American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace

"In Murphy's American Crime Story, the country is a wasteland of bigotry and bumbling, and it'll be fascinating to see how the rest of The Assassination of Gianni Versace's politics are defined."

"What might have been a furious reflection on the worth of style and aesthetic as compared to the humanity encased within such frames and settings is boiled down to an extensive Wikipedia page."

"It's a terrific opening episode, and the only one directed by Murphy himself."

"Season two, by contrast, packs a gilded punch...an aura of decadent fabulousness lingers over The Assassination of Gianni Versace."

"Callous as it may seem, we already know what happened to Versace. At its best, this isn't about his assassination at all, but his assassin."

"Murphy renders the viewer complicit in the sensationalism, only to pull the rug out from under us as the series proceeds."

"Versace is a paean to one of the greatest artists the world ever knew, but it also tallies the destruction of prejudice that has yet to be fully rooted out."

"One of the best dramas of the decade, concludes."

"It is as satisfying and schlocky as we've come to expect from a [Ryan] Murphy production."