I'm a huge American Horror Story fan, and even I was disturbed this past Wednesday night. Asylum was by far the most disturbing season for me, but Hotel just might catch up. We'll see.
Hotel reminds me a lot of Murder House. I spend a lot of my time in Downtown Los Angeles where Hotel was filmed, so it's it's fun to be able to recognize the area in the show. The L.A. references in general are amusing (Universal Studios Hollywood, the Santa Monica Pier, etc.). Speaking of Los Angeles, based on the previews, it's looks like there will be a Richard Ramirez (the "Night Stalker") reference, which makes sense because the real Richard Ramirez frequently stayed at the Cecil Hotel, the DTLA hotel this season is based on. I'm looking forward to see how they'll tackle that.
So far I'm impressed with Gaga's performance. This season already seems better than Freak Show, which wasn't that great at all and has been my least favorite.