What the Next Season of American Crime Story Should Be About

Written by Creator Alexander Koch on Creators.co

As the inaugural season of American Crime Story draws to an end, most viewers are probably thinking "What's next?" A good question, as America has a slough of seedy and sensational crimes to choose from. The People vs. O.J. Simpson was an obvious but brilliant choice to introduce us to and set the tone of the series.

But it seems like that tone is going to change next season. In January, about a month before the series premiered, it was announced that the next season would cover Hurricane Katrina. This isn't the direction that I saw the series going, and I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed. The argument made by the creators is that they wanted to focus on substantial crimes that effected America. There is no doubt that Hurricane Katrina was a substantial event in recent American history. Crimes were committed, whether at the government or individual level, but the sheer scope of these crimes to me is too broad to be contained in 10 episodes of a series.