American Horror Story (TV Series)

The Sacred Taking (2013)

Emma Roberts: Madison Montgomery

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• Madison Montgomery : I just love this room, especially the walk-in closet. I need that. And my Warhol Mao would look great... on this wall.

  [laughs] 

  Fiona Goode : Madison?

  Madison Montgomery : Surprise, bitch. I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me. How soon can you have all of your stuff out of here? I really need my own room. Oh, and that bed. I can't wait to break it in. God knows it's not getting any action from you, Grandma.

  Fiona Goode : What are you? Who brought you back?

  Madison Montgomery : Are you deaf? I'm the next Supreme. I brought myself back. Looks like you've got some 'splainin' to do. Maybe we should call the Council. Oh, wait. You killed Myrtle, too. Well, that won't matter. We all know the playbook on this. You killed me, so we burn you at the stake. I'm gonna bring marshmallows and graham crackers to make s'mores.

  Fiona Goode : Does Cordelia know?

  Madison Montgomery : That you killed me? Everyone knows. You'll be hash browns by this time tomorrow. Of course, you're half dead already.

  Fiona Goode : Get out.

  Madison Montgomery : Hmm. Poor Fifi. As my powers grow, yours fade away. Let me break this down for you - and stop me if I talk too fast. I'm in, you're out. And you can leave this world one of two ways. You can burn at the stake tomorrow, which would be messy and painful, although very entertaining. Or... you can swallow these pills and go to sleep. Stop suffering. And stop our suffering. The choice is yours.

  [laughs] 

• Myrtle Snow : Mothballs and history. It's a cocktail I swoon for.

  Misty Day : I feel like a queen.

  Madison Montgomery : How does putting on this smelly old stuff help us get rid of Fiona?

  Cordelia Foxx : It's part of a ceremony called the "Sacred Taking," which allows for the ascension of the new Supreme.

  Zoe Benson : And we're sure Misty's the next Supreme?

  Myrtle Snow : I'm certain of her credentials. She's brought back more people from the dead than Jesus Christ.

  Madison Montgomery : [to Zoe]  Disappointed? You thought it was you, didn't you?

  Zoe Benson : Well, I knew it wasn't you, because when Fiona cut your throat, you died.

  Nan : It could be any one of us.

  Madison Montgomery : Not really. It's pretty obvious.

  Nan : And what does that mean?

  Cordelia Foxx : Being the Supreme isn't something to wish for. It's not a gift. It's a burden. How many of these women had happy lives? They had power, but with it came the responsibility of the coven. They all bowed under the weight, except my mother... who ran from it.

  Misty Day : Can I say something? I don't want to be the Supreme.

  Cordelia Foxx : Nobody gets to choose. When Fiona dies, whoever it is... will be.

• Nan : Why can't it be me?

  Madison Montgomery : Because you have no style and your pits smell like fish sticks.

  Nan : Do you think I could be the Supreme?

  [Everyone remains silent] 

  Nan : You guys suck balls.