 He said, ""American Horror Story" leaned into camp and comedy, including a couple of time jumps meant for laughs, to speed us through a sassy set-up episode that could have actually been disturbing and scary.Somewhere down the line, the franchise stopped evenly mixing its sinister elements and snarky quips and it's worked to defang the show a bit.The beginning and end of the episode though, featuring the exodus from LA and the arrival of the antichrist, helped juice things up."