AHS Season 10: Why Provincetown Doesn’t Have Vampire Problems In The Summer

American Horror Story: Red Tide reveals why Provincetown is safe from Pale People in the summer months. Though AHS: Red Tide was critically lauded when it first began, the first part of Season 10 ultimately missed the mark in its last episode. Red Tide‘s disappointing finale wraps up the Gardners’ story and expands beyond Provincetown, but it also provides some insight into how the small Cape Code town handles its vampire issue.

The council meeting scene in AHS: Red Tide‘s finale is significant in that it shifts focus from the visiting characters, particularly the Gardner family, and gives voice to the residents of Provincetown, Massachusetts. They discuss and vote on small-town problems, like a local painting her house a different shade of white, and hardly bat an eye when an officer from state police shows up to deliver the news that their town is being investigated. The council refers to the recent string of murders, including that of the police chief, as “wintertime problems” that will clear up by spring. This confirms that they are well aware of the Pale People and have learned to live with the seasonal deaths.

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Holden (Denis O’Hare), season 10’s comic relief character, vows to clean everything up in anticipation of summer revenue and speaks to Belle and Austin in a later scene, where he mentions how Provincetown becomes tourist-ready for summer. Belle and Austin, whose innate talents are accentuated by the black pill, presumably stop reaping the benefits before summer, as Austin remarks they don’t feed past Memorial Day. Meanwhile, the Pale People retreat into the woods, so visitors aren’t at risk of being attacked. The finale does not delve into this process further – it may be that the vampires are sensitive to warmer weather and leave because of that. Alternatively, since they can understand when someone is communicating with them, as Ursula demonstrates, it’s entirely possible Belle commands them to leave. Whatever the reason is, it doesn’t seem like a solid enough plan for them to just leave Provincetown alone for the summer.

In true American Horror Story fashion, the talentless Pale People raise more questions than they do answers. Do they hibernate for the summer? Do they live in the shadows, feeding on forest animals until winter? It is entirely possible some out-of-towners hike through the woods, thereby giving the Pale People a chance to feed on human blood. While it may have been a solid plan in the interim, it is unclear what becomes of the remaining Pale People after the finale and who will control them now that Belle has been killed. Belle and Mickey did use them to threaten Karen, but do they serve any purpose other than inspiring fear and being written off as crack addicts? Will they attack the townspeople now? Perhaps the fiercely protective locals will need to dispose of them to avoid their own demise.

Throughout every season, American Horror Story has debuted some truly monstrous creations, but some of the most tragic creatures may be the Pale People on American Horror Story: Red Tide, whose rage discovering that they possess no talent has contributed to their inhumanness. While it may have made sense to keep them around for Belle’s benefit, their retreat to the woods no longer seems viable. The finale opens up the possibility that the Pale People are national news after Ursula hands out black pills in Los Angeles without discretion, so it’s only a matter of time before Provincetown’s share of talentless bloodsuckers are discovered and potentially eviscerated.

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