History YMMV / AmericanHorrorStoryHotel

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Devil's Night," in which March hosts a get-together for the ghosts of some of history's most prolific serial killers, seemed like a prime opportunity to include a cameo by some characters from previous seasons to further solidify the fact that the seasons are connected. Leigh Emerson[[note]]Although he was never killed onscreen, it's likely that he'd have been caught seeing as how his crimes post-escape are public knowledge by the time Lana writes her book about him. Even if he hadn't been, the season in which he appears takes place in the 60's, meaning that he'd have probably died at some point anyway.[[/note]], Bloody Face, or Dandy Mott[[note]]even though his actor is already playing a different character this season, they could've had him get into costume as Dandy for that scene and even made it a bit of a CastingGag with a line like "haven't I seen you somewhere before?"[[/note]] come to mind. Unfortunately, this didn't happen.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Liz Taylor and [[spoiler: Tristan]] have virtually no scene together before confessing their love for each other. It's said that they've been together for weeks, but that was all off-screen and there was no indication of it until we get a scene of them in bed together and discussing their affair, making it all feel ''incredibly'' abrupt and out of nowhere.

* BaseBreaker: [[DrJerk Alex Lowe]]. A lot of fans hate her for being [[IceQueen cold]] and [[{{Workaholic}} detached]], finding her to be far too unlikeable for a protagonist. Her comments about ParentalFavoritism towards Holden and request for a divorce did not help. On the other hand, a lot of fans find her to be an incredibly compelling character because of how flawed but sympathetic she is, noting that she's [[AdultFear a mother who lost a child and is now trying her best to move on with life]], while also putting the smackdown on a GranolaGirl mother who refused to vaccinate her children (with [[IllGirl predictable results]]). [[Creator/ChloeSevigny Chloë Sevigny]]'s near-universally praised performance plays no small role in her popularity either.
** Alex ''really'' hit BaseBreaker status [[spoiler: following "Devil's Night" and "Room Service", where she ''decides to become a vampire'' with the Countess so she could be with Holden, further pushing the idea of those who hate her favoritism ''[[FromBadToWorse and then]]'' infecting the measles patient with the virus to save him only for him to kill his parents, infect his classmates and ''massacre the school'']].
*** It got worse. Even her biggest fans are finding it near impossible to defend how Alex treats [[spoiler: John and Scarlett. Alex has abandoned the latter entirely so that she could be with her son, and she's been doing everything possible to drive John away from her and Holden, even collaborating with ghosts in the hotel to break his already fragile psyche in hopes of driving him away.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Iris snapping and ''killing'' two hotel guests who had been giving her shit and being specific on what she has to do all day]]. Considering [[spoiler: she had to endure so much shit before with first Donovan treating her like garbage (before his HeelFaceTurn), then dealing with the fact she now has the virus within her ''and'' feeling she doesn't matter, it's satisfying to see her get some sweet release, even if it meant killing what are TakeThat variations of hipsters]].
** [[spoiler: The Countess killing Liz Taylor's friends when they rudely [[MistakenForGay insult and accuse her of being gay]]]].
*** To be honest, each time the Countess shows off some impressive [[TheChessmaster manipulation and able to screw with a lot of the characters]] makes it this.

** Liz Taylor for her DeadpanSnarker tendencies, primarily. Though O'Hare's performance plays a huge part of it too.
*** After the introduction of Liz's backstory, fans love her even more.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Liz Taylor [[spoiler: and Tristan]] have virtually no scene together before confessing their love for each others.

** Let's see what makes Iris a Woobie: [[spoiler: Donovan hates her because she was a bad mother to him (Which according to Liz Taylor, ''she tried''), she's stuck being the Hotel's manager in order to keep the Countess happy as she resurrected her son by infecting him with the virus. And when Donovan flat out is kicked to the curb and he tells her to just commit suicide, ''she does'', at least into Donovan's HeelFaceTurn comes in and she's now a vampire]].

