Storyline: Unfolds around the Harmon family, a family of three with Ben (Dylan Mcdermott), a cheating husband, a charlatan of a therapist, and a failed father figure, Vivien (Connie Britton), a submissive wife, that gives birth to a stillborn, and is also a major negative role model to her daughter as she accepts this deceptive, unfaithful husband back into her life and Violet (Taissa Farmiga) a depressed teenage girl that contemplates suicide on a daily basis. This unlikable family has moved from Boston to Los Angeles as an attempt to bring their family closer. They move into this gorgeous mansion that was surprisingly and questionably very affordable which proves within hours to us, the viewers, to being haunted.

Episode 1: "Pilot" 

Air date: October 5, 2011

Theme Song: Special Death by Mirah

The pilot begins with a flashback into 1978 where Twins Bryan and Troy are looking for trouble by entering the mansion after being warned by Addy, that they will die if they proceed. They ignored her warning and wandered into the basement of the house where they met with their fate. In present time, The Harmons move into their new mansion in Los Angeles running away from their dreadful past for a new beginning. Their mansion starts to unveil its long-term residents. We meet Tate, a confused, mentally unstable teenage "boy" living or dead is questionable as he seeks therapy from Ben but seems to be suspisciously constantly at the mansion, Moira who introduces herself as an old maid with a greyish film over her right eye to Vivien and a pair of stockings with garters wearing gorge red-head in a sexier version of the French maid uniform to Ben (to men in general as we later find out); Larry Harvey, a burnt cancer patient who attempts to convince Ben that the house is haunted; Infantata, a scary creature living in the basement of the mansion that feeds on possums to survive; Constance, a clepto neighbor who happens to be seen more at the mansion than her own home and finally Addy, Constance's daughter.

Shock Value: The opening scene with the twins wandering into the basement and being killed by the Infantata.

The scene with the young sexy maid masturbating and getting caught by Ben.

The scene with Ben masturbating naked and getting startled by Larry, the burnt cancer patient, outside his window.

Ben walking around the house in the nude.

The scene with Infantata in the basement attacking Leah, Violet's bully from school.

The scene with the rubber-man walking around the house and finally has sexual intercourse with Vivien, assuming she believes the gimp suit wearing man is her husband but us, the viewers, beg to differ.

Best Kills: Infantata killing The Twins in 1978

Ghost Reveal: Moira

Homage to: The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, Amityville Horror, The Addams Family, Dark Shadows

Favorite Quote: "Don't make me kill you again." - Constance to Moira

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Episode 2: "Home Invasion"

Air Date: October 12, 2011

Theme song: Special Death by Mirah

Ben goes back to Boston to end completely his affair with the student and leaves his family behind, helpless they are not, as the house perpetual "residents" join forces to fight off these posers who invade the house mainly to re-enact a particular murder that occurred in 1968 by R. Franklin, within the walls of this exact mansion. We find out that Constance is a bad mother as she'd rather continue her sexual session with the younger man than to pay any attention to her own daughter, Addy and on another occasion while speaking to Vivien about her pregnancy with Addy and how she felt like leaving her on the side of the road, what's so messed up, is that she is chatting up Vivien while trying to poison Violet with these home-made cupcakes. On another note, after the near death encounters, Vivien finally realize something is wrong with this house and wise up to get out quickly without looking back. This episode got me hungry for so much more...!

Shock Value: The ritualistic murders of the nurses.

The Intruders' violent death.

Best Kills: The double murder in 1968. 

Tate striking Bianca, one of the intruders, in the abdomen. 

Ghost Reveal: Tate

Homage to: The Manson Killings, The Strangers, Rosemary's Baby, Amityville Horror

Favorite Quote: "I get the shovel, you get the bleach." Moira to Tate

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Episode 3: "Murder House"

Air Date: October 19, 2011

In 1983, a young and sexy Moira is in the mansion cleaning and gets sexually assaulted by Constance's husband. As they argued before, we could sense that she had a sexual encounter with him prior but this time around, she wanted no parts of him. Unfortunately for her, a very upset and resolved Constance catches them in the act as she will take no prisoner, she shoots both Moira in the right eye and seconds later, her husband. In present time, Moira is continuously coming on to Ben and convinces Vivien that it is the other way around, and threatens to sue if Vivien fires her. Later on, Vivien finds out the murderous past of the house while riding on a haunted house tour bus and leaves abruptly when she notices that she is bleeding after hearing about The Montgomerys, the crazed couple that lived there before her. Nonetheless, Vivien meets with Nora, Dr. Montgomery's wife later on that day not knowing that she is a ghost.

Theme Song: For Everything a Reason by Carina Wound

Shock Value: Constance killing both her maid and husband.

Moira's body being found by Larry and burying Hayden right on top of Moira's dead body.

Vivien stops bleeding as soon as she gets to the Murder House.

Best Kills: Larry striking Hayden so violently with the shovel, killing her instantly.

Ghost Reveal: Confirmed Moira

Homage to: Amityville Horror, Rosemary's Baby

Favorite Quote:"Every time I find my heart breaking just a sliver for you, I suddenly remember, you made this mess for yourself. And, I also remember, every time I see that ghostly eye, that I was and continue to be a hell of shot."

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Episode 4: "Halloween I"

Air Date: October 26, 2011

In 2010, gay couple Chad and Patrick are killed by a gimp-suit wearing man in the murder house while setting up for Halloween. Vivien is convinced that Ben has been in contact with Hayden as she followed Chad's advice on checking his cell's bill and ask Ben to leave. She clutches her belly as she is obviously in pain, her husband take her to the hospital. There, they find out that her baby is growing at an abnormally fast pace and gets released as she was doing better. As she gets home, Vivien discovers that Hayden was in the house and very pregnant which urges her to completely push Ben out of the house and get Hayden arrested. Addie whose only wish is to be a pretty girl, finally gets a pretty girl mask from her mother Constance as a consolation prize. Addie cannot wait to show off her new beautiful girl face to Violet, but noone answers the door. Addie's low self-esteem issues are confirmed as she is pushing herself onto a clan of mean, arrogant girls for acceptance. As she is following them accross the street and not paying attention, she gets accidentally hit by a car. Shockingly sad and crying Constance tries to make sure Addie is placed on the lawn so her spirit can stay with the house and close to her.

Theme Song: Big Mother by Feeding People

Shock Value: Patrick tries to give Ben a BJ. 

Best Kills: Rubber-man drowing Chad in the apple bucket.

Ghost Reveal: Nora, Tate, Moira, Chad, Bryan, Patrick, Troy

Homage to: Rosemary's Baby, Halloween

Favorite Quote:" The dead walks freely on Halloween night" Moira

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Episode 5: "Halloween II"

Air Date: November 2, 2011

Theme Song: Lavender Moon by Haroula Rose

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Favorite Quote: "I wanna be a pretty girl."

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Tagline: "You're going to die in there."

Writers: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk

Director: Ryan Murphy

Actors: Dylan Mcdermott, Connie Britton, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Lange, Kate Mara, Evan Peters, Denis O'Hare