Overview
- The eight-episode season debuted Oct. 3 on Netflix with Charlie Hunnam portraying Ed Gein.
- Looper reports the season holds a 17% Rotten Tomatoes score and criticizes its sensationalized liberties.
- Laurie Metcalf said a nude confrontation scene with Hunnam helped her calibrate the show’s mother–son dynamic.
- The next installment focuses on Lizzie Borden, with Ella Beatty in the title role, Rebecca Hall as the stepmother, and Hunnam as Andrew Borden.
- Collider and EntertainmentNow report filming has begun on the Borden season, underscoring Murphy’s habit of recasting favored collaborators.