Tricks and Treats (American Horror Story)

"Tricks and Treats"
American Horror Story episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 2
Directed by	Bradley Buecker
Written by	James Wong
Featured music	"Dominique" by The Singing Nun "Wishin' and Hopin'" by Dusty Springfield "Buttons and Bows" by Doris Day & Her Happy Valley Boys
Production code	2ATS02
Original air date	October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24)
Running time	44 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Chloë Sevigny as Shelley Adam Levine as Leo Morrison Jenna Dewan-Tatum as Teresa Morrison Clea DuVall as Wendy Peyser Fredric Lehne as Frank McCann Devon Graye as Jed Potter Robin Weigert as Cynthia Potter John Aylward as Father Malachi Andrew Rothenberg as Mr. Potter Jenny Wade as Prostitute Jennifer Holloway as Barb Vanessa Mizzone as Lois
Episode chronology
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"Tricks and Treats" is the second episode of the second season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on October 24, 2012 on the cable network FX. It is written by James Wong and directed by Bradley Buecker.

The episode mainly focuses on an exorcism performed on a teenaged boy (Devon Graye) and three patients' escape attempt. Chloë Sevigny guest stars as Shelley. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).

Teresa (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) runs from Bloody Face, trying to save Leo (Adam Levine), but winds up back in the room where Leo had gotten his arm ripped off. Through the door slot, she watches as Bloody Face repeatedly stabs Leo, then begins pounding on the door.

Wendy (Clea DuVall), regretful of her decision to sign her partner, Lana (Sarah Paulson), over to the Briarcliff Manor Sanitarium, resolves to recant her signature and free Lana. Before she can, Bloody Face kills her in her own home.

At Briarcliff, Sister Jude (Jessica Lange) takes Lana's secret notes about the asylum. Lana retorts that she can still remember what has happened to her, prompting Sister Jude to ask Dr. Arden (James Cromwell) to give Lana electroshock treatment. Asked to assist in administering the electroshock, Sister Jude is disturbed by the violence of the resulting treatment. In the woods, Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe) asks Dr. Arden to tell her the identity of the creatures in the woods who savagely eat the meat she prepares for them. Later, Shelley (Chloë Sevigny) offers herself to Dr. Arden in return for fifteen minutes outside. He rebuffs her, calling her a slut and a whore, leading Shelley to argue that women face a double standard with their sexuality, and that she was committed by her promiscuous husband who hypocritically forbade her from engaging in extramarital sex.

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