(S5. E5) My Live Reaction / Review for American Horror Story Season 5 Episode 5 ''Room Service''. The previous episode was good and I gave it a rating of 9/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. Alex is about to turn that little boy into a vampire? Yeah not a good idea. The little boy now just goes around killing people and turning them into vampires? What the hell? Now John loses his job? That sucks, he did nothing wrong. I like that in this episode we see more of Liz's story, it's very interesting. I like this new brutal version of Iris. So now Alex and Holden will be together forever? Sounds like a nightmare. Overall this episode was good, my rating is 9/10.
5 Reviews
A man or a woman
ZegMaarJus5 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This episode begins with Alex, she just turned into a vampire. Alex is eating blood. Alex puts her blood in Max his intravenous drip, he wakes up. Max killed his mother. Sam killed Mrs. Pritchard with a knife. Sam infected the entire class. Sam attacked Principal Johnson with a knife. John got fired by his boss. A flashback of Liz her earlier life show some new perspectives. Iris killed Justin and the other influencer. . Nice episode of American Horror Story Season 5, such a good story. Solid episode of AHS.
Donovan recruits his mother to turn against the countess. Iris rediscovers herself.
pal050520036 November 2015
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Focusing on Gaga's story arc, Gaga seems more confident in her acting (let's say she is more comfortable playing her Gaga persona) and plays better. I like her with a Russian accent. The plot thickens with every episode, and each character becomes for fleshed out. Denis O' Hare plays a meatier role in this episode, and chews every scenery. Kathy Bates, as the turned mother, is less annoying and becomes really enjoyable to watch. Angela Bassett is excellent as usual. I am convinced she might make a good action heroine like in the movie. In this episode AHS, slowly builds tension, but fails to deliver creeps and scares despite the gore and blood. But the series is building momentum well, and I am expecting a great finale.
What A Ridiculous Progression Of The Vampire Story
wandernn1-81-68327423 October 2022
Doing a rewatch of this Season and this episode just completely starts out with a Jump The Shark moment. First off, it would be so very stupid for a smart vamp queen (Lady Gaga supposedly) to let a new turnee go into her place of work ( a hospital) and start turning kids. A kid who then goes into school and turns a gagglefest of other kids. That is perhaps the dumbest thing I have ever seen in any vampire story EVER and really I'd forgotten this happened when I watched this before and it' is part of what will definitely kill my score for the whole Season of Hotel. What A C-FRAG of a moment in AHS history for what I used to think, arguably, was one of its best Seasons.
1/10.
1/10.
Nonsensical and Inconsistent
ArdentViewer8 March 2017
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Aside from the typical incredulity I experience when characters do something that is completely contrary to their personality and way of life (read: Alex deciding to become a vampire, even though she was repulsed by the thought), there are some major problems here.
The mythology of how people are turned into vampires has either not been fully developed, or the writers have selectively decided to disregard it at will. We have seen that the Countess turns people by having them drink her blood. However, how alive or dead do you have to be? We learned that Donovan was turned when he was near death, and this saved his life. Tristan was very much alive when he was turned. Donovan turns mommy dearest, Iris. But was she alive or dead at this point? We don't know.
The bigger issue at play is that of Measles Max. Alex injects him with her blood to save him. He is instantly healed. Okay, I'm on board so far. But he is okay with eating real food immediately afterwards? The relationship with food hasn't been previously established, so, okay, fine. Max kills mom and dad. Sure, whatever. Max goes to school, kisses his puppy love, Madeline, bites her, and then lets her have a drop of his blood in return. Are we to believe that this mere drop will turn Madeline into a vamp as well, when it took a fair amount every other time? Furthermore, why would Madeline immediately display serious signs and symptoms of measles? Even the Ebola virus does not transmit that fast. That's impossible. And how would drinking copious amounts of someone else's blood cure her of this, and complete her transition? This makes no sense for her, nor for the rest of the students in the class.
