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List of worst Major League Baseball season records
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Listed below are the Major League Baseball teams with the worst season won-lost records, as determined by winning percentage (.300 or less), minimum 120 games played.
Contents
1 Season records
1.1 1886–1899
1.2 Modern era (1900–present)
2 1898 St. Louis Browns and 1899 Cleveland Spiders
3 Other teams
4 See also
5 References
6 External links and further reading
Season records[edit]
The following teams finished the season with a .300 winning percentage or lower.
Legend
NL = National League
AL = American League
AA = American Association
PL = Players' League
1886–1899[edit]
Season
Franchise
League
Wins
Losses
Pct.
GB
1899 Cleveland Spiders NL 20 134 .130 84
1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys NL 23 113 .169 66½
1889 Louisville Colonels AA 27 111 .196 66½
1897 St. Louis Browns NL 29 102 .221 63½
1886 Washington Nationals NL 28 92 .233 60
1886 Kansas City Cowboys NL 30 91 .248 58½
1898 St. Louis Browns NL 39 111 .260 63½
1895 Louisville Colonels NL 35 96 .267 52½
1890 Buffalo Bisons PL 36 96 .273 46½
1894 Louisville Colonels NL 36 94 .277 54
1896 Louisville Colonels NL 38 93 .290 53
1887 Indianapolis Hoosiers NL 37 89 .294 43
1895 St. Louis Browns NL 39 93 .295 48½
1887 Cleveland Blues AA 39 92 .298 54
Modern era (1900–present)[edit]
Season
Franchise
League
Wins
Losses
Pct.
GB
1916 Philadelphia Athletics AL 36 117 .235 54½
1935 Boston Braves NL 38 115 .248 61½
1962 New York Mets NL 40 120 .250 60½
1904 Washington Senators AL 38 113 .252 55½
1919 Philadelphia Athletics AL 36 104 .257 52
2003 Detroit Tigers AL 43 119 .265 47
1952 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 42 112 .273 54½
1909 Washington Senators AL 42 110 .276 56
1942 Philadelphia Phillies NL 42 109 .278 62½
1939 St. Louis Browns AL 43 111 .279 64½
1932 Boston Red Sox AL 43 111 .279 64
1941 Philadelphia Phillies NL 43 111 .279 57
1915 Philadelphia Athletics AL 43 109 .283 58½
1928 Philadelphia Phillies NL 43 109 .283 51
1911 Boston Rustlers NL 44 107 .291 54
1909 Boston Doves NL 45 108 .294 65½
1911 St. Louis Browns AL 45 107 .296 56½
1939 Philadelphia Phillies NL 45 106 .298 50½
1937 St. Louis Browns AL 46 108 .299 56
1945 Philadelphia Phillies NL 46 108 .299 52
1938 Philadelphia Phillies NL 45 105 .300 43
1898 St. Louis Browns and 1899 Cleveland Spiders[edit]
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders own the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games) and for all eras, finishing at 20–134 (.130 percentage) in the final year of the National League's 12-team era in the 1890s; for comparison, this projects to 21–141 under the current 162-game schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Spiders' results and the current 162-game schedule predicts a record of 25–137.
The Spiders had a fair amount of success in the 1890s, with seven straight winning seasons from 1892 to 1898 and a Temple Cup victory in 1895. Meanwhile, the once four-time American Association champion St. Louis Browns had fallen to 29–102 in 1897 and to 39–111 (including 19–67 on the road) in 1898. But the Spiders ownership, the Robison brothers, bought the Browns in time for the 1899 season, creating a conflict-of-interest situation which was later outlawed. On the eve of the season, they traded almost all of Cleveland's good players to St. Louis for very little in return, with respectable results for St. Louis and disastrous results for Cleveland.
The 1899 Spiders set the major league record for most consecutive losses in a season (24, from July 26 to September 16), and had six losing streaks of 10 games or more. The Spiders lost 40 of their last 41 games, finishing 84 games behind the 1899 National League champion Brooklyn Dodgers and 35 games behind the second-last-placed Washington Senators. They lost 27 games in September, a record for the most games lost in a month until the 1909 Washington Senators went 5–29 in July. Due to paltry attendances, the Spiders played 112 games on the road, finishing with a road record of 11–101 (the 101 road losses is a record which is unbreakable under the current MLB scheduling rules, which allow a maximum of 81 road games).
The 1899 Browns, renamed the "Perfectos" and staffed with all the best players from the 1898 Spiders (six of the Spiders' eight starting position players and four starting pitchers, including the great Cy Young) improved by 44½ games, from 39–111 to 84–67. However, all St. Louis did ultimately was to trade places with Cleveland in the standings. The Browns/Perfectos were renamed the St. Louis Cardinals in 1900, and are unrelated to the American League St. Louis Browns that adopted the discarded nickname and also appear on this list.
After the 1899 season, the National League contracted from twelve to eight clubs for the 1900 season, with the Spiders, the original Baltimore Orioles, Louisville Colonels (Louisville has never had another major league team since), and the original Washington Senators folding operations. Baltimore had also been stripped of its best players by Brooklyn in 1899, to somewhat less dramatic effect, but still enough to speed their demise. The smaller 1900 National League allowed the Western League to fulfill its dreams of becoming a major league, filling the void in a number of cities by renaming itself the American League in 1900 and declaring itself a major league in 1901.
Other teams[edit]
With shorter schedules before 1886, it was much more common for teams to finish with sub-.300 winning percentages, as there was less of the evening out effect of a longer season.
Four teams have finished with worse overall winning percentages than the 1899 Spiders, but these teams played less than 50 games during their seasons, and in leagues whose status as "major" is questionable.
Three of these occurred in the National Association (the status of the National Association as a major league has long been disputed):
The 1872 Brooklyn Eckfords finished at 3-26 (.103 percentage), which for comparison would project to 17–145 under the current schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Eckfords' results and the current 162-game schedule predicts a record of 19–143.
The 1873 Elizabeth Resolutes finished at 2–21 (.087 percentage), which for comparison would project to 14–148 under the current schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Resolutes' results and the current 162-game schedule predicts a record of 16–146.
The 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics finished at 2–42 (.045 percentage), which for comparison would project to 7–155 under the current schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Atlantics' results and the current 162-game schedule predicts a record of 13–149.
The Wilmington Quicksteps of the 1884 Union Association played only 18 games, finishing with a 2–16 record (.111 percentage) before they dropped out of the Association and folded. For comparison, this projects to 18–144 under the current schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Quicksteps' results and the current 162-game schedule predicts a record of 14–148. However, while the Union Association is conventionally listed as a major league, this status has been questioned due to the league's overall lack of playing talent and poor organizational structure.
