"Halloween (Part 2)" | |
Series: | American Horror Story |
Season: | 1/5 |
Storyline: | "Murder House" |
Airdate: | November 2nd, 2011 |
Director: | David Semel |
Writer: | Tim Minear |
Cast: | Dylan McDermott Connie Britton Evan Peters Taissa Farmiga Denis O'Hare Jessica Lange |
Previous: | "Halloween (Part 1)" |
Next: | "Piggy, Piggy" |
"Halloween (Part 2)" is the fifth episode of season one of the anthology series American Horror Story. The episode was directed by David Semel and written by Tim Minear. The episode first aired on the FX Network on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Minor characters
- Bryan
- Chloe Stapleton
- Gladys
- Kevin Gedman
- Kyle Greenwell
- Luke
- Maria
- Steph Bogg
- Troy
Organizations
- Harmon family
- Langdon family
- Montgomery family
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
Explicit content
Notes[]
- American Horror Story was created by Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy and produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series is unique from other such programs in that each season is a self-contained storyline with a different cast of characters and actors, though many cast members are recycled as different characters from season to season.
- This episode is available on disc one of the American Horror Story: The Complete First Season DVD collection.
- This episode is production code number: 1ATS04.
- This episode aired in the United Kingdom on the FOX Network on December 5th, 2011.
- Actors Kate Mara and Zachary Quinto are given a "Special Guest Star" credit in this episode.
- This is the second episode of American Horror Story directed by David Semel. He previously directed "Halloween (Part 1)". His next episode is season two's "The Origins of Monstrosity".
- This is the first episode of American Horror Story written by Tim Minear. His next episode is "Birth".
- This is the first television acting work for Alexander Nimetz. He appears next in episode 1x06, "Piggy, Piggy".
Allusions[]
- Violet Harmon refers to Tate's antagonists as the "Dead Breakfast Club". The Breakfast Clubs is a 1985 comedy directed by John Hughes. It stars Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald. The premise of the film is about five high school students forced to spend Saturday detention together.
Quotes[]
- Ben Harmon: I won't be the victim of this sick extortion!
- Larry Harvey: Oh, wow. You really don't get it, do you? Your narrow, clinical world view doesn't let you. Buddy, you are so screwed. You know what the thing about the dead is? They got nothing left to lose!
- Ben Harmon: Enough of this bullshit! I want some goddamn answers!
- Larry Harvey: You don't even know what the goddamn question is!
....
- Tate Langdon: Screw high school. That's just a blip in your timeline. Don't get stuck there.
....
- Constance Langdon: One of the comforts of having children is knowing one's youth has not fled, but merely been passed down to a new generation. they say when a parent dies, a child feels his own mortality. But when a child dies, it's immortality that a parent loses.