American Horror Story: Birth

"Birth" is the eleventh episode of season one of the anthology series American Horror Story. The episode was directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by Tim Minear. The episode first aired on the FX Network on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011.

Appearances




















Allusions

 * Chad Warwick compares Tate Langdon to Norman Bates in this episode. Norman Bates is a fictional psychopath and the main antagonist from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho as well as three sequels and a television remake series called Bates Motel. On Bates Motel, Norman Bates is played by actor Freddie Highmore.

Quotes

 * Chad Warwick: Are you telling me that Norman Bates, Jr. is the baby daddy?

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 * Violet Harmon: I used to think you were like me. You were attracted to the darkness, but Tate, you are the darkness.

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 * Ben Harmon: Breathe, Vivien! I need you to breathe!

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 * Constance Langdon: What you are planning to do is unnatural.
 * Chad Warwick: Deodorant's unnatural, but it's a public good. We'll make excellent parents.
 * Constance Langdon: "Man shall not lie with man. It is an abomination".
 * Chad Warwick: So's that hairdo, but I figure that's your business.

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 * Moira O'Hara: He's the most beautiful baby I've ever seen.
 * Constance Langdon: From blood and pain come perfection.

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 * Tate Langdon: Seriously, though, are you ready for all this? I mean, you never struck me as the diapers and midnight feedings type.
 * Patrick: Maybe you should have taken a few minutes to get to know me before you stuck a fireplace poker up my ass.
 * Tate Langdon: Fair enough.