Show Stoppers (American Horror Story)
| "Show Stoppers" | |
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| American Horror Story episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Loni Peristere |
| Written by | Jessica Sharzer |
| Production code | 4ATS12 |
| Original air date | January 14, 2015 |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
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"Show Stoppers" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on January 14, 2015 on the cable network FX. It was written by Jessica Sharzer and directed by Loni Peristere.
The Freaks hold a feast to welcome Chester (Neil Patrick Harris) as the new owner of the freak show, but after Elsa (Jessica Lange) asks him to leave her and the troupe alone, she reveals their true intentions. Maggie (Emma Roberts) reveals to Stanley (Denis O'Hare) that she told them everything he had done, outing him as a con artist and a murderer. They also reveal the head of the Museum of Morbid Curiosities curator; Lillian Hemmings (Celia Weston), whom Desiree (Angela Basset) had murdered for revenge. Stanley pleads with them to let him live, claiming Elsa isn't to be trusted, and that she was the one who murdered Ethel (Kathy Bates). The freaks ignore him and proceed to chase Stanley around the camp with weapons, presumably murdering him under a wagon.
Dandy visits the twins (Sarah Paulson) and warns them of Chester's dark past, but they demand him to leave after saying they don't trust him. Elsa introduces Jimmy (Evan Peters) to an old friend of hers, Massimo Dolcefino (Danny Huston), who intends on making him a pair of prosthetics just as he did with Elsa. In a flashback, Massimo tells them of how he went after the men who took Elsa's legs, and slaughtered them one by one. All except the leader that is, Dr. Hans Grüper (who also appears in American Horror Story: Asylum, mainly as the alias Dr Arthur Arden), who shot Massimo and tortured him until he was later released by a General.
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