SPOILER ALERT: Do not read on unless you’ve seen Season 7, episode 3 of “American Horror Story,” titled “Neighbors From Hell,” which aired on Sept. 19.
The isolation of Ally (Sarah Paulson) is in full swing. After she shot and killed her former employee Pedro at the end of the last episode, her neighbors and fellow liberals have turned against her, and by the end of “Neighbors From Hell,” she even loses the support of her wife, Ivy (Alison Pill).
She still has one person on her side, though: Kai (Evan Peters), and it’s hard not to think that this is all part of his plan as he begins to earn her trust.But before all of that happens, we meet a couple who’s seeing Dr. Rudy Vincent (Cheyenne Jackson). The woman had a fear of coffins going back to a childhood trauma, but, thanks in part to Dr. Rudy, she overcame her phobia… that is, until the murderous clowns break into her home and lock her and her husband into coffins, killing them under the smiley-face mark of the cult. At this point, I’d be shocked if Dr. Rudy wasn’t working with the cult, relaying his patients’ fears, including Ally’s, to the perpetrators.
Back at the Mayfair-Richards residence, Ally is less racked with guilt over shooting Pedro and more worried about the trouble she’s in. But Detective Samuels (Colton Haynes) assures her that, legally, she should be fine, thanks to Michigan’s Stand Your Ground laws. He even goes so far as to demonize Pedro, almost trying to lay out Ally’s defense for her: she was trying to protect herself and her child. Ally, with her liberal beliefs, doesn’t argue, even when Samuels stoops down to seemingly play on racial fears.
Even if she’s okay in the eyes of the law, she still has to face her fellow liberals. As we learn from reporter Beverly Hope (“Roanoke” star Adina Porter), she’s being referred to as the “lesbian George Zimmerman,” which is at least a little hilarious. Protesters have taken over the couple’s restaurant, and as Ivy leaves Ally to go hold down the fort, Kai appears and surprises Ally by praising her “bravery.” Despite her previous unsettling interactions with Kai, he serves as a comforting presence in this scene, promising to take care of the mob of protesters for her. “Just keep living your truth,” he tells her.
But even at home, Ally can’t get away from the controversy. Harrison (Billy Eichner) and Meadow (Leslie Grossman) accost her, accusing her of racism while wearing sombreros, seemingly completely unaware of the irony. “I’m one-tenth Mexican,” Harrison yells at her, before throwing Taco Bell coupons at her feet. “Does that make you want to kill me?”
The harassment — if it is, indeed, that — only gets worse from there. Ally finds dead crows all over their yard, and Ivy brings Winter back in (seriously?) even after she abandoned Ally in the last episode. Winter, again proving she’s a horrible nanny (is this not obvious to…
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