Contemporary baseball guides did not consider the Union Association to be a major league, with the earliest record referencing the Union Association as a major league dating to 1922.[1]
The 1890 Alleghenys were gutted before the season when nearly all of their best players defected to the Pittsburgh Burghers of the Players' League. Poor attendances meant that they played 97 of their 136 games on the road, finishing with a road record of 9–88 (the 88 road losses remained a record until 1899, and is unreachable under current MLB scheduling rules). The Alleghenys .093 road winning percentage is the lowest in MLB history for a minimum of 60 games.
The Philadelphia Athletics were a good team in the early 1910s, winning American League pennants in 1913 and 1914 and the World Series in 1913. However, owner-manager Connie Mack felt that he was unable to pay his star players' salaries while the Federal League was in operation, and he sold or traded most of them after the 1914 World Series ended. The Athletics then finished in last place from 1915–1922. In 1916, they went 36–117, including 13–64 on the road. The 1916 Athletics .235 winning percentage is the sixth-lowest of any MLB team and the lowest since 1900.
The 1935 Boston Braves featured Hall of Famers Rabbit Maranville (age 43) and Babe Ruth (age 40). Braves owner Emil Fuchs had promised Ruth an ownership stake in the Braves and a chance to manage the club in the near future, but had little intention of delivering either. Ruth retired on June 1, 1935, having hit .181 in 72 at-bats for the Braves, with six home runs (the last three all coming on the same day, May 25, 1935, at Pittsburgh). Fuchs, who had been plagued by financial problems for a decade, was forced to give up control of the Braves before the end of the season. The Braves' home winning percentage of .167 is the fifth-lowest of any MLB team and the lowest since 1900.
The 1939 Browns drew 386 fans to the park for a 7–4 home loss to Detroit on September 27.[2]
The 1962 New York Mets were an expansion team created to fill the void after the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers left New York City at end of the 1957 season. The Mets, filled with castoffs like "Marvelous" Marv Throneberry as well as aging Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn and low-talent rookies such as Choo-Choo Coleman, finished with the third-worst winning percentage in the modern era and the modern-era record for most losses. The Mets went on to finish last or next-to-last for seven years in a row, before they shocked the baseball world by winning the 1969 World Series.
The 2003 Tigers seemed like a sure bet to break the 1962 Mets' modern record for most losses when they stood at 38–118 after 156 games, but they won five of their last six to avoid ignominy. On September 27, in their penultimate game, the Tigers came back from an 8–0 deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 9–8 (the Twins, having just clinched the division, were resting their starters).[3] When the Tigers won the season finale to avoid tying the record, they received a standing ovation from the crowd. Mike Maroth, a starting pitcher for the 2003 Detroit Tigers, went 9–21 and became the first pitcher to lose 20 games in a season since Brian Kingman dropped 20 games for the 1980 Oakland Athletics.[4] Ramón Santiago of the Tigers became only the 12th Triple Crown loser (a player who finishes last in all of the three Triple Crown categories) in modern MLB history.[5] One baseball statistician described the Tigers as possibly "the worst team of all time without a good excuse", as virtually every other team on the list had been reduced to minor-league status, plagued by financial problems or was a first-year expansion team.[6]
Three years after losing 119 games, the Detroit Tigers went 95–67 and won their 10th American League pennant, before losing the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals. Players common to the 2003 and 2006 Tigers teams included Brandon Inge, Ramón Santiago (who spent 2004 and 2005 with the Seattle Mariners), Craig Monroe, Dmitri Young (released in September 2006), Omar Infante, Mike Maroth, Jeremy Bonderman, Nate Robertson, Jamie Walker, Wilfredo Ledezma, and Fernando Rodney.
See also[edit]
Baseball portal
List of best Major League Baseball season won-loss records
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Baseball Prospectus | Unfiltered
Jump up ^ 1939 Browns game log
Jump up ^ September 27, 2003 Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play – Baseball-Reference.com
Jump up ^ Pitchers with 20 or More Losses – Baseball-Reference.com
Jump up ^ The SABR Baseball List and Record Book: Baseball's Most Fascinating Records and Unusual Statistics. Society for American Baseball Research. 2007. p. 141.
Jump up ^ "2003 Detroit Tigers Baseball Graphs Review". BaseballGraphs.com. Retrieved September 26, 2008.
External links and further reading[edit]
Statistics and game logs at Baseball Reference
"The 1899 Cleveland Spiders: Baseball's Worst Team" article by David Fleitz
"Nothing worse than the 1899 Cleveland Spiders" ESPN article by Rob Neyer. Neyer's 10 worst teams of all time.
Neyer, Rob, and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Time. Norton, 2000, 384 p.
Excerpt from Chapter 8 ("The Worst Teams of All Time") of Neyer and Epstein's Baseball Dynasties.
On a Clear Day They Could See Seventh Place: Baseball's Worst Teams, by George Robinson. Profiles of several of the teams on this list.
MISFITS! Baseball's Worst Ever Team, by J. Thomas Hetrick. About the 1899 Spiders.
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Class ring
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A class ring in a ring case. This ring is made of white ultrium and contains a synthetic sapphire gemstone.[1]
Damavand College class ring of 1975
A class ring (also known as a graduation, graduate, senior, or grad ring) is a ring worn by students and alumni to commemorate their graduation, generally for a high school, college, or university.
Today class rings can be customized, from the material and style that the ring is made of to the color and cut of the gem in the center. There is a wide selection of emblems, pictures, and words that can be added to the sides of the rings and even inside the center gem.
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1 History
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History[edit]
The tradition of class rings originated with the class of 1835 at the United States Military Academy at West Point.[2]
How to wear[edit]
The Complete Book of Etiquette by Amy Vanderbilt indicates the following protocol for wearing of a class ring. For as long as the wearer is in school, the insignia should face the wearer to remind him/her of the goal of graduation. Upon graduation, the class ring gains the status of a "badge of honor" similar to a diploma, with the effect that graduation entitles the wearer to display the insignia facing outward so that it faces other viewers. An additional justification for this practice is the rationale that the ring also symbolizes the graduate him/herself: During the wearer's time in school, he or she focuses on self-development and goals specific to the insular academic environment; upon graduation, the wearer enters the wider world and puts what he or she has learned to work in shaping it.[3]
A notable exception to this protocol is the custom followed by older graduating classes of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Today, as in years past, Academy graduates frequently wear their rings on the left hand in observance of the ancient belief, which also underlay the Anglo-American custom of wearing wedding bands on the left hand, that a vein connects the left ring finger to the heart. Prior to graduation, these classes wore the USMA Class Ring with the Class Crest closest to the heart, signifying a given cadet's bond to his class within the Academy. Following graduation, members of these classes wore (and, for surviving members, still wear) the ring with the Academy Crest closest to the heart, signifying their bond with the Academy as a whole.[4]
Ring melt[edit]
At the United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Air Force Academy, and at The Citadel each cadet's class ring contains melted gold from rings donated to the respective school from deceased alumni.[5][6][7]
In fiction[edit]
The Lords of Discipline. "I wear the ring. I wear the ring and I return often to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to study the history of my becoming a man." Author Pat Conroy attended and graduated from The Citadel and wrote the fictional account of a cadet's journey at a military school set in Charleston, South Carolina.
