Burn, Witch. Burn! (American Horror Story)
| "Burn, Witch. Burn!" | |
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| American Horror Story episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Jeremy Podeswa |
| Written by | Jessica Sharzer |
| Featured music | "Right Place, Wrong Time" by Dr. John |
| Production code | 3ATS05 |
| Original air date | November 6, 2013 |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
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"Burn, Witch. Burn!" is the fifth episode of the third season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on November 6, 2013, on the cable network FX.
This episode focuses on Fiona (Jessica Lange) exacting revenge on Myrtle Snow (Frances Conroy) after Cordelia (Sarah Paulson) is blinded. Angela Bassett and Gabourey Sidibe guest star as Marie Laveau and Queenie, respectively. This is the first episode not to feature Evan Peters.
Madame LaLaurie (Kathy Bates) welcomes Governor Roman (Tony Bentley) and his wife (Ramona Taylor) to an All Hallow's Eve ball. She introduces her daughter Borquita (Jennifer Lynn Warren) to their son, Jacques (Gabe Begneaud) and asks him to visit her "chamber of horrors". She has him stick his hand in covered bowls. The first he guesses is peeled grapes, but it's actually eyeballs, plucked from her slaves. Likewise for the bowl of what Jacques guesses are sausages, which is a bowl of intestines.
Borquita watches, crestfallen, as her potential suitor runs away from her mother in horror. LaLaurie tells her husband Louis (Scott Jefferson) to send Bastien (Ameer Baraka) and two strong slaves after LaLaurie's daughter's plot to kill her. The daughters are dragged out of their beds at night and taken to her torture chamber. She tells them if they're good, she might let them out in a year.
LaLaurie opens the door to the Academy and sees her zombified daughters. From inside they watch the zombies approach, Nan (Jamie Brewer) is sure they're dead. Zoe (Taissa Farmiga) tells everyone to shut off the lights and close the drapes. Luke (Alexander Dreymon) thinks they're overreacting. He goes outside to tell them off, to no avail. In her trance, Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett) order the zombies to start attacking. Luke is struck in the back with an axe, while Zoe gathers everyone and tells them to head for the attic, though Spalding (Denis O'Hare) doesn't want them in his room. Nan goes outside to get Luke and drags him into a car. The zombies break into the car where Nan and Luke have taken refuge, Zoe gets their attention by banging pots and pans. LaLaurie gets Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe) settled back in bed, then goes downstairs for ice. She grabs a knife when she hears a noise in the kitchen. She sees her daughter Borquita. LaLaurie opens the door to talk to her, telling her she wants to make amends, Borquita grabs her around the neck and lifts her off the ground.
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