- Network: AMC , AMC+ , AMC PLUS HDTV
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 13, 2021
Season #: 2, 1
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The series remains at the top of its game throughout the seven episodes (of an eight episode season) made available for review.
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It's hard not to wish that the story had gotten more experimental in pushing its format a bit further than it did, though it certainly would have been ambitious to try to take flight on the small runway of a final season of only eight episodes. Thankfully, the destination it arrives at helps to smooth over the many bumps in the road — with a final shot that puts it all in an unexpectedly profound and poetic perspective.
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Every time the show threatens to get legitimately dark and thrilling, Murphy looks ready to go for the ride but gets left at the starting line by writers willing to circle the same themes instead of going anywhere with them. There’s a certain irony in how a show about a woman who was underestimated her entire life did the same thing to its leading lady.