See also[edit]
Aggie Ring
Doctoral ring
Iron ring
MIT class ring
X-Ring
The Citadel Ring[8]
United States Military Academy class ring
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Custom class rings". CR. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
Jump up ^ "Ring melt ceremony bonds past with the future". United States Military Academy.
Jump up ^ Complete Book of Etiquette, Amy Vanderbilt, p. 156
Jump up ^ CLASS RINGS, MINIATURES, AND A-PINS The traditional Jewish custom is to wear a wedding ring on the right index finger, and only women wore them originally. However, most Jewish people will move rings to reflect the national custom of where they live.
Jump up ^ The Citadel Band of Gold. "The Citadel Band of Gold". www.citadel.edu. The Citadel. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ West Point Association. "Class Ring Memorial Program". www.westpoint.org. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
Jump up ^ United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation. "Bonds of Gold". www.usna.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ "The Citadel Alumni Association, Our Ring". http://www.citadelalumni.org/. The Citadel Alumni. Retrieved 2015-11-13. External link in |website= (help)
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Media related to Class rings at Wikimedia Commons
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A yellowbelly (or yeller belly) is a person from Lincolnshire, England. The origin of this nickname is disputed, and many explanations have been offered. These include:
The uniforms of the old Lincolnshire Regiment were green with yellow facings. The fastenings of the uniform tunic, which were known as frogs, were also yellow.[1]
A species of newt, frog or eel (there is disagreement on this point) found in the Lincolnshire Fens had yellow undersides.[1]
Bacon hung up and stored for a long time turned yellow (reasty).[1]
The backs of farm workers who stripped to the waist in hot weather turned dark brown but their bellies turned yellow.[1]
Opium extracted from poppy heads, and taken to relieve malaria that was prevalent in the fens in earlier centuries, turned the skin a shade of yellow.[1]
Sheep grazing in mustard fields were dusted by pollen from the blossom that turned their undersides yellow.[1]
Women traders on street markets in past times are reputed to have worn a leather apron with two pockets, one for copper and silver and one for gold. At the end of a good day they would say they had 'a yellow belly' meaning they had taken a large number of gold sovereigns.[1]
A folk etymology says that the term originated from Elloe, the name of the rural deanery that serves the fen area of the Lincoln Diocese. This in turn took its name from the Saxon Wapentake which was referred to as þe Elloe Bellie - Elloe meaning out of the morass while bel was the Celtic word for hole or hollow.[1]
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^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h John R. Ketteringham. A Lincolnshire Hotchpotch. ISBN 978-0951273814
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Lincolnshire people — BBC page; offers a number of explanations for the name.
Nobbut A Yellerbelly — Publisher's page; gives a short description of this book on the Lincolnshire accent, with examples. By Alan Stennett. ISBN 978-1-846740-05-3
A Lincolnshire Hotchpotch — Extracts from the series of books by John R Ketteringham with that name and similar names
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I'd Rather Go Blind
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"I'd Rather Go Blind"
Single by Etta James
from the album Tell Mama
A-side
"Tell Mama"
B-side
"I'd Rather Go Blind"
Released
1968 (1968)
Recorded
1967, FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre
R&B-rock, soul, blues
Length
2:32
Label
Cadet 5578
Songwriter(s)
Etta James
Ellington Jordan
Billy Foster
Producer(s)
Rick Hall
"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan[1] and co-credited to Billy Foster and Etta James. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released in 1968,[2] and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.
Contents
1 Original version by Etta James
2 Other versions
3 References
4 External links
Original version by Etta James[edit]
Etta James wrote in her autobiography Rage To Survive that she heard the song outlined by her friend Ellington "Fugi" Jordan when she visited him in prison.[3] She then wrote the rest of the song with Jordan, but for tax reasons gave her songwriting credit to her partner at the time, Billy Foster, singer with doo-wop group The Medallions.[4]
Etta James recorded the song at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It was included on the album Tell Mama and as the B-side of the single of the same name which made number 10 on the Billboard R&B charts,[5] and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] The song is also on the 1978 Jerry Wexler-produced album Deep in the Night, but there it is titled "Blind Girl" (track 10).[7] Some critics have regarded "I'd Rather Go Blind" as of such emotional and poetic quality that it makes that release one of the great double-sided singles of the period.[8] Critic Dave Marsh put the song in his book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Noting that James had recorded the song during a break from heroin addiction, Marsh writes, "the song provides a great metaphor for her drug addiction and intensifies the story."[9]
Other versions[edit]
It has since been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including the blind-from-birth Clarence Carter, on his 1969 album The Dynamic Clarence Carter.[10] Other recordings include those by Little Milton, Chicken Shack, Koko Taylor, Man Man, Rod Stewart,[11] B.B. King, Elkie Brooks, Paul Weller, Trixie Whitley, Ruby Turner,[12] Marcia Ball, Sydney Youngblood,[12] Barbara Lynn and Beyoncé Knowles for the Cadillac Records film soundtrack.[13]
The song reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart in 1969 in a version by the British blues band Chicken Shack, featuring Christine Perfect, later to become Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac.[12]
The song was also recorded in 1972 for Never a Dull Moment, the fourth album by Rod Stewart.[11] Etta James refers to Stewart's version favorably in her autobiography, Rage to Survive.
A version of the song was UK singer Sydney Youngblood's third single release, peaking at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart.[12] It also appeared on Now That's What I Call Music! 17, before the single was released.
Versions have been performed by Paolo Nutini,[14] Australian musician Toby,[15] and American folk singer Holly Miranda.
British soul singer Liam Bailey released a home-recorded version of the song with his EP 2am Rough Tracks in 2010. The EP was released on Lioness Records.
In 2011, Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart included the song on their album Don't Explain.[16] At the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors concert honoring Buddy Guy, Beth Hart received a standing ovation for a rendition of the song accompanied by Jeff Beck on guitar.
In 2012, Mick Hucknall recorded the song for his album American Soul.[17]
The Allman Brothers performed this song live occasionally with Susan Tedeschi. Tedeschi and Allman Brothers guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes performed their version of the song at The White House's Red White and Blues event in 2012.
