American Horror Stories' “Drive” Ironically Repeats S1’s Worst Ending
WARNING! Spoilers ahead for AHStories season 2, episode 3, «Drive.»
Nico Greetham’s character in American Horror Stories season 2’s “Drive” shares a surprisingly similar ending to his role in season 1’s “The Naughty List.” Greetham made his American Horror Story universe debut in American Horror Stories season 1, episode 4, “The Naughty List,” where he played an arrogant social media influencer. The actor subsequently starred in American Horror Story: Death Valley as Cal, with American Horror Stories season 2’s “Drive” continuing his character streak of unlucky fates.
In American Horror Stories season 2, episode 3, “Drive,” Greetham plays Paul Winowski, a nightclubber and kitchenware salesman whose life is turned upside down when he tries to warn Marci (Bella Thorne) about a serial killer. However, his kind act ends up sealing his fate, as it turns out that Marci was the nightclub killer all along. At the end of American Horror Stories’ “Drive,” Nico Greetham’s character is tied up and gagged by a serial killer before being brutally murdered.
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Paul’s ending in “Drive” is a startling echo the demise of Greetham’s character in “The Naughty List,” which was widely considered the weakest episode of American Horror Stories season 1. In “The Naughty List,” Greetham’s character Zinn was similarly tied up and gagged by a serial killer before being murdered in an expensive Los Angeles home. It also can’t be a coincidence that Greetham’s American Horror Stories season 2 character carries a baseball bat when first confronting the serial killer Marci, as Danny Trejo’s serial killer Santa had beat him with a baseball bat in “The Naughty List.” Greetham’s
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