Go to Hell (American Horror Story)

"Go to Hell (American Horror Story)"

"Go to Hell" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the third season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on January 22, 2014, on the cable network FX. The episode was written by Jessica Sharzer and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.

Plot

Fiona shows Queenie a silent movie about the seven wonders, which leads her to scheduling Queenie’s performance of the Seven Wonders. Queenie tells her that she is on to her, as she considers Fiona’s action as another desperate attempt to kill the Supreme. Furious, Fiona denies any kind of evil plan, as she wants to enjoy her last weeks of live peacefully.

Queenie needs an explanation for Laveu’s absence in the house so, she performs Descensum, successfully, and finds herself in Chubbie’s Chicken Shack, selling chicken to customers. She doesn’t realize what’s happening, until’ she meets Papa Legba who explains to her that she has the power to go to hell and back. Queenie’s worst time of her life was while working in Chubbie’s Chicken Shack, and that’s why she is in there. She successfully manages to comeback from hell. Meanwhile, Madam LaLaurie is working as a tour-guider in her own house. She doesn’t confirm the stories people hear about her, whatsoever, so she changes details to the legends which don’t make her a serial killer now. Queenie sees this, and goes to talk to her. She offers to help her, but she refuses so Queenie sends LaLaurie to hell. Back there, she is thrown in a cage next to Borquita’s cage. Marie Laveu comes out and Papa Legba orders her to torture Borquita and Delphine for eternity.

At the Academy, Fiona gets her portrait painted, at last. Later, Cordelia walks in her room and finds her looking through old jewelry. They talk and after that Fiona put’s her mother’s necklace around Cordelia’s neck. When Fiona touches her, Cordelia experiences a terrifying vision about the coven, which puts her and the coven’s faith in danger. Cordelia decides to talk with the Axeman. She explains to him that Fiona is selfish and doesn’t love anybody, but herself. She supports her statements with Fiona’s unvalid passport that she should be using for going away with the Axeman.

Later on, Cordelia tries to find Misty using a ritual–successfully. Queenie and Cordelia take her out of the casket, and Queenie uses her powers of resurgence to take Misty back from the dead. At the Academy, Zoe & Kyle come back from Florida with Zoe claiming she is the next supreme, because of the power of resurgence she discovers during her vacation with Kyle. Misty, Cordelia & Queenie walk in and Misty violently beats Madison up. After they finish, the Axeman is seen covered in blood, coming downstairs with an axe in his hand screaming they need to pay for what they did. All of them use their powers to throw the Axeman’s body in the air. Myrtle points to the blood, and none of the witches are sure whose blood is it except for Cordelia who claims the blood is her mother's.

In a flashback, we see the Axeman waiting for Fiona to arrive at the motel room. After she arrives, she attempts to be warm, but the Axeman is now suspicious of her, informing her of Cordelia's visit, and discovers Fiona's boarding pass, confirming Cordelia's warning and his own suspicions. He confronts Fiona, who praises him as a lover, but rebuffs him as she claims she doesn't know anything about love. After informing him of her plan to kill her successor and retain her youth and reign, Fiona pours herself a drink, only to be killed when the Axeman strikes her in the back with his axe. Back at the Academy, the witches decide he needs to be killed for his crimes against the Coven. Kyle volunteers, as the Coven's 'guard dog', but the girls don’t allow it claiming they do not need a man to protect them. Using their powers, the girls brutally stab the Axeman to death, re-creating his initial death at the hands of the Academy decades before. The Coven hangs Fiona's portrait (in her chosen spot), and mourns the loss of their Supreme, and question the future. Cordelia informs the girls they will all be undertaking the tests of the Seven Wonders the coming Sunday at dawn.

Critical reception

Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club rated the episode a D+, stating "'Go to Hell' kills off Coven's older generation in its entirety, turning things over to the next generation, and I could not give two shits about it." He added, "By far the worst thing any TV show can be is boring, and that goes doubly for a Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk show. But in 'Go to Hell', even the outrageous stuff feels rote." Matt Fowler from IGN gave the episode a rating of 7.9, adding that "'Go to Hell' was a more focused episode, with a lot of driving action. It sounded off a few sour notes here and there, but in the end parts of it felt like a season finale."

External links

• "Go to Hell" at IMDb
• "Go to Hell" at TV Guide.com