Dua Lipa covered the song in 2017.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Ellington Jordan (Fugi) | Almost Home | CD Baby Music Store". Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
Jump up ^ "Etta James - Tell Mama / I'd Rather Go Blind". Discogs. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
Jump up ^ Etta James and David Ritz, Rage To Survive, 1995, ISBN 0-306-80812-9
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
Jump up ^ "Etta James - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Etta James - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Deep In The Night". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
Jump up ^ Matthew Greenwald. "I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
Jump up ^ Marsh, Dave. "The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made". Da Capo Press. p. 429. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
Jump up ^ "The Dynamic Clarence Carter - Clarence Carter - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "Never a Dull Moment - Rod Stewart - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "I'd Rather Go Blind". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Search for "i'd rather go blind"". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Paolo Nutini Official Website". Paolo Nutini. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
Jump up ^ "Recording by adus2 at 2011 Women's Red Rock Music Festival". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
Jump up ^ "Don't Explain - Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "American Soul - Mick Hucknall - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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American Horror Story: Cult
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American Horror Story:
Cult
Promotional poster
Starring
Sarah Paulson
Evan Peters
Cheyenne Jackson
Billie Lourd
Alison Pill
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
9
Release
Original network
FX
Original release
September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05) – present (present)
Season chronology
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Roanoke
List of American Horror Story episodes
American Horror Story: Cult is the seventh season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. The season was picked up on October 4, 2016,[1][2] and premiered on September 5, 2017.[3] The season will consist of a total of 11 episodes.[4] Returning cast members from previous seasons include: Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Cheyenne Jackson, Adina Porter, Chaz Bono, John Carroll Lynch, Emma Roberts, James Morosini, Mare Winningham, Jamie Brewer and Frances Conroy, along with new cast members Billie Lourd and Alison Pill.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
2.2 Special guest stars
2.3 Recurring
2.4 Guest stars
3 Episodes
4 Production
4.1 Development
4.2 Casting
4.3 Filming
4.4 Edits
5 Reception
5.1 Critical response
5.2 Ratings
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
Ally (Sarah Paulson) and Ivy Mayfair-Richards (Alison Pill) are a married couple with a son, named Oz (Cooper Dodson), who live in the fictitious city of Brookfield Heights, Michigan. Ally suffers from several phobias including coulrophobia, haemophobia, and trypophobia, which intensify after Donald Trump wins the 2016 election. She often speaks with her psychiatrist, Dr. Rudy Vincent Anderson (Cheyenne Jackson), whose estranged and manipulative brother Kai Anderson (Evan Peters) forms a cult of individuals fed up with the political climate of the United States. Kai utilizes the fear inflicted upon the community by the cult's violent actions, notably those toward Ally and her family, to strengthen his campaign for a seat on the City Council. Cult members include Kai’s sister Winter (Billie Lourd), newscast reporter Beverly Hope (Adina Porter), married couple Harrison (Billy Eichner) and Meadow Wilton (Leslie Grossman), detective Jack Samuels (Colton Haynes), Trump-supporter Gary Longstreet (Chaz Bono), Ivy and Ally.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main articles: List of American Horror Story cast members and List of American Horror Story: Cult characters
Main[edit]
Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Alison Pill (left to right) portray lead roles Ally Mayfair-Richards, Kai Anderson, and Ivy Mayfair-Richards, respectively.
Billie Lourd, Cheyenne Jackson, and Billy Eichner (left to right) portray Winter Anderson, Dr. Rudy Vincent, and Harrison Wilton, respectively.
Sarah Paulson as Allyson "Ally" Mayfair-Richards
Evan Peters as Kai Anderson, Andy Warhol, Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh, Jim Jones, and Jesus[a]
Cheyenne Jackson as Dr. Rudy Vincent
Billie Lourd as Winter Anderson
Alison Pill as Ivy Mayfair-Richards
Special guest stars[edit]
Billy Eichner as Harrison Wilton
Emma Roberts as Serena Belinda
Mare Winningham as Sally Keffler
Lena Dunham as Valerie Solanas
Frances Conroy as Bebe Babbitt
Recurring[edit]
Adina Porter as Beverly Hope
Colton Haynes as Detective Jack Samuels
Leslie Grossman as Meadow Wilton
Chaz Bono as Gary Longstreet
Cooper Dodson as Ozymandias "Oz" Mayfair-Richards
Dermot Mulroney as Bob Thompson
James Morosini as R.J.
Guest stars[edit]
Tim Kang as Tom Chang
John Carroll Lynch as Twisty the Clown
Jorge-Luis Pallo as Pedro Morales
Zack Ward as Roger
Laura Allen as Rosie
Ron Melendez as Mark
Dot-Marie Jones as Butchy May
Jamie Brewer as Hedda
Rick Springfield as Pastor Charles
Cameron Cowperthwaite as Speedwagon
Episodes[edit]
See also: List of American Horror Story episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
74
1 "Election Night" Bradley Buecker Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05) 7ATS01 3.93[8]
Ally and Ivy are a married couple who have a son named Oz. Ally suffers from several phobias which intensify after learning that Donald Trump has won the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Her psychiatrist, Dr. Rudy Vincent, recommends a medicine to calm her phobia-induced anxiety. Clowns soon start to stalk Ally. Meanwhile, Kai and Winter are two siblings who make a mysterious pact after Trump becomes president. Winter becomes Oz's nanny and attempts to desensitize him to violence. Kai entices a group of Hispanic men to beat him up. Ally and Ivy's neighbors, the Changs, are slaughtered by a group of clowns. The police erroneously rule the incident as a murder–suicide. Mr. Chang's death leaves a city council seat vacant.
75
2 "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" Liza Johnson Tim Minear September 12, 2017 (2017-09-12) 7ATS02 2.38[9]
Kai campaigns for the vacant seat on city council. Ally distrusts the new occupants of the Chang's former home, Harrison and Meadow Wilton. At Ally and Ivy's restaurant, the Butchery on Main, tensions fuel between the sous-chef, Roger, and a Hispanic employee, Pedro. Later, the restaurant's security system trips and Ally investigates. She finds Roger hanging on a hook in the meat locker. Detective Samuels singles out Pedro as the most likely suspect. Ally obtains a gun from the Wiltons. Later on, there is an alleged power shortage in the city and Ally is terrorized by clowns. Ivy sends Pedro to deliver supplies to the house and he is accidentally shot and killed by Ally.
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3 "Neighbors from Hell" Gwyneth Horder-Payton James Wong September 19, 2017 (2017-09-19) 7ATS03 2.25[10]
Clowns break into a couple's home and entomb them in coffins. Picketers protest Pedro's death outside of the Butchery on Main. Kai promises Ally that he will dissuade them and he delivers. The Wiltons berate Ally for Pedro's death and gift Oz a guinea pig. A truck, dispersing a mysterious green gas throughout the neighborhood, disturbs Ally. Oz's guinea pig is microwaved and killed. Ally suspects the Wiltons to be the perpetrators. She assaults Harrison and threatens Meadow. Footage of Ally being seduced by Winter is posted online, devastating Ivy. The Wiltons are individually interrogated by Kai. Harrison expresses his desire for Meadow's death. Afterwards, Meadow disappears and Harrison blames Ally.
