American Horror Story is back this week with another episode, the third of this seventh season, entitled “Neighbors from Hell” in which tensions inside of Ally’s community continue to rise more and more and get to a very dangerous level of high.

Right in the beginning of the episode we saw that these clowns really like messing with fears, especially the irrational ones, to a point that they locked a woman and her husband inside coffins and left them there until they eventually died. All this, the way I see it, because they want people to remain afraid. That woman had overcome her fears, she really went a long way, and when she finally put her phobia behind her, they showed up and used it against her in the worst way imaginable. This really made me wonder if Dr. Rudy is in on all this craziness. After all, he was definitely the best person to say that woman overcame her fear, so he could have told his “team” and they put their hands to work. At first I had no idea what was happening and why we were seeing those people, but I ended up loving that scene.

Back to the main plot, I really had no idea the fact that Ally shot Pedro would have that much impact on the community. Sure he was Hispanic, but Ally didn’t realize that before it was too late. Plus, it was really dark because of the blackout and she would have probably shot anyone who showed up, since she was so terrified. The police saw it for what it actually was, self-defense, and it even looks like Detective Samuels was actually happy about this, because he believed Pedro was the one who killed the chef in the previous episode, so less work for him.

But as I was saying, Ally shooting Pedro really had a big effect on the neighborhood, because people started protesting, saying she should be in prison and that justice wasn’t made. Even the neighbors from Hell (as Ally put it), the Wiltons, really made a big deal about this, saying Ally murdered him and that she is super racist.

One of the people who didn’t judge her and that even seemed nice (notice the “seemed” because he is definitely going to enjoy this in many ways) was Kai. As someone who is trying to raise fear and anger towards the Hispanic community, I bet Kai loved this unexpected twist. Ally was totally not a supporter of his crazy theories, but he is now probably hoping that will change because he says he is going to help her get rid of the protesters.

And speaking of this, Dr. Rudy seemed even more suspicious when he totally let Ally go and face the protesters. What kind of therapist would not try to stop an unstable patient from facing an angry mob? Because I could totally not see a good result coming out of that decision. Plus, if he really is on the cult, that would explain why the clowns are after Ally and her family. However, I still don’t know why. All of this still feels very strange. Could it be because she is lesbian? Maybe, but I am not sure if this would actually be a good reason for all this trouble. Really looking forward for answers.

Aside from all this, I have to say that I loved the fact that Ally took off her victim act and started playing tougher. Even though I think it was a bad idea when she tried to reason with the protesters, it did show courage. She was also tough when she decided to go face the neighbors with head on and fist closed, punching Harrison in the nose and telling them to stay out of their way. These neighbors are really getting more and more creepy and if it wasn’t obvious they are on the cult before, it does look obvious now because we saw them with Kai doing that pinky thing. I really do think they are also in on this, but by now I am suspecting pretty much everyone, so you shouldn’t listen to me very much.

Things do promise to get even more intense now, for many reason: Ally’s house was marked by that bloody face, Meadow disappeared (or at least Harrison says she did), Ivy and Oz are leaving Ally, at least for a while, and not to mention that Detective Samuels is somehow involved with the Wiltons, since we saw him hanging out in their house. Lastly, I will just add that Ozzy is definitely going to need therapy for the rest of his life just because of what he saw in the past few days. It seems that every episode he sees something more awful and weird and barbaric than in the last, so I am sure he will grow up to be a vicious serial killer.

I really loved this episode. It was so full of suspense and thrill. This season is really shaping up to be one of the best and I hope it continues like this. I am giving this episode a 9.4/10.

The fourth episode of the season will be released next Tuesday September 26^th and it is entitled “11/9”, so don’t miss it along with my review.