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Get started with your reactions to tonight’s episode in the comments section below!
UF should be along to tell us the featured music and moderate the discussion shortly.
I try to wait for our fearless leader but I look forward all week to Wednesday night for this show.. was that little Bartolemew who hopped into Johns suitcase?? Who is that little creature??
That is the Countess’s little monster.
I feel like this was one of the better episodes as far as driving along the story without being too heavy handed. That said, Wes Bentley…..bless his heart. He couldn’t act his way out of a wet paper bag.
And Liz Taylor!!!! She is EVERYTHING. My heart broke for her.
I cant get enough of Liz and her story. The countess is evil and she shouldve listened to Auntie Ramona! Countess wont share, not even the toys she doesnt like playing with that much. I didnt think a throat slice could kill Tristen, though, so Im learning more and more.
I wasn’t aware of that, either. I remember the Countess said they weren’t indestructible, but I would have thought it might have taken a little more to kill them.
I would think a full on throat slash like that WOULD kill them (although, I could be wrong… Guess we’ll know for sure next week). She did say they can get killed my bullets and a stake.
But why would a throat slash kill them ?? Ramona said her wounds would be healed within an hour. I know hers were only deep cuts but.. its not like it was a stake to the heart. Maybe Liz can save Tristan? As far as the Countess goes.. her comuppance is swirling in the dead-scented air at the Hotel Cortez.
Tristan is not exactly immortal. As long as he consums the blood that he needs and doesn’t do anything stupid, like getting his jugular slashed, he could live as long as possible…. I’d be surprised if Tristan was somehow revived. I think he is dead, but of course we’ll see him again.
I dunno? I was just thinking of the amount of blood that was lost. He looked like he was bleeding dry.
I’m trying to remember if we have seen an infected person get their throat slashed like that.
It would be FANTASTIC if he is able to be saved and Tristan and Liz Taylor try and get revenge on the Countess.
In one of the first episodes Tristan asked if they were immune to bullets to which Luann so succinctly replied “bitch please of course not” (or something).
It’s been shown several times that they heal fast from surface wounds however are just as susceptible to mortal wounds as anyone else – hence Ramona’s rapper boyfriend dying from a bullet after he’d been turnt.
I agree Twinkie that a lot of story was told in this episode.
I thought the Liz/Tristan romance appeared out of nowhere propelling the story in a fast direction that I did not expect.
The Countess has Rosemary’s baby. Yikes. That poor little nugget.
It pissed me off when the Countess killed Tristan. What a coldhearted bitch.
As TT would say, what a cunt satchel. So is Alex. She got Holden back why does she hate John so much? Her daughter still needs a dad.
She kind of protected John by not telling Countess how Bartholemew got out or that he shot him and referred to him as a “little monster.” I dont think she hates him, but needs him to steer clear of the hotel. I think she wants him put into an asylum.
This was a fantastic episode.
I think this Bartholomew baby is some sort of homage to the monster baby living in the basement of AHS:MurderHouse from Season 1.
If anyone watched S1 the monster baby (that fans would refer to as Infantata) would roll the ball in the basement just like Bartholomew did to Ramona Royale when she was in his baby suite.As I recall the baby is Thaddeus Montgomery. His father Dr. Montgomery performed illegal abortions in the basement ( and on The Countess too in this episode). Thaddeus was kidnapped as a infant and dismembered. In his grief Dr. Montgomery sewed Thaddeus’ remains together and added some parts of the other aborted babies to his son creating the blood thirsty monster in the basement that terrorized in Season 1.
I think Bartholomew is different character altogether. Obviously he is The Countess’ deformed late term aborted fetus that is infected with her blood virus. That is why he hasn’t aged.
How do you fucking remember all that detail? I’m not even on good meds and I don’t remember all of that.
Because Season 1 was so damn good.
It was really good. My favorite until this season. My memory sucks, though. Maybe I’ll rewatch when Hotel is finished.
I have to watch first season when I hear those details.
UF, wasnt it the other son Beau that played ball in season one? What was the name of the albino son that was cut from that season? Think the Countess needed the abortion because she was already pregnant when infected and thats the only way it would come out? Always so many more questions. 🙂
Steve I think you’re right about Beauregard & his ball in the attic. (I completely forgot about Beau until you mentioned him).
But I also think that Thaddeus Montgomery (Infantata) rolled a ball in the basement that spooked the curiosity of unsuspecting basement visitors. Remember the redheaded twins in the very 1st episode. Didn’t they lose or drop a ball in the basement right before Infantata murdered them?
The twins were throwing snap caps in the basement and separated just before they died. Little boy Tate maybe and thats when Nora appeared to him too
And of course I’M LIVING FOR THE MUSIC in this episode #6….
