"Winter of Our Discontent" is the eighth episode of the seventh season of the anthology television series American Horror Story.
[1] Reduced to subservient roles for the new men in Kai's cult, Beverly and Ivy plan to rebel, but Winter defends her brother.
Winter recounts a story where she and Kai infiltrated an ultra-conservative religious order led by a deranged Pastor who inflicted hideous tortures upon sinners.
"Winter of Our Discontent" was watched by 2.06 million people during its original broadcast, and gained a 1.0 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
[3] Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4 out of 5, saying "With "Winter of Our Discontent", American Horror Story: Cult goes really dark.
While late-night hosts and facile sitcoms like Will & Grace go for the easy Cheeto-faced joke, AHS cuts a lot deeper."
Kai’s speech sounds exactly like Jack Donovan, a real-life homosexual alt-right figure who has a male partner of 20 years but doesn’t identify as gay.
"[6] Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a 6.8 out of 10, and said "Cult offered up a cool new take on Ally this week, but the rest of it buckled under the burden of this season's trend of never showing us the truth right away.