Spoilers

“Murder House”

Vivien finds out that her house is on the famous murder location tour in LA (which was emceed by Josh Gad).

We get a bit of an origin story for the house as they give some details about the man who built the house back in 1923, Dr. Charles Montgomery. He was doing Frankenstein-like experiments in the basement, which we know is the most haunted place in the house.

Because of their desperate need for money, Montgomery’s wife, Nora, forced him to perform abortions in the basement as well.

Besides the Montgomery horrors, we saw what had happened with Moira and how she ended up trapped in the house. And surprise, she had been having an affair with Constance’s husband, although she wanted it to end and he was forcing himself on her when Constance found them. She shot her through the eye and then murdered her husband.

The show hinted at a deeper connection between Constance and Tate.

Hayden, the young girl Ben had an affair with in Boston and who he had taken to the abortion clinic, showed up in LA and told him that she did not go through with the abortion. The cracks in Hayden were really starting to show. She was murdered by Larry with a shovel. They bury her in the backyard of the Murder House and Ben builds a gazebo over the spot. Moira was buried in that same spot.

Kate Mara was amazing as Hayden, who was clearly unbalanced and crazed. She had just a few scenes but she really shook the life of Ben.

There are a ton of events happening in the show and everything is centered around the Murder House. There is a power to the place that almost feels like it is messing with the Harmons.

Murder House is one of my favorite anthology series from the AHS list.