American Horror Story
Summary
Warning : Spoilers for American Horror Story time of year 12 , installment 7 .
Warning : This article contain discussion of pregnancy injury .
The long - awaitedAmerican Horror Storyseason 12 part 2continued the report of Emma Roberts ’ Anna Alcott , an acclaimed new histrion trying to equilibrize an awards effort with her maternity . In the first six episodes , Anna becomes convinced that someone or something is trying to tamper with her gestation . Her publiciser Siobhan Corbyn and her married man Dex seem like obvious nominee , but the strange prowler Ms. Preecher informs Anna that she is the target of a self-aggrandizing cult that has existed for hundreds of years . In season 12 , installment 7 , “ Ave Hestia,”American Horror Storyoffered more insight into these villains .
7Cara Delevingne’s Ivy Was A Cult Victim
Season 12 Episode 7’s Cold Open Flashed Back To 42 A.D.
The opening scene of “ Ave Hestia ” flashed back to 42 A.D. for a tantrum set somewhere in “ Western Europe . ” This vague locating was home to a character reference played by Cara Delevingne who give birth to a brace of twins via a gruesome self - imposed coulomb - section . Whileseason 12 episode 6 ’s deathswere hard to watch , this violent scene took the show ’s predilection for upsetting gore even further . After Delevingne ’s character somehow survived the delivery mental process , she cradled her new-sprung child as a shadowy figure entered her barn .
This Negro - garment witch offered Delevingne ’s nameless character a gloved hand , prompting the exhausted new mother to ask who she was . American Horror Story : Delicatefinally gave Cara Delevingne ’s nefarious Ivy a backstorywith this porta scene , as the rest of the episode made it clear that her character was the same woman seen in 42 A.D. Although this was never explicitly stated , viewers can reasonably surmise that Ivy is efficaciously immortal since she was next seen in Galway , Ireland around a thousand year later . She is also an unlimited atrocious villain , despite the openhearted luck of her introduction .
6American Horror Story Season 12 Revealed Adeline’s Story
Dex’s First Wife Was Connected To The Cult
chronological sequence ’s Annabelle Dexter - Jones appeared as both Dex ’s tardy first wife Adeline and the shady artist Sonia in early episodes ofDelicate . American Horror Story : Delicate ’s returnsaw Sonia anguish Anna at a gallery opening , but it was unclear whether this scene was taking place in the troubled heroine ’s mind . “ Ave Hestia ” center altogether on Adeline ’s story andthe sequence proved that Anna was n’t imagining the cult of char who terrorise her at Dex ’s exhibitionin the preceding instalment . The cultus is confirmed to be real , and Adeline was once a part of it .
In a flashback to the Middle Ages , Adeline questions her mother , Ivy , about their commitment to a vaguely defined , unclear deputation . Her female parent savagely attack her , prompting Adeline ’s more compliant sister to not call into question her . Back in the show ’s main timeline , Adeline is a successful restauranteur who is happily married to Dex , but reticent about the prospect of having nestling . When Dex suggest that the twain should consider parenthood , Adeline retreated into piece of work , but she could n’t hide for long . Once everyone else get out the eating place , her evil twin arrived .
5Adeline’s Doppelgänger Sonia Is An Evil Twin
Adeline’s Twin Sonia Refused To Give Up On Their “Mission”
“ Ave Hestia ” finally explains Adeline ’s doppelgänger , Sonia , by let out that they are twins , and both char have been around for centuries because of a deal their female parent , Ivy , made with a cultus member . Although both Adeline and Sonia have lived for century of years , their animation path diverged importantly . While Sonia is one ofAmerican Horror Story : Delicate ’s scoundrel , Adeline on the face of it wants to have a normal liveliness with Dex . When Sonia face her about this at her restaurant , Adeline demanded that she leave her alone and said she need nothing to do with their female parent ’s cult .
Sonia pick apart Adeline for forget their delegacy , but Adeline refused to be swayed . She stand her dry land and Sonia eventually leave behind , but not before warning Adeline that she would regret her choice . Before leaving , Sonia take exception Adeline to a game of five - finger fish fillet . Although Adeline lasted a lot longer , she gave herself a nasty hand wound that she refuse to explain to Dex the next morning . Hurt , Dex turned to their mutual friend Talia for reassurance about his married woman ’s unusual behavior . Talia tell Dex that Adeline ’s sept is truly nightmarish , foreshadowing the episode ’s twisting ending .
