 There's a lot to unpack with this episode, but like always, I'll start with a recap of the major events that occurred in the episode, and then discuss fan theories. Timestamps are in the pinned comment below, so with that said, let's get into the recap. Firstly, Richard Ramirez nearly kills Rey, but Chet saves him, and Rey, Chet, Brooke, and Rita are all able to escape. Then, two Mr. Jingles impersonators throw some flaming feces through the window of the cabin that Trevor, Montana, and Xavier are hiding in. Then Jingles kills his two fans, and the gang is able to escape. Chet and Rey fall into a pit of spikes, then Jingles spares a Jingles impersonator who is probably legally blind, given that he has no clue that he's not talking to a rubber mask. Next, Rita sedates Brooke after Brooke suggests leaving to get the police. Flashback to one week ago, Donna Chambers, the character formerly known as Nurse Rita, meets with Mr. Jingles at the asylum. He tells her that he doesn't remember killing the kids in 1970. Rita then tells Jingles that she needs to study him in his natural habitat, so she convinces him to escape using her plan. Another flashback where Donna stalks the real Nurse Rita, and eventually overpowers her and takes on Nurse Rita's identity. Then back at Camp Redwood, Donna drags Brooke's unconscious body off screen. Back at the pit, Rey reveals to an unconscious Chet that a fraternity pledge died under his watch during Hell Week and that when he tried disposing the body, turns out Guy wasn't dead, but Rey was unable to stop the car and the car went off a cliff, thus making Rey responsible for the death of that pledge. Three days prior to Rey leaving for Camp Redwood, Rey hears that the police have found the car that the pledge was in, thus prompting Rey to go to Camp Redwood. Then Rey climbs out of the pit, leaving Chet alone with a spear through his chest. Montana, Xavier, and Trevor find the real Nurse Rita, who is immediately killed by Mr. Jingles, but she's not a total waste because the gang sees that she's wearing a uniform that implies that she's the actual Nurse Rita. Then Rey finds Montana, Xavier, and Trevor, but lies to them about where he's been and doesn't mention that Chet is dying. Rey and Montana go to try and get help via Trevor's motorcycle, and Xavier and Trevor find Chet who tells him that Rey left him to die. Then they save Chet and get him out of the pit, and Trevor mistakenly throws a Mr. Jingles impersonator into the pit to die. Richard Ramirez finds Rey and Montana, and Rey leaves on the motorcycle, abandoning Montana. Then karma comes in the form of Mr. Jingles decapitating Rey before he can leave the premises of Camp Redwood. Now back to Montana and Richard Ramirez, who are making out, but once that's finished, Montana asks Richard Ramirez why the hell he hasn't killed her yet, referring to someone other than herself. Probably Brooke, but more on that later. Alright, now before I get into my review, make sure you're subscribed to the channel for more American Horror Story 1984 coverage. This season just keeps throwing twists at us, and I wouldn't want it any other way. In my first review, I said I hoped that the season would build on Angelica Ross's character, and boy did they build on her character. I know some people commented last week about how they were skeptical of Rita after we were not shown her actual encounter with Mr. Jingles in the infirmary from episode 2, but personally I never suspected her, so her reveal tonight was effective for me. The true identity of Angelica Ross's character is Donna Chambers, who is intrigued by the psychology and societal causes of serial killers, and she's the one who's behind Mr. Jingles' escape from the asylum and his return to Camp Redwood. Donna is a complete psychopath in that she is evil without even knowing it. To her, she can justify tying up an innocent nurse and leading a serial killer to a camp full of victims because it's in the name of research. In terms of motive, Donna is really the most intriguing villain that the season has introduced so far, and I'm excited for where this character goes. Montana, on the other hand, I don't think anyone suspected. Now this cliffhanger could easily be trying to mislead us, but the trailer for next week's episode seems to point that this is actually the case that Montana is no longer trustworthy. And based on what we see in the last 30 seconds of the episode, the audience is led to believe that Montana is in cahoots with Richard Ramirez and wants Brooke killed. If this does turn out to be the case and they're able to explain their motives and those motives actually make sense, then this could be one of the best twists on the show. This Richard Ramirez and Montana Connection kind of explains away one of my major problems with the first episode, where Richard Ramirez had more than enough opportunities to kill Brooke in her apartment, but didn't. Montana obviously invited Brooke to camp, but Brooke said no, and then Richard Ramirez goes to her house and gave her a reason to go to the camp. So if Montana and Richard Ramirez have been in cahoots for a while, it seems that Montana and Richard Ramirez both manipulated Brooke to go to Camp Redwood. There's still a lot we need to learn about this connection between Richard and Montana, and the major question obviously is why does Montana want Brooke dead, and also why must Brooke's deaths take place at Camp Redwood? Maybe Montana has a connection to Brooke's wedding