American Horror Story: Hotel, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

[vc_row][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]I will warn you, this episode summary has a huge spoiler.  Read at your own risk!Remember last week when I made a crazy far-fetched pitch about Detective Lowe being the killer?  Turns out, I was right on the money.This episode is all about tying loose ends together.  Lowe seems to be losing his mind after Ren is killed; the episode starts right where we left off two weeks ago at the car accident.  Lowe, seeing Ren’s dead body, realizes he’s seen her like this before, but inside a glass coffin.  Frantic, he returns to the Hotel Cortez, demanding answers, and Sally unveils them.John Lowe is the Ten Commandment murderer, and he suppressed his feelings so deeply that he became two different people.All is told as a confession to Lowe’s former boss, Andy, while they are at the morgue.  Lowe, bug-eyed and insane, tells Andy about his first trip to the Cortez after house crime scene (we finally know why that family death was important; it lead Lowe to his cups at the Cortez bar).  Once there, Donovan introduces Lowe to Mr. James March, and March sees a potential killer within him.During March’s and Lowe’s conversation, my inquiry about color juxtaposition is answered.  March talks about how each person has an aura with a color; some are red, blue, and sometimes purple, but Lowe’s is black.  During this scene, the room is cast in shadows, mimicking Lowe’s dark disposition.  The red and blue are both filters that are used throughout the season: blue usually depicts melancholy and the feeling of hitting rock-bottom, whereas red is used during scenes of disorientation, blood-lust, and hate.  This color difference mirrors the personality changes Lowe has perfectly; he switches from one extreme to the other, sometimes in rapid succession.  I’ll be honest, I’m geeked that these colors were explicitly mentioned in the show, and by my favorite character to boot!March then decides to take Lowe under his wing, turning him into the killer that no one else could become.  Remember the Devil’s Night dinner earlier?  The table was filled with March’s failed prodigies, except for Detective Lowe who was the guest of honor.  Why?  Because he is the most successful killer of them all, at least in this point in time.  We also come to find that the Countess was bribed to help March ensnare Lowe; March tells her about Lowe’s boy, and says that Lowe needs a nudge into the darkness.  She kidnaps Holden, driving Lowe into the arms of March.  What a clever ploy, and executed perfectly.After Lowe’s first trip to the Hotel Cortez, he starts to have marital problems.  He disappears for days at a time, leaving Alex to worry about where her husband has gone.  This puts a strain on their marriage, and Holden’s kidnapping throws everything out the window.  Guess who Alex runs into the arms of?  Andy, Lowe’s boss.  Oh Andy, thou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or thou shall be killed in the morgue by your neighbor.Andy’s...members become display number eight of ten, meaning that Lowe has only two more to go.  I predict that he’s going to try and kill his wife, but he does not know that she is a vampire in the same hotel.  He has to be interviewed soon about Andy’s murder, since Lowe has been on the Ten Commandment case, so we shall see if he slips in the interrogation.  I’m beyond excited to see where the next episode takes us, and if it’s anything like this one, I’m sure I will not be disappointed.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]