77
4 "11/9" Gwyneth Horder-Payton John J. Gray September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26) 7ATS04 2.13[11]
The day after the election, Harrison becomes Kai's personal trainer. Kai takes Harrison under his wing and eventually convinces him to murder his degrading boss. Later, Kai takes a special interest in a news reporter named Beverly Hope and offers her "equal power" in his quest for domination. He instigates the murder of her rival, Serena Belinda, as proof of his dedication to her. The day before the election, Ivy attends a political rally where she is groped by a man named Gary. Winter comes to Ivy's defense and the two have lunch together. That night, Ivy and Winter kidnap Gary and chain him to a pole in an abandoned building to prevent him from voting the next day. Kai comes to Gary's aid one hour before the polls close and offers him a saw. Gary severs off his chained hand.
78
5 "Holes" Maggie Kiley Crystal Liu October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) 7ATS05 2.20[12]
Beverly informs Kai that her boss, Bob, is compromising news coverage of the clown murders and thereby hindering Kai's campaign. Kai, Beverly, Winter, Harrison, Detective Samuels, Ivy, Gary, and Beverly's cameraman, RJ, don clown masks, break into Bob's house, and film his murder. Beverly later advises Kai to cut ties with RJ whom she views as a weak link. RJ is murdered by his fellow cult members as each one takes a turn at shooting a tied-up RJ in the head with a nail gun. Meadow is seen pleading with Ally for safety from the cult and tells her that Ivy is a member. Beverly probes Kai about the whereabouts of his parents and Kai divulges that his mom shot his dad and then herself in a murder–suicide. Kai's brother, Dr. Rudy Vincent, insisted that they cover up their deaths in order to continue receiving their mom's pension and their dad's disability checks.
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6 "Mid-Western Assassin" Bradley Buecker Todd Kubrak October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10) 7ATS06 2.15[13]
Meadow reveals to Ally that she had fallen in love with Kai and decided to desert the cult when her feelings were not reciprocated. Ally plans to use Meadow's testimony to expose Kai and pays an opposing candidate of his, Sally Keffler, a visit to ask for her help. In the midst of their conversation, the cult breaks into Sally's house and Kai shoots her in the chest. He stages her murder as a suicide. The next day, at a political rally, Meadow shoots several people, including Kai. Ally attempts to wrestle the gun out of Meadow's hands and Meadow shoots herself in the mouth. Ally is arrested after a SWAT team arrives to the scene and finds her with the gun in her hands. Kai had ordered Meadow to attempt to assassinate him so that his figure would be elevated to a national level. In addition, Meadow was instructed to bear witness to Ally on the grounds that no one would believe a "crazy woman".
80
7 "Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag" Rachel Goldberg Crystal Liu October 17, 2017 (2017-10-17) 7ATS07 2.07[14]
Meadow’s staged assassination attempt successfully garners Kai a seat on city council. Beverly, Winter, and Ivy are warned by Bebe Babbitt, the former lover of radical feminist Valerie Solanas, about the danger of putting their trust in Kai. Bebe asserts that men in power always push women aside. She divulges to them that Solanas orchestrated the murders accredited to the Zodiac Killer. Solanas died haunted by the fact that she would be predominantly remembered for her shooting of Andy Warhol. Later, Beverly, Winter, and Ivy murder Harrison for making a sexist comment. Kai and Bebe watch Beverly report on Harrison’s death together.
81
8 "Winter of Our Discontent" Barbara Brown Joshua Green October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24) 7ATS08 2.06[15]
Winter assures Beverly and Ivy that Kai is dependable. She recounts an occasion where she and Kai saved individuals being held captive and tortured by a deranged pastor. Kai proposes to Winter that she be impregnated with the "messiah" by Samuels. Kai's proposal does not go as planned and Samuels later attempts to rape Winter. She shoots him in the head. In the meantime, Ally, in an effort to get her son back, informs Kai that Vincent is seeking to get him committed. Kai kills Vincent, sends Beverly (having been blamed for the death of Samuels by Winter) into exile, and introduces to the cult their latest member: Ally.
82
9 "Drink the Kool-Aid" Angela Bassett Adam Penn October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31) 7ATS09 TBD
83
10 "Charles (Manson) in Charge"[16] Bradley Buecker Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07) TBA TBD
84
11 "Great Again"[17] Jennifer Lynch Tim Minear November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) TBA TBD
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On October 4, 2016, the series was renewed for a seventh cycle, which premiered on September 5, 2017.[3][1][2] Ryan Murphy confirmed that the season will be connected to Freak Show; but will be set in modern day.[18] In February 2017, on Watch What Happens Live, Murphy announced that the season would revolve around the 2016 U.S. election and suggested that it may feature a character based on President Donald Trump.[19] Murphy has said that the season will be representative of both sides of the political divide. He also said that he will be "illuminating and highlighting" groups of people he believes to be "ignored by the current [Trump] administration and who are afraid and feel terrorized that their lives are going to be taken away."[20]
It was later confirmed that the season would be set in the aftermath of the presidential election, with the first episode taking place on election night.[21][4] Murphy explained it will be about "the fallout of that night, which to many people, from all sides of the camps is a horror story."[22] He also revealed the season will not feature Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, stating "Horror Story is always about allegory, so the election is allegory."[22] In April 2017, Murphy confirmed that archive footage of the election night is going to be used in the season premiere.[23]
Murphy revealed via Twitter that the details of the seventh season, including the title, would be revealed on July 20.[24] He also teased that the opening sequence of the series would return in this season, following its absence in Roanoke.[25]
On July 20, 2017, it was announced at the San Diego Comic-Con that the title of the season would be Cult. Murphy also revealed it would be set in Michigan, and confirmed it would consist of a total of 11 episodes, premiering on September 5, 2017. For the first time, the series will not air on Wednesdays but rather on Tuesdays. On August 3, 2017, online posters revealed the names of multiple characters of the season.[26] On August 21, 2017, the opening title sequence of the season was revealed, following its absence in the previous season.[27] That same month, Murphy confirmed that, contrary to the past seasons, Cult would not feature supernatural elements.[28]
Casting[edit]
During the Winter 2017 TCA Press Tour, series mainstays Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters were reported to be starring as the leads in the season.[18][2] In March 2017, Billy on the Street host Billy Eichner was announced to be cast in the series, playing a role in the life of Paulson's character.[4][29] His character is slated for appearing in "six or seven" episodes.[4] The next month, it was reported that Scream Queens alum Billie Lourd will also star in the seventh installment of the series.[21][22] In May 2017, Leslie Grossman, who starred in Murphy's series Popular, joined the cast of the series,[30] and Angela Bassett hinted she may return in a recurring role.[31] Later that month, it was confirmed via set pictures that Adina Porter and Cheyenne Jackson were also returning.[32][33] In June 2017, Murphy confirmed via his Instagram account that Colton Haynes, whom Murphy worked with previously on second season of Scream Queens, was joining the casting for the seventh season.[34] Later that month, set pictures revealed that Alison Pill was joining the cast of the season, seemingly portraying the partner of Sarah Paulson's character.[35] In July 2017, Murphy revealed via his Twitter account that Lena Dunham was joining the season.[36] She is set to play Valerie Solanas, author of the SCUM Manifesto and attempted murder of Andy Warhol, via flashbacks.[37] Murphy also confirmed the returns of Frances Conroy and Mare Winningham. Conroy has appeared in all the seasons except Hotel, while Winningham has appeared in Coven, Freak Show and Hotel.[38] In August 2017, Murphy confirmed the return of Emma Roberts, who appeared in Coven and Freak Show,[39] while Roanoke actors Chaz Bono and James Morosini also confirmed their returns.[40] In the seventh episode, Murder House, Coven and Freak Show actress alum Jamie Brewer returned to the show.
