- Rubber Man This week is the origin of Rubber Man, one of the more fascinating minor characters on AHS. As it turns out, the latex suit which gives RM his name is brought into the home by Chad and Patrick, the home’s owners before the Harmons. Patrick’s been exploring himself on the Internet, and Chad wants to spice things up. After a hilariously weird trip to the sex shop, he comes home with a rubber bondage suit. Turns out Marcy was right about those two being into some strange things (though Patrick isn’t impressed by the latex, since he’s more into leather). Meanwhile, in the modern day, Vivien’s pregnancy is getting a little tougher on her. Twins are hard to handle even in the best of times, and an older mother going through a messy separation, a move, a rebelling teenage daughter, and a brutal home invasion doesn’t help matters. Turns out Constance’s brains ‘n’ entrails combo platter is helpful, but not too helpful, when it comes to helping babby form. So so she’s vulnerable and she wants to leave Murder House. As it turns out, Hayden and company are not going to let her get very far. Speaking of thrilling confrontations, it looks as though Moira and Hayden are going to end up butting heads before this season is over, and the person at the center of their confrontation? You guessed it, Vivien and her twin babies. Apparently, they’re very important, as Mo, Hayden, Lily, Tate, and pretty much everyone else in the show’s cast of spirits seem to be obsessed with children, either procreating them, protecting them, stealing them, or mourning them. Obviously this has been an ongoing concern for the show, but it seems like it’s getting more and more important, but why? I have my theories, which I will keep to myself. It’s a credit to the show’s many skilled character actors that this week’s episode featured absolutely no Constance or Crispy Larry, yet was still wonderfully acted (especially by Kate Mara) and very entertaining. I will say that one of the things I love about this show is that it does not screw around or make us wait a whole episode for answers. We were promised the reveal of Rubber Man, and boom, before the first commercial break, we’ve got Rubber Man’s identity revealed. It wasn’t a shock – generally you just pick the craziest possible outcome and it tends to be right – but man, it was well done, and Rubber Man’s actions this week were stunning in their brutality. It answered a lot of questions, that’s for sure, but it was mostly hows. We’ll get the whys next week, I assume. If not then, then soon. Read our review of the last episode, here. US Correspondent Ron Hogan is stunned at this new ‘No Constance, no problem’ attitude on AHS. Find more by Ron daily at Shaktronics and PopFi.
