American Horror Story: Hotel recap: 'Room 33'

Lady Gaga shows up to the Murder House sometime in the late 20s. You surely recognize Murder House, and the abortionist Charles Montgomery, fromAmerican Horror Storyseason 1. Charles Montgomery conducts his operation. Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FX (Can dont-call-them-vampires get pregnant? Has Gaga been using birth control ever since?) The nurse holds the fetus, horrified. I think its still alive! It is; shes not, for long. Is this the birth of the Infantata?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 692 words · Ryan Myers

American Horror Story: Hotel recap: Battle Royale

Everyone tries to kill the Countess. So Iris and Liz Taylor come barging into the penthouse guns blazing. You cant let me die in this place, he says. Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FX Iris does him a final kindness and carries him outside. He thanks her and calls her Mom and dies. Liz and Iris only wanted to kill the Countess. They walked into the room specifically trying to kill the Countess....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Henry White

American Horror Story: Hotel recap: Chutes and Ladders

Blame it on new money. Call the cops man! I dont give a s! Credit: Suzanne Tenner/FX Im coming out in a Lars Von Trier movie next year! American Horror Storyinevitably points back to Hollywood. So many failed actresses found their way from film sets to theMurder House. Enter Evan Peters, with a pencil-thin mustache and one of those accents that died out with Method Acting. Enter James Patrick March, art-deco freak, oil tycoon millionaire, murder fetishist....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 590 words · Laurie Webster

American Horror Story: Hotel recap: Flicker

A flashback to Old Hollywood, featuring Rudolph Valentino and F.W. Will Drakes a busy man. He cant be bothered with the little details of the Hotel Cortez. Credit: Prashant Gupta/FX Inside, two construction workers get attacked by ghouls. But are they undead, viralized ghouls, or dead corridor-haunting ghouls? The construction workers will never know unless they come back as ghosts, too. (Hey, maybe they can get together with the Danish girls!...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 643 words · Tammy Snyder

American Horror Story: Hotel recap: Mommy

Angela Bassett is out for some bloody revenge. (And no, youre not seeing things I am not Darren Franich. I know everything about you, he tells him (How? Credit: Suzanne Tenner/FX Google, of course). Tristan tells March and Miss Evers not to worry, because hes going to take care of it. So Tristan will need to put his bloody plans on hold, at least for now. Someone else with a plan is Ramona Royale (Angela Bassett, making her entrance to thisAHSseason)....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Courtney Krueger

American Horror Story: Hotel recap: Room Service

But theres also that little problem of tween bloodsuckers notthe sparkly kind outside the Cortezs walls. A cool 70-something degrees. His heart starts racing, his body shakes, and then, suddenly, his eyes openverywide. Credit: Doug Hyun/FX Elsewhere, Donovan pays an early-morning call to Ramona Royale, with a now-turned Iris in tow. Which, Ramona adds, makes her the perfect for the job. With a dash of triple sec, Liz replies). Itll hold her over for a few hours, but then shell need to find fresh blood....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Colleen Morales

American Horror Story: Hotel recap: She Wants Revenge

Women age differently than men, Gaga tells us at the start of the ninth episode ofHotel. The last 100 years of my immortal life have been a lie, she explains. In truth, I have controlled nothing. Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FX Thats going to change. The marriage to Will Drake is coming right up, but she refuses to be his show pony. You design my gown, she demands her husband. Ill take care of everything else....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 502 words · Margaret Miller

American Horror Story: Hotel recap: The Ten Commandments Killer

In a nutshell, Detective John Lowe is the Ten Commandments Killer. The policeman has been chasing himself all season. He doesnt notice when his wife becomes a vampire. Credit: Prashant Gupta/FX He doesnt notice that his mistress is a ghost. Is his daughter a werewolf? If so, John doesnt notice. Sally promises him answers. She takes him to TCKs room. She shows him the TCKs secret trophy case. But, but, but, this is my room!...

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · William Diaz

American Horror Story: Roanoke Connects to Freak Show

Ryan Murphy has previously stated that all the seasons ofAmerican Horror Storyare linked. Theyre all connected, he told EW in October of 2014 when discussingFreak Show. Were just beginning to tell you how theyre connected. Credit: FX That tradition continues in this phase ofAmerican Horror Storyas well. But thats not all. Viewers will get a piece of the Mott family origin story. ROBERT TRACHTENBERG for EW Teases Murphy, We explain how the Motts began which is funny....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Brandon Cook

American Horror Story: Roanoke recap: Season 6, Episode 2

Denial, denial, denial. How much can a person rationalize the irrational? Good idea, Lee.) Credit: FX Lee is spooked but girls will be girls! If you didnt know, bonnets are THE item for people in the 1590s. Everyone has a bonnet, from youngest baby to oldest living 36-year-old. If you didnt have a bonnet, you wanted a bonnet. you’re able to cool off with a bonnet! Protect your head in a bonnet!...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · Alan Carney

American Housewifestar, showrunner tease season 2 shenanigans

Katie Otto faked a pregnancy and it did not go well for her, Mixon tells EW. She is gonna volunteer headlining the spring gala. I really spent my entire life avoiding volunteering, the whole time I was a housewife. Michael Ansell/ABC But already Im going to this working moms thing. That is what Katie is getting roped into! As Katie throws herself into new endeavors, her three children continue to grow as well....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · David Mitchell

American Idol finale recap: Winner Chosen

About 1 million 14 years ago, I cried watching Kelly Clarksons inauguralAmerican Idolvictory. Tonight is a love song toIdol. If only for a moment (like this). Credit: Fox Trent Harmon and LaPorsha Renae take on It Takes Two. Trent is in LEATHER PANTS and a green leopard-print shirt. And then, of course, theres the vocal. LaPorsha and Trent are the reason this season ended up being successful. Its been a while since a finale felt so satisfying....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Sara Moore

American Idol finale retrospective: Winners and judges look back

to share their fondest memories from almost two decades of television history. This is the show that changed everything. This is the story of how. Credit: Fox; Sam Jones/Fox; Jason Merritt/FilmMagic for Fox Television Network This … isAmerican Idol. I remember the firsts of meeting Simon and Paula and Randy. I asked what the show was about, and I ended up speaking to one of the producers. I went, Oh my God....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1207 words · Michelle Dillon