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Review: The Assassination of Gianni Versace

Even though Andrew deserved what in the end came for him, i couldn't help to feel a bit sorry for him, right before he committed suicide. He was a very clever man, and had potential to be a special man, he just lacked the most important skill of them all - he didn't wanna work for it. But all that potential was wasted, because he was raised by a man, who would steal over working, a thief. The scene were Modeste promises Andrew to help him, but instead uses the phone call to make money through a interview, is so heartbreaking. That he was ready to let his son get caught over some money! Andrew was absolutely crazy, don*t get me wrong, but you can see why turned out that way. He could have been a absolute normal person, if his is parents had been normal.

To anyone reading this before starting season 2: start from the finale and work your way to the premiere. It might sound weird to do right now, but it will make so much more sense if you do this. Why? Because it will actually (and almost completely) be in chronological order. Just like it should have been.

I'm going to be honest: Season 2 was plain disappointing. It wasn't even close to how excellent season 1 was. It can't touch it. In short, this season pales in comparison to season 1.

Now that I've got that out of the way, allow to say that I still enjoyed season 2. It was good, but that's about it. It never really was great, besides a few moments here and there. The format was downright strange, clunky, and pointless and totally defeated the show's purpose, which was to illustrate the events as they happened in the real world. It held the story back from thriving, but despite that, it still wouldn't come close to the quality of season 1.

I will also say that the acting was superb. That was one of the few reasons I continued watching, but it was reason enough. Darren Criss did great in his role, which is sign of a great actor -- one who can be believed in multiple roles.

The thing about that, though, is the focus on Darren Criss was almost a bit too much. We BARELY gained insight into the Versace family. And when we did, it came far too late.

At times, it felt like this season should have instead been entitled "The Murders of Andrew Cunanan" or "Andrew Cunanan is a Psychopath," just to more accurately depict what this season was REALLY focusing on. While I understand that, in order to make it about Versace, it needed to be about his killer, too, in a way to help establish context; however, sometimes I completely forgot that this was even about Versace because all we saw was all the awful Andrew C. committed over the years.

The season finale, on the other hand, was great. Darn near perfect, actually. It's clear they really tried to wrap everything up, and they certainly get credit for the effort at the very least. Despite the string of boring episodes, it was well worth a watch to see this ending. It didn't nearly get my heart racing as much as the season 1 finale did, though. But still good. Just like the rest of this season.

Season 2 rating: 7.3/10.

I believe that Ep 9 of S2 of American Crime Story was a fantastic episode, riddled with emotion. It brought more light into the psyche of Andrew Cunanan as his final days approached. It showed that the killer who was portrayed as being cool and collective broke at the end. This episode did an almost perfect job of wrapping up the storylines. The only thing that left me unsatisfied was that we got no further insight on Andrew's mom and that the series never clarified if Versace's lover died. (He's alive in real life). Overall I believe this series was outstanding and I would recommend it to anyone.

I too was surprised at sympathising with a serial killer. My heart went out to him as I felt a mixture of sadness and sickness of him

All season long I have wondered why they did the time jumps and introduced minor characters at weird times. They tried to loop it all together in this finale, but it just did not seem to work for me.

This episode was more coherent than most, but the show still never truly clicked. Andrew was not as interesting a character as they tried to make him be, and they never dove deep enough into the Versace family as they should have.

An underwhelming finale to an underwhelming season.