Massacres and Matinees
| "Massacres and Matinees" | |
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| American Horror Story episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon |
| Written by | Tim Minear |
| Featured music | "Criminal" by Sarah Paulson "Valentine Waltz No. 2" by George Antheil "Sloppy Drunk" by Walter Brown & Jay McShann's Orchestra "Hot Biscuits" by Jay McShann Love Me, My Love by Dean Martin |
| Production code | 4ATS02 |
| Original air date | October 15, 2014 |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
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"Massacres and Matinees" is the second episode of the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on October 15, 2014 on the cable network FX. In this episode, a curfew is placed on Jupiter, as the police investigate the freak show when they suspect that a police was murdered on the premises. It was written by Tim Minear and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.
In a toy store, a clerk (David Simpson) spots a windup toy tracking blood from the next room, while Twisty (John Carroll Lynch) lurks against a wall unseen. The clerk follows the blood trail to his employer's (Tony Bentley) severed head before he is stabbed through the neck and beheaded by Twisty.
At Elsa's campgrounds, the police arrive and enforce a curfew that will impact business. Bette and Dot (Sarah Paulson) confirm to Elsa (Jessica Lange) the story that their mother's killer matches the description of the others. During dinner, Jimmy (Evan Peters) snaps at the carnies and goes to dig up the detective's corpse with Eve (Erika Ervin), who finds the officer's badge, giving it to Jimmy. Ethel (Kathy Bates) observes her ex-husband Dell (Michael Chiklis) and his new wife Desiree (Angela Bassett) arriving, with a trailer in tow. The two had been with a Chicago troupe for the last six years, but they are now on the run because Dell killed a man who was having sex with Desiree. Desiree reveals that she is a hermaphrodite with three breasts. Ethel later visits Dell and tells him that he is not welcome as Dell tried to kill Jimmy when he was a baby. Dell claims that Elsa has deputized him as her new second in command.
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