American Horror Story: Bitchcraft

"Bitchcraft" is the first episode of season three of the horror-themed television series American Horror Story and the twenty-sixth episode of the series overall. It is chapter one in the "Coven" storyline. The episode was directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. It first aired on the FX Network on Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 at 10:00 pm.

Synopsis
Harboring a secret agenda, Fiona Goode, the most powerful witch of their generation, returns to town, reigniting old rivalries with the coven's deadly enemies, the Voodoo.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on disc one of the American Horror Story: Coven DVD collection and the American Horror Story: Coven Blu-ray collection.


 * This episode is rated TV-MA.


 * Production code number: 3ATS01.


 * This episode had a special running time of 75 minutes.


 * "Bitchcraft" aired in the United Kingdom on October 29th, 2013.


 * Flashback scenes in this episode take place in the year 1834.


 * Actor Scott Michael Jefferson is credited as Scott Jefferson in this episode. He is also known for playing Guest #2 in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.


 * This is the first horror genre work for actor Ameer Baraka.


 * Delphine LaLaurie is the first character to appear in this season. She is also the first character with speaking lines.


 * Horses are the first creature to appear in this episode.


 * Charlie Taylor is the first character in this season to actually "die".

Allusions

 * The song that Fiona Goode dances to while using drugs is "In a Gadda Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly.


 * Cordelia's line to Fiona, "Don't make me drop a house on you", is a reference to The Wizard of Oz, in which Dorothy Gale's farmhouse landed in Oz on top of the Wicked Witch of the East, killing her.


 * Queenie makes reference to growing up on TV shows like Charmed. This was a show that aired on the WB Network that featured a family coven of witches known as the Charmed Ones.

Quotes

 * Delphine LaLaurie: When the blood dries, my skin is supposed to be as tight as a drum. Just look at this waddle.

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 * Delphine LaLaurie: Hush it up! Or I'll rip your lips open and stuff more shit in there.

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 * Delphine LaLaurie: My great literacy began with Greek mythology... the minotaur was always my favorite.