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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: By the end of the season, the aliens finally succeed in creating their hybrids, averting their extinction. Unfortunately, it turns out they long ago decided that Earth will be their new home. A home where there are no more humans.]]


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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: All the sympathetic human characters are killed by the aliens, who stop all attempts to avert their plan to commit genocide thwarted with little effort.]]


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* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: [[spoiler: After the perfect hybrid is born, the aliens don't even hide the fact that they intend to kill every living human, but dress it up in a lot of coldly delivered, holier-than-thou declarations of humanity's worthlessness and evilness.]]

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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler: Henry Kissinger]] was a member of the ReptilianConspiracy.



* TheReptillians: The finale reveals that they're also seeking to colonize Earth in rivalry with the other aliens. [[spoiler: Except not -- the two species are planning to cohabit the planet after eliminating humanity.]]

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* TheReptillians: ReptilianConspiracy: The finale reveals that they're a reptilian species is also seeking to colonize Earth in rivalry with the other aliens. [[spoiler: Except not -- the two species are planning to cohabit the planet after eliminating humanity.]]
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* FinalSolution: [[spoiler: The aliens plan to wipe out humanity once they've perfected the hybridization process, out of a belief that they can't coexist with us openly.]]


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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[spoiler: The aliens feel this way, and intend to wipe out humanity once they've perfected the hybridization process.]]


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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Mamie [[TheQuisling happily played along]] with the conspiracy in order to advance her own ambitions, but is ultimately killed by the aliens after learning the true scope of their plans.]]
* LadyMacBeth: Mamie Eisenhower, who pushes her husband to work with the aliens in order to advance her own ambitions.
* LookADistraction: The Vietnam War -- and, it's implied, every other conflict since -- was engineered by the aliens to distract people from all the abductions.


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* TheReptillians: The finale reveals that they're also seeking to colonize Earth in rivalry with the other aliens. [[spoiler: Except not -- the two species are planning to cohabit the planet after eliminating humanity.]]
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* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are both just as inexplicably pregnant as their female friends Jamie and Kendall. As it turns out, the aliens do not care for the biological sex of the ones they abduct when it comes to create hybrid babies. Male abductee share most of the symptoms of a female pregnancy (painful chest, morning sickness, strange cravings...), but when it comes to birthing the baby, while the female abductees do so by natural means, the doctors are forced to [[spoiler: cut the men's belly open]] to remove the baby. It is implied that if they do not do so... [[ChestBurster "Life finds its way..."]].

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* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are both just as inexplicably pregnant as their female friends Jamie and Kendall. As it turns out, the aliens do not care for the biological sex of the ones they abduct when it comes to create hybrid babies. Male abductee abductees share most of the symptoms of a female pregnancy (painful chest, morning sickness, strange cravings...), but when it comes to birthing the baby, while the female abductees do so by natural means, the doctors are forced to [[spoiler: cut the men's belly open]] to remove the baby. It is implied that if they do not do so... [[ChestBurster "Life finds its way..."]].

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* DyingRace: The reason the aliens invoke for trying desperately to create an alien-human hybrid, in order to save their planet and repopulate their world.



* OurKindIsDying: The reason the aliens invoke for trying desperately to create an alien-human hybrid, in order to save their planet and repopulate their world.
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* Gayborhood: A twist on the typical LovecraftCountry town. As it turns out, the remote and small-minded Provincetown used to be a major gay hub of the North-East coast, hence the heavy presence of gay characters in the setting. However, to fit with the DyingTown aesthetic, its population and economy suffered greatly from the AIDs epidemic. Now all that keeps the town going is the coming of gay tourists and renters in the summer, and the arrival of the renowned [[OurVampiresAreDifferent artists]] in the winter. If either stopped, it would be the end of Provincetown.