Depeche Mode- “One Caress”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- “Jack the Ripper”
Pezzner- “Only With Your Eyes” (GarcyNoise Remix)
Would love to hear The Dangerous Type (Cars) Sweet Dreams are Made of These. Never heard most of the music used in the soundtrack before but I like it. Makes me want to get up and shake what the good lord didn’t give me. Thank you for the music lessons. Almost forgot …Because the Night.
I wish someone could cover the ensembles in addition to the music. My favorite so far is Alex’s black dress (borrowed from Countess) with the long sheer willowy sleeves and belted waist ( vintage Givenchy) followed by the green hat and dress (vintage Chanel) Countess wore in the scene with Liz and Tristan’s admission of guilt. I die for the white gown with the capped sleeve and empire waist (designer?) that
Countess wears to see her son. Liz’s black dress with the studs was gorgeous as are all the vintage miu mius. Sooo obsessed!!
I’ll say again that musically I was never a Gaga fan, but I do appreciate her total package as an “artist”…. I have to say again I can’t take my eyes off her when she is on the screen. She moves slowly & stealthy like a cat that is about to kill it’s prey… and the green ensemble she wore in this episode was EVERYTHANG channeling some vintage glamour.
I am MESMERISED by Lady Gaga! Her scenes are never long enough for me. Of course, AHS is never long enough for me either. Loving tonights episode thus far.
Riveting. Like a work of art.
I agree UF I enjoy GaGa the actress way more. When she’s on screen I’m just mesmerized by her not sure what that’s about. I also enjoy the soundtrack !
So the blonde Swedish dead girls have found their purpose by fucking and mind fucking the Hotel Cortez guests. MmmmKay……
I think it’s to make people go crazy. It’s the crazy they get off on. I think.
This episode sure was gratuitous with all the displays of man ass tonight 🙂
I LOVED the opening. Liz and Tristan. I knew Tristan was dead the moment he told Liz he loved her. Or is he?
That scene felt so true, such ill fated love. At the end I think she killed Tristan for telling her the truth of what she is. Too many people are gunning for the Countess now…she just may have stayed at the party way too long.
The Liz/Tristan romance appeared out of nowhere… just boom they were in bed and in love. I don’t recall any past scenes with lingering looks at each other or anything. Typical Ryan Murphy shenanigans with his neck breaking speed ups on the stories.
So true but in my life I have seen so many friends, neighbors, and coworkers just couple up out of the blue. Those couple for some reason to me tend to go all the way. I liked them together. I get why those 2 would be attracted to each other.
I agree, Dark Thoughts. Tristan seemed different with Elizabeth Taylor. He seemed sweet and giddy and honest. It seemed very genuine… I loved the scene of them together in bed laughing and talking.
I didn’t like Tristan until this episode. Even knowing Liz Taylor was getting a love interest, I never suspected him. But they were so good together! Denis O’Hare keeps blowing me away. I can’t believe the Countess killed Liz’s greatest love. I hope she joins Ramona & takes Gaga out (no mercy).
I just watched ‘Devil’s Night’. I’m so behind. It was a really good episode. Loved all the serial killers coming for dinner.
Yes that was a fantastic & well written episode by integrating all the infamous serial killers. Lily Rabe KILLED as Aileen Wuornos. Her hair flips were everything.
I think it was you who put up the post about every character having one true love.. and we were naming them. I didnt think the countess loved anything because she was quick to tell Alex that she would slit Holden’s throat if she didnt agree to be governess. But tonight we discovered her great love, that little beast in room 33.
Does anyone think it’s Mr. March as the white haired guy in next week’s previews?
I think the white haired person is just another ghost resident of the hotel, but we’ll have to wait till next week to find out.
I watched the intro on slo-mo because I thought the white haired person was Tristan (I desperately want a happy ending for Elizabeth Taylor). I couldn’t tell who it was…
I would think by now last week’s class of tween vamps would have grown exponentially to have overtaken L.A. by now…love those Ryan Murphy plot holes.
Yeah plot holes.. we finally saw john and alex’s daughter again who I guess has been living on her own for a week or so??
Isn’t she temporarily staying at her aunt’s/grandma’s?
That poor kid keeps getting dumped at Grandma’s. Although I have a feeling she knows she is better off with her than her parents.
Scarlett said she was over at her friends house, Dinah, and was embarrassed to have her friend ask her when is she going home and her mother not answering the phone.
Was the baby’s face messed up due to the abortion or because John shot him in the face?
Where did Alex put the sleeping coffins so that John and Ramona didn’t find them? I know she gave John Verset and moved them so she could convince him that he was having a breakdown. Another question. I didn’t sleep last night and the roofers came today and made enough noise to wake the dead on AHS so I didn’t sleep much today. Was it the blood on the shirt that drew baby Bartholomew into John’s suitcase? Was he just trying to get away from Auntie Ramona? I’m confused. I think Alex “saving” the Countess’ son will somehow put her into Alex’s debt. She’s completely devoid of conscious regarding everything and everyone except her child. I wonder where that will lead.
