Are Whitely And Hannah Connected????????????????

                                Ponder this tonight, darlings, as we try to make sense of the narrative drivel that is "AHS:NYC."   We know now that Whitely is the Mai Tai Killer.  He is a Viet Nam vet who kills gay men in 1980's NYC, while working as a nurse during the day.  He is a stand-in for real life New Jersey nurse killer Charles Cullen.   But as Jeff Hiller plays him, and very well, there is nothing at all original about his serial killer trope. From the way he dresses to our knowing he has to hide his sexuality from his mother, whom he most likely still lives with--that is the way of most serial killers--this is such familiar territory.  Even the nurse job.  He reminds me more of the Bear Stearns killer, the business exec from said company who was never caught.  Around this same time--or was it in the early 90's?--he trolled gay bars for vulnerable men, whom he would take back to his apartment, said to be above a cleaner's on Madison Avenue, so little chance of being heard, and would torture these guys to within an inch of their lives.  Many were permanently maimed.  Maybe by now this guy is dead.  But if he is still out there, he will be caught.  His gimmick was to threaten them with his power, that he could come after them or anyone in their lives at any time.  Then he seemingly vanished.  Hopefully permanently underground.

                                Now, in "AHS:NYC" Lourd plays Doctor Hannah Wells, a biologist investigating a mysterious illness in gay men, said to be contracted by the deer on Fire Island.  All viewers in retrospect know this is a precursor to AIDS, and Lourd plays the scientist/activist with conviction and compassion.  However, having read Randy Shilt's book, "And The Band Played On" several times, I can tell you the illness started with monkeys in Africa.  So, what is Ryan Murphy up to?

                                   Now, in the "American Horror Stories" episode, "Ba'al," Lourd played a character named Liv Whitley.  Are you kidding me?  Oh, come on!  There has to be a connection.

                                    Are Hannah and the Mai Tai killer related in some way?  How about his mother, who drove him to this; let's get her into the story, because serial killers are not born, but made.

                                      Such plot threads would lend some credibility to an already senseless mixture of sexual exploitation and sensationalism.  And I still say something is up with Patrick played by Russell Tovey.  There is more to him than what was discovered last week.

                                          The only way is to tune in tonight.  But don't be too disappointed.