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* Gayborhood: {{Gayborhood}}: A twist on the typical LovecraftCountry town. As it turns out, the remote and small-minded Provincetown used to be a major gay hub of the North-East coast, hence the heavy presence of gay characters in the setting. However, to fit with the DyingTown aesthetic, its population and economy suffered greatly from the AIDs AIDS epidemic. Now all that keeps the town going is the coming of gay tourists and renters in the summer, and the arrival of the renowned [[OurVampiresAreDifferent artists]] in the winter. If either stopped, it would be the end of Provincetown.

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* Gayborhood: A twist on the typical LovecraftCountry town. As it turns out, the remote and small-minded Provincetown used to be a major gay hub of the North-East coast, hence the heavy presence of gay characters in the setting. However, to fit with the DyingTown aesthetic, its population and economy suffered greatly from the AIDs epidemic. Now all that keeps the town going is the coming of gay tourists and renters in the summer, and the arrival of the renowned [[OurVampiresAreDifferent artists]] in the winter. If either stopped, it would be the end of Provincetown.



* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: The aliens in this setting have only one goal coming to Earth: creating the perfect human-alien hybrid. To do so they need to regularly abduct humans to make them fall pregnant (and the biological sex of the host [[MisterSeahorse does not matter]]). The pregnancy is very much like a human one (morning sicknesses, strange food cravings, painful chest]], however it is [[ExpressDelivery abnormally fast]] (the protagonists of the modern days section looking several months pregnant after a few days or weeks). While the female hosts can deliver the baby through the natural process of birth, male hosts need to have the baby [[GuttedLikeAFish surgically removed]]. And not only is the birthing delivery quite painful, it is also very dangerous for the life of the host. Let's say there's a reason why the aliens need at least five hundred test-subjects PER YEAR.

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* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: The aliens in this setting have only one goal coming to Earth: creating the perfect human-alien hybrid. To do so they need to regularly abduct humans to make them fall pregnant (and the biological sex of the host [[MisterSeahorse does not matter]]). The pregnancy is very much like a human one (morning sicknesses, strange food cravings, painful chest]], chest), however it is [[ExpressDelivery abnormally fast]] (the protagonists of the modern days section looking several months pregnant after a few days or weeks). While the female hosts can deliver the baby through the natural process of birth, male hosts need to have the baby [[GuttedLikeAFish surgically removed]]. And not only is the birthing delivery quite painful, it is also very dangerous for the life of the host. Let's say there's a reason why the aliens need at least five hundred test-subjects PER YEAR.
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* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: After being abducted by aliens, all four of the modern-day protagonists (two young women and two young men) end up pregnant.

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* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: After being abducted by aliens, all four The aliens in this setting have only one goal coming to Earth: creating the perfect human-alien hybrid. To do so they need to regularly abduct humans to make them fall pregnant (and the biological sex of the modern-day host [[MisterSeahorse does not matter]]). The pregnancy is very much like a human one (morning sicknesses, strange food cravings, painful chest]], however it is [[ExpressDelivery abnormally fast]] (the protagonists (two young women and two young men) end up pregnant.of the modern days section looking several months pregnant after a few days or weeks). While the female hosts can deliver the baby through the natural process of birth, male hosts need to have the baby [[GuttedLikeAFish surgically removed]]. And not only is the birthing delivery quite painful, it is also very dangerous for the life of the host. Let's say there's a reason why the aliens need at least five hundred test-subjects PER YEAR.



* TheGreys: The aliens first seem to fit the picture to a T, being grey, thin and bald beings with no nose, long fingers and big black eyes... However in the first episode, an alien autopsy reveals their body is entirely empty, as if it was a shell, and inside is a tentacled blob-like FaceHugger. Given that tentacles are seen during the modern days protagonists's abduction, and that alien-human hybrid babies often have tentacles and FaceHugger tendencies, it seems their true shape is the one of an OctopoidAlien.