The offins were destroyed. Liz smashed them with sledgehammers as Alex stood by.
“Was it the blood on the shirt that drew baby Bartholomew into John’s suitcase? Was he just trying to get away from Auntie Ramona?”
Hannah that is a great observation. It never occurred to me that Bartholomew may have been attracted to the blood on the shirt. I just assumed he was hiding, but maybe not….
That reminds me of a couple other plot holes. First, whose blood was that on John when he was getting down with the universal studio tarts? And secondly, when John looked in his suitcase and saw the blood, (which he put there) why did he suddenly realize there was a creature in his house? Was he so befuddled that he forgot where the blood came from?
the blood covering John came from one of the swedish meatballs, part of their mind games to help his breakdown
Satinbliss I think the contents of his suitcase were in more disarray than a few minutes before, so he sensed someone was in his room/house.
Thanks Steve and UF. This is now my favorite show. Had a few AHS marathons this past year and loved going back through the archives and reading the wonderful recaps and discussions. So glad it’s being covered on this site. 🙂
UF.. was the Dr. trying to deliver the baby or abort it??
In Season 1 that doctor performed illegal abortions in his basement in the 1920’s. He was performing an abortion on The Countess. I presume because the baby is infected with same blood virus as his mother is what gave him the ability to survive out of her uterus; plus the fetus had to be nearly the size of a full term baby. The Countess had a huge pregnancy bump even though she told the Dr she was only 3 weeks pregnant.
Another great episode! I don’t understand why Liz hasn’t been turned yet. He hasnt left the hotel for over thirty years so I don’t think he would have minded. Tristan could have turned him. Too late now. Such great acting by Denis ohare. His Liz Taylor is just amazing and heartbreaking. I loved when he said how’s the breakdown going? Or something to that effect. I literally lol’d
Yes i agree with you. I love Liz. She is no nonsense and honest in all her communications. She was straight up with Ramona in asking her to leave, open with Countess on the affair. She is a great person and I want happiness for her. I too wonder why she hasnt been turned.. maybe she will drink Tristens blood?? I dont know. Its hard to believe that Tristan feel in love with Liz after catching blood virus.. because Countess explains that emotions are different for them, she tastes emotions like love and hate. But it seems like Tristan feels real love for Liz. Food for thought.
I think sociopaths like the Countess don’t feel emotions. I don’t think the virus has anything to do with it. I do believe Tristan and Liz love each other.
Was the baby’s face messed up because of the abortion or because John shot him in the face
If we don’t find out be next week I will think the answer fell into one of those infamous Ryan Murphy Plotholes…
In my opinion I think the baby was born that way.
Ok wasn’t sure, I thought maybe it just hadn’t had time to heal.
Ok wasn’t sure, I thought maybe he hadn’t had time to heal.
Hehehe
Because it was infected in the womb i think
Any thoughts on who infected the Countess? I think she said something like “He was even more beautiful than you” to Tristan which made me think it was Bartholomew….she loves him and finds him more beautiful than anyone….however the nurse said based on her temp she was dead. If she was pregnant before, how did she conceive? I am assuming that whoever got her pregnant infected her as all…and that want Mr. March. Also, what was up w/ the Dr.? Was he just wicked high or did the name of the friend she gave him let him know something? He seemed ok w/ a dead nurse & demon baby…..how much ether (or whatever) does that take?
Also, Liz is such a different person since becoming herself. She was a dick to her son when she was an unhappy suburban husband. I wonder whatever became of that family.
*wasn’t pregnant before.
Sorry for such a long post. I’ve lurked for awhile (and just read all of the Coven recaps as I haven’t seen that season yet…U_F you are amazing….i will watch the season,but your recaps make me feel like I’ve already seen it!) but I hope you guys don’t mind a newbie!
Not at all! Glad you are here, Jennbug! ?
Jennbug thank you so much…. So sorry that life crap got in my way so that I was unable to write about Hotel this season…
I think the Countess was already pregnant when she got infected, and thats why she needed the abortion, her body stopped aging and wouldnt finish the birthing process
Damn Steve you’re so astute. I didn’t think about or realize that possibly The Countess couldn’t finish the birthing process.
She said she was only three weeks pregnant but had the stomach girth of someone 7+ months — I was hoping that would be an explanation for the origins of the baby somewhere along the episose
U_F, I am just happy there is a place to read and comment about the show! I love reading all of the thoughts & theories bounced, so thank you for being here!
I agree about her being pregnant before she was infected. I wonder though if the pregnancy sped up after she was infected. I figured the 3 weeks along thing was just crap she was telling the doc so he didn’t turn her away, but how didn’t her husband notice she was expecting? I guess all the building ginormous hotels and murder kept him busy.