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American Horror Story – Cult, Episode 6 Mid-Western Assassin

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American Horror Story – Cult, Episode 6

Mid-Western Assassin

Aired Oct 10, 2017

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Drama

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An unexpected source reveals the truth behind the cult to Ally; Kai's run for City Council is challenged by a new candidate.

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Cult finally feels somewhat cohesive in "Mid-Western Assassin," if only it wasn't quite so timely.

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Ryan Murphy

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Brad Falchuk

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Ally Mayfair-Richards

Alison Pill

Ivy Mayfair-Richards

Evan Peters

Kai Anderson

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

10/13/2017

AHS: Cult is utterly baroque in its presentation gore. It hosts a Grand Guignol-level of exploitation, here to inflate the absurdity of America's fetishizing of violence and blood and, yes, guns.

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Molly Horan

AV Club

10/12/2017

B

The need to edit out a moment of violence that now feels all too real is all the more chilling when you consider Cult is acting as a giant metaphor (and some could say, as a giant mirror held up to) the post-election era.

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Ben Travers

IndieWire

10/11/2017

American Horror Story may not be able to satisfy its fans by toning things down, but it hit the right chord this week - for victims, for fans, and for the series itself.

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Alyse Wax

Syfy Wire

07/09/2018

Of all the episodes this season, this one was the least horrific, but it was so for a horrific reason: everything in this episode was too real, was stuff that I feel like I have been desensitized to.

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Mark Trammell

TV Equals

10/18/2017

Obviously, the timing of the episode was too close for comfort to the tragic events in Las Vegas, so producer Ryan Murphy wisely trimmed things down a bit.

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Oliver Whitney

ScreenCrush

10/16/2017

AHS would do better reverting back to the period piece settings of its earliest seasons rather than mining modern politics for vacant social satire and real-life horror gimmicks

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Synopsis

An unexpected source reveals the truth behind the cult to Ally; Kai's run for City Council is challenged by a new candidate.

Director: Bradley Buecker
Creator: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
Screenwriter: Todd Kubrak
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA (L|S|V)
Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Oct 10, 2017