* Liz Taylor [[spoiler: spending years in loyal service to The Countess only to fall deeply in love with her boy toy of the week, and see him killed out of spite.]]

*** ItGetsWorse. Even her biggest fans are finding it near impossible to defend how Alex treats [[spoiler: John and Scarlett. Alex has abandoned the latter entirely so that she could be with her son, and she's been doing everything possible to drive John away from her and Holden, even collaborating with ghosts in the hotel to break his already fragile psyche in hopes of driving him away.]]

*** ItGotWorse. Even her biggest fans are finding it near impossible to defend how Alex treats [[spoiler: John and Scarlett. Alex has abandoned the latter entirely so that she could be with her son, and she's been doing everything possible to drive John away from her and Holden, even collaborating with ghosts in the hotel to break his already fragile psyche in hopes of driving him away.]]

** Episode wise: "Room Service" due to [[spoiler: making Alex [[TookALevelInDumbass really make some idiotic choices]], but at the same time gave a lot of more depth for Liz Taylor as well as Iris]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Quite a few, and only two episodes in no less:

** Alex ''really'' hit BaseBreaker status [[spoiler: following "Devil's Night" and "Room Service", where she basically ''decides to become a vampire'' with the Countess so she could be with Holden, further pushing the idea of those who hate her favoritism ''[[FromBadToWorse and then]]'' infecting the measles patient with the virus to save him only for him to kill his parents, infect his classmates and basically ''massacre the school'']].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Iris snapping and ''killing'' two hotel guests who had been giving her shit and being specific on what she has to do all day]]. Considering [[spoiler: she had to endure so much shit before with first Donovan treating her like garbage (before his HeelFaceTurn), then dealing with the fact she now has the virus within her ''and'' feeling she doesn't matter, it's satisfying to see her get some sweet release, even if it meant killing what are basically TakeThat variations of hipsters]].

** [[spoiler: The Countess killing Liz Taylor's friends when they rudely [[MistakenForGay insult him and accuse him of being gay]]]].

** [[spoiler: The Countess killing Liz Taylor's friends when they rudely [[MistakenForGay insult him and accuse him of being gay]].

** Alex ''really'' hit BaseBreaker status [[spoiler: following "Devil's Night" and "Room Service", where she basically ''decides to become a vampire with the Countess so she could be with Holden, further pushing the idea of those who hate her favoritism ''[[FromBadToWorse and then]]'' infecting the measles patient with the virus to save him only for him to kill his parents, infect his classmates and basically ''massacre the school'']].

** After the introduction of Liz's backstory, fans love her even more.

* SpaceWhaleAesop: Get your children vaccinated or else they'll be turned into vampires and start a rampage at their school!

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Devil's Night," in which March hosts a get-together for the ghosts of some of history's most prolific serial killers, seemed like a prime opportunity to include a cameo by some characters from previous seasons to further solidify the fact that the seasons are connected. Leigh Emerson, Bloody Face, or Dandy Mott[[note]]even though his actor is already playing a different character this season, they could've had him get into costume as Dandy for that scene and even made it a bit of a CastingGag with a line like "haven't I seen you somewhere before?"[[/note]] come to mind. Unfortunately, this didn't happen.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Devil's Night," in which March hosts a get-together for the ghosts of some of history's most prolific serial killers, seemed like a prime opportunity to include a cameo by some characters from previous seasons. Leigh Emerson, Bloody Face, or Dandy Mott[[note]]even though his actor is already playing a different character this season, they could've had him get into costume as Dandy for that scene and even made it a bit of a CastingGag with a line like "haven't I seen you somewhere before?"[[/note]] come to mind. Unfortunately, this didn't happen.

** Liz Taylor for his DeadpanSnarker tendencies, primarily. Though O'Hare's performance plays a huge part of it too.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Before Lachlan identifies as a male, it's hard to tell what he is. The long hair makes it difficult.