American Crime Story
Ascent
TV Flash files “Ascent” as hour 17 of 29 in the TV Flash guide — American Crime Story (2016–present) on FX, season 2, episode 7, aired 2018-03-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 17 of 29 in the American Crime Story guide, hour 7 of 9 in season 2. It aired 2018-03-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Descent” (S02E06). Next is “Creator / Destroyer” (S02E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Andrew Cunanan leaves behind a troubled family life as Donatella Versace struggles to find her role within the Versace empire.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ascent sit in the American Crime Story guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 17 of 29 — hour 7 of 9 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did American Crime Story S02E07 air?
Ascent aired 2018-03-07 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it one continuous story?
No. Each season is a different true-crime or media saga. You can start with any year; most people start with The People v. O. J. Simpson.
In the series
Why this series still plays
True-crime anthology as prestige time machine: The People v. O. J. Simpson first, then Versace, then Impeachment. Ryan Murphy's FX event with Paulson, Gooding, Sterling K. Brown turning courtroom history into binge argument. Season one swept the Emmys and rehabilitated the miniseries. Watch when you want a scandal the culture still has not finished trying.
The courtroom as a fitting. Each season of *American Crime Story* dramatizes a media-saturated American crime saga with A-list reinventions — O.J. first, then Versace, then Impeachment. Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski helped launch Ryan Murphy's FX anthology as a prestige time machine: courtroom history as binge argument. *The People v. O. J. Simpson* (2016) made Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Paulson, and Sterling K. Brown into a national re-litigation. Season one dominated the Emmys, including Outstanding…
Filed against
- Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark (S1)
Sarah Paulson’s Marcia Clark made American Crime Story’s first season a civic argument in a power suit — 2010s catalog true-crime anthology, then American Horror Story and Mrs. America keeping the Murphy-verse and the ERA fight on the…
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as O. J. Simpson (S1)
Cuba Gooding Jr. plays O. J. Simpson in American Crime Story’s first season — Ryan Murphy’s FX true-crime anthology as a prestige time machine, courtroom history as binge argument. Paulson and Sterling K. Brown share the event; Gooding is…
- Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden (S1)
Sterling K. Brown’s Randall Pearson made This Is Us a Monday premiere of American feeling — NBC’s family portrait, aging makeup as the real costume plot, Super Bowl as a national living room. On TV Flash he is sincerity, tailored: the…
- Darren Criss as Andrew Cunanan (S2)
Darren Criss’s Andrew Cunanan turned American Crime Story’s Versace season into a hunt with a smile — Ryan Murphy’s FX true-crime anthology as prestige time machine, after The People v. O. J. Simpson, before Impeachment. TV Flash files…
- Penélope Cruz as Donatella Versace (S2)
Penélope Cruz plays Donatella Versace in American Crime Story’s second season — Ryan Murphy’s 2010s true-crime anthology as prestige time machine after The People v. O. J. Simpson, then Versace, then Impeachment. FX event craft turning…
- Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky (S3)
Beanie Feldstein’s Monica Lewinsky walked American Crime Story’s Impeachment chapter as prestige time-machine voltage — Ryan Murphy’s FX true-crime anthology after The People v. O. J. Simpson and Versace, courtroom history as binge…