Told you that the American Horror Story: Freak Show episodes 6-10 recap would be up later today! Let’s get started!

Episode 6 “Bullseye”: In episode six we learn about how incest was a thing in Dandy’s family after his mother Gloria hands Dandy a platter of condoms insisting that he mate with Bette and Dotte. She mentions how much trouble incest has caused the family in the past and thinks Dandy can break that cycle, the man child refuses though, saying that he’d never violate the girls because he loves them. WHAT A GUY!!! We’re introduced to Paul AKA “The Illustrated Seal” and his sexual endeavors, shacking up with both Elsa and the hospital worker who participated in the freak show orgy in episode one. #gettingit Once Elsa learns of her lovers betrayal with Penny she calls a troupe meeting and throws a BF (#bitchfit) because of that and the amount of shit talking going on about the disappearance of the conjoined twins. She says the only way for her to trust her crew is if they trust her and insists that one of the members of the troupe hop onto her spinning bullseye so she can practice her knife throwing. Paul volunteers. The first two knives are thrown safely, but the third one lands in Paul’s stomach. Moral of the story: Don’t mess with Elsa *finger snap*. Maggie and Stanley are desperate for a freak show members body to make some moolah, so they come up with an evil plan to kill sweet Ma Petite, because it will be quick and she won’t fight back. Maggie wakens the tiny princess in the middle of the night and carries her off to a nearby barn where she tells her they’re going to play a game. She places Ma Petite in a glass jar “like a butterfly!” exclaims the girl. We see Maggie holding a bottle of poison over the jar but luckily she can’t bring herself to do it. The episode ends with Jimmy at the door of Dandy Mott’s house when he learns that he might have something to do with the disappearance of the twins. Jimmy is escorted into the home, but little does he know, Dandy is armed with a dagger in the back of his pants. DUN DUN DUNNN! (The full review can be seen at: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/11/12/american-horror-story-episode-6/)

Episode 7 “Test of Strength”: This episode takes off where episode six ends, with Jimmy at the Mott residence. He convinces the girls to come back to the freak show. Upon their arrival the girls say that they wanted to be introduced to the finer things in life and Elsa made this possible by sending them to live with Dandy. She told the girls that they would always have a home at the freak show so they came back. All of these lies were made in order to black mail Elsa. Bette wanted her hair dyed blonde, caviar for breakfast, and to become a comedian while her sister wanted a twenty percent profit from the box office and the surgery to be separated from her twin. Stanley blackmails Dell once he learns about his sexuality. He threatens to tell the troupe unless Dell murders a freak show member for him. With this, Del attempts to kill Amazon Eve which backfired on him considering she beat the living hell out of the strong man. After this, Jimmy tells the ladies of the freak show that he’s going to have a man to man talk with Dell, so they go out for a drink.The men get drunky pants, and begin all of their inebriated babbling. All of a sudden, Jimmy runs to the alley way to hurl. Dell follows him and holds a brick to his head while his son’s back is turned. Jimmy then turns around, and tells Dell that he’s known he was his father for a long time, and begs for him to admit his paternity. Dell grows a heart for a minute and admits this to his son, they then make their way back to the carnival and call it a night. The unfortunate mutilation of Penny happens in Test of Strength when her Nazi like father learns of her association with the freak show. He has his daughter drugged and while she’s unconscious, a tattoo artist covers her face in scale like tattoos and has her tongue forked. So sad. The episode ended with the murder of the precious Ma Petite at the hands of Dell Toledo. He sneaked into her tent at night, offered her a new dress, and when she lifted her arms to hug him, he picked her up and broke her neck. 😦 (The full review can be seen at: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/11/19/american-horror-story-episode-7/)

Episode 8 “Blood Bath”: A whole lot of murder happened in Blood Bath, starting with the killing of Gloria Mott at the hands of her own son, Dandy. A lot about Dandy’s childhood is revealed, like his early murderous tendencies and how he was a child of incest. He blames his mother for all of the wrong in his life, and holds a gun to his head. Gloria pleads that she can’t go one without him if he kills himself. “Okay,” Dandy shrugs, and turns the gun on his mother, shooting her dead. Ethel Darling also gets killed in episode eight, at the hands of her best friend, Elsa. Ethel is on to all of Elsa’s shenanigans, and believes that she killed Ma Petite. Ethel shoots Elsa in the leg, but to her surprise nothing happens because Elsa has a wooden prosthetic. Ethel then holds the gun to her own head, but before she can pull the trigger, Elsa offers her a glass of Schnapps for the road. She goes to the bar cart to make a drink, well aware that Ethel is now pointing the gun at her, then turns around quickly and throws a knife into her best friend’s eye, killing her instantly. Thanks to Stanley, stage makeup, and a car driving itself into a tree, Elsa is able to play Ethel’s death off as a suicide. Two almost murders take place in this episode. Dandy desperately wants to axe Regina, who is the daughter of the murdered maid, Dora. Rest assured that this will happen soon enough. Penny’s father is also almost killed in this episode, but his murder was prevented by Maggie who walked in on Desiree, Eve, and Penny who were about to stab the man. She tells the ladies to take a chill pill, and they let him go free. Imma Wiggles, the new Fat Lady in the freak show is introduced in episode eight as well. (The full review can be seen here at: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/12/03/american-horror-story-episode-8/)

Episode 9 “Tupperware Party Massacre”: Dandy boy murders an Avon lady at the beginning of episode nine and sews her head onto the corpse of his mother and pretends that they’re the conjoined twins, Bette and Dotte. #weird A police man along with Regina show up at Dandy’s home, and Dandy doesn’t confirm nor deny that he’s killed anyone. However he talks about how much money his family has and offers to pay the cop one million dollars cash if he kills Regina. Without a moments hesitation, he turns the gun on her and shoots her dead. #corruptcops Jimmy shacks up with Miss Imma Wiggles…to each their own I suppose? Dotte confesses her love to Jimmy and drops her and her sister’s dress. “Not many men can boast of having a blonde and a brunette,” she says. Unfortunately, Jimmy tells the girls that he’s in love with someone else. He puts their dress back on, and the rejected twins walk away holding each others hand. Jimmy is invited to do his thing at a housewife’s Tupperware party. However, he gets kicked out for being drunky pants, “he kept missing,” scoffs Sylvia, the hostess. After Jimmy stumbles away, Dandy Boy knocks on the door, turning on the charm and asking to use their phone because his car broke down. The swooning housewife invites him in, and Dandy murders every single one of them, storing their fresh blood in the Tupperware. Jimmy is the one to pay the piper for this crime though, because his gloves were left at the crime scene. He is arrested at the end of the Tupperware Party Massacre. (The full review can be viewed at: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/12/11/american-horror-story-episode-9/)

Episode 10 “Orphans”: In this fantastic episode we learn about fan favorite Pepper’s tragic back story. We also learn of how she came to Briarcliff in season two American Horror Story: Asylum. Lily Rabe makes an appearance in Orphans, returning as Sister Mary Eunice from season two. Stanley visits Jimmy in jail, telling him that he’s going to get Jimmy a good lawyer to get him out. Jimmy tells Stanley that he has no money or valuables to pay for it, but Stanley assures him that he’ll think of something. (AKA the lobster claws!!!) Sweet Pepper’s soul mate, Salty passes away in episode ten. Stanley insists on taking care of the body by ways of cremation, so Elsa can get her beauty rest for becoming a television star. We then see Stanley hacking away at Salty’s head with an axe, while ashing a cigarette into an urn. Salty’s pinhead becomes the next display piece at the American Morbidity Museum. The museum had some surprise guests, Maggie and Desiree. After a fake psychic reading gone wrong to Desi and her beau Angus, a drunken Maggie confesses to her that her and Stanley are business partners. She claims that they pick the pockets of the audience after the show is over, but Desi calls bullshit. She then threatens Maggie’s life if her and her partner had anything to do with the recent murders at the freak show. Maggie then tells Desiree she has a plan to save the troupe from the evil Stanley. The girls head off to the museum to see Ma Petite’s body and Salty’s pinhead on display. They also see the newest addition to the museum….lobster hands. (To read Pepper’s back story, please view the entire review at: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/12/17/american-horror-story-episode-10/)

So there you have it, the recaps of American Horror Story: Freak Show episodes 6-10. Make sure you check back in at lifewithlilred tomorrow night for my review of episode eleven!! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns: leave me a comment and let’s chat! Happy Tuesday! -Sarah

Hey guys! With the new episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show coming out tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to give a recap of the season thus far. Especially because the two week “holiday vacation” from the show felt like an eternity! So let’s dive right into it with the season premiere!

Episode 1 “Monsters Among Us”: Nothing extremely detrimental to the show happened in this episode. It basically set the stage for the rest of the season, introducing us to the freak show troupe, owned by Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange). We meet Twisty the clown who has a love for murdering people by maniacally stabbing them. In this episode he murders a young boys parents and kidnaps the boy. He also murders the boyfriend of a twenty something year old and kidnaps her as well. In the season premiere we also meet Gloria and Dandy Mott who purchase all the seats to one of the freak show performances. Dandy would like to purchase Bette and Dotte the conjoined twins for $15,000 but the girls refuse. (To read a full synopsis on this episode you can check out my full review at https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/10/10/american-horror-story-season-premiere/)