On June 26, 2017, it was confirmed that Lady Gaga would not return for the seventh season due to other projects.[41] Despite rumors, Entertainment Weekly reported on July 7, 2017, that Vera Farmiga, sister of American Horror Story alum Taissa Farmiga, would not appear in the season.[42] Later that month, it was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter that Kathy Bates will not appear in Cult, after four seasons of regular appearances.[43]
Murphy also revealed via his Instagram account that Freak Show character Twisty the Clown would return in the seventh season, indicating that John Carroll Lynch would reprise his role.[44]
Filming[edit]
In February 2017, it was announced the season would begin principal photography in June 2017.[19] By the next month, filming was moved to May 2017.[4] On May 24, 2017, writer and producer John J. Gray confirmed the show started filming.[45]
Edits[edit]
On October 7, 2017, it was confirmed that the sixth episode of the season would be edited as a direct result of the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting that occurred on October 1, 2017. The episode originally featured a scene lasting 2 minutes and 16 seconds where Leslie Grossman's character Meadow Wilton begins to fire at Evan Peters' character, as well as a crowd, during a campaign speech. The episode was edited to de-emphasize the violence and to mostly have it featured completely off-screen[46] - as a result the opening sequence of the episode was cut in half, several on-screen deaths were removed and two separate close-up shots of the handgun firing were removed.[47]
While only the edited episode was broadcast on FX, the original uncut episode was released via VOD, FXNOW and FX+.[47]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
American Horror Story: Cult has received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the season a 74% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.93/10, based on 40 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "American Horror Story: Cult intrigues with timely, over-the-top creepiness - and lots of clowns - despite being hampered by broad political generalizations and occasional holes in the narrative's logic."[48] On Metacritic, the season was given a score of 66 out of 100 based on 24 reviews, indicating "generally positive reviews".[49]
American Horror Story (season 7): Critical reception by episode
Season 7 (2017): Percentage of positive reviews tracked by the website Rotten Tomatoes[50]
Ratings[edit]
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Election Night" September 5, 2017 2.0 3.93[8] TBD TBD TBD TBD
2 "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" September 12, 2017 1.2 2.38[9] 1.7 3.05 2.9 5.43[51]
3 "Neighbors from Hell" September 19, 2017 1.2 2.25[10] TBD TBD TBD TBD
4 "11/9" September 26, 2017 1.1 2.13[11] 1.5 2.87 2.7 5.00[52]
5 "Holes" October 3, 2017 1.1 2.20[12] 1.5 2.82 2.6 5.02[53]
6 "Mid-Western Assassin" October 10, 2017 1.0 2.15[13] TBD TBD TBD TBD
7 "Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag" October 17, 2017 1.0 2.07[14] TBD TBD TBD TBD
8 "Winter of Our Discontent" October 24, 2017 1.0 2.06[15] TBD TBD TBD TBD
9 "Drink the Kool-Aid" October 31, 2017 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
10 "Charles (Manson) in Charge" November 7, 2017 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
11 "Great Again" November 14, 2017 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
American Horror Story : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Season
Ep. 1
Ep. 2
Ep. 3
Ep. 4
Ep. 5
Ep. 6
Ep. 7
Ep. 8
Ep. 9
Ep. 10
Ep. 11
Ep. 12
Ep. 13
Murder House
3.18 2.46 2.59 2.96 2.74 2.83 3.06 2.81 2.85 2.54 2.59 3.22 N/A
Asylum
3.85 3.06 2.47 2.65 2.78 1.89 2.27 2.36 2.22 2.21 2.51 2.30 2.29
Coven
5.54 4.51 3.78 3.71 3.80 4.16 4.00 4.07 3.94 3.49 3.46 3.35 4.24
Freak Show
6.13 4.53 4.44 4.51 4.22 3.65 3.91 3.30 3.07 2.99 3.11 2.94 3.27
Hotel
5.81 4.06 3.20 3.04 2.87 2.64 2.64 2.31 2.14 1.85 1.84 2.24 N/A
Roanoke
5.14 3.27 3.08 2.83 2.82 2.48 2.62 2.20 2.43 2.45 N/A
Cult
3.93 2.38 2.25 2.13 2.20 2.15 2.07 2.06 TBD TBD TBD N/A
Source: Nielsen Media Research[59]
Notes[edit]
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References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b c Wagmeister, Elizabeth (January 12, 2017). "Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters to Return for 'American Horror Story' Season 7". Variety. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "Ryan Murphy Teases 'American Crime Story' Future Seasons|E! Live from the Red Carpet". YouTube. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Andreeva, Nellie (March 28, 2017). "'American Horror Story': Billy Eichner Cast In Season 7 Of FX Anthology Series". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
Jump up ^ Squires, John (August 28, 2017). "Evan Peters Playing Charles Manson and Other Cult Leaders in "AHS: Cult"". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ Swift, Andy (August 25, 2017). "Lena Dunham, Emma Roberts' Cult Characters Revealed, More AHS Scoop". TVLine. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ Stedman, Alex (September 1, 2017). "'American Horror Story: Cult' Cast: Who's Returning, Who's Not, and Who's New". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Porter, Rick (September 7, 2017). "Tuesday cable ratings: ‘American Horror Story: Cult’ premieres lower than ‘Roanoke’". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Metcalf, Mitch (September 14, 2017). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.12.2017". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Metcalf, Mitch (September 20, 2017). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.19.2017". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Metcalf, Mitch (September 27, 2017). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.26.2017". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Metcalf, Mitch (October 4, 2017). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.3.2017". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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^ Jump up to: a b Metcalf, Mitch (October 18, 2017). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.17.2017". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Metcalf, Mitch (October 25, 2017). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.24.2017". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ "(#710) "Charles (Manson) In Charge"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ "(#711) "Great Again"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Ausiello, Michael (October 18, 2016). "American Horror Story: Ryan Murphy Reveals Roanoke Twist, Hints at Next Season's Freak Show Tie-In". TVLine.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Stanhope, Kate (February 15, 2017). "Ryan Murphy Reveals 'American Horror Story' Will Tackle 2016 Presidential Election". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
Jump up ^ Rose, Lacey (February 24, 2017). "Ryan Murphy on 'American Horror Story's' Next Season and Casting the Role of Monica Lewinsky". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Andreeva, Nellie (April 6, 2017). "Billie Lourd To Star In 'American Horror Story' Season 7 On FX". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c Nilles, Billie (April 7, 2017). "American Horror Story Season 7 Adds Scream Queens Vet Billie Lourd". E!. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
Jump up ^ Dos Santos, Kristin (April 22, 2017). "Who Will Play Princess Diana on Feud? The Latest From Ryan Murphy". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
Jump up ^ Ryan Murphy [@MrRPMurphy] (July 10, 2017). "Official American Horror Story Season 7 title will be revealed Thursday July 20. And suddenly... it will all make sense." (Tweet). Retrieved July 10, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ Ryan Murphy [@MrRPMurphy] (July 10, 2017). "Wait a minute...you want the main title sequence to return this year?!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 10, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ Swift, Andy (July 20, 2017). "American Horror Story: Cult Confirmed — Plus: Who's Returning in Season 7?". TV Line. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
