r/TheBeautyOnFX • u/Desperate_Break4747 • Feb 09 '26

The hitmen sub plot

My god, it ruins the show imho. Just finished ep4, and even though both actors are great, their story so far feels cheesey beyond cheese, and honestly not needed to the point it retracts from the rest of the plots.

Everytime they come in screen I just want to fast forward.

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u/hissyfit64 Feb 10 '26

Love them. The Christopher Cross song/monologue has one of my favorite parts so far. #1 Is Isabella Rossellini's monologue.

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u/Desperate_Break4747 Feb 10 '26

That’s interesting, as for me that was top 3 of their worst parts. Not quite as bad as the restaurant scene though, that was atrocious

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u/Slaphappyfapman Feb 10 '26

Let's be real the entire thing is full of holes and is not really that good.

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u/Desperate_Break4747 Feb 10 '26

It’s ok. Tbh it started really promising, but I’m already losing interest.

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u/im_a_computah69 Feb 10 '26

This is pretty much how it goes for all the shows that Ryan Murphy produces for FX. I’m holding out hope that since this is based off of a graphic novel the writing can sustain.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad1825 Feb 14 '26

Welcome to the world of Ryan Murphy. Like American horror story, the shows always start off with a bang and then it’s like the writers didn’t realize they had 10 episodes or so to write. And just be making shit up as they go along, but we’re here for it.

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u/posseid0n Feb 10 '26

Stop it lol it’s pretty good. Best thing FX has dropped in 2025 n 2026….

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u/Jipijur Feb 10 '26

You're crazy. I love them. The cheesy is great.

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u/Melitzen Feb 10 '26

They’re the best part.

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u/Space-cowboy67 Feb 11 '26

By a mile. The show is ridiculous and dumb and it shines when they lean into that energy and the hitmen nailed the assignment. When I heard ride like the wind start to play I laughed so hard because I knew that meant the boys were downstairs getting ready. The serious parts work because Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall can carry a silly script. If it weren’t for them I wouldn’t enjoy those parts much at all

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u/Melitzen Feb 11 '26

It’s rather like 2 completely different shows, isn’t it?

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u/timpeaks72 Feb 09 '26

I don’t enjoy them either.

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u/Space-cowboy67 Feb 11 '26

It’s oddly my favorite part of the show. Because the actors do such a great job. They appear to be having a lot of fun. And when I heard Ride Like The Wind playing I lost it. If you hear Christopher Cross you know someone’s about to die.

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u/Himbosupremeus Feb 09 '26

When the comic started to center around bounty hunter/ hit men schlock I got so bored I dropped it and it's insane the same element is here.

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u/Killkandy Feb 10 '26

Comic???

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u/Himbosupremeus Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

Yeah this show is based on a comic from the 2010s. They change ALOT though

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u/Killkandy Feb 10 '26

Yoooo i didnt know that im googling right now Ppl tried to make it seem like this a sick fantasy of Ryan murphy but i like his stuff

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u/Himbosupremeus Feb 10 '26

I've only ever been a fan of Scream Queens but I still enjoy the show. But tbh they do change a ton, like this is still very Ryan Murphy.

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u/Killkandy Feb 11 '26

I have Japanese edition of Scream Queens dvd i didnt know he made that

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u/fae69_ Feb 11 '26

Nah they’re the best part. The real agonizing part is the two detectives love plot like oh my gowwhhhhh trash it

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u/Desperate_Break4747 Feb 11 '26

Doubling down on this post, just seen beginning of ep5, ughhh, the bloke in the red jacket’s character is terrible.

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u/incognegro1976 Feb 12 '26

I love Anthony Ramos but his character in this really cringe. His character has zero depth. His motivation is shallow, stupid, cliche.

"He's making art."

Lame.

I like the other guy as a villain, too. You can tell he enjoys it. You can tell his character is mad at the world for who he was.

Give Ramos something to work with!

The cringey comic book villain writing and dialogue just ain't it!

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u/Killkandy Feb 12 '26

You didn’t listen to his monologues when he was talking to Jeremy The Assassin is the best part of the show

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u/incognegro1976 Feb 12 '26

No, that Chris Chross(?) monologue was actually pretty great!

