- Summary: After a miscarriage and nearly breaking up, Ben and Vivien Harmon (Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton) move from Boston to Los Angeles with their daughter to start a new life in a house with an eerie past.
- Genre(s): Horror
- Show Type: Between Seasons
- Season 1 premiere date: Oct 5, 2011
- Episode Length: 60
- Air Time: 10:00 PM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 30
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Mixed: 12 out of 30
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Negative: 3 out of 30
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91I loved the pilot, mostly because I could never predict where the story was going, a rarity in prime-time TV.
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80The show may be ridiculous, but the humiliation and panic feel real. And there's something to be said for surprise.
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60Viewers who like the horror genre and the offbeat Murphy/Falchuk approach, and who are willing to put in enough serious time to absorb all the nuances, will fall in love.
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30As the one character who grounds a story that would otherwise seem like a random collection of bad things happening to so-so people, Britton's the only reason I could imagine watching American Horror Story past the three episodes I've seen.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 68 out of 80
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Mixed: 9 out of 80
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Negative: 3 out of 80
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