Jump up ^ American Horror Story [@AHSFX] (August 21, 2017). "Watch it begin. Witness the opening credits for #AHSCult." (Tweet). Retrieved August 21, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ Swift, Andy (August 25, 2017). "Lena Dunham, Emma Roberts' Cult Characters Revealed, More AHS Scoop". TVLine. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Stack, Tim (March 28, 2017). "American Horror Story: Billy Eichner cast in season 7". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
Jump up ^ Pederson, Erik (May 15, 2017). "'American Horror Story': Leslie Grossman Joins FX Anthology From Ryan Murphy". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Angela Bassett Isn't Sure Political 'American Horror Story' Return Can 'Keep Up' With Reality (Exclusive Video)". toofab. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ AHStoryNet [@AHStoryNet] (May 26, 2017). "HELL YEAH ! ADINA PORTER IS THERE TOO !!! #AHS #AHS7" (Tweet). Retrieved May 26, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ AHStoryNet [@AHStoryNet] (May 27, 2017). "Cheyenne Jackson @cheyennejackson - On Set of "American Horror Story" - May 26 #AHS #AHS7" (Tweet). Retrieved May 27, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ Murphy, Ryan (June 21, 2017). "Welcome to American Horror Story, Colton Haynes". Instagram. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
Jump up ^ AHStoryNet [@AHStoryNet] (June 28, 2017). "Alison Pill is officially joining the cast of #AHS7 !" (Tweet). Retrieved June 28, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ Ryan Murphy [@MrRPMurphy] (July 19, 2017). "Thrilled that my talented friend Lena Dunham is joining the AMERICAN HORROR STORY family. Always wanted to work together, and now we r!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 19, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 25, 2017). "'American Horror Story: Cult': Ryan Murphy On Lena Dunham's Portrayal Of Valerie Solanas". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Ryan Murphy [@MrRPMurphy] (July 21, 2017). "Frances Conroy and Mare Winningham return...and others." (Tweet). Retrieved July 21, 2017 – via Twitter.
Jump up ^ Murphy, Ryan (August 1, 2017). "Look who showed up on the set of Cult looking glamorous and ready for action.". Instagram. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Bono, Chaz (August 1, 2017). "Guess what? YOU could have a walk-on role in American Horror Story! Check out the set, get dolled up, AND grab some lunch with Evan Peters. It's all to support Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Click the link in the bio or go to omaze.com/AHS NOW!". Instagram. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Stack, Tim (June 26, 2017). "American Horror Story: Lady Gaga won't return for season 7 despite rumors". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ Stack, Tim (July 7, 2017). "American Horror Story: Vera Farmiga not appearing this season despite rumors". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
Jump up ^ Nemetz, Dave; Nemetz, Dave (July 31, 2017). "American Horror Story: Kathy Bates Won't Return for Next Season's Cult". TVLine. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
Jump up ^ Murphy, Ryan (July 11, 2017). "He's Baaaaaack". Instagram. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
Jump up ^ Gray, John J. (May 24, 2017). "🎥 #ahs7". Instagram. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ http://deadline.com/2017/10/ryan-murphy-ahs-cult-recutting-shooting-1202184101/
^ Jump up to: a b https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/American-Horror-Story-Cult-Shooting-Scene-Edits-44128303
Jump up ^ "American Horror Story: Cult Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
Jump up ^ "American Horror Story: Season 7". Metacritic. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (September 27, 2017). "‘South Park’ premiere makes big gains in cable Live +7 ratings for Sept. 11-17". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (October 13, 2017). "‘AHS: Cult’ outgains everything in cable Live +7 ratings for Sept. 25-Oct. 1". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
Jump up ^ Porter, Rick (October 19, 2017). "‘‘American Horror Story: Cult’ on top again in cable Live +7 ratings for Oct. 2-8". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
Jump up ^ "American Horror Story: Season Two Ratings". TV Series Finale. January 24, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ "American Horror Story: Coven: (Season Three) Ratings". TV Series Finale. January 30, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ "American Horror Story: Freak Show Ratings". TV Series Finale. January 22, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ "American Horror Story: Hotel (Season Five) Ratings". TV Series Finale. January 14, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
Jump up ^ "American Horror Story: Season Six Ratings". TV Series Finale. November 17, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
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To His Coy Mistress
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To His Coy Mistress
Had we but world enough, and time,
This coyness, Lady, were no crime
We would sit down and think which way
To walk and pass our long love's day.
Thou by the Indian Ganges' side
Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide
Of Humber would complain. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
A hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty thousand to the rest;
An age at least to every part,
And the last age should show your heart.
For, Lady, you deserve this state,
Nor would I love at lower rate.

But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near;
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.
Thy beauty shall no more be found,
Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
My echoing song; then worms shall try
That long preserved virginity,
And your quaint honour turn to dust,
And into ashes all my lust:
The grave's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.

Now therefore, while the youthful hue
Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapped power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Through the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.
"To His Coy Mistress" is a metaphysical poem written by the English author and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) either during or just before the English Interregnum (1649–60). It was published posthumously in 1681.[1]
This poem is considered one of Marvell's finest and is possibly the best recognized carpe diem poem in English. Although the date of its composition is not known, it may have been written in the early 1650s. At that time, Marvell was serving as a tutor to the daughter of the retired commander of the New Model Army, Sir Thomas Fairfax.[2]
Contents
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1 Synopsis
2 Structure
3 Critical reception and themes
4 Allusions in other works
5 References
6 External links
Synopsis[edit]
The speaker of the poem starts by addressing a woman who has been slow to respond to his romantic advances. In the first stanza he describes how he would love her if he were to be unencumbered by the constraints of a normal lifespan. He could spend centuries admiring each part of her body and her resistance to his advances (i.e., coyness) would not discourage him. In the second stanza, he laments how short human life is. Once life is over, the speaker contends, the opportunity to enjoy one another is gone, as no one embraces in death. In the last stanza, the speaker urges the woman to requite his efforts, and argues that in loving one another with passion they will both make the most of the brief time they have to live.