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* TheGreys: The aliens first seem to fit the picture to a T, being grey, thin and bald beings with no nose, long fingers and big black eyes... However in the first episode, an alien autopsy reveals their body is entirely empty, as if it was a shell, and inside is a tentacled blob-like FaceHugger. Given that tentacles are seen during the modern days protagonists's abduction, and that alien-human hybrid babies often have tentacles and FaceHugger tendencies, it seems their true shape is the one of an OctopoidAlien.OctopoidAliens.



* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are both just as inexplicably pregnant as their female friends Jamie and Kendall. As it turns out, the aliens do not care for the biological sex of the ones they abduct when it comes to create hybrid babies. Male abductee share most of the symptoms of a female pregnancy (painful chest, morning sickness, strange cravings...), but when it comes to birthing the baby, while the female abductees do so by natural means, the doctors are forced to [[spoilers cut the men's belly open]] to remove the baby. It is implied that if they do not do so... [[ChestBurster "Life finds its way..."]].

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* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are both just as inexplicably pregnant as their female friends Jamie and Kendall. As it turns out, the aliens do not care for the biological sex of the ones they abduct when it comes to create hybrid babies. Male abductee share most of the symptoms of a female pregnancy (painful chest, morning sickness, strange cravings...), but when it comes to birthing the baby, while the female abductees do so by natural means, the doctors are forced to [[spoilers [[spoiler: cut the men's belly open]] to remove the baby. It is implied that if they do not do so... [[ChestBurster "Life finds its way..."]].

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* LovecraftCountry: Provincetown and its surrounding area were obviously designed to fit this trope. A remote New England seaside town that is on its way to decay. A community that keeps secret strange experiments and bloody murders. A place where decadent and murderous rich artist go for the winter, and whose lower class includes depraved criminals and insane perverts. Sand dunes and dark woods home to inhuman blood-sucking creatures, and a weather that seems to be perpetually cloudy and grey...



* TheGreys: The aliens have their classical depiction and one can be seen in the first episode of the story, after only being alluded to offscreen in ''Asylum''. Though it's worth noting that when this particular one is being autopsied by the military, it's found to be completely hollow, as if it were just a shell, with some sort of BlobMonster hiding inside of it.

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* TheGreys: The aliens have their classical depiction first seem to fit the picture to a T, being grey, thin and one can be seen bald beings with no nose, long fingers and big black eyes... However in the first episode of the story, after only being alluded to offscreen in ''Asylum''. Though it's worth noting that when this particular one episode, an alien autopsy reveals their body is being autopsied by the military, it's found to be completely hollow, entirely empty, as if it were just was a shell, with some sort of BlobMonster hiding and inside is a tentacled blob-like FaceHugger. Given that tentacles are seen during the modern days protagonists's abduction, and that alien-human hybrid babies often have tentacles and FaceHugger tendencies, it seems their true shape is the one of it.an OctopoidAlien.



* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are both just as inexplicably pregnant as their female friends Jamie and Kendall.

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* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are both just as inexplicably pregnant as their female friends Jamie and Kendall. As it turns out, the aliens do not care for the biological sex of the ones they abduct when it comes to create hybrid babies. Male abductee share most of the symptoms of a female pregnancy (painful chest, morning sickness, strange cravings...), but when it comes to birthing the baby, while the female abductees do so by natural means, the doctors are forced to [[spoilers cut the men's belly open]] to remove the baby. It is implied that if they do not do so... [[ChestBurster "Life finds its way..."]].


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* OurKindIsDying: The reason the aliens invoke for trying desperately to create an alien-human hybrid, in order to save their planet and repopulate their world.
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: Eisenhower walks in on his wife sleeping with Valiant in their marital bed, causing him to faint.
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* YouCanotGraspTheTrueForm: Valiant Thor says that this is why the aliens never appear to humanity in their actual forms.

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* YouCanotGraspTheTrueForm: YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Valiant Thor says that this is why the aliens never appear to humanity in their actual forms.

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* Area51: "Blue Moon" shows Eisenhower ordering the establishment of this facility to house the aliens' test subjects, as an alternative to using the secret tunnels underneath the White House.



