Birth (American Horror Story)
| "Birth" | |
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| American Horror Story episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon |
| Written by | Tim Minear |
| Production code | 1ATS10 |
| Original air date | December 14, 2011 |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
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"Birth" is the eleventh episode of the first season of the television series American Horror Story, which premiered on the network FX on December 14, 2011. The episode was written by Tim Minear and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. This episode is rated TV-MA (LV).
The episode was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie.
In this episode, Vivien (Connie Britton) gives birth and Violet (Taissa Farmiga) learns that Tate (Evan Peters) is the biological father to one of her new siblings. Kate Mara and Zachary Quinto guest star as Hayden McClaine and Chad Warwick, respectively.
Nora (Lily Rabe) protects a young Tate (Paul Butler) from the Infantata (Ben Woolf), whom she still refers to as her son, Thaddeus. She tells Tate that if he tells them to "go away", the ghosts will listen and leave him alone. Tate grows closer to her, telling her that he wished he had her as a mother.
Tate (Evan Peters) cannot promise Vivien's baby to Nora, for fear of revealing to Violet that he raped her mother, but Nora is resolved to take the child anyway. Ben (Dylan McDermott) picks up Vivien (Connie Britton) to take her from the ward to her flight to Florida, not understanding why Violet (Taissa Farmiga) refuses to leave with him. The doctor strongly warns Vivien and Ben that, despite only being six months in the womb, one of the twins is ready to be born any minute, and the other twin is dying because the dominant twin is taking all the nutrients.
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