So much happening and basically every character interacted this ep. Plus the Murder House, Ramona going on a revenge spree, the Swedish Meatballs finding their purpose, Liz and Tristan and then little Barthy slaying me.
I really do want to like the Countess, but she feels all over the place, and I'm not sure why. I'm not sure if the character is just weak, or if Gaga's acting is a part of it (she goes back and forth between really good and then absolutely abysmal), or if Ryan's writing is just a mess to appeal to Gaga being a new actress or what. I'm leaning towards the last of the three because it's more of character issues than execution or whatever.
But it just feels like her characterization is a mess. There's no real characterization like you see with Alex, Liz, Iris or any of the others. It feels like a bunch of individual actions put together into one character. It feels like they're trying to make her seem enigmatic and complex (as if they overthought it) when in reality it just comes off as inconsistent and flakey (so it's more like they underthought it). There's a lot more of her physical presence, one-liners and enigmatic attitudes rather than actual proper development, and that makes it really hard to like her.
I'm not entirely surprised; I wouldn't imagine Ryan would give Gaga a really complex character when it's her first serious go at acting, but it's still disappointing.
The obsession is real 
It just keeps getting better. 