* GovernmentConspiracy: In 1954, the US government was forced to accept a treaty with the aliens that allows the latter to abduct 5000 people a year for experimentation in exchange for technological advances.

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** As an offshoot of the above, the moon landing was faked, because thanks to the technology provided by the aliens, the government knew that actually going to the moon was a waste of time. So they staged it, as both a national morale boost and an excuse to "develop" the new technology and then move it into the public sphere.


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* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** JFK and Marilyn Monroe were killed because they learned about the treaty with the aliens and threatened to expose it.
** Calico was abducted because she'd discovered that the moon landing was being faked.


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* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Valiant Thor, the aliens' liaison, is an android so realistic that he's able to have sex with Mamie Eisenhower and satisfy her enough that she calls it the best she's had.


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* YouCanotGraspTheTrueForm: Valiant Thor says that this is why the aliens never appear to humanity in their actual forms.

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* DeathOfAChild: As of the present day, the majority of half-alien babies bred in the secret facility are deemed imperfect and get killed right after birth.



* InfantImmortality: Inverted. As of the present day, the majority of half-alien babies bred in the secret facility are deemed imperfect and get killed right after birth.
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* BabyFactory: The abducted humans are used to breed half-alien hybrids. Some abductees, like Calico, have given birth to 2-3 hybrids per year for decades.


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* InfantImmortality: Inverted. As of the present day, the majority of half-alien babies bred in the secret facility are deemed imperfect and get killed right after birth.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Men can in fact test positive on pregnancy tests. It means they have cancer.
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** MikeVogel plays UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.

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* AgainstMyReligion: Troy is Orthodox Jewish, and thus doesn't use electronics on Shabbot.

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* AgainstMyReligion: Troy is Orthodox Jewish, and thus doesn't use electronics on Shabbot.Shabbat.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: The aliens forced Eisenhower to accept their deal by possessing and threatening to kill his wife.
* ETGaveUsWiFi: All major technological advances since 1954 are the result of technology gifted by the aliens to sweeten their deal.



* GovernmentConspiracy: In 1954, the US government was forced to accept a treaty with the aliens that allows the latter to abduct 5000 people a year for experimentation in exchange for technological advances.



** Craig Sheffer plays UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.
** MikeVogel plays UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.



* TheMenInBlack: Naturally show up as enforcers of the GovernmentConspiracy.



* SecretlyGayActivity: Troy hires his boyfriend Cal to be his Orthodox Jewish family's "Shabbot Goy" so that he can bring him home to his parents without them realizing that he and Cal are a couple.

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* SecretlyGayActivity: Troy hires his boyfriend Cal to be his Orthodox Jewish family's "Shabbot "Shabbat Goy" so that he can bring him home to his parents without them realizing that he and Cal are a couple.couple.
* WhoShotJFK: It's all but outright said that Eisenhower and Nixon had Kennedy killed after they informed him of the deal with the aliens and he threatened to go public about it.

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* TheGreys: The aliens are have their classical depiction and one can be seen in the first episode of the story, after only being alluded to offscreen in ''Asylum''.

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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: When Amelia Earhart is recovered from the alien ship in 1954, she thinks it's still 1937, which only feeds her shock over the situation.
* TheGreys: The aliens are have their classical depiction and one can be seen in the first episode of the story, after only being alluded to offscreen in ''Asylum''.''Asylum''. Though it's worth noting that when this particular one is being autopsied by the military, it's found to be completely hollow, as if it were just a shell, with some sort of BlobMonster hiding inside of it.



** Creator/LilyRabe plays Amelia Earhart.

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** Creator/LilyRabe plays Amelia Earhart.UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart.


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* NakedOnArrival: Amelia is introduced naked, after being recovered from the alien ship.


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* YourHeadASplode: The aliens are capable of making people's heads explode.
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* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: In the present day, anyway. Everybody talks nonstop about being sexually active.


