American Horror Story: Hotel, Season 5, Episode 8
Title: "Ten Commandments Killer"
Aired: 12/2/2015
Synopsis: The title pretty much says it all here. We learn the identity of the Ten Commandments Killer. It's a credit to the overall success of Hotel that Ryan Murphy & co. have managed to craft an interesting episode around the least interesting storyline of the season. Hard to complain about an episode with this much sweet, sweet March action.
Precious little baby.
American Horror Story: Hotel, Season 5, Episode 6
Title: "Room 33"
Aired: 11/11/2015
Synopsis: Ramona and Donovan put their "revenge on gaga" plan into action, Alex quickly becomes a hated character by playing unnecessary mindgames with poor John, and Liz and Rufio confess a juicy secret. So many things to pay attention to!
American Horror Story: Hotel, Season 5, Episode 5
Title: "Room Service"
Aired: 11/4/2015
Synopsis: After being invited to a bloody teat-sucking party, hosted by The Countess, Alex uses her own newly-hightened blood as an unconventional and controversial method of treatment for her measels patient. What has to be the worst, most obnoxious, Halloween-hating couple push Iris to her breaking point, and Liz Taylor's background with The Countess is revealed and it is glorious. Praise Her!
Ramona Royale
American Horror Story: Hotel, Season 5, Episode 4
Title: "Devil's Night"
Aired: 10/28/2015
Synopsis: Wow! Where do I even start with this episode? So the “Halloween Week” episodes of American Horror Story have traditionally been pretty Halloweeny, so to speak, as well as a bit more action-packed than the rest of the season’s episodes (with the exception of Asylum, whose Halloween episode was uncharacteristically lackluster); In Murder House, we got a two-parter where the dead come above ground to walk amongst the living; Coven gave us zombies and Voodoo; Freak Show introduced us to Edward Mordrake (another two-parter); and finally, with Hotel, we get the aptly titled Devil’s Night, which introduces us to a handful of new, unsavory characters.
In this episode, Detective Lowe reneges on his vow of sobriety by starting off the night with a few martinis, which he enjoys while in the company of one Miss Aileen Wuornos. After an unsuccessful attempt at purchasing some sexy time with the infamous femme fatale, Detective Lowe is invited to the dinner party to end all dinner parties, hosted by Mr. March. The guests at this dinner party are really a colorful bunch with one very specific pastime in common, and Detective Lowe soon finds himself in a rather uncomfortable position.
American Horror Story: Hotel, Season 5, Episode 2
Title: "Chutes and Ladders"
Aired: 10/14/2015
Synopsis: Craziness continues at the Hotel Cortez. The hotel's new owner, Will Drake, is throwing a fashion show for all of his fancy, fashionable friends (including Naomi Campbell). We're introduced to the bad-boy of the fashion show, Tristan Duffy (Finn Wittrock), and later find out that The Countess has taken a liking to him. We also learn more about the hotel's history, starting with the wealthy man who built it, Mr. James March (Evan Peters). Last but not least, there's Detective Lowe, who is trying to cope with the bomb his daughter just dropped on him.
American Horror Story: Hotel, Season 5, Episode 1
Title: "Checking In"
Aired: 10/7/2015
Synopsis: In this premiere, we meet quite a few of the characters who occupy the Hotel Cortez; Iris (Kathy Bates), Hypodermic Sally (Sara Paulson), Det. John Lowe (Wes Bentley), (Donovan) Matt Bomer, Dr. Alex Lowe (Chloë Sevingny), Liz Taylor (Denis O'Hare), Will Drake (Cheyenne Jackson), The Countess (Lady Gaga), and Gabriel (Max Greenfield).
The Hotel Cortez seems to be a place where people come to stay...forever! Kidding aside, that's one of the main pieces of info we learn in this episode. The other is that Det. Lowe has been working a grisly case involving a very creative serial killer. He's checking into the Cortez because his son has been kidnapped (presumably by the serial killer) and his wife, Alex, can't be in the same house as him on account of him looking so much like their missing son.
This first episode is definitely a setup for what could potentially be a pretty awesome season. Here's hoping they don't blow it.
