'American Horror Story: Hotel' Recap: Ghosts and Vampires and Witches, Oh Hi!

To prevent ourselves from going insane, we take 99% of everything around us for granted. Surroundings, family members, fundamental beliefs… We just accept that they’re there and turn our attention to more important matters, like Tinder or alcohol. But the bold truth is that glorious wonders would constantly reveal themselves to us if we’d only pay attention. That is why, in American Horror Story’s lowest-rated, least talked about season yet, a scene in which Lady Gaga makes out with Angela Bassett to The Stone Roses’ “I Wanna Be Adored” can happen and it’s like nobody even cares? Has the American public so inured itself to utter perfection that it can’t even enjoy what is arguably the most amazing thing to have happened on television in years? Truly what more could anyone ask from a TV show? How about…

Denis O’Hare (in drag) and Kathy Bates (in drag) bursting into a room firing FOUR guns?
Gabourey Sidibe slapping herself in the face in order to beat up Angela Bassett?
Kathy Bates rolling around in the ashes of her dead son?
Lady Gaga getting shot, killed and/or dismembered THRICE?
A ghost and a vampire teaming up to murder a witch?