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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Kendall went to Harvard, despite showing no signs of being particularly intelligent.
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* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: After being abducted by aliens, all four of the modern-day protagonists (two young women and two young men) end up pregnant.
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* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are inexplicably pregnant.

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* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are both just as inexplicably pregnant.pregnant as their female friends Jamie and Kendall.
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Part two, ''Death Valley'', is confirmed to involve aliens, which were previously alluded to in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum Asylum]]''. ''Death Valley'' stars the aforementioned Paulson, Rabe, Ross, and Grossman, as well as Creator/CodyFern, Creator/NealMcDonough, Kaia Gerber, Nico Greetham, Rachel Hilson, and Rebecca Dayan.

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Part two, ''Death Valley'', is confirmed to involve aliens, which were previously involves aliens —previously alluded to in ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum Asylum]]''. ''Death Valley'' stars Asylum]]''— and follows characters in two eras: UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower (Creator/NealMcDonough) discovering the existence of extraterrestrial life in UsefulNotes/TheFifties, and four college students (Kaia Gerber, Nico Greetham, Rachel Hilson, Isaac Cole Powell) who experience an alien encounter [[MeanwhileInTheFuture in the present day]]. The aforementioned Paulson, Rabe, Ross, and Grossman, Grossman also appear, as well as Creator/CodyFern, Creator/NealMcDonough, Kaia Gerber, Nico Greetham, Rachel Hilson, Creator/CodyFern and Rebecca Dayan.



* TheGreys: The aliens are depicted in this manner in the season promos, and appear to have this appearance in the teaser for parts 1 & 2.

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* TheGreys: The aliens are depicted in this manner have their classical depiction and one can be seen in the season promos, and appear to have this appearance in first episode of the teaser for parts 1 & 2.story, after only being alluded to offscreen in ''Asylum''.

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* AgainstMyReligion: Troy is Orthodox Jewish, and thus doesn't use electronics on Shabbot.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/NealMcDonough portrays UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower.

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** Creator/LilyRabe plays Amelia Earhart.
** Creator/SarahPaulson plays Mamie Eisenhower.
** Alisha Soper plays Creator/MarilynMonroe.
* MrSeahorse: At the end of the first episode, Troy and Cal discover that they are inexplicably pregnant.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Kendall and Jamie spend much of their camping trip cuddled up in each other's arms.
* SecretlyGayActivity: Troy hires his boyfriend Cal to be his Orthodox Jewish family's "Shabbot Goy" so that he can bring him home to his parents without them realizing that he and Cal are a couple.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Fittingly happens in the episode "Gaslight", where Harry, Alma, and Ursula use drugs and lies to keep an increasingly suspicious Doris oblivious to what's really happening.

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* {{Gaslighting}}: Fittingly happens in the episode "Gaslight", where Harry, Alma, Alma and Ursula use drugs and lies to keep an increasingly suspicious Doris oblivious to what's really happening.



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Chemist, who caused this whole mess by creating the Muse, and Ursula, who was willing to profit from all the killings by proxy, both get away with zero consequences.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Chemist, who caused this whole mess by creating the Muse, and Ursula, who was willing to profit from all the killings by proxy, both get away with zero consequences.consequences (assuming that Ursula didn't die in the Pale One riots she unleashed at the end; only the Chemist and Eli are seen driving to safety).]]

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** In "Winter Kills", [[spoiler: Belle and Austin, who reveled in their killings, are themselves killed by the Pale Ones]]. Later in the same episode, the Chemist [[spoiler: gives the Muse to several racist cops in order to deliberately turn them into Pale Ones]].



* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler: After Harry is killed by Alma, Ursula and the Chemist pin the blame for all the Muse-related deaths on him with the excuse of him having snapped from pressure and drugs.]]



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: After the birth of Eli Doris is constantly patronized by her family, her fears and needs are not taken seriously and she rightfully feels hopeless and unable to bond with her son. This hit very close to home for viewers who've had experience with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_depression postpartum depression]].

