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It’s Serial Killer Fall.
The year is 1981, and all is not well on the streets of New York City. American Horror Story: NYC, whose plot aside from location has been kept entirely under wraps, begins with a pile of trash lining a nighttime city street, a common enough sight even in today’s New York, and a symbolic gesture hinting at what’s in store for the eleventh season of Ryan Murphy‘s improbably successful horror anthology. This is an underworld story, one of death and desire amid the city’s castoffs during a particularly punishing period of time.
Wednesday’s premiere was two episodes long, and the show will continue with this release model every week, airing two installments until the finale. It’s a little bit punishing—you’re basically watching an AHS feature film every week—but it works for this season, as the plot, so far, prefers to meander.