If you have ever seen an interview with Jeffery Dahmer you can see how much of a weird dead robot he is, and evan peters pulled it off perfectly. This episode focuses more so on the life of Jeffery Dahmer both as a kid and as a adult. It establishes how Jeff acted around both, family, and strangers. And as anyone can imagine he acted strange and creepy. As this episode is another unsettling one it also leaves me to wonder why he got away with the murder for as long as he was committing them. I mean he usually just walks up to one person in a group of people, tells them his actual name, and says he wants to party at his apartment. Feels like they should have caught him earlier. But still another good episode that Evan peters makes as thrilling as the last one.
8 Reviews
Jeff's early years.
Sleepin_Dragon6 October 2022
Jeff's, troubled childhood is explored, as is an early kill.
A fascinating watch, if the first episode felt like that end of the road, the final act as it were, this very much felt like the beginnings, in the first we learned some of what Jeff had done, in this second episode, it goes back to his childhood, and maybe tries to explain in part, why he turned out as he did.
Creepy, sadistic and twisted, three words I'd say fit him pretty well, that scene with the mannequin was so surreal, so abnormal, but nothing in comparison to that moment where the young lad wakes up in Jeff's place.
I think Evan Peters is phenomenal here as Jeff, I'd be stunned if he didn't win an award for his performance here.
Chilling, 8/10.
A fascinating watch, if the first episode felt like that end of the road, the final act as it were, this very much felt like the beginnings, in the first we learned some of what Jeff had done, in this second episode, it goes back to his childhood, and maybe tries to explain in part, why he turned out as he did.
Creepy, sadistic and twisted, three words I'd say fit him pretty well, that scene with the mannequin was so surreal, so abnormal, but nothing in comparison to that moment where the young lad wakes up in Jeff's place.
I think Evan Peters is phenomenal here as Jeff, I'd be stunned if he didn't win an award for his performance here.
Chilling, 8/10.
The Issues Clearly Started In Childhood!
flowerstardust197926 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I don't know how much of this show is fictional and how much is dramatised as I do not know enough about the history of Jeffrey Dahmer. But his dad states he was a good normal kid.....Erm, the fascination with dead animals was kind of a red flag and his father actually turned him onto that.
Anyhow, Jeffrey obviously had a turbulent childhood and his issues started with loneliness and this episode portrays that. But were the police really that stupid? That poor kid and especially when he was already on the sex offender's register?!
This is a very uncomfortable watch but at the same time incredibly well done. Evan Peters is so eerily on point portraying Dahmer it really is genuinely creepy to watch him portray this monster so well. I hope he's recognised and rewarded for this role because it would be truly deserved.
Anyhow, Jeffrey obviously had a turbulent childhood and his issues started with loneliness and this episode portrays that. But were the police really that stupid? That poor kid and especially when he was already on the sex offender's register?!
This is a very uncomfortable watch but at the same time incredibly well done. Evan Peters is so eerily on point portraying Dahmer it really is genuinely creepy to watch him portray this monster so well. I hope he's recognised and rewarded for this role because it would be truly deserved.
Lots of details
marwan119 October 2022
The episode was not just an episode, but had many symbols and meanings that many did not notice, and she.. First, we see Jeffrey when he was young and how people used to see him as strange.. The problems between his mother and father and that he was not comfortable with them was clear from his facial expressions.. When he saw the dead animal how he interacted and did not He is afraid, but if you land a dead animal in front of any child, he will automatically be afraid, or even if it is a live animal, the child will be afraid ... As for Jeffrey here, this was normal for him and he would simply look at the animal's guts, and this is evidence of his murderous mentality ... And then we go back To Jeffrey in the eighties, a normal person going to the clothing store to buy a shirt, but he took the complete model and took it to his grandmother's house. This shows us how Jeffrey has developed and how things have evolved for him from a doll to real people..and from real people and from minors..This shows us that Jeffrey is getting worse..Bravo.