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: After the birth of Eli Eli, Doris is constantly patronized by her family, her fears and needs are not taken seriously and she rightfully feels hopeless and unable to bond with her son. This hit very close to home for viewers who've had experience with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_depression postpartum depression]].depression]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Alma kills Harry so that he won't make her stop taking the Muse, then moves to Los Angeles with Ursula and the Chemist, who spread the pills across the city and cause it to fall into chaos as countless people turn into Pale Ones.]]



* EnfantTerrible: Alma becomes this after taking the Muse, eagerly accepting the HorrorHunger that comes with it in exchange for success, and doing whatever it takes to keep this up, even [[spoiler: killing the police chief to stop her from arresting Harry and turning her own mother into a Pale One to keep her quiet]].

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* EnfantTerrible: Alma becomes this after taking the Muse, eagerly accepting the HorrorHunger that comes with it in exchange for success, and doing whatever it takes to keep this up, even [[spoiler: killing the police chief to stop her from arresting Harry and Harry, turning her own mother into a Pale One to keep her quiet]].quiet, and finally killing her father so that he won't make her stop taking the pills]].



* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:The Chemist orders Austin and Belle to kill Ursula, Mickey, and Harry's family in order to keep any of them from exposing the existence of the Muse.]]
* MonsterLord: The Pale Ones seem to instinctively obey the whims of the talented Muse-takers.

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The Chemist, who caused this whole mess by creating the Muse, and Ursula, who was willing to profit from all the killings by proxy, both get away with zero consequences.]]
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:The Chemist orders Austin and Belle to kill Ursula, Mickey, and Harry's family in order to keep any of them from exposing the existence of the Muse. Later, though, she instead works with Ursula to kill Harry, Belle, and Austin and pin all the deaths on them to cover her tracks.]]
* MonsterLord: The Pale Ones seem to instinctively obey the whims of the talented Muse-takers. [[spoiler: Until the Chemist and Ursula give them a modified pill that drives them to attack the talented instead.]]



* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Alma turns her mother into a Pale One to get rid of her, and later kills her father so that she can keep taking the Muse.]]



* TownWithADarkSecret: It's implied that everyone who lives in Provincetown is aware of what people on the Muse get up to, and look the other way as long as no one native to town is targeted.

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* TimeSkip: The last half of "Winter Kills" jumps ahead three months.
* TownWithADarkSecret: It's implied that everyone who lives in Provincetown is aware of what people on the Muse get up to, and look the other way as long as no one native to town is targeted. "Winter Kills" confirms that the town council, at least, is completely informed of the situation and not just allow it to happen but cover the extent of things up so that the town can profit from the reputation of being an artists' retreat.


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: The Chemist and Ursula arrange the deaths of their respective clients so that they can cover their tracks and move to LA to set up a wider pill distribution network.]]
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* WholePlotReference: To Creator/StephenKing works.

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* WholePlotReference: To Creator/StephenKing and Creator/HPLovecraft works.



** The blood craze that affects those who take the pill is very reminiscent of the hunger curse from ''Literature/Thinner''.

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** The blood craze that affects those who take the pill is very reminiscent of the hunger curse from ''Literature/Thinner''.''Literature/{{Thinner}}''.
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* AnAesop: A cruel but necessary one. Some people have no talent and if the chase their dreams it can lead to great pain and suffering.

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** The pill itself works very similarly to the items from the titular store in Literature/NeedfulThings. Like in that story, the pill essentially gives you exactly what you want, but in exchange for your soul - and supplied by someone heavily implied to be the devil.

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** The pill itself works very similarly to the items from the titular store in Literature/NeedfulThings. Like in that story, the pill is essentially gives a deal with the devil, giving you exactly what something you want, really want but in exchange for turning you against your soul - neighbors and supplied by someone heavily implied to be loved ones in the devil.process.
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** The blood craze that affects those who take the pill is very reminiscent of the hunger curse from ''Literature/Thinner''.

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