drama, and perhaps there's a motive in there somewhere. I think it's really notable that the plot so far has majorly taken place in one night, with the exception of flashbacks, and the first day where they're all doing the aerobics class, and I wouldn't be surprised if all of episodes one through five occur on the same night. Of course, the Friday the 13th films, which the season is heavily based off of, they typically take place in one night, but to continue one night for possibly five hours or more, that would be really cool to see if it's done well obviously, and so far, it's being done very well. I will say that pace-wise, this episode was slower than the previous two, but the Montana in Don Who Reveals saved the episode from being anything near a waste of an episode. I thought they really went hard when it comes to painting Ray out as a coward in this episode, and a bad guy overall, even though his behavior in the first two episodes doesn't necessarily scream coward. I mean like in episodes one and two, Ray is painted out to be a decent person, but in this episode he's just a complete asshole who only cares about himself. I'm not necessarily saying it's a flaw, and it could be also a pretty clear picture of who this character is because in high stress situations like this episode is, people's true colors do tend to shine through, and basically what I'm saying is how bad of a person that Ray is came out of left field for me. I mean he left Chet to die, he lied about Chet, and then left Montana to die as well, and that's not even scratching the surface of what he did in this episode. I'm also going to point out that we have officially lost the first member of our aerobics gang to Mr. Jingles with Ray's death near the end of the episode. However this wasn't really shocking given that he's the only member of our core group that is not a main cast member. Notably we never see Margaret this episode, which is unfortunate because she's easily one of the stables of the season, and a little dose of Margaret this episode could have pushed it over the edge. While it didn't live up to the title of slash dance in terms of kills and scares, it made up for it with some really effective twists and character backstories. So I give episode 3 titled slash dance, 9 Montana Dukes out of 10. Be sure to let me know how you'd rate it in the comments below, but anyway let's move on to the theories. The thing about this episode is that it literally shat on a bunch of previous fan theories, and it revealed so much that there really isn't a lot that people are theorizing about because a lot of us are still reeling from the twists. With that being said, I was able to create a decent theory in my head, and I also have one from online that I think is intriguing, so let's begin with theory number one. It's and then there were none. I brought this up last week, but now it's even more obvious that this season is taking inspiration from Agatha Christie's novel and then there were none. The plot of the book is basically a group of people are all led to this secluded island, but once they're there, they each get picked off and killed one by one. While they're all dying, we also learn about how each of the characters on the island have a sketchy or shady backstory, most of them involving murder. For example, one of them accidentally killed two kids by his reckless driving and another one of them is a doctor who killed a patient while he operated on them while he was drunk and so on and so forth for every character that was on the island. So basically it can be theorized that this is what they're setting up for this season of American Horror Story. So far, a majority of our main characters have shady backstories with Montana's conspiracy with Richard Ramirez, Donna's literal setup of this whole thing, Ray's murder of the pledge, Chet's steroid use, and Xavier's porn past. So far, we miraculously have no solid dirt on Margaret, but God knows that she's in on this in some way. And although Brooke's past is troubling, she is the victim in all of it, so technically, there's no dirt on her either. Trevor does have a questionable past when it comes to Jane Fonda workout videos, but nothing along the lines of any crimes or evil behavior yet. But I wouldn't be shocked if next week we find out that they're all killers or at least just criminals in their own way. Given that next week's episode is titled True Killers, I think we may find out a lot about at least Margaret and possibly even Brooke and Trevor. Theory number two, Montana wants to sacrifice Brooke to Satan. This one's pretty straightforward, but it comes from you slash love the blazer on Reddit who says, I feel like Montana is a fellow Satan worshiper and she was put in charge of finding a suitable virgin for the night stalker to sacrifice to Satan. This would possibly explain why she's been so infatuated with Brooke since they met at the aerobics class. And this could be the sole reason that Montana wants Brooke dead, so that Montana can be responsible for providing Richard Ramirez with a virgin to sacrifice to Satan. This could also explain why she's subtly against Brooke being into Chet. Maybe it's not because Montana wants Brooke for herself, but Montana needs Brooke to remain a virgin. Alright guys, be sure to let me know your 1984 theories in the comments below and also tell me all your thoughts about this episode. Leave this video a like and make sure you're subscribed for more AHS 1984 coverage. See you next week.