AHS: NYC Episode 9 Has Fans Making Comparisons To A Christmas Carol – Looper

Sam’s final moments in “American Horror Story: NYC,” which take place in Episode 9, see him whisked away on a psychic journey exploring how his dark past birthed his altogether sketchy and sometimes dangerous disposition. The fact that supernatural guides of sorts lead Sam on this journey reminded a number of viewers of “The Christmas Carol,” in which ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future famously compel the stodgy Ebenezer Scrooge to reflect on how he’s perhaps not lived his life to its fullest.

“This is giving me serious vibes of A Christmas Carol,” wrote Twitter user @krodatem after watching “AHS: NYC” Episode 9.

Twitter user @Ochan30 elaborated on this analogy, suggesting, “This kinda feels like the gay version of A Christmas Carol and Sam is Scrooge.” User @H4RSTIN made the same comparison and received replies from two of their followers expressing their agreement. Even a recap of the two-part “AHS: NYC” finale by TVLine explicitly points out the similarities between Sam’s final moments and “A Christmas Carol.”

Of course, Ryan Murphy and the rest of the “AHS” team very well may have conceived of Sam’s psychic journey with its resemblance to “A Christmas Carol” in mind, inviting such comparisons from viewers of “AHS: NYC” Episode 9.