By Joe R
In keeping with the pace that this series has historically preferred, tonight's episode included one major character introduction, two semi-major character deaths, electroshock therapy, demonic possession, exorcism, a second demonic possession and a possible new suspect for the identity of Bloody Face. Gotta keep up!
So Adam Levine and Clea DuVall are both dead before the credits roll each murdered by Bloody Face, though decades apart from each other. Wendy's death, by the way, confirms that the Bloody Face killings continue despite Kit's incarceration.
Back at Briarcliff, Zachary Quinto arrives as the court-appointed psychologist tasked with determining whether Kit is sane enough to stand trial. Grace wants Kit to fake insanity and avoid the Chair, but Kit would rather just escape. Meantime, Lana gets caught taking notes about her mistreatment and Sister Jude doesn't want any record of Briarcliff's sins residing anywhere, even in Lana's memories, so she submits Lana to electroshock. Lana's in a daze after that, but she can still remember the secret tunnel of Sister Eunice's and after Grace shows her some kindness, Lana says the both of them should escape. Grace wants Kit to come with them too, but Lana refuses to allow a serial killer of women back into the wild.
In more serialized news, worried parents bring their horse-mutilating son in for examination and while Dr. Quinto sees a medical problem, Sister Jude and Monsignor Howard see differently and call for an exorcism. In their defense, his eyes did start glowing amber and all. After some faith-vs.-science debate, the exorcism is ON -- but Sister Jude and her delicate feminine sensibilities are asked to leave the room. During an intermission, however, she enters the room with the demon, who proceeds to taunt her while filling the rest of us in on Jude's past as a WWII good-time lounge singer AND secret hit-and-run murderess. When the exorcism resumes, the power goes out, the boy dies (bummer) and the demon leaps bodies into Sister Eunice… though no one seems to notice.
Speaking of whom, Eunice's weirdly paternal/sexual interactions with Dr. Arden catch the eye of Shelly the Nympho, who makes a pass/monologue at Dr. Arden herself, only to be brusquely shot down by the good (?) doctor, who despises whores. Except: kidding! He totally loves prostitutes, especially when they come over for dinner, don't swear too much, dress up as nuns, and allow him to hog-tie them and photograph them on his bed. This week's particular whore finds Arden's secret stash of snuff Polaroid's and bites Arden's shoulder to make her escape. Better luck time, you rapey old possible Bloody Face!
Oh, but back to the exorcism: when the power goes out, Lana tells Grace this is their shot to escape. But Kit sees them making a break for it and Grace refuses to leave him behind. If Lana won't take him, Grace and Kit will go by themselves. Seeing this, Lana makes the hugely difficult decision to deep-six her own chances of escape and holler to the guards that the woman-killer is trying to escape. The day, Sister Jude tells Lana she respects her courage and as a reward, she won't get caned but will have to watch Kit and Grace get twenty lashes each. At the last minute, Kit confesses to coming up with the escape idea and thus assumes all 40 lashes himself. Chivalrous little cutie.
Featuring The Exorcist as performed by Zachary Quinto, Jessica Lange, Joseph Fiennes and company; Psycho, as performed by Clea DuVall; and I Know What You Did Last Summer, as performed by Jessica Lange.
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