It sucks that after rooting for her all season Lana has now turned into an egotistical bitch. Making up stories so her ordeal sounds even worse? What happened to her wasn't horrible enough to sell books? Kind of a bizarre character development for her. She obviously has some guilt since she was hallucinating Thredson and Wendy, but not enough to make a difference in her behavior. Not yet at least.
Poor dear Jude. The realization that she had lost over two years was heartbreaking to watch as it played out over her face. I'm not sure there's anything they could do to the new Cardinal next week that would be enough suffering to satisfy me. That guy needs to go down, as painfully as possible.
Ok new theory, showing Johnson's speech about the death of Martin Luther King Jr. seemed like a big clue about next season. It wasn't part of the plot but they made a point of having the audio up enough on the tv so we could hear what he was saying. Given that and Kit's mention of the civil rights march maybe next season takes place in the south, possibly during the civil war.
Is this basically leading up to a battle between old Lana and 48-year old Bloody Face?
Yes. It’s sort of a Barbara Walters vs. Ted Bundy extravaganza in that finale . The whole thing is done almost as a documentary with Lana current day looking back on her life and doing a 60 Minutes-esque [interview]. That plays with like 10 different time periods. It was a very ambitious script and a very ambitious shoot and Alfonso knocked it out of the park as did Tim.
The season finale is crazy good. Everyone who has seen it has cried and that includes me and network executives. It’s very, very emotional and sad.
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There’s another big tease to season three in the finale?
Yes.
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Is the Angel of Death back in the finale?
Oh yeah. The question is, Who is she going to get?
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Will there be more deaths in the season finale?
Oh yes. There’s only one person left standing after the season finale [laughs].
Only one left standing? I would like it to be Lana, but I feel as though her face-off with Bloodyface may not end well. Although I'm guessing Kit may die in one of the flashbacks.
The "emotional" moment of the episode sounds to me like it will be the death of Sister Jude. I can actually imagine her facing the Angel Of Death one last time, but saying "I'm ready now." That'd be heartwrenching.
They could not have made a better finale. It was seriously so good. I cried so hard when Judy died. Lange's acting is groundbreaking. Iz was just perfect.
The finale was really good, imo. Might actually be my favorite episode from the series. It tied everything nicely, and it wasn't lackluster like last season's finale.
Overall this was a crazy, dark, but very enjoyable season.
Sister's Jude death was so sad. I got a bit choked up with the whole sister Jude and Kit story line, what a good guy. And the scene with the angel of death and Jude was beautiful. Brilliant performance by Jessica Lange.