Charles Manson Underground, reportedly said of the Tate murders: "Dig it, first they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, then they even shoved a fork into a victim's stomach. Wild!" Neo-Nazi and Manson follower James Mason founded the Universal Order, a group which has influenced alt-right movements such as the neo-Nazi terrorist Atomwaffen Division. Universal Order's name and logo, a swastika between scales of justice, were remotely designed by Manson. In an afterword composed for the 1994 edition of the non-fiction book "Helter Skelter", Bugliosi quoted a BBC employee's assertion that a "neo-Manson cult" existing
Charles (Manson) in Charge else, this episode convinced me that Butte, Montana, is the scariest place on earth." Kat Rosenfield from "Entertainment Weekly" gave the episode an A-. She particularly praised the scenes with Charles Manson, calling them "horrifying even by AHS standards". She also enjoyed Billie Lourd's performance in this episode. Howewer, she noticed that some plot points, like Gary's death, could only be explained by Kai's madness, "because it otherwise makes absolutely no sense". "Vulture"'s Brian Moylan gave the episode a 3 out of 5, with a mixed review, commenting "It was my least favorite episode of the entire season so far,