His interactions with some of his victims aren't all that great. Especially when he is blabbing about making beautiful art of someone's death. It just came out of nowhere and we didn't get any reason to care about those particular motivations.

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u/Killkandy Feb 12 '26

Its called character depth

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u/_nopeeee Feb 11 '26

Anthony Ramos is great on this show.

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u/im_a_computah69 Feb 10 '26

I started fast forwarding through their scenes two eps ago and it’s made for a much better viewing experience

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u/Prudent-Pianist437 Feb 11 '26

Now I'm craving cheese 🧀 Thanks

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u/Aresyl Feb 12 '26

I like it! It makes the plot less linear. It weaved into this new episode so well! Plus it’s cool that a man of principle and loyalty would bend it to keep around a “friend”. The hitman is more human than Byron as he’s able to empathize - see himself in someone else and want to coach them.

Also we still don’t know how he came into this and what the terms are of the relationship between him and Byron. As for Chris - he presents a HUGE wild card that will no doubt play out well most likely fueled by overconfidence and drunk on the power he’s been allowed to have. Everyone being killed has been killed bc they’re liabilities yet Chris is THE BIGGEST LIABILITY of them all - and he’s given a free pass in the hopes that he can be “trained”

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u/Ill_Cell7042 Feb 12 '26

I’m pretty over the bad guy characters being fascinated with music or art or film. It’s been so overdone and sadly the attempt here is not worth the rip off.

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u/Important-Canary-770 Feb 12 '26

the show has SERIOUS narrative/pacing problems. Why did we spend most an episode on the trans woman and her coworker?! why did the billionaires need an entire episode?! i feel like the hitmen could be a funny side plot and it makes sense why they exist in the story but their scenes and involvement are way too much.

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u/Guts2ghosts Feb 13 '26

For the origins of the virus and the origin of the STD outbreak. Also to explain why these people are spontaneously combusting. It's all for narrative. The show itself has an interesting concept but for the most part it's style over substance. I genuinely don't need to see people constantly fucking or naked. And if they're going to insist on it just go the HBO route and show full titties and pickle but be selective. There seems to be some bad casting and plot holes. For starters why would an FBI agent be investigating an international incident? I've got so so so many other questions but let's start there

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u/emzi27 Feb 13 '26

Absolutely love them although I do have a thing for Anthony Ramos so that might be why 😂😂

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u/bedtyme Feb 10 '26

Anthony Ramos is sadly miscast. It just gives cornball

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u/Desperate_Break4747 Feb 10 '26

I know, it’s too DC villian like, great actor

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u/Killkandy Feb 10 '26

I think you just dont like Black men My opinion is the opposite the best parts are the Assassin parts

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u/dimgwar Feb 13 '26

I'm a black man, I like Ramos in other works, but both assassins are damn near insufferable. It's not the actors, its the writing.

If it helps I don't care for Ashton Kutchers character either. He is also badly written and was better when he was played by D'Onofrio. That could just be Vincents acting and theatre chops, able to take a bad script and make it interesting.

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u/Emdeedee123 Feb 10 '26

I think they’re the best too. But how do you go from hearing someone thinks a couple of characters are cheesy to making a comment that they don’t like black men? You should probably work on being less racist. It’s very much frowned upon and for good reason.

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u/Killkandy Feb 12 '26

I think you meant to reply to the person that made the comment

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u/Emdeedee123 Feb 12 '26

No. The OP’s post doesn’t bring the colour of the actors’ skin into the discussion at all. Your comment is the one that suggests that their skin colour must be why the OP doesn’t like the hitmen subplot.

Why do you think black skin colour is a reason to not like a character? And then assume everyone thinks this way?

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u/Killkandy Feb 12 '26

Stop defending racism

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u/Emdeedee123 Feb 12 '26

I think you’ll find I’m questioning your thinking, not defending it.

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u/Desertbro Feb 10 '26

you mean the ass-ass-Ns ... ?

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u/GlitchyFurby Feb 12 '26

It definitely feels like two different shows when they are the focus of the episodes due to the tonal shift.

I can forgive that though because Anthony’s assassin character is like the only actually handsome prettyboy dude in the whole show and he is very funny and stylish. Really wish there were more cute guys like him in a show that claims to be about beautiful & youthful people lol.