 American Horror Story 1984 has reached its conclusion, and today I'll recap the major plot points that unfolded in the finale, and then go into my review for the episode. So let's begin with the recap. The year is 2019, and grown-up Bobby Richter hikes to Camp Redwood in search of his father, who he believes has been sending him money over the years. The camp appears to be abandoned since the 1989 festival. He meets Monterra and Trevor, who tell him that his dad is dead. Flashback to 1989, where Trevor blocks the roads to Camp Redwood and tells visitors and performers that the festival is cancelled. Margaret shoots and kills Courtney for telling Trevor that Kaja-Gugu was murdered, and Trevor tells Margaret that he's divorcing her, and then Margaret shoots Trevor three times. Dying right outside of campground, Trevor desperately tries to crawl through the entrance. Brooke helps carry Trevor through the entrance, and Trevor dies at Camp Redwood. Trevor's ghost kills Bruce and throws him over the fence so he won't be tied to the camp. He's ganging up on Richard Ramirez and trying to kill him, but Satan brings him back every time. They establish a kill watch system so that they can keep killing Ramirez at every revival. Back in 2019, Trevor and Montana tell Bobby that the reason they keep killing Ramirez is to protect Bobby. Chef Birdie and Chet are on Ramirez's death watch, and Birdie flirts with Chet. The two make out and are distracted when Ramirez regains life, and he gets away. He finds Bobby, Trevor, and Montana. Trevor gets stabbed repeatedly while Bobby and Montana run into the woods. Bobby runs into Ray, and Chet, Birdie, and Montana overpower Ramirez while Bobby runs off. Richard Ramirez throws a knife in Bobby's back in the two fight, then the ghosts catch up and fend off Ramirez while Bobby escapes. Montana tells Bobby to go to Red Meadows Asylum and find the medical director. After being apprehended by security at Red Meadows Asylum, Bobby finds Donna, the medical director. Donna tells Bobby that his father is innocent and that Margaret was behind the both massacres. Donna tells Bobby about the night of Halloween 1989 where the ghosts pulled up to Margaret's cabin. Donna attacks Margaret, Brooke pushes her into a mirror, and Margaret shoots Brooke. Trevor chops off Margaret's arms and shoots them over the property line using a woodchipper. They chop off her legs, head, and throw all of her remains off of the campsite using the woodchipper. Back in 2019, Donna says that she was the sole survivor of the night. Bobby tells Donna about the money, and they travel to Pineville, Oregon to trace back the sender. They find a middle-aged Brooke Thompson who apologizes for not telling Donna that she survived. Brooke says that the thought of Redwood was too overwhelming and she needed to forget Redwood in order to move on. Flashback to 1989 where Ray takes Brooke to die off the Camp Redwood property lines. But someone from inside the camp called an ambulance and Brooke survives. Back to 2019 where Bobby returns to Camp Redwood again and finds Margaret's ghost, who says she can take him to his father. Margaret says she died before she got put into the woodchipper and she's been hiding ever since. Margaret tries to kill Bobby, but Benjamin appears and stops her. Benjamin stabs her and then takes Bobby to leave before she comes back. Margaret stabs Benjamin and begins to chase Bobby. LaVinia appears and tells Margaret that Bobby deserves a happy ending. LaVinia then stabs Margaret and Bobby escapes the campsite and looks back at the ghost of his father, grandmother, and uncle looking back at him. The end. Alright, so I have some mixed emotions on this finale, but I do think it did a lot of things well. But I'll just get my complaints out of the way first so that we can end on the positive notes. Okay, so my general feeling is that the finale was missing the punch it needed and the punch that American Horror Story finales typically have. It feels like the episode was an epilogue to a climax that we never really get to see. Since episode 6, it's been building towards a climax of Halloween 1989 and what we did see of that in this episode was very anti-climactic. None of the musical acts were there, nothing really happens until the ghosts gang up on Margaret who takes down Donna and Brooke way too easily. That whole confrontation should have been way more effective and that should have been a very climactic moment. I did like how Margaret's death was so brutal and she definitely deserved that brutal of a death. However, it feels like the Brooke and Margaret confrontation didn't really get to happen. This episode was definitely the slowest of the season, which was good because the finale didn't seem rushed. It took its time to do what it did and it was paced well as an episode. I would say that Apocalypse's finale did feel rushed, but I can't really say that this finale felt rushed. It just felt like it skipped over the climax in order to give a satisfying epilogue for Donna, Brooke, Benjamin, and Bobby. And it did that well. In terms of the 2019 scenes with Donna and Brooke, I am satisfied with how those felt and I'm glad they both get to have a happy ending. Shout out to Brooke Thompson for being the first Emma Roberts character to live through a season of American Horror Story. I would say that scene between Brooke, Donna, and Bobby was probably my favorite scene of the episode. Benjamin gets reunited with his son, Lovina gets to see her grandson living longer than his namesake, and Bobby gets to see Bobby. All of that was good for me. I felt satisfied that these characters get a sweet ending after having so many tragedies over all of their lives. The scene where the ghosts sking up on Richard Ramirez is also a standout to me. The slow-motion CGI blood and over-the-topness of it all was very unique visually and I enjoyed it. Overall, this finale did a good job at ending the storylines of the surviving three characters, Donna, Brooke, and Bobby, but it seemed to gloss over the anti-climactic outcome of the 1989 festival. Donna and Brooke survive, but Benjamin and Brooke are still cited as the culprits for their respective massacres. Margaret Booth is never outed as the most prolific serial killer of modern times, and the only justice that is served is that she is bound to camp Redwood with her victims, which is a choice because the ghosts of Redwood don't seem to get much relief. Aside from Benjamin, Bobby, and Lavinia, who can just picnic all day, the rest of them have to deal with a still awful Margaret Booth, and they still have to keep killing Richard Ramirez over and over again. So in terms of closure on Xavier, Montana, Chet, Rey, and all the ghosts, it seems like they got the short end of the stick. I am glad that the general mood of this finale was happy endings, as that hasn't really happened in a long time on American Horror Story, and I think this season, although it did get very dark at points, I think it's one of the feel-good seasons of American Horror Story. It already feels like an old friend, and it definitely delivers a specific tone, and the characters are all instantly familiar, and the warm stylization of it all is definitely unique to 1984 only. Reflecting on the season, I think that the first five episodes were gorgeously done and very consistent, and the plot definitely pivots at episode 6 into a slightly less exciting final four episodes. Episode 7 is a gem in the middle of the season, and it works as a prequel to the events of the other episodes. I still think that these last four episodes are great, but the first five episodes were genius in hindsight altogether. I may be being a bit generous with my rating, but I do think that the finale had some missed opportunities, but in the end, it had a satisfying conclusion, with three deserving characters receiving a rare happy ending, so I give episode 9 entitled Final Girl, 8 Montana Dukes out of 10. Be sure to let me know how you'd rate it in the comments below. Looking back at my ratings for each episode, American Horror Story 1984 averaged an 8.8 out of 10, and I would definitely rank this season within my top three seasons of American Horror Story. My rankings change all the time, but fresh off the finale, I would put 1984 within my top three seasons of American Horror Story. It went for a very specific genre and style, and it maintained a whimsical yet terrifying and boring tone throughout each episode, and I would definitely say the season is consistent. I'd like to thank you all who stuck with these reviews and recaps through the season, make sure you give this video a like and make sure you're subscribed, and I'll see you next year.