Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie remains a living, insane world. At first, it drew people in, making them want more, but now it’s clear the priority is creating shock value more than actually pushing the story along.
Episode 5, “Red Haze” started with Sister Megan and Detective Lois trying to save Andrea, the mystery girl covered in blood who rushed into their car hysterically at the end of episode 4. Andrea disappears, and another mystery girl who works at and is abused at the hotel they stop at emerges.
Once again, Megan’s curiosity gets the better of her when she goes outside and sees a dark, creepy silhouette, and a random car crash that happens out of nowhere. Lois and Megan hear cries and screams from Andrea and are determined to save her. However, their plans go awry when they see the hotel owner Nick threatening to shoot Andrea. When you think this scene can’t get more bizarre, it does when a black SUV and weird figure shows up and rescues Andrea from gunfire.
Megan was told to stay inside by Lois, but she doesn’t listen and rushes out to save her resulting in the quirky nun being shot and bleeding out profusely.
The tormented detective is sitting by Megan’s hospital bed when creepy Father Charlie shows up with a bouquet of freshly picked wildflowers in his hand. He reminisces to Lois about the trips Megan would take him on, specifically those along the Palms to Pines highway.
Charlie’s arrogant and ill-tempered side emerges when he blames Lois for getting Megan shot, claiming she used his beloved nun as bait. He lectures Lois sternly and demands that she leave the hospital to find the sadistic murderer who’s after her. One might say Charlie has developed feelings for Megan.
Another graphic and brutal murder happens. The deranged monster brutally murdered three pregnant mothers, one at 30 weeks, one at 32 weeks, and one at 40 weeks, using C-section retractors. The demon continues to taunt Lois, writing a message in blood on the wall that says, ‘Follow me, Detective Tryon, and let the dead bury the dead.’
Episode 5 concludes with a disturbing moment in which Lois finds an elderly woman holding a baby wrapped in blood and a newspaper.
In Episode 6, our determined detective gets a blast from her past when an old criminal with whom she has a history, Glorious McKall, becomes a suspect. However, it was proven that McKall is not guilty.
Finally, Lesley Manville has a breakout performance as the delusional Nurse Redd. The audience gets insight into why the crazed nurse is so obsessed with Marshall, Lois’ husband.
Considering Nurse Redd as a potential suspect might not be entirely far-fetched, but this idea is dismissed when a montage of characters is shown at the end of the episode, just as the supposed serial killer is about to attack Lois.
Lois twists the killer’s arm and shoots him right in the chest. The cliffhanger is Lois pulling the mask of the shot figure, but it cuts away before you can see the face. However, Father Charlie matches the description.
Is Father Charlie actually the insane murderer? Or is this just a fake out with more twists to come? I guess we’ll have to keep watching to find out. Episodes 7 and 8 of Grotesquerie will premiere October 16 at 10 PM on FX and will stream on Hulu the day after.
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