motion in it. Jude and Lana both got the chance to show us just
how hard they’re willing to fight, and we were treated to a full episode of the
devil in Sister Mary Eunice running the place with perverse glee as the
Christmas holiday nears. I wish they would have shown us more of the grotesque objects on that tree...but hit the jump to see how the naughty and nice of Briarcliff Manor fared in 'Unholy Night'.