After a nuclear attack, a select few must survive in a bunker dubbed Outpost Three ruled by a tyrannical matriarch.After a nuclear attack, a select few must survive in a bunker dubbed Outpost Three ruled by a tyrannical matriarch.After a nuclear attack, a select few must survive in a bunker dubbed Outpost Three ruled by a tyrannical matriarch.
- Madison Montgomery
- (credit only)
- John Henry Moore
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song (Tonight You Belong to Me) that plays when Michael Langdon arrives at Outpost 3, is the same song that plays during the Pilot and Finale episodes of season ones Murder House.
- GoofsDespite being on an extreme calorie-restricted diet for 18 months, none of the survivors appear to have lost an ounce of weight. Obviously the entire cast could not be placed on a starvation diet to exhibit weight loss but their clothes all still fit properly.
- Quotes
Evie Gallant: Esmeralda, the champagne's burnt again. You left it in the freezer too long. Where are you going? You know I pay you for a ten-hour day.
Maid Esmeralda: I have to go home, Mrs. Evie. It's the end of the world.
Mr. Gallant: Nana, I've been trying to call you.
Evie Gallant: When he ran MGM, your grandfather - God rest his soul - would never return calls until the following day. All of the stars and all of the agents would have to go and see him in person if they wanted to get - what are you doing?
Mr. Gallant: The government sent a warning. Missiles are coming.
Evie Gallant: So is global warming. Well. It's probably fake news. I'm gonna call Donald.
Mr. Gallant: No. This is real, Grandma. People are going to die today.
Evie Gallant: Let's have some burnt champagne.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Coopers Kaffee: American Horror Story: Fundus (2018)
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk seem to have made the same mistake as in 'Cult' that taking a hot topic and finding the sheer horror in it doesn't create good dialogue, story or characters. From the very opening scene, we're introduced to Evan Peters' and Leslie Grossman's characters - two pastiches drawn with such thick strokes that the painting elephant can't even handle the brush. Later, when a character hears who else will be in a fallout shelter, her response of "rich people, of course" smacks of the same dualistic us-versus-them attitude that Murphy and Falchuk actually did well to challenge last year. It feels like the show regresses every year.
To some, this is sufficient entertainment. But Murphy and Falchuk can't even trust their fans to work out for themselves that someone jumping out of a building during a nuclear missile warning is committing suicide to not have to live through the fallout. There has always got to be someone blurting exposition. This is a show where a character's very presence commands silence when she walks into a room, but she still rings a bell, because... it looks cool?You can't have a good story without genuine dialogue coming from genuine characters, and unfortunately Apocalypse stacks up too many wince-enducing moments to make it all work. Not even Sarah Paulson Evan Peters are able to make their characters seem like anything more than caricatures. And with their calibre, that's saying alot.
So it all comes down to the look of it all. Sure, there's nice creepy use made of architectural symmetry and low lighting. Candlelight reflected in champagne glasses. 'Hotel' shared that same sumptuous positive aspect, but again, Hotel was brought down by the sheer lack of vision and an inability to make anything thrown at it stick.
This reviewer will no doubt be watching the rest of the series hoping that some life can come out of this nuclear wasteland. But by the end, it might all be just another "meh"... which is admittedly not the effect you would hope a show set during a nuclear apocalypse would give you.
- davewadam1982
- Sep 25, 2018
Details
- Runtime44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD