American Horror Story (2011–…): Season 4, Episode 8 - Blood Bath - full transcript

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I can't lose him.

I won't have him committed.
I won't.

No one is suggesting
an institution for dandy.

I refuse to hear
that word uttered

In the same sentence
with his name.

It's an abdication
of responsibility,

Dr. Feinbloom.

Believe me, gloria,
it's the furthest thing

From my mind, but

Apparently not
from from yours.

Dandy's always been
a willful child.



I often thought of him
as a foreigner.

A perfectly groomed
aristocratic boy

Who could play the part

But didn't quite understand
the language.

Because words had a different

Meaning for him.

Particularly the word "no."

"no" was an affront.

"no" was a battle cry.

I had complained about
the cat digging up my azaleas.

So he killed the poor animal.

From that moment on,

I never let dandy
out of my sight.

Of course,
i knew he had to



Socialize with children.

The boy never learned to play.

(child's laugh echoes)

He found a perfect companion

With the gardener's son, emil.

Beautiful little boy.

They would roam the grounds
together, happy as clams.

I relaxed, thinking my vigil

Had become unnecessary.

One day, the boy vanished.
(child's laugh echoes)

They searched
everywhere for him.

But... Emil
was never seen again.

It's time, gloria.
I need to see him.

He would never agree
to psychoanalysis.

Then tell him
it's something else.

I'll clear
my schedule.

Gloria, were
there any

Recent incidents...

(screaming)
aah! Dandy!
Dandy: Mother!

...That triggered this
anxiety about your son?

Just a mother's intuition.

Jimmy:
Ma petite!
(dogs barking)

She's so tiny. She could be
in a hole somewhere,

Screaming, and we wouldn't
hear her, let alone see her.

Petite?
Jimmy: Ma petite.
Where are you?

You head toward that clearing,

I'll hug the riverbed.
Take dimaggio.

Come on, boy.
Come on. Find, find.

Ma petite!

(barking continues)

You got something, boy?
You got something?

Ma petite!
Find it.

Find it.
Ma petite!

(screams)

(gasps)
oh. (cries)

No... No body?

Dell:
Looks like an
animal took her.

Maybe a coyote.

Amazon eve:
Bones and all.

Oh, no.
(crying)

(sobbing):
Oh, no.

Oh, no, no, no,

No, no.
God.

Oh, no, no.

Oh.

Thought you'd be high
as a limehouse whore

By now.

She was too good
for this place, you know?

God put his very own light

Into that little angel.

It was as if he knew

That the world could only handle

A tiny bit of his love at once.

Well, come on.

Oh.

Oh, edna.
Looks like

You have already taken steps

To dull your pain.

A woman's entitled

To a little nip or two

On a dark night of the soul.

Sit. Eat.

We will mourn her.

Christmas is canceled.

I made mock turtle soup.

That was quite a show
you put on in that tent.

Regular joan fontaine.

I've seen you bring a
full house to their feet,

But you have never been better
than you were tonight.

You have got it, elsa mars.

The sobs over ma petite.

Clutching her bloody dress--
that was a nice touch.

Bit of a house
note, but damn...

I almost believed
you meant it.

(grunts)

How dare you?

She was my most precious one.

All that's precious to you
is the roar of the crowd.

And god forbid
someone comes along

And steals your spotlight.
(drumroll, applause)

(whooping, cheering)

You know,

I have seen the way whiskey
can ravage the mind,

But you come in here tonight

And you accuse me of what?

Of killing innocence
itself? Huh?

Get out!

14 years.

I've brought you your tray,

Washed your hair,

Listened to all those
tall tales

About what was,

What could have been.

I heard those stories...

Ten times over, elsa.

I know you

Better than you know yourself.

I've always wondered why,

When i loved you so much,

It gave me such pain
to be around you.

How when i'd leave here
at night i'd just...

Felt like i lost something.

A woman shouldn't dread...

Spending time
with her best friend.

Why'd i feel so uneasy?

Now i know.

Who am i,

If not your savior, huh?

And this is the thanks.

You call me a murderer

On a night
when i have already lost...

So much?

Damn you for this!

Goddamn you for this!

Damn you!

You were our mother.

There's people around here
who never even met theirs.

You understand...

The pain of being rejected
by your own mother?

Of course you do.

That's how you
sucked us all in here.

Come one, come all,
suckle at elsa's bosom.

All are welcome.

Just don't ask for top billing.

Enough of this.

I have killed no one.

What about the twins?

I stood right there.

I heard you talking
to that fella from hollywood.

Wouldn't it be a better solution
if they could be

Quietly and easily relieved

Of their misery?

What are you saying?

A mercy killing.

Elsa: Oh, that's
quite a solution.

And you, you didn't even blink.

"quite a solution,"

You called it.

I died when i heard you
say that.

You killed me dead.

It was a turn of phrase.

(scoffs)

But i will be judged

On my actions,

And not on my words.

So now i am
going to go out,

I'm going to find
those twins,

I'm going to bring
them back here,

So they can pronounce
my innocence to you

One more time!

No way.

No, i made sure

They were safe somewhere

Away from you.

My, my.

Well, you got me, copper.

Huh? (chuckles)

Guilty as charged.

Yes, i wanted them to be gone.

But i never hurt anyone.

I wanted to be rid of them.

Put them on a bus to tampa.

Although, for me, death would be
preferable to tampa.

And i will no longer suffer

Your insults and your insanity!

Apparently, i have lost
two old friends tonight.

No.

(laughing)

Oh, ethel...

I am just like the rest
of my children.

I love you
because i understand you.

You think you know me, hmm?

You... Don't know me at all.

(speaking german)

A sweet young soldier
with a kind heart found me

And brought me to my safety.

His name was massimo dolcefino.

(speaking german)

He found his fame
in the first world war

When grenades became
the great terror,

Separating soldiers
from their limbs.

With an almost unlimited supply
of clients for his prosthetics,

Massimo elevated
his craft into art.

But after the war,

He fell on hard times.

(groans softly)

(panting)

(speaks quietly
in german)

No.

No.

(speaking german)

Massimo emigrated to germany

To work in the movies

As a sculptor, a prop maker.

And it was there

He met his greatest challenge.

Me.

(laughter echoing)

So now you see.

Why didn't you tell me all this?

Why'd you keep it a secret
from me?

I was humiliated, ashamed.

Can't you see
how deep it is?

Ethel... Put the gun away.

No.

Curtain comes down tonight.

Do you think the others
will cover for your murder?

The last bullet's for me.

You broke my heart in two, elsa.

I loved you.

I gave my life to you.

I defended you.

For me, the only
pure things

In the world was
little ma petite,

And my love and
dedication for you.

Now they're both gone.

And jimmy, your own son?

He'll survive.

I left him a letter.
It's in the caravan.

And the rest
of our children?

Your descent into madness
can cross over my corpse,

But you will not kill
my children.

They are innocents.

It's all over, elsa.

For all of us.

No one's innocent anymore.

So be it.

(laughs)

But first...

One last schnapps
for the road?

Hmm?

A toast to our history.

Go on.

We've never shared a drink
before, have we?

I'm sorry, you won't be going

To hollywood, elsa.
So, you won't be there

With me.

Is she hurt?
Not that
i could see.

That richard spencer
fella found her

Out by the ferris wheel,
blubbering.

(maggie crying)
maggie?

Oh, jimmy!

What? What happened?

That is what we are trying
to determine.

I was out in the woods,

Picking flowers for
ma petite's memorial grave.

(car engine approaching,
crashing)

There was a crash.

I went to see what it was,

And there was a car,
and in the car...

(gasps, screams)

I'm sorry, jimmy.
It was your mother.

She's dead.
Elsa (gasps):
What?

Not ethel. Oh, no,
that can't be.

She was in an accident?

It wasn't an accident.

I think she killed herself.

(people gasping)
shit!

Come on.
Elsa:
Suicide?

Oh, dear, no.

Oh, but why?!

She was sick.

In a lot of
pain, too.

No. My mom wasn't sick.

Dell:
She was, though, son.

No.
She told me so herself.

(crying):
No.

Guess she wanted
to go out on her own terms.

Elsa:
Oh. My god.

Where is she?
Take me to her.

Desiree:
Her head's come off?

Jesus.

How hard did she hit that tree?

(people gasping and exclaiming)

Look!

Oh!
She must have
wrapped this chain

Around that tree, and then
wrapped it around her neck,

Then hit the gas.

I guess she wanted it
to be quick.

Oh!

Oh, mein god in heaven!

Why?!

What do you mean, "why?"

Why can't we just hang her in
her caravan and be done with it?

Because you chucked a knife
through her eye socket.

Oh, god.
That's why.

(groans)

This accident is gonna
cover a whole host of sins,

All of them yours.

Where's your sense
of drama?
This is not theater!

That's exactly what it is.

This is a magic trick.
We have to divert

The attention of the audience in
order to pull off the illusion.

Oh, my god.

No, don't.
My god, what have i done?

(crying):
Oh, ethel.

But you understand.

I had to kill her.

I had to protect
my precious angels.

Horseshit.

You had to
protect yourself.

But you don't...

Why are you doing
this for me, huh?

Tell me, why are you
doing this for me?!

This... This... This is what
we do in hollywood.

You are my client.

I have an obligation
to-to protect you,

Protect your career.

You have a destiny,

Written in the stars,
to be a star.

You're gonna win
an oscar one day.

Do you really think so?

I do. I do.

(engine revving,
elsa whimpers)

(engine revving)

(metallic clang,
chain jangling)

Oh, ethel, why?!

Oh, my sweet sister!

(crying):
Why? Why? Why? Why?

I could have helped you.
I could have helped you.

I could have helped you.

(crying):
Oh, my god.

(sobbing)

Oh, my sweet,
sweet sister.

(crying echoing)

Gloria:
Dandy, where are you, darling?

I have a surprise for you!

Dandy!

Dandy:
Mother, look
who came for a visit.

Hello, mrs. Mott.

I came to see my mother.

Oh, dear, you just missed her.

Regina's been peppering me
with questions all afternoon,

But i told her that you were
the last one to speak to dora.

And only you could
shine a light

On the situation.

Yes, well...

Dora went to buy the squash.

You understand, dear.

These days, the only way
to procure a proper squash

Is to venture down
to homestead, to the klingmans'.

That horrid hurricane
completely destroyed

The tabernathys' farm
in pompano,

And it's been simply impossible
to consume the squash

From that region ever since.

My mother went to buy... Squash?

And since she would be
passing coral gables,

I asked her
to stop off

To collect the
blackamoor candelabras

I had purchased
at auction.

So, you see, child,

I could not
venture to guess

When dora will return
from her expedition.

I'll wait.

Oh. My turn.

(insects trilling)

A flat tire,

A leaky faucet.

My mother could fix anything.

She was famous
for her dirty jokes.

But she was also
a woman of culture.

¶ ¶

¶ that's what i'm
talking about ¶

But she loved poetry.

She used to read it
to me as a kid

When i was going to bed.

¶ ain't it a shame ¶

(crying):
Emily dickinson

Was her favorite.

"i'm nobody.

"who are you?

"are you nobody, too?

"then there's a pair of us.
Don't tell.

(crying):
They'd banish us, you know."

(jimmy crying)

You weren't nobody, ma.

¶ sometimes i wonder, baby ¶

(crying):
I'm sorry.

It's okay, son.

¶ lord, will i ever
get back home? ¶

(crying)
all right.

¶ sometimes i wonder ¶

(crying)

¶ hey, will i ever
get back home? ¶

¶ you know, i've been gone
so long, pretty mama ¶

¶ lord, i don't know
my right way home ¶

All right. Let's
go get a drink.

¶ yeah, now. ¶

That woman
was my friend.

She was
tough, funny.

She didn't need a man to...

Take care of her or her child.

She was a survivor
from the day she was born.

Nobody handed her nothing.

We never had it easy.

None of us.
Especially not us women.

I know you all know
what i'm talking about.

It's true.

Look what my daddy
did to me.

Because i dared
to live my own life.

Love who i wanted.

Suzi:
You think the law

Would have anything
to say about it?

Hell no.

She's his property.

Let me tell you
something, ladies.

That girl,
she's every last one

Of us.

Well, i say no more.
Not in my house!

Any man that
would do that,

He needs to pay.

Who's with me?

I see a man.

With his arms torn off.

His insides are outside
for all the world to see.

And... This one?

Oh, that one's easy.

A man is stabbing
a woman to death.

Her blood is smeared
all over the wall.

It's going to be
a very messy cleanup.

I'm bored.

(grunts)
what's my score?

Mother said you wanted
to test my genius iq.

It'll take more than one
visit to determine that.

I'd like to see you
two times a week.

I've been reading
in national geographic

About the natives
of papua new guinea.

They would go to war
with a neighboring tribe,

And when they conquered them,

The winners would eat

The vanquished tribe's
best warriors,

And then their medicine man,
and then their chief.

Tell me, do you think
it's possible

To take someone's power
by eating their flesh?

Or could you do it just by...

Bathing in their blood?

You lied to me, mother.

Dr. Feinbloom had no interest
in measuring my genius iq.

All he wanted to do
was listen to me talk.

I'm never
going back.

Dandy, you must go back.

Do you think
i'm sick, mother?

Of course not.
You're spirited.

Regina:
That's a laugh.

Where...

Is my mother?
She ain't out buying squash.

I'm sure she'll be home in time
for dinner tomorrow night.

She better be.

Or i'm going to the police.

I'll strike you
a bargain, mother.

I'll go back
to see dr. Feinbloom.

In fact, i'll go
for an entire month.

That's wonderful,
dandy.

All you have to do
is kill regina.

You're a horrible
liar, mother.

She can see through every one
of your stupid stories.

Regina wants to send me
to the electric chair.

And if i go,

I'm bringing you

To sit
on my lap.

Isn't it beautiful?

(birds chirping)

(indistinct chatter)

(coughing)

What do they call you?

Barbara.

Can you switch
the machine back on?

What's the point?
You look miserable.

(whispers):
This place is the worst.

You have a pretty face.

I'm elsa mars. Come.

Barbara:
I'm a park avenue princess.

Upper east side townhouse.

We summer in bedford.

I despise
every minute of it.

Debutante balls,
dressing for dinner.

Do i look
like a debutante?

So they sent
you down here

To reduce?

You should see mother
at thanksgiving dinner.

Every time i take a bite,
she sees red.

Last summer, she started telling
people that i was knocked up

Because it was less shameful

Than me being a big, fat pig.

But i like me this way.

You are a hedonist,

A lover of the
physical world.

But what if i told you...

...That there
is a place

(chuckles)
where every pound

Of that glorious jiggle

Would be cheered and celebrated?
(chuckles)

Hmm?

What do we do
if dell comes back before we do?

Then he'll be next.

This caravan's still
as much mine as it is his.

Hey, who's got the rope?
I do.

Hmm.
(chuckles)

I'll take it from here.

It means a lot
that you want to help.

Truly.

But this isn't your fight.

Honey, you're family.

We take care of our own.

Evie,

Put our soup
on simmer.

Low flame.

Let's go.

(insects trilling)

(dog barking in distance)

¶ ¶

(sighs)

(clatter in distance)

¶ and don't dare call me
daddy again ¶

(creaking)

¶ i just said,
"don't dare call me daddy ¶

¶ da-da-daddy again" ¶

¶ i just said, "don't dare
call me daddy again" ¶

(creaking)

¶ don't dare
call me daddy again... ¶

You.

How'd you get in here?
I changed the locks.

Locks can't stop us.

"us"?

Who came here with you?

My sisters.

(shouts)

(grunting)

Let's beat it.

(footsteps approaching)

I ain't hungry.

Of course.
You're drinking your dinner.

What would your
mother say?
Nothing. She's dead.

(bottle clatters, shatters)

Give me a break, elsa.
I'm in mourning.

You are not

The only one
who has lost someone.

She was my mother!
You had others!

I raised you
as much as she did!

Every woman
in this place

Took turns
caring for you.

I showed you how to hold
an audience and to be a leader,

But clearly i failed
in that department.

You're nothing
but a load of wind.

How could you not come
to the funeral?

I was in miami. Recruiting.

You see her?

This is barbara.

Though i have given her
the stage name

Of ima wiggles.

Come in, dear.

Nice to meet you.

Sit down,
dear.

Eat.

Go on.
Eat up.

You are no good to us
without your figure.

She is named after the
greatest fat lady of all time,

Ima waddler,
all 800 pounds of her.

You see,

That's how it works.

Your mother lives

Because the show
will always go on.

You're late.

This party is over.

I've been telling you this
forever, elsa.

This world is dying,

And all the fat ladies
and lizard girls in the world

Ain't gonna change that.

I am trying to help you!

To help this troupe!
Why can you not see that?

(growls)
no! No. Wait, wait.

Wait.

Look at her.

Such an ample bosom.

What comfort
you can take there

On nights you would
have taken comfort

In your mother's embrace.

You're sick, elsa.

This pot pie is heaven.

Eat up, darling.

There's plenty more
where that came from.

Oh!
(grunts)

Look who ain't dead... Yet.

What's going on?
What do you want?

So many things.

But today,
we gonna settle for

A little payback.

Penny, suzi...

Grab them pillows.

Evie, fetch the tar.

Oh... Oh, god, no...

No, no, no.

(frustrated scream)

(grunts)
god...

No, no, no.
There is no god.

You proof
enough of that.

What you done

To your little girl...

That was chickenshit.

We gonna make sure
you look the part.

And after that,

I'm gonna cut your dick off
with this knife,

And then i'm gonna shoot you
in the head.

