- In 1994, Larry gets burned. In the present, Ben begins to understand what happened to cause Vivien's institutionalization. Constance is questioned by the police in Travis' death. Violet learns something about herself that she doesn't know.
- In a flashback, the origins of Louis' burn are revealed. Ben visits Vivien in the psych ward and admits to her that he now believes she was raped. The police interview Constance over Travis' death. She has little to tell them - other than she didn't do it - but her history of accidental deaths leave the police highly suspicious. She's off the hook when someone unexpected confesses to the crime. Ben is still upset with Violet for missing so much school and they agree that a new school has to be found. Tate has something to show her however.—garykmcd
- 1994
After Larry's wife kills herself and their daughters, Constance (Jessica Lange), Tate (Evan Peters), and Addy (Jamie Brewer) move into the house to live with Larry (Denis O'Hare). On Thanksgiving, the atmosphere is tense, with Tate expressing his disgust with Larry for killing Beau (Sam Kinsey) and his naïveté with Constance, who strings him along to live in the house. Tate also resents Constance for her part in this. An undetermined time later, Tate, high on cocaine and crystal meth, goes to Larry's office, douses him in gasoline and immolates him, then goes to his school to commit the shooting massacre seen in the episode "Piggy Piggy."
Present
Ben (Dylan McDermott) visits Vivien (Connie Britton) in the ward, apologizing and telling her he believes her claims that she was raped, and she will be discharged soon. He also tells her that the rapist fathered one of the twins.
Detectives (Charles S. Dutton & Mayala Rivera Drew) tell Constance of Travis' (Michael Graziadei) murder, and she confronts Larry, believing he killed Travis out of jealousy. Larry states he only moved the body, and that a ghost killed Travis in the house. He continues to seek Constance's love, but she says she never loved him.
A truant officer (Gregory Sporleder) informs Ben that Violet (Taissa Farmiga) has skipped school for sixteen days. Ben convinces Violet to try a new school and calls an exterminator to handle a sudden fly infestation.
Learning of Constance's fights with Travis, the detectives take her in for questioning, believing her to be involved in his death. They review her history of family deaths, noting that the district attorney intended to charge her with the murder of her husband Hugo (Eric Close) and Moira (Alexandra Breckenridge), who are considered "missing persons," but could not find the bodies. Unknown to them, this is because Constance buried Moira and ground up Hugo's body, feeding it to dogs. A lawyer, Harry Morgan (Derek Richardson), appears on her behalf, ending the questioning, and tells her that they want to pin Travis high-profile murder on her.
Tate overhears Ben looking into boarding schools for Violet and tells her that Ben plans to send her away; Violet is devastated. , In the basement, Larry retrieves the murder evidence and sees his daughters, Margaret (Shyloh Oostwald) and Angela (Katelynn Rodriguez), and wife,Lorraine (Rebecca Wisocky). He apologizes to his wife and swears to get revenge on Constance, but she tells him that he was the one who broke their vows, not Constance.
Tate, wearing the suit, attacks Ben with chloroform. Ben fights him and pulls off his mask, seeing Tates face before passing out. Tate tells Violet that they can be together by committing suicide. Violet flees from him, but finds that no matter where she runs, she winds up back in the house. Tate quietly takes her to the basement, where the fly infestation is revealed to be from Violets decaying corpse hidden in the crawl space; Violet did not survive her initial suicide attempt in Piggy, Piggy. Tate, who has known that he too was a ghost the entire time, ironically admits that he was trying to protect her from realizing that she was dead. Though shocked, Violet eventually comes to terms with her death.
Constance is brought in again by police, only to learn that Larry has confessed to the murder. She denies any connection to him. She visits him in jail, and he explains he confessed to pay for his sins, but will be able to handle his punishment if Constance will just say she loves him. Constance coldly refuses and leaves.
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