The tenth episode of this fifth iteration ofAmerican Horror Storyis titled She Gets Revenge.
Its not initially clear which she were talking about here.
She kills somebody, but it isnt really a vengeance killing.
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I guess the whole world done her wrong, but her act of violence feels gloriously unmotivated.
Trapped in the prison corridors.
Sound and fury, thus far signifying nothing.
Liz welcomes an older couple to the Cortez.
The old marrieds are the picture of happiness: together 60 years, four kids, nine grandchildren.
But her cancer is spreading, and he cant live without her.
They share a bottle of champagne, count backwards from 3, and blow each others beloved brains out.
Liz considers following them, but Iris convinces her otherwise.
Cant die in the Cortez with unfinished business.
And Liz still has one task left unfinished: Her long-lost son, left behind in her old life.
In return, Hazel asks only for some updated cleaning products.
Were in the home stretch of the season, so its time for some death.
Donovan visits Rudy Valentino just as Natacha visits the Countess.
Its a glorious crosscut between bitchfests: Natacha argue-copulating with Gaga, Donovan and Rudy having a chin-off.
Rudy pulls a sword on Donovan, who does the Indiana Jones thing and just shoots his romantic rival.
(Gaga does the same with Natacha, when she pulls out a knife.)
Donovan doesnt mourn his rivals death I have better cheekbones anyway, he says.
Meanwhile, our pal John Lowe has gone cuckoo crazy.
Hes got nine commandments down, and just one more to go.
His galpal Sally is so proud of him.
His mentor James Patrick March is proud, too.
But John hasnt forgotten his old life.
He wants his wife back.
He finds Alex in the Hotel, and they reconnect.
She has a problem, and she needs help.
Speaking of that dead body: Will Drakes ghost haunts the Cortez now.
Hes not happy but at least his eyes are wide open.
He asks Gaga what she was thinking, killing him.
Will she take control of his empire?
I thought Id dissolve the empire, she explains.
Convert it to cash.
Oh, shes not on the will, but sheislittle Lachlans legal guardian until he turns 18.
Maybe hell never turn 18, one way or another.
Now the Countess has two dead husbands wandering the halls of the Cortez.
Not an easy situation but at least thats a bit cleaner than the romantic triangle John finds himself in.
Well, half-kindle: She still wants a divorce, but she sees something solid behind Johns eyes now.
You finally got it together, John, she says, before leaving him for the evening.
(The Season 5 Derriere Club welcomes Chloe Sevigny!)
Sallys not so happy about this.
She doesnt know about you, she tells John.
Not the way I do.
Hows she gonna take it when she finds out the truth?
Truthfully, its hard to knowwhatAlex will think.
How much weirder is a serial-killer cop husband?
NEXT: Liz Taylor, Proud Grandma
Hey, you know whos great?
We see Liz Taylor reconnect with her long-lost son.
In secret: The son arrives at the bar, and talks about his helplessly normal life back home.
The wife thinks he should be his own boss, move to Boulder.
Liz tells him he should consider it.
She doesnt reveal her identity.
She considers it enough that she talked to her son again.
Hes taking her advice: Janice and I are Boulder-bound.
Liz says that she has to confess something; the son already knows.
Doesnt he find it weird, that his father is a woman?
I really learned something when Pedro died, onThe Real World, says the son.
And I kept learning.
Plenty of time to talk it out, Liz.
But hey, theres plenty of room for another woman in my life.
(She set the video to a Lee Ann Womack song!)
Liz tells Iris there has to be another way.
You and I are women of a certain age, she says.
Damn it, we are the ones who should inherit the Earth!
Liz has a plan: To turn the Hotel Cortez into someplace nice.
To give the ghost-maid a washer-dryer.
Its a bold idea and not one I saw coming.
Could such a setting really be changed transformed, evolved into something better?
(The Lowes dont think so, or maybe they dont care.
In the penthouse, the Countess calls upon Donovan.
She has a mission for him: to cleanse the hotel of Will Drake.
But Donovan reveals that hes already cleansed the world of Rudolph Valentino, once and for all.
The Countess returns, plotting vengeance which Donovan welcomes.
Dying is the only way youll let me love you, he declares.
The Countess seems just about ready to love him finally, completely, fully.
And then Hotline Bling strikes up, and Liz Taylor walks in alongside Iris, guns blazing.
So: What the heck?
Can Liz and Iris create a newer, better world in their broken down old hotel?
Will John Lowe complete his mission as the Ten Commandments Killer?
Dear god, what about Lachlan?
