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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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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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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

Oct 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

Oct 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

Oct 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

Jul 9, 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

Oct 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

Oct 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

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