After that, we gonna chuck you
in the loxahatchee river,

See if the gators got
any use for what's left!

(laughing)

(grunts)

No!

Please, no!
Penny:
Wait!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Penny...

Let me.

What...? Penny?

Penny...

No.

Please, i'm sorry, penny.

No!

Penny, baby, i am sorry!

No!
(desiree laughing)

No!

Penny! No!

(screaming)

(distant screaming)

(screaming)

(women squealing, whooping)

(laughing)

Desiree:
Evie, get behind him!

Hold him
steady!

Suzi,

Drop his drawers.

(women laughing)

Maggie:
Stop!

Holy shit.

That's your father, isn't it?

Well, goddamn.

You really are a mind reader.

Get out.

This is freak women only.

And is this what it means
to be a freak woman?

What would you know
about it, anyway?

I know that if you do this,

It will change you.

More even than he changed you.

It will change me.

It will free me.

Maggie:
You'll get caught.

Go to prison or worse.

And what about paul?

He loves you.

And you're gonna
give all that up

For him?

Then he wins!

Look at you.

Pretty little white girl.

You got no idea what it's like,

Always living on the outside,

Looking in through a window,

Seeing all the things
you can never have

Because they say so.

You're right.

I can't really
understand

What it's like for you.

And i do plan to have
all of those things.

But, desiree,
what if you could, too?
Mm-mm.

I've lost my chance.

You don't know what chances
you might have left.

And you never will,
if you do this.

And neither will they.

Penny...

(moans)

I am the astounding lizard girl.

You get to live

Only because i say so.

But you come near me or mine

Ever again...

And i will kill you.

(knife clatters on floor)

Desiree:
Evie...

Take him to the edge of camp

And let him crawl home.

(ripping sound, vince screams)

Yes, doctor.

I booked passage on
the queen mary out of new york.

Open return.

Doctor:
Mrs. Mott, i don't think
this is wise.

I would recommend
temporary commitment.

Oh, goodness, no.

Dandy may seem durable,

But he's actually quite fragile.

Mrs. Mott...

I fear for your safety.

Thank you, doctor.

We won't be needing
your services any longer.

Dandy...

You startled me.

You think i'm
defective?

Unbalanced?

Fragile?

I was only trying
to placate the doctor.

We don't want him getting
proactive about your treatment.

Well, if i am unbalanced,
it's your fault.

Dora told me everything
when i was five.

Your father was wiped out
by the crash of '29,

And you would have done anything
to get back to a home like this.

Even marrying
your second cousin.

I loved your father.

I was born of deadly sin.

You knew what
father had done

To those
little girls.

You knew the risks

Of breeding with your cousin.

You're no better
than the roosevelts.

How dare you say that name
in this house?

I'm not going to europe.

I'm not going anywhere with you.

How can i possibly be
with a woman

Who hates me so much?

No, please, dandy...
(sobs)

This is our
last chance.

Can't you see that
you have a sickness?

Your father wasn't
the love of my life.

You were.

From the second
you came out

And looked at me with
that furrowed brow...

...I loved all of you, dandy.

Even the madness.

But...

I have no more love to give.

You have tapped me out.

You're right,
mother.

I'm sorry

I've caused you so much pain.

It's time for this
madness to end.

No, please, dandy.
Not this way.

I can't go on
if you kill yourself.

Okay.

Oh...

(shuddering inhale)

(sighs)

Maggie:
I thought you would have
sobered up by now.

Why would i want to do that?

Well, for one thing,

You're supposed to be
in charge around here.

Nothing makes sense.

It's not making sense.

The best way to honor ethel

Is to take care
of business here.

So we can leave.

Start our own life.

But you can't do that passed out
behind the ferris wheel

Or wallowing over here.

I mean, do you know
what almost happened last night?

What's wrong with you?

You sound like some
old schoolmarm.

I'm the girl who fell in love
with a leader.

A hero,
for christ sakes!

Where is he?
Well, surprise!

I can't just take my feelings
and roll 'em in a little ball

And stuff 'em back inside!

I'm not
general patton!

Christ!

Is that what
you want?

'cause if that's the case,
then buzz off!

That's not
what i said.

Look...

You need to eat something.

Listen to me, jimmy.

You didn't do
anything wrong.

You're assuming that

You could have saved
your mother, but...

Just let the idea go, baby.

You don't
understand anything.

No.

Give me!

You shouldn't
burden yourself

With the likes of me.

Go have your beautiful life

With someone else.

(sniffs)

All righty, then.

Thanks for the clarity.

You're still here?

I am.

(sobbing)