Battle Royale (American Horror Story)
| "Battle Royale" | |
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| American Horror Story episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Michael Uppendahl |
| Written by | Ned Martel |
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| Production code | 5ATS11 |
| Original air date | January 6, 2016 |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
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"Battle Royale" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story. It aired on January 6, 2016 on the cable network FX. This episode was written by Ned Martel and directed by Michael Uppendahl.
Liz Taylor (Denis O'Hare) and Iris (Kathy Bates) head for the penthouse to shoot Elizabeth (Lady Gaga), who is with Donovan (Matt Bomer). Elizabeth, though shot multiple times, escapes the room while Donovan lays dying. Iris is upset because she did not mean to shoot her son. Donovan pleads with them to take him outside so that he would not die in the hotel. Elizabeth ends up with Sally (Sarah Paulson) who pulls out her bullets. Sally then reminisces about an old drug dealer of hers as well as a couple of musicians in the 1990s. Sally and the two musicians decided to get a room at the Hotel Cortez. There, they engaged in a threesome mixed with drugs and Sally then sewed the three of them together. Her two friends died in the process. Sally laid there for five days, with the Addiction Demon showing up and torturing her for three days. After the fifth day, she pulled free. Sally then tells Elizabeth that she does not want her, but John Lowe (Wes Bentley).
Elizabeth needs blood like hers in order to heal and Sally decides to take the blood from two of her children. Liz burns Donovan's body in the furnace and gives the ashes to Iris. They discuss freeing Ramona (Angela Bassett) as a weapon against Elizabeth, and are terrified when they discover Ramona is already free. Ramona is skeptical about their loyalties but she feels ill and she needs to take a fresh life. Liz and Iris find Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe) in the hotel. They lead her to her Room 64 where Ramona emerges from behind a shower curtain and slashes at her. Queenie reveals that she is a witch. After a fight, in which Ramona is injured, James March (Evan Peters) materializes and stabs Queenie in the neck and Ramona feeds on Queenie's blood.
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