Written by Brad Falchuk
Directed by Loni Peristere
Ursula: "Grab a drink, Harry. We need to talk."
After having the bare minimum of screen time in the first two episodes, this one somewhat made up for things as Ursula got a lot more focus than expected. I know Leslie Grossman might not be a fan favourite with some fans but I think her characters have improved as she's progressed on the show.
Ursula paid a surprise visit to Provincetown to see how Harry was getting so inspired and throughout the episode, I kept wondering when she was going to get killed off. Her open criticism of Austin and Belle's singing definitely put her on Belle's hit list and even Mickey cake close to murdering her at Belle's behest. It's a good thing the possibility of a Hollywood career for Mickey saved Ursula's life.
Then there was making herself known to the manufacturer of the black pills as well. Ursula has no tact whatsoever and it didn't take much for the Chemist (Angelica Ross) to demand that Austin and Belle deal with Ursula, Mickey and the Gardner family once and for all. I get the feeling it'll end badly for Austin and Belle first before any of them.
Then there was babysitting a hungry Alma. I thought she would be the one to finish Ursula off but instead Alma killed a far too nosy Chief Burleson instead. I think we can say Adina Porter was the wasted cast member this season so far as Burleson's suspicions on all the recent killings got her done in before the character had a chance to shine.
As for Harry himself, he lied to Doris about wanting to leave Provincetown again while she was in the hospital for stress. Harry also attempted to keep Alma from killing people by offering to get her fresh food and almost came afoul of a meth couple wanting to use him for a snuff movie. It just goes to show that not all of Harry's victims are people to feel sorry for.
As for Austin and Belle, for a group of people who don't actually live on Provincetown, they seem possessive of others being included in their pill program. Belle made no effort to hide her disdain for Mickey being on them and demanded that Harry stopped Alma from taking more. I'm curious though as to why the Chemist gave both her and Austin the pills in the first place and whether there are others she's been supplying too.
- We met Denis O'Hare's interior designer character, Holden Vaughn briefly in the episode as he witnessed Mickey killing the Hustler he was scheduled to meet. It also sounds like he too is on those black pills.
- Blake Shields who played Tony (one half of that couple Harry had to kill) appeared in the Feral episode of American Horror Stories.
- Karen sat out this episode entirely as did Lark, so there was moderately less swearing in this one but I'm sure she'll be back next week.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.
Thirst definitely helped to move things along. Ursula's presence led us to meeting the Chemist, more people are questioning the oddity of the town and in his own strange way, Harry tried to step up as a parent. Going by next week, we're also going to get answers on the origins of Austin and Belle for good measure too.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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