Young Jeff
ZegMaarJus15 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This Episode begins with Jeff, he just has been arrested by the police. We go back to 1966, when Jeff was six years old. Jeff his mother tried to commit suicide. Joyce and Lionel have a fight about Jeff. Jeff bought a dress shirt for himself. Jeff stole the dummy out of the store. We go back to 1991, Jeff invited Konerak over for a drink. Jeff drugged Konerak. Konerak escaped out of Jeff's appartment. Jeff cuts Konerak in parts with a electric saw. Nice Episode of Dahmer Season 1, the development of the monster who Jeff is gets pretty clear this Episode! Very exciting to see the next Episodes of this cruel series!
Good series so far
8512225 May 2024
Greetings from Lithuania.
Second episode of Dahmer named "Please don't go" showed us a bit from Dahmer's years as a kid as well as took us to the 1991. Before watching this show I haven't heard about this person nor the events that happen, so for me it was a genuine story. And the ending of this particular episode left me speechless regarding authority - and I will leave it at that. Acting by the lead was excellent. I liked the directing of first two episodes very much - this show which is essentially a drama does not drag and is a very involving so far. Music and cinematography was good as well.
Second episode of Dahmer named "Please don't go" showed us a bit from Dahmer's years as a kid as well as took us to the 1991. Before watching this show I haven't heard about this person nor the events that happen, so for me it was a genuine story. And the ending of this particular episode left me speechless regarding authority - and I will leave it at that. Acting by the lead was excellent. I liked the directing of first two episodes very much - this show which is essentially a drama does not drag and is a very involving so far. Music and cinematography was good as well.
A bit slow but will give you a wake up call
Rajit_thebingewatcher2 October 2022
The story slowly takes you to the place where you are promised. It slowly dissects the dahmer's psychology. The parenting is the one that makes the serial killers most of the times.this one is also the same. This part tries to show you how this happened and his initial victims.
Evan peters have pulled off a great impersonation of dahmer. The play however is slow paced compared to the episode one. You know what is going to come on your way though.
The thing that is scary in these series of events is that how the life of slum peoples,marginalized people is neglected because of their non-influencality.
Please note the last two minutes of the phone call. That will tell you about the flaw in the system.
Evan peters have pulled off a great impersonation of dahmer. The play however is slow paced compared to the episode one. You know what is going to come on your way though.
The thing that is scary in these series of events is that how the life of slum peoples,marginalized people is neglected because of their non-influencality.
Please note the last two minutes of the phone call. That will tell you about the flaw in the system.
Evan Peters is All Wrong
TheFearmakers21 September 2022
Evan Peters is a good actor. He's kind of like, Ryan Murphy's own personal pawn ala Malcolm McDowell from Clockwork Orange in his long-running American Horror Story series, and now he gets the starring role sans ensemble, and he's simply horrible in the role...
He speaks with a thick accent that sounds like he's trying to sound authentic, but drones on and on and has no personality: are we supposed to believe that so many gay men would wind up going to the apartment of a guy with the personality of Frankenstein's Monster had he been a Walking Dead zombie?
There's simply no arc or irony to the performance: he's a droning weird robot from the beginning to the end, no changes... Peters is playing Dahmer the way people would image him to be after learning about how crazy he was...
The thing is, that's not how killers really are: They get what they want by at least pretending to be normal, even charming... Evan just can't pull that off. He feels like he's in another episode of AHS.
He speaks with a thick accent that sounds like he's trying to sound authentic, but drones on and on and has no personality: are we supposed to believe that so many gay men would wind up going to the apartment of a guy with the personality of Frankenstein's Monster had he been a Walking Dead zombie?
There's simply no arc or irony to the performance: he's a droning weird robot from the beginning to the end, no changes... Peters is playing Dahmer the way people would image him to be after learning about how crazy he was...
The thing is, that's not how killers really are: They get what they want by at least pretending to be normal, even charming... Evan just can't pull that off. He feels like he's in another episode of AHS.
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