Episode 2 “Massacres and Matinees”:  A lot of really important stuff happened in episode two. We are introduced to Desiree Dupree, a hermaphrodite and her husband, Dell Toledo, the strong man. We learn that Dell is the father of Jimmy Darling and the ex-husband to Ethel Darling. Elsa hired Dell with the intention of him becoming the troupes new powerful male leader. He showcases this authority by beating his son, Jimmy senseless at a local diner when he catches the troupe having an outing there. Dandy and his mother Gloria play a big part in this episode. Massacres and Matinees showed us just how far Gloria would go to please her man child son. While driving down a country road, she notices none other than Twisty ambling about. She invites him to her home to perform for Dandy. While in Dandy’s play room he demands entertainment from the clown. While Twisty is rummaging through a toy box, the curious Dandy tries to look through the bag that Twisty carries with him everywhere he goes. An angry Twisty whacks Dandy over the head with a bowling pin and runs off. In episode two, Twisty’s face under his smiling mask is revealed when his female hostage whacks him over the head with a board, causing his mask to fall. The kidnapped boy and girl run off. The female unfortunately runs straight into Dandy who goes out searching for the clown, she frantically tells him that a clown is going to kill her. A light bulb sparks in Dandy’s head and he hoists the girl on his shoulders sing songing “clown, I have something for you!!” Thus, a new dream team is formed. (The full review can be seen here: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/10/16/american-horror-story-episode-2/)

Episode 3 “Edward Mordrake”: Oh yes, yes, yes indeed. I loved this episode very much. We are introduced to the con artists Stanley and Maggie who venture to the freak show with the hopes of making some serious cash. Maggie poses as a fortune teller while Stanley pretends to be a talent scout from Hollywood. They were inspired once they were offered a handsome sum of money for the remains of freak show members for the American Morbidity Museum. We learn the legend of Edward Mordrake, a man with a demon on the back of his head. Mordrake is said to come to anyone who is caught rehearsing or performing on Halloween to kill a member of the freak show so they can be in his undead carnie troupe. Mordrake appears after he catches Elsa rehearsing thanks to a fortune that Maggie told her of Elsa becoming famous. Edward then goes from troupe member to member learning their back story, where we learn the tragic tale of Ethel Darling. Twisty kidnaps a new hostage in episode three and Dandy creates his own clown suit to join in on Twisty’s insane fun. (The full review can be seen here, which I highly recommend if you want to learn about Ethel’s past: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/10/23/american-horror-story-episode-three/)

Episode 4 “Edward Mordrake Pt 2”: This was a good one! We learn the deeply upsetting back stories of Twisty the Clown and Elsa Mars thanks to Edward Mordrake. This episode was definitely a tear jerker! In Twisty, Mordrake finds the newest member to his undead troupe so he kills him and reincarnates him into the man who he used to be before his suicide attempt left his face destroyed. In episode four, Maggie and Jimmy stumble upon Twisty’s camp, thanks to seeing our female hostage escape (again!) only to get caught and carried back to the camp by Twisty. Dandy promptly smacks both intruders on the head so he can use them for his special Halloween performance. He ties Jimmy up and uses Maggie as his assistant in the classic “sawing a body in half” trick. Luckily for Maggie AKA “Tiny Tits” Jimmy gets himself untied, hits Dandy, and saves the day. At this point, the Twisty interaction with Mordrake has happened already, and once Dandy finds his partners dead body, he takes the clown’s mask and places it on his own face. He then makes his way home to be hassled by his arch enemy maid Dora, and slits her throat with a pair of scissors. (The full review can be seen here if you’d like to read about Twisty and Elsa’s back story! https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/10/30/american-horror-story-episode-4/)

Episode 5 “Pink Cupcakes”: A lot of really important stage setters happened in episode five. We learn of Stanley AKA “Mr. Spencer’s” slime ball tactics to try and kill the conjoined twins with poisoned pink frosted cupcakes as a celebration gift for a possible television debut for the girls. Thankfully Dotte slaps the cupcake from her sweet sister’s hand saying that they need to watch their figure if they’re going to be on television. Desiree Dupree’s one hundred percent womanhood is also revealed on this episode, after she has a moment of marital weakness with Jimmy when she can’t find her husband Dell anywhere. A drunk Miss Dupree asks the lobster boy to make her feel again, and his heavy duty fingering causes her to bleed. Dupree is rushed to the doctor, where she learns that this bleeding was actually a miscarriage and that she’s been a woman all along. This is thanks to her body having too much testosterone, thus rapidly producing estrogen to compromise for it. This extra estrogen gave Dupree her third breast and an enlarged clitoris which she thought was a “dang a lang”. Dell Toledo’s homosexuality is introduced in episode five, where we see him at a gay bar with his young lover, Andy. Unfortunately Andy’s AHS debut is short lived, because Dandy kills him later in this episode while on a quest to become the greatest serial killer of all time. One final surprise of Pink Cupcakes is at the end of the episode when a jealous Elsa drops Bette and Dotte off at the Mott residence “I believe I have something you want” Elsa says as she gestures grandly to the girls. (The full review can be seen here at: https://lifewithlilred.com/2014/11/06/american-horror-story-episode-5/)

The reviews for American Horror Story: Freak Show episodes 6-10 will be available later today! Until then, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, leave me a comment and let’s chat! -Sarah