This American Horror Story Podcast
Sep 27, 2026 · 38 min · 9 segments
Kris and Tyler review the first three episodes of Season 13
Tyler MossHost
Kris HustedHost
And I actually want to start with some big picture thoughts having watched across all three episodes.

This isn't going to be any spoilers for those who have only watched episode one or episode two.

And for those who have only not completed the first three, we're going to kind of cover them one by one.

But one thing I do want to pose as we move into this is I am personally struggling with the fact that because across the history of American Horror Story, so many actors have played multiple characters.

It takes me time to figure out which character they're actually portraying when they show back up.

So there's going to be, like, some forensics here when we're trying to figure out, like, which Sarah Paulson character are we talking about? Which Billy Lord character are we talking about? And that kind of thing.

Especially because Evan Peter and Sarah Paulson are also playing multiple characters within the season, sometimes in the same

This episode was directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

We open on a boyfriend and girlfriend in a waiting room at 3.13. I'm clear what they're waiting for at first, but there's a lot of 13 vibes happening with the clocks and with all sorts of different things at this point.

So we know there's some kind of There's a lot of sense of anxiety, I would say, in this waiting room.

The man who becomes kind of our biggest new actor this season, I would say, or at least so far, is the actor Joey Polari, who's from the movies Love, Simon, and I guess he was also in American Crime Story Season 2, the Versace one.

And I actually want to start with some big picture thoughts having watched across all three episodes.

This isn't going to be any spoilers for those who have only watched episode one or episode two.

And for those who have only not completed the first three, we're going to kind of cover them one by one.

But one thing I do want to pose as we move into this is I am personally struggling with the fact that because across the history of American Horror Story, so many actors have played multiple characters.

It takes me time to figure out which character they're actually portraying when they show back up.

So there's going to be, like, some forensics here when we're trying to figure out, like, which Sarah Paulson character are we talking about? Which Billy Lord character are we talking about? And that kind of thing.

Especially because Evan Peter and Sarah Paulson are also playing multiple characters within the season, sometimes in the same

This episode was directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

We open on a boyfriend and girlfriend in a waiting room at 3.13. I'm clear what they're waiting for at first, but there's a lot of 13 vibes happening with the clocks and with all sorts of different things at this point.

So we know there's some kind of There's a lot of sense of anxiety, I would say, in this waiting room.

The man who becomes kind of our biggest new actor this season, I would say, or at least so far, is the actor Joey Polari, who's from the movies Love, Simon, and I guess he was also in American Crime Story Season 2, the Versace one.
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