Tate Langdon is a divisive character in American Horror Story. He is first introduced in Murder House as a troubled but big-hearted teenager who pursues a relationship with Violet Harmon. However, as the season progresses his murderous backstory is revealed and viewers come to learn that Tate is not as innocent as he appears.
He is redeemed in Apocalypse, and Madison Montgomery reunites him with his estranged girlfriend. However, despite the qualities that make fans love him, Tate has plenty of flaws that are loathsome. Here are five times we loved Tate Langdon and five times we loathed him.
10 Loved Him: Trying To Save Violet
One of the biggest twists in the first season of American Horror Story is the revelation of Violet's death. We see the troubled teenager overdose on medication before she is seemingly saved by Tate, only to later discovered that Violet died and she has been living in the house as another ghostly resident.
Although Tate fails to save Violet, his attempts are heart-wrenching, and it is clear that he is in love with her and doesn't want her to die. They share an emotional scene in the bathtub that symbolizes the tragedy of their romance.
9 Loathed Him: Assaulting Vivien
One of Tate's most unforgivable crimes is his attack on Violet's mother, Vivien. After the Harmons move into the house, Tate fulfills his promise to Nora to find a baby for her and assaults Vivien. This has apocalyptic consequences as the unholy union of spirit and human gives birth to the Anti-Christ, who destroys the world in the show's eighth season.
This causes Violet to reject Tate at the end of Murder House. She banishes her boyfriend before reuniting with Vivien, dooming Tate to an eternity of living in the same house but never getting to be near her again.
8 Loved Him: Being There For Constance When She Died
Tate had a tumultuous relationship with his mother, Constance. Although the matriarch of the murder house showers her ghostly son in adoration throughout the first season, Tate rejects her. However, he puts his ill feelings towards his mother behind him in Apocalypse, where he is shown waiting for Constance with her other children after her death.
Tate welcomes his mother despite being bitter towards her in Murder House. This is another example of his hidden humanity that contributes to his more lovable moments.
7 Loathed Him: Murdering His Classmates
Tate may initially seem innocent and naive, but there is a darkness within him that has devastating consequences for countless innocent people. In Murder House, we learn that Tate murdered his classmates after taking a gun into school before being shot by the police inside the house. He is confronted by the spirits of his victims on Halloween whilst the twisted teenager is on a date with an oblivious Violet.
Tate claims not to remember his actions when pressed by his ghostly classmates. It is debatable whether or not he was telling the truth or lying to avoid repercussions, but he shows little remorse for the murder spree regardless.
6 Loved Him: Asking Ben For Help
Tate appears genuinely sympathetic during his therapy sessions. Although he is initially dismissed for making inappropriate comments about Violet, Tate implores Ben for help and seems as though he truly wants to be a better person. Ben agrees, and their therapy sessions are shown to have resumed after the events of Murder House when Madison and Behold visit during Apocalypse.
Tate insists that Ben is the only person who can help him, and demonstrates a strong will to improve his behavior. Violet is ultimately the one who motivates Tate to try and be a good person, as opposed to a monster.
5 Loathed Him: Killing Chad And Patrick
Tate makes a promise to Nora, his ghostly mother figure in the murder house, that he will fulfill her wishes and find her a baby. After it becomes apparent that Chad and Patrick are no longer having a child, Tate takes matters into his hands and brutally murders the couple so a new family can move into the house.
Tate kills them in a vicious and sadistic manner that showcases the depths of his depravity. He expresses no remorse for his actions afterward and instead gloats to the spirits of his victims.
4 Loved Him: Saving Vivien
Tate redeems himself slightly in Apocalypse. When Madison and Behold visit the house and question the spirits about Michael Langdon, Vivien reveals that Tate saved her from their demonic offspring after he almost used his hellish powers to destroy her soul.
Madison suggests to Violet that the evil in Tate was a manifestation of the house and left with Michael. Saving Vivien demonstrates this, and shows Tate putting himself in danger to help someone else for the first time.
3 Loathed Him: Working With Hayden
Towards the end of Murder House, the vengeful spirit of Hayden McClaine teams up with Tate and torments Vivien, convincing her family that she's mentally unstable. Tate attacks Vivien while wearing the black suit, and conspires with Hayden to steal Vivien's unborn twins.
The pair is almost successful. Hayden tries to steal a newborn Michael Langdon but is overpowered, and Constance leaves the house with her grandson.
2 Loved Him: Falling In Love With Violet
Violet brings out the humanity in Tate, and their relationship is one of the show's most iconic romances. Although it is heavily problematic, Tate and Violet's relationship is one of the most emotional plot lines and their scenes made many fans fall in love with Tate.
Tate and Violet reunite in Apocalypse with the help of Madison Montgomery. Their reconciliation is a fitting conclusion to their arcs.
1 Loathed Him: Trying To Kill Gabriel
When a new family moves into the murder house after the death of the Harmons, Tate's jealousy and obsessive love for Violet urges him to try to kill the couple's teenage son Gabriel in a twisted effort to appease his ex. The Ramos family luckily flees the house in time, and Gabriel is saved before Tate can claim another victim.
Tate has no regard for the lives of other people and seems to only care for Violet. He has a dangerous temper and has shown countless times throughout the show that he is more than capable of murder.
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