Dark Cousin

"Dark Cousin"
American Horror Story episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 7
Directed by	Michael Rymer
Written by	Tim Minear
Featured music	"Help Pick Up The Pieces" by Buddy Stewart
Production code	2ATS07
Original air date	November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28)
Running time	41 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Frances Conroy as The Angel of Death Fredric Lehne as Frank McCann Mark Margolis as Sam Goodman William Mapother as Disgruntled Husband Sean Patrick Thomas as Terry Tongayi Chirisa as Miles Debra Christofferson as Mrs. Stone Lily Knight as Sister Felicity Don Stark as Lawyer Jennifer Holland as Sister Blackwell Erin Allin O'Reilly as Nurse Fuller
Episode chronology
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American Horror Story: Asylum List of American Horror Story episodes

"Dark Cousin" is the seventh episode of the second season of the FX anthology television series American Horror Story. The episode, written by Tim Minear and directed by Michael Rymer, aired on November 28, 2012.

In the episode, several asylum patients wish to die, one of which is Grace (Lizzie Brocheré) causing the Angel of Death (Frances Conroy) to appear, which does not sit well with Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe). Before also planning to use the angel's services, Sister Jude (Jessica Lange) attempts to make peace with the parents of the girl she hit years ago. Jude is stunned to learn the girl survived the accident. After Lana (Sarah Paulson) is able to get away from Dr. Thredson (Zachary Quinto), she is injured in a freak car accident and taken back to Briarcliff. Kit (Evan Peters) escapes custody to break Grace out of the asylum, but she is accidentally shot by Frank (Fredric Lehne).

Michael Rymer was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Television Film for his work on this episode. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).

Grace begins suffering from an infection brought on by the botched hysterectomy. As she begins to die, an angel dressed in black (Frances Conroy) appears to her and is about to give her a "kiss of death" before she is resuscitated by one of the nuns. Sister Mary Eunice confronts Dr. Arden (James Cromwell), telling him that he botched the sterilization, but Arden states that he never performed a hysterectomy on Grace. His anger leads Sister Mary Eunice to release her supernatural powers on him, establishing their hierarchy. Later, in order to prove that Grace's condition was not his doing, he cures her of her infection, "just to set the record straight."

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