American Crime Story
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All joking aside, we all knew this wasnt Andrews house.
Instead, it belongs to a wealthy older gay gentleman named Norman.
And he also hasnt made Andrew put out in three months, either.
This is the easiest salary a rent boy like Andrew has ever drawn.
Its the day of Andrews big birthday party and we learn a number of things very quickly.
because they think that Andrew is only interested in Norman for his money.
The other thing we learn is that hes willing to enlist his closest friends in his lies.
(Wrapped in Tiffany blue, of course.)
Yes, this whole party is just to impress David.
Hes a home, Andrew tells Lizzie about him.
Hes a yard and a family and picking kids up from school.
Hes a future and up until now Ive only dated the past.
The funny thing about Andrew is that he doesnt see how flimsy his lies really are.
Everyone knows it, including Jeff, Lizzie, David, and certainly Norman.
Whats amazing is that these people are always trying to save Andrew.
Just as David did in Minneapolis, Norman also offers to help him.
Norman asks specifically about that aversion to hard work and earning the luxurious life that he craves.
(Why are all the worst places to live always near the airport?)
I never entirely understood what this gambit was all about.
Is he trying to extort Jeff by saying hell out him to his parents?
Jeff doesnt have any money.
But David sees right through all of Andrews lies because Andrew doesnt behave like an actual rich person.
Real rich people never talk about five-star hotels, they just go and stay in them.
A real rich person would never throw his keys at the valet.
Thats just something that people do in movies, like running into the street and shouting, Taxi!
Andrew is always projecting what he really is, an insecure kid playing rich.
Not only are Andrews attempts transparently fake, theyre also not the right way to impress someone like David.
it’s possible for you to see David resign himself to the fact that Andrew will never change.
We had a great time in San Francisco, David tells Andrew, blowing him off.
Maybe there was a chance, but …
I have a feeling you dont have many great nights with people.
So when you do, it feels life-changing.
Even when trying to let him down gently, David is still trying to help.
Andrew really does prey on the nicest guys.
After that failure, Andrew gets into injecting crystal and we see how life-altering it is.
He does it so that hell have love and acceptance.
Andrew never realizes its something he cant buy.
Quickly, we find out where all of his pathology comes from.
Its like Bates Motel weird.
In a rare vulnerable moment, Andrew says that hes unhappy.
He wants to be honest with the one person who truly understands him and where he comes from.
But his mother doesnt want to hear it.
She wants to believe in the lie that she created.
She wants her son to be extraordinary, even if its fake.
With that, she seals her sons fate.
