CSI and American Horror Stories Used The Same Bizarre Villain
Although the two shows do not otherwise have a lot in common, both CSI and American Horror Storiesutilized eerily similar villains. 2021 saw two long-running TV franchises branch off with a new spinoff, both of which promised they would go back to basics and offer a return to their respective show’s glory years. American Horror Stories, a spinoff of American Horror Story, seemed destined to provide an end to its parent show’s increasing reliance on labyrinthine lore with a simpler, single-episode anthology format.
CSI: Vegas season 1, meanwhile, brought back Jorja Fox’s Sara Sidle and William Petersen’s Gil Grissom to assure viewers that the new series would be a return to form for the franchise. Although the two stars departed before CSI: Vegas season 2 began shooting, the series still managed to earn a largely positive reaction from the franchise’s fandom. American Horror Stories had a harder time impressing fans and critics, although both franchises have more in common than their matching 2021 spinoffs.
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A rubber catsuit-clad serial killer appeared in one episode of each series, as unlikely as that coincidence may seem. CSI’s “Sqweegel” (season 11, episode 4) named the episode in question after the creepy culprit, who went uncaught by the outing’s ending. In contrast, the titular villain of American Horror Stories “Rubber (Wo)Man Part 1 and 2” (season 1, episodes 1 and 2) was revealed to be the episode’s protagonist, Sierra McCormick’s Scarlett. While the police procedural CSI focused on Marg Helgenberger’s Catherine and her team's crime-solving, American Horror Stories looked instead at what drove its anti-heroine to commit her brutal killing spree at
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