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While AHS isn’t for everyone and some people don’t like that it doesn’t combines elements of science fiction and horror, one thing is for sure and that is it’s entertaining. Some seasons are better than others. I have discussed in the past which ones I enjoyed watching the most. Season four, Freak Show, being the best out of all of them so far. The purpose of me writing this is to tell a tiny portion of AHS viewers which season I feel is better between 10 and 11. I know the diehard fans have already watched all the AHS seasons but for those like me don’t mind playing catch up and take their time viewing all the seasons, this is for you. This was hard for me to choose between season 10, Double Feature that deals with vampire like creatures and aliens, and season 11, NYC that deals with a virus ravaging the streets of NYC because all these subjects are interesting to me. I love aliens as much as I do vampires. I love a great story about reality mixed into the dangers of fantasy.

Going a little further into detail with each season, let’s start with season 11 because it definitely was more than I expected it to be. I would say the way NYC was filmed and edited led to the absolute powerful portrayal of the complete horror and fear during this time. There were scenes that left my mouth wide open and cut through every layer of artistic intensity. The first episode sets the mood with another murder of a gay man in NYC and how the police department aren’t interested in solving these kinds of deaths compared to other homicides happening under their nose. The characters of Patrick (Russell Tovey) and Gino (Joe Mantello) clash with each other as the former is a detective and the latter is a reporter. While both have a desire to catch the murderer, they have different ways of putting away this monster forever. In tandem with this maniac killing gay men, a scientist named Dr. Wells (Billie Lourd) is concerned about a new virus spreading quickly from one location to another. There are flashbacks in this season as in the past. However, they felt more natural compared to including flashbacks make it less confusing for the viewer and fill in the gaps during present time.

Season 10 had two different parts although tied together. The first part was called Red Tide where a screenwriter named Harry (Finn Wittrock), his wife Doris (Lily Rabe), and their daughter Alma (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) leave the bustle of city life for a tiny town called Provincetown in MA. Harry believes the quiet ocean town will provide him the ability to write a great script although with the distractions of the town become overwhelming. He gets sucked into the strange town by Belle Noir (Frances Conroy), a writer with great success, and Austin (Evan Peters), a singer. He doesn’t realize the negative influences that have taken hold and tries to find a way out of his mess. The second part was called Death Valley where Dwight D. Eisenhower (Neal McDonough) and his wife, Mamie (Sarah Paulson) have to deal with the repercussions of the decisions Eisenhower made during their time in the White House. Because of this, four college students find themselves forced into taking part in an experiment to advance the alien race. While I thought the first part had a better conclusion because there were more episodes, the second part felt rushed because there should’ve been a few more episodes to tie everything together.

Between the two parts in season 10, while I love anything alien related, I have to say part 1 was better solely based on how the conclusion was done sufficient enough. The ending of part 2 left me hanging, wanting more, but not getting more despite the focus on the Eisenhower administration.

In conclusion which season did I like best? I have to give it to season 11.

I rate AHS: NYC FOUR FINGERS and ONE THUMB at 100%.

I rate AHS: RED TIDE FOUR FINGERS at 90%.

I rate AHS: DEATH VALLEY THREE FINGERS at 80%.