By Joe R
Well we are just speeding through the decade now! Let's take this year-by-year:
In 1967, Kit and Grace and Alma are all living polyamorously with their two children. Things are tenuous, however, as Grace is becoming increasingly fixated on the alien creatures and their grand plans for them, while Alma just as urgently wants to never speak of the aliens again. When Alma starts to think that Grace is looking for a way to call the aliens back for them, she snaps and puts an axe into the back of Grace's skull.
In 1968, Judy and Pepper are basically running shit at Briarcliff and things are going as well as can be expected. Monsignor Howard then stops by to tell Jude that the Church has donated Briarcliff to the state and that he's also leaving to become Cardinal and also that he's feeling guilty enough to arrange Jude's release before he goes. That's when it all starts to go bad. Among the dozens of new state inmates is a butch boss who looks exactly like the Angel Conroy. Jude's grip on her sanity starts to loosen as this new inmate wreaks havoc and before we know it, Jude's completely lost it. The new director of Briarcliff informs her that Monsignor Howard left two years ago, Pepper is dead and there are no plans to release her.
In 1969, Lana speaks at a book reading and is haunted by the ghosts of her past – namely, Thredson and Wendy -- who give her shit for goosing her book with embellishments, sacrificing truth for a better story. She's also become quite the diva. Kit comes to see her, and after some pleasantries, we see he's pretty disappointed in her for not following through on her promises to take down Briarcliff. He informs her that Sister Jude is still alive; he knows because he saw her while visiting Alma, who was sent to Briarcliff after that unfortunate axing-Grace episode. Then, all of a sudden, Alma's dead, too. After identifying his wife's body, Kit approaches Jude, but she's too far gone to recognize him. Lana is sympathetic, but not so sympathetic that she's going to risk her red-hot literary career to do anything daring.
Finally, in the present day, Dylan Face tracks down what appears to be the last first-edition copy of Lana Winters's book in creation. He menaces the book store owner with tales of his plan to track Lana down, show her the book, reveal his identity and then shoot her in the head. The book store owner hands that book right over. Season finale week!
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