Either consuming a vampire's blood makes you a vampire, or it doesn't. Consuming the blood of a vampire who previously had the measles shouldn't simply give you the measles and nothing else. And consuming a non-vampire's blood shouldn't turn you into a vampire if you weren't one already. Yes, vampires need to feed on human blood, but in all other cases depicted, this hunger was not immediate.
I can think of several possible explanations, none of which is plausible even considering the usual suspension-of-disbelief that accompanies supernatural shows and movies:
1. The kids were magically turned into vampires with a little bit of Max's blood. In this case, they shouldn't have contracted the measles (speed of transmission notwithstanding), because once you become a vampire you are healthy and vital and all that jazz. Not to mention, Max's blood would no longer have any trace of the measles virus, because he is also the picture of health and vitality. So there would have been no way for it to be transmitted at all.
2. The kids were turned into vampires from a whole lot of Max's blood (not shown). Max is somehow able to withstand giving his blood to 20-something students without issue. Same problem with the measles as above. If you are a vamp, you shouldn't have them. Max wouldn't have been able to pass the measles on.
3. The kids, when demonstrating the measles symptoms, were not yet vampires. They are clearly ill, and you are not ill if you are a vampire. This is the most likely scenario to me. However, drinking someone else's blood could not have turned them into vampires. You need a vampire's blood for this. And once again, they should not have been able to contract the measles from Vampire Max.
I can't believe that the episode made it on the air in this state. Shame on the writers/producers/editors and possibly, focus group participants for not catching this egregious error.
The mythology of how people are turned into vampires has either not been fully developed, or the writers have selectively decided to disregard it at will. We have seen that the Countess turns people by having them drink her blood. However, how alive or dead do you have to be? We learned that Donovan was turned when he was near death, and this saved his life. Tristan was very much alive when he was turned. Donovan turns mommy dearest, Iris. But was she alive or dead at this point? We don't know.
The bigger issue at play is that of Measles Max. Alex injects him with her blood to save him. He is instantly healed. Okay, I'm on board so far. But he is okay with eating real food immediately afterwards? The relationship with food hasn't been previously established, so, okay, fine. Max kills mom and dad. Sure, whatever. Max goes to school, kisses his puppy love, Madeline, bites her, and then lets her have a drop of his blood in return. Are we to believe that this mere drop will turn Madeline into a vamp as well, when it took a fair amount every other time? Furthermore, why would Madeline immediately display serious signs and symptoms of measles? Even the Ebola virus does not transmit that fast. That's impossible. And how would drinking copious amounts of someone else's blood cure her of this, and complete her transition? This makes no sense for her, nor for the rest of the students in the class.
Either consuming a vampire's blood makes you a vampire, or it doesn't. Consuming the blood of a vampire who previously had the measles shouldn't simply give you the measles and nothing else. And consuming a non-vampire's blood shouldn't turn you into a vampire if you weren't one already. Yes, vampires need to feed on human blood, but in all other cases depicted, this hunger was not immediate.
I can think of several possible explanations, none of which is plausible even considering the usual suspension-of-disbelief that accompanies supernatural shows and movies:
1. The kids were magically turned into vampires with a little bit of Max's blood. In this case, they shouldn't have contracted the measles (speed of transmission notwithstanding), because once you become a vampire you are healthy and vital and all that jazz. Not to mention, Max's blood would no longer have any trace of the measles virus, because he is also the picture of health and vitality. So there would have been no way for it to be transmitted at all.
2. The kids were turned into vampires from a whole lot of Max's blood (not shown). Max is somehow able to withstand giving his blood to 20-something students without issue. Same problem with the measles as above. If you are a vamp, you shouldn't have them. Max wouldn't have been able to pass the measles on.
3. The kids, when demonstrating the measles symptoms, were not yet vampires. They are clearly ill, and you are not ill if you are a vampire. This is the most likely scenario to me. However, drinking someone else's blood could not have turned them into vampires. You need a vampire's blood for this. And once again, they should not have been able to contract the measles from Vampire Max.
I can't believe that the episode made it on the air in this state. Shame on the writers/producers/editors and possibly, focus group participants for not catching this egregious error.
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