Though much of the current season of American Horror Story is centered on a small town’s postelection fears, Cult is adding some extra layers, as always, by exploring a few smaller themes that may not directly connect to Donald Trump, though they do appear to be setting the storyline into motion.
Case in point: Ally’s (Sarah Paulson) crippling fears that are slowly causing her to lose control and become more of a danger to herself and to the people around her.In the premiere, we begin to see Ally spiral out of control in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election, as all of her personal fears and phobias — like coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) and trypophobia (fear of clusters of small holes, circles, or bumps) — are suddenly triggered and made worse. But in the second episode, as her onscreen therapist (played by Cheyenne Jackson) puts it, she begins showing signs of a completely different but equally terrifying condition: agoraphobia.
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