Winter of Our Discontent (American Horror Story)
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Episode 8
| "Winter of Our Discontent" | |
|---|---|
| American Horror Story episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Barbara Brown |
| Written by | Joshua Green |
| Featured music | "I Swear" by All-4-One |
| Production code | 7ATS08 |
| Original air date | October 24, 2017 |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Winter of Our Discontent" is the eighth episode of the seventh season of the anthology television series American Horror Story. It aired on October 24, 2017, on the cable network FX. The episode was written by Joshua Green, and directed by Barbara Brown.[1]
Reduced to subservient roles for the new men in Kai's cult, Beverly and Ivy plan to rebel, but Winter defends her brother. Beverly urges Winter that Kai considers her expendable. Winter recounts a story where she and Kai infiltrated an ultra-conservative religious order led by a deranged Pastor who inflicted hideous tortures upon sinners. After that, Winter recounts, Kai went darker and became more intent on righting wrongs.
Winter visits Kai in the inner sanctum. He says that she is to bear the new Messiah through Samuels. As Samuels inseminates Winter, Kai intends to inseminate him, leaving her "pure". When the time comes for the "ritual," Winter and Samuels object and Kai insists that "no one is above the law".
Vincent shows Ally a family photograph and explains that Kai is his brother and Winter (Ivy's new lover) his sister. He says he will ensure that Ally is reunited with Oz. Ally invites Kai in for dinner, where she tells him that Vincent intends to commit Kai, and details his upcoming betrayal.
Samuels tells Winter how he met Kai and blackmailed Kai into being his partner. Samuels insists that he is not gay and tries to rape her. She takes his gun and shoots him through the head.
In the inner sanctum, a clown-masked Kai bids "bring the betrayers" to him as the cultists chant "my ruler". A hooded Beverly and Vincent are led in. Winter unmasks herself and looks on in horror as Kai slashes Vincent's throat and orders Beverly to be taken to the isolation chamber. Ally unmasks herself as the newest clown.
