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American Horror Story episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 7 |
Directed by | Michael Goi |
Written by | Crystal Liu |
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Production code | 5ATS07 |
Original air date | November 18, 2015 |
Running time | 46 minutes |
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"Flicker" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story. It aired on November 18, 2015 on the cable network FX. This episode was written by Crystal Liu and directed by Michael Goi.
Whilst renovating Hotel Cortez, two workmen find a sealed corridor. On Will Drake's (Cheyenne Jackson) orders, they break through the seal and discover two ghoulish creatures who attack and bite out their throats. John Lowe (Wes Bentley) is undergoing evaluation at the West Los Angeles Health Center. Secretly he came there after seeing the hospital's name in one of the Ten Commandments Killer's case files. Elizabeth (Lady Gaga) and Iris (Kathy Bates) remark on the unsealed corridor, and Iris notices how scared the former is. Marcy (Christine Estabrook) checks in. In room, she opens the door thinking it to be room service when the two ghouls attack and kill her.
In 1925 Hollywood, Elizabeth admires the actor Rudolph Valentino (Finn Wittrock). He invites her for dinner which is interrupted by his wife Natacha Rambova (Alexandra Daddario). They explain that their divorce was a "show" and seduce Elizabeth. Hotel Cortez opens for business with James March (Evan Peters) hosting a party. There, Elizabeth comes to know that Valentino has died, then she tries to commit suicide but March saves her. Since his death, Elizabeth continues visiting Valentino's tomb. One day, after she and March marry, she finds him alive there with Natacha. Valentino relates a story during his The Son of the Sheik press tour. He met F. W. Murnau, director of the vampire film, Nosferatu, who offered him immortality, but on condition of public death. Valentino and Natacha turn Elizabeth her while March watches from afar.