Katie Pumpkinhead’s Pumpkin Patch

 Now that the very interesting, different, often confusing season of American Horror Stories has come to an end, it’s time for this year’s actual AHS season, Double Feature, to take the floor.  I will admit, after finding about half of the episodes of “Stories” to be subpar, I was very worried about what the actual season would look like. Between the rushed changes that seemed to have to be made because of the pandemic, and the ambitious concept of a two-in-one season (Freaky formatting is never the AHS universe’s friend as far as I’m concerned.),  I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t expecting the worst, or at the very least, the painfully mediocre. I am happy to report, though, that I was pleasantly surprised, and found the first two episodes of this season to be a true return to form for my favorite show.  The first story we’ll be experiencing this season is called Red Tide. It is set in the very eerie, mysterious seaside town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the very tip of Cape Cod.

 For consistency’s sake, I’m titling this post after the episode as I have been doing since the beginning. But the actual title I want to give it, is “WTF Did I Just Watch?”. I need to start this review off with a disclaimer that I truly did not understand most of this episode, nor do I understand what it means for the AHS universe as a whole or some of the characters we’ve met during this series. I’ve often said this show has left me with more questions than answers, but this episode has me asking more questions than Ken Jennings probably did during his 74 episode winning streak as a Jeopardy contestant.  Let’s start at the beginning.  This episode starts off, like so many have before, with a car driving up to the Murder House. This time our potential victims are a young couple, Connie and Dylan (I see what you did there, Mr. Murphy.) and all seems almost boringly same old, same old until Connie mentions what big fans they are of American Horror Story. I actually had to rewind back to

 We’re just one episode away from the finale of this interesting, up-and-down season of American Horror Stories...and after this week’s episode, I can honestly say, I wish there were more. Because I finally, finally feel like this show went exactly where it was supposed to go.  I am absolutely  obsessed  with this week’s episode, Feral.  Let’s hope I can keep this review somewhat concise because I truly can’t say enough about it. Our story starts off, like so many before it, with a family, Jay and Addy Gantz, and their toddler son, Jacob, driving to a new place. They’ve decided to go camping, though Addy seems against it and little Jacob declares “I want TV!” when asked for his input. I don’t know why, but I instantly get a “Gage from Pet Sematary” vibe from Jacob. The camping trip commences, the first night ending with Addy admitting she’s glad they came. The next morning, Jay and Jacob (Is Jay short for Jacob? Random thought but I can’t help but wonder.) are playing hide and seek in

 This week on American Horror Stories: An episode that finally feels like it belongs in the AHS universe! I had a good feeling about this episode. I don’t know why. I guess maybe I just felt like after two episodes of silliness, we had to be getting back on track eventually?  And I was right, for the most part. This week’s episode, titled “Ba’al” starts off with a couple, Liv and Matt, at a fertility clinic. Apparently they’ve been trying and trying to conceive a child for awhile now and have just gone through their fifth round of IVF procedures, at which point their doctor tells them this is generally when most couples give up and start to consider their other options, such as adoption or surrogacy, but Liv absolutely insists that she has to be pregnant and is willing to spend whatever money she needs to (She’s absolutely loaded thanks to a dead grandfather. Like, beyond rich.) to keep the procedures coming. I’ll go on record as saying this type of storyline is not something I normall

 Today is National Watermelon Day! I may not be much of a summer ghoul, (and by “not much” I mean “not even the slightest bit) but I have always enjoyed watermelon. It’s probably my favorite fruit/fruity flavor.  Back in 2015, thinking about how watermelon-flavored treats tend to become a big thing in the summer months, I tweeted this: Though I can’t find the proof of it now, (It was hard enough to dig up the actual tweet!) this tweet got quite a bit of a response, at least compared to what I was used to at the time. It was like I somehow had shown a light on something people hadn’t realized before.  It’s true, though, if you really think about it. Both watermelons and pumpkins appear in big bins in the stores at the beginning of their respective seasons, and are bought up by everyone until said season has passed. Both also somewhat represent the official “flavor” of their season, heavily featured in different foods and drinks that are often bypassed once the season is over. Watermelon