American Horror Story: Cult Review: Great Again (Season 7 Episode 11)

The final blow is taken against Kai on American Horror Story: Cult Season 7 Episode 11, “Great Again,” and it’s a whole plot twist.

Kai has been the master since the very beginning. He controlled all of the shots, did all the recruiting, and was the master manipulator. The only thing he didn’t expect is Ally one-upping the master and taking Kai down.

I have to say, I fully expected for Ally to be the one to take Kai down in the end, but I didn’t expect for her to be so sneaky and plan Kai’s death almost a year in advance.

When Kai broke Ally’s spirit and made her unafraid of all of her fears, he should’ve turned and run because from that moment forward she became the real leader.

Yeah, Ally and the FBI team up together to take Kai down and get him sent to prison, but Ally knows all along that that isn’t the end for him. That in the end, she will get her due justice against him.

Ally and Beverly make quite the team, and I’m beyond happy that in the end, it is them standing. Although Beverly shooting Kai in the head is seen coming from a mile away, it doesn’t bother me a whole lot because of all the twists leading up to the final shot.

But, apparently, they’re not that great of teammates since Ally doesn’t tell Beverly anything about her plans to get Kai to the senate meeting in order to kill him and win the popular vote. Or the fact that Ally is the one who did kill Ivy.

I like the way everything goes down in the end. The power transition from Kai having a gun, holding up the entire room ready to kill Ally in front of everyone, to Ally letting it be known that Kai has never had the power. Ally has been in charge the whole time.

Oh man, it gives me chills. Kai is severely terrifying in “Great Again” and to watch all of the power he has instantaneously leave his body is such a sight.

While Ally got her justice against Kai, got her senate seat, and got to keep Oz, in the end, her mental health will forever be altered. The way she looks at things is forever changed – an example is how she deals with Speedwagon.

The only reason Ally kills Speedwagon and disposes of his body instead of joining him in taking Kai down with the police, and the FBI is because she wants all of the credit. She wants to be the one who single-handedly took down the psychotic Kai Anderson.

Ally gets what she wants, but in the end, she’s become her own version of Kai Anderson. The same manipulative ways Kai used to get others to join him so willingly is something that Ally learned by watching and eventually using on her own followers.

Never did I think that the Ally we see in “Election Night” would be standing in the very end as someone who has formed their own cult and become a senator.

Overall I enjoyed the finale, but it could’ve been way better. It’s satisfying, but I can’t help but notice that something is missing. I feel like some things could’ve been delivered differently to come better to life. There are definitely many plot holes that could’ve been cleared up a bit more.

Oh well. Cult is officially number three on my list of top seasons. Nothing has beat Coven, so far.

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American Horror Story: Cult airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on FX.

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