With “Afterbirth,” the season finale for American Horror Storie’s first year, the show ends 45 minutes in and then aimlessly, pointlessly meanders around for 15 minutes of epilogue. In fact, in many ways, the final episode loses much of the footing it gained with its last four of five weeks and derails into a uneven mess. It also ends on a predictable and boring note, taking its sweet... 

Well, here we are. Fifteen episodes and a number of survivors later, we’re at the end of South Pacific. It’s been fun, albeit predictable with most contestants playing their strategies safe and sticking to their word. Only two major plays occurred (John Cochran turning on his tribemates and Brandon handing away immunity only to be voted out), but between Cochran’s fish-out-of-waterness and Brandon’s... 

Holy crap, didn’t see that coming. Or, maybe I did, just a little. With “Birth,” American Horror Story goes full-tilt dark with its 11th show and next to last episode for its first season. Everything goes south for most every character as Ben (Dylan McDermott) drags Vivien (Connie Britton) back to the Harmon House just in time for her to give birth to the twins. The house is buzzing with anticipation... 

It’s the last week for Survivor: South Pacific, with a regular episode tonight and the series finale on this weekend (Sunday). It’s been a decent season – maybe not the most interesting at times but also not the most boring. If anything, it’s been rather predictable, with few players making major moves to alter the game. As Probst pointed out last week, the players have said for a while... 

With episode 10, “Smoldering Children,” American Horror Story reveals a terrifying secret and opens its arms to a number of the remaining human, living characters as they all dance closer and closer to the dark supernatural dimension hiding in the basement of the Harmon House. Never holding on to their darlings for long, the writer’s unleash a Gatling gun of horror onto the Harmon family... 

Welcome back to another week of the John Cochran pity party, with our special guest this week, John Cochran! Yes, this week’s episode doesn’t wait long before diving into the traditional Cochran quips of the past few weeks: being voted off is insulting, the other tribe members he teamed with just thanked him as lip service, etc. Dude, you got exactly what you signed on for. Now you have to face... 

With episode nine, “Spooky Little Girl,” American Horror Story continues its trend in solid horror television programming. Full of ghosts, weird behavior, murder and mayhem, this episode gets nasty, dismembering and disfiguring its victims at hands of the Harmon House’s original owner, Dr. Charles Montgomery (Matt Ross) – oh, and Hayden (Kate Mara) has some fun with the bloodletting... 

In case you didn’t notice, I didn’t recap last week’s episode. You see, it was Thanksgiving week so I was doing stuff with my family. Also, it was the seasonal “clip show,” which recaps what’s happened so far this season while showing new footage we didn’t get to see. So, if you wanted to see if there actually was a collaboration going on between Ozzy and Coach, the veteran players, the... 

While American Horror Story gets better and better with each episode, it also continues to adopt the LOST character-centric approach. However, determining which character it is concentrating on can be a challenging puzzle. In “Rubber Man,” the title suggests that it may be the man in the latex suit, but it could also be Vivien (Connie Britton) and her downward spiral, or even Nora Montgomery... 

With “Open House,” episode seven of the first season of American Horror Story, the FX creep show finally shows signs of hitting its stride. The first six episodes have been shaky as the writers struggle to discover a descent balance between story and mood. To borrow a beloved term from another fan-favorite, LOST, this episode was Larry-centric, focusing on the back story and motivations...