Structure[edit]
The poem is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymes in couplets. The first verse stanza ("Had we...") is ten couplets long, the second ("But...") six, and the third ("Now therefore...") seven. The logical form of the poem runs: if... but... therefore....
Critical reception and themes[edit]
Until recently, "To His Coy Mistress" had been received by many as a poem that follows the traditional conventions of carpe diem love poetry. Some modern critics, however, argue Marvell's use of complex and ambiguous metaphors challenges the perceived notions of the poem. It as well raises suspicion of irony and deludes the reader with its inappropriate and jarring imagery.[3]
Some critics believe the poem is an ironic statement on sexual seduction. They reject the idea that Marvell's poem carries a serious and solemn mood. Rather, the poem's opening lines—"Had we but world enough, and time/ This coyness, Lady, were no crime"—seems to suggest quite a whimsical tone of regret. In the second part of the poem, there is a sudden transition into imagery that involves graves, marble vaults and worms. The narrator's use of such metaphors to depict a realistic and harsh death that awaits the lovers seems to be a way of shocking the lady into submission. As well, critics note the sense of urgency of the narrator in the poem's third section, especially the alarming comparison of the lovers to "amorous birds of prey".[2]
Allusions in other works[edit]
At least two poets have taken up the challenge of responding to Marvell's poem in the character of the lady so addressed. Annie Finch's "Coy Mistress"[4] suggests that poetry is a more fitting use of their time than lovemaking, while A.D. Hope's "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell" turns down the offered seduction outright.
Many authors have borrowed the phrase "World enough and time" from the poem's opening line to use in their book titles. The most famous is Robert Penn Warren's 1950 novel World Enough and Time: A Romantic Novel, about murder in early-19th-century Kentucky. With variations, it has also been used for books on the philosophy of physics (World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute versus Relational Theories of Space and Time), geopolitics (World Enough and Time: Successful Strategies for Resource Management), a science-fiction collection (Worlds Enough & Time: Five Tales of Speculative Fiction), and a biography of the poet (World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell). The phrase is used as a title chapter in Andreas Wagner's pop science book on the origin of variation in organisms, "Arrival of the Fittest".[5] The verse serves as an epigraph to Mimesis, literary critic Erich Auerbach's most famous book. It is also the title of an episode of Big Finish Productions's The Diary of River Song series 2, and of part 1 of Doctor Who's Series 10 finale.
Also in the field of science fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin wrote a Hugo-nominated short story whose title, "Vaster than Empires and More Slow", is taken from the poem. Ian Watson notes the debt of this story to Marvell, "whose complex and allusive poems are of a later form of pastoral to that which I shall refer, and, like Marvell, Le Guin's nature references are, as I want to argue, "pastoral" in a much more fundamental and interesting way than this simplistic use of the term."[6] There are other allusions to the poem in the field of Fantasy and Science Fiction: the first book of James Kahn's "New World Series" is titled "World Enough, and Time"; the third book of Joe Haldeman's "Worlds" trilogy is titled "Worlds Enough and Time"; and Peter S. Beagle's novel A Fine and Private Place about a love affair between two ghosts in a graveyard. The latter phrase has been widely used as a euphemism for the grave, and has formed the title of several mystery novels.
Brian Aldiss's novel Hothouse, set in a distant future in which the earth is dominated by plant life, opens with "My vegetable love should grow/ vaster than empires, and more slow."
The phrase "there will be time" occurs repeatedly in a section of T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), and is often said to be an allusion to Marvell's poem.[7] Prufrock says that there will be time "for the yellow smoke that slides along the street", time "to murder and create", and time "for a hundred indecisions ... Before the taking of a toast and tea". As Eliot's hero is, in fact, putting off romance and consummation, he is (falsely) answering Marvell's speaker. Eliot also alludes to the lines near the end of Marvell's poem, "Let us roll all our strength and all / Our sweetness up into one ball", with his lines, "To have squeezed the universe into a ball / To roll it toward some overwhelming question," as Prufrock questions whether or not such an act of daring would have been worth it. Eliot returns to Marvell in The Waste Land with the lines "But at my back in a cold blast I hear / The rattle of the bones" (Part III, line 185) and "But at my back from time to time I hear / The sound of horns and motors" (Part III, line 196).
The line "deserts of vast eternity" is used in the novel Orlando: A Biography, by Virginia Woolf, which was published in 1928.
Archibald MacLeish's poem "You, Andrew Marvell",[8][9] alludes to the passage of time and to the growth and decline of empires. In his poem, the speaker, lying on the ground at sunset, feels "the rising of the night". He visualizes sunset, moving from east to west geographically, overtaking the great civilizations of the past, and feels "how swift how secretly / The shadow of the night comes on."
B. F. Skinner quotes "But at my back I always hear / Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near", through his character Professor Burris in Walden Two, who is in a confused mood of desperation, lack of orientation, irresolution and indecision. (Prentice Hall 1976, Chapter 31, p. 266). This line is also quoted in Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms, as in Arthur C. Clarke's short story, The Ultimate Melody.
The same line appears in full in the opening minutes of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946), spoken by the protagonist, pilot and poet Peter Carter: 'But at my back I always hear / Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie / Deserts of vast eternity. Andy Marvell, What a Marvel'.
The line "A fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace" appears in Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary.
The line "My vegetable love should grow / Vaster than empires, and more slow" is quoted by William S. Burroughs in the last entry of his diary (July 29, 1997).
References[edit]
Jump up ^ The Oxford Authors Authors Andrew Marvell. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1990. ISBN 9780192541833.
^ Jump up to: a b Lee, Michelle. "To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell." Poetry Criticism. Detroit: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008. 171-282. Gale.cengage.com: Literature Criticism Online. Web. 20 Oct 2011.
Jump up ^ Person, James E. "Andrew Marvell(1621-1678)." Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Detroit: Gale Research, 1986. 391-451. Gale.cengage.com: Literature Criticism Online. Web. 20 Oct 2011.
Jump up ^ Coy Mistress, Poetry Foundation
Jump up ^ Wagner, Andreas (2014). Arrival of the Fittest.
Jump up ^ "The Forest as Metaphor for Mind: 'The Word for World is Forest' and 'Vaster Than Empires and More Slow'" (in: Science Fiction Studies, November 1975) - online: "Ursula Le Guin and Pastoral Mode"; Rich Erlich: Study Guide for Ursula K. Le Guin's The Word for World Is Forest "Note allusion of Andrew Marvell's poem, "To His Coy Mistress," the source of the title to Le Guin's "Vaster than Empires.""
Jump up ^ Lehman, David. "'Carpe Diem' in 46 Immortal Lines". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "You, Andrew Marvell", by Archibald MacLeish, at the Poetry Foundation
Jump up ^ On Becoming a Poet, from The Weather of Words, by Mark Strand
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