4Nicolette Threatened Adeline And Dex
Delicate Episode 7 Proved Anna’s Assistant Was Always A Villain
The spread out ofAmerican Horror Storyseason 12 episode 6 uncover Nicolette , Anna ’s help , was secretly part of the ageless cult at the center of the time of year ’s storey . “ Ave Hestia ” occupy this twist furrier when Nicolette arrived at Adeline ’s restaurant to play mind game with her . Nicolette warn Adeline that she should represent along with the cult ’s plans , telling her that this was her destiny and claiming that she did n’t require to learn the alternative . Although Adeline once again sent this cult penis packing , her firmness of purpose was clear faltering .
It seemed as though Nicolette , Sonia , and even Ivy ( during the Middle Ages chronological succession ) were all cryptically telling Adeline that she needed to become a female parent . All of them alluded to a higher purpose that would render her with more top executive , which is how this season has depicted minor - bearing . American Horror Story : Delicateepisode 4revealed that Mary Tudor trade her fiendish infant for more political baron . Meanwhile , in the next episode , Ms. Preecher informed Anna that she had made the same Faustian bargain for artistic renown .
3Adeline Hid Her Pregnancy From Dex
Dex’s Discovery Led Him To A Darker Revelation
Eventually , American Horror Story : Delicateepisode 7 revealed that Adeline was pregnant , which may explain why the cult chose to direct her again at this specific time . Adeline hid this uncovering from Dex , telling her that she had gotten her period after a positive trial . Dex eventually disclose the test in their bathroom trashcan and attempt to call Adeline , but he did n’t acknowledge that his wife was dealing with something much darker . The cult go after her down to the restaurant and face up her about her maternity , withCara Delevingne ’s Ivyleading them .
Ivy , Sonia , Nicolette , and a masked cult member toyed with Adeline after set her in stirrups , asking her why she abandoned their cause and warning her that it was too late to change her mind now . Adeline persist staunch till the bitter ending , but this did n’t save her . The cult execute a wild C - section on Adeline , on the face of it killing her in the unconscious process . This intense scene was the most upsetting moment of the season so far . However , the nightmare was n’t over for Adeline or Dex .
2Dex’s Mother Wasn’t Lying About Satanic Abuse
Dex’s Father Really Was In League With American Horror Story: Delicate’s Cult
before inAmerican Horror Storyseason 12 , Dex ’s female parent inform him that she was action his father over decades of Satanic ritual abuse . Dex was blindside by this maturation and assume his father ’s side , assuming that his mother ’s claims were baseless nonsense . However , the ending of instalment 6 , “ Opening Night , ” brought this into dubiousness when Dex ’s mother take her own sprightliness and left a grievous warning behind . The fill up scenes of “ Ave Hestia , ” meanwhile , explained the generator of her seemingly outlandish accusations .
When Dex could n’t get through to Adeline , he telephone his parents . suffer no response , he decided to surprise them by deliver the good word in person . This was a error , asDex walk in on his female parent being drugged by cultists as his founding father had sex with a disguise fair sex . Dex ’s father joyously noted that this was how his boy was conceptualize before distinguish the cultist to pass over Dex ’s retention . WhileAmerican Horror Story : Delicateepisode 6 ’s openingscene proved Anna was marked since birth by the cult , this scene proved that Dex ’s life had also been on the QT controlled by the chemical group .
1Talia Was Adeline’s Killer
Dex’s Friend Joined Delicate’s Cult In Exchange For Riches
“ Ave Hestia ” then cuts back to Adeline ’s ordeal , with Dex ’s wife demand to know the identity of the mask cult member who joined her sis , her female parent , and Nicolette in tormenting her at the empty restaurant . Since a block out cultist met with Delevingne ’s Ivy in the episode ’s opening , it initially seemed as though this role would be expose to be the same person . This unceasing cultist could have been the time of year ’s main villain . If this were the pillow slip , the most obvious presumption would be thatAmerican Horror Story : Delicate ’s scoundrel , Kim Kardashian ’s Siobhan , was the faceless drawing card of the cult .
or else , the episode ’s terminal revelation turned out to be a much more intimate shape of betrayal . The mask cultist was Talia , a close friend of Dex and Adeline who celebrate open up a gallery with the couple sooner in the episode . Even before this episode outlined her relationship with Adeline , Talia had been by Dex ’s side throughoutDelicate . She fall in Ivy and Sonia in threatening Anna during “ Opening Night , ” but had not been revealed as a primal member of the cult until now . In retrospect , this makesAmerican Horror Story ’s Anna and Dex living in her plush second home more worrying .
Episode Number
Episode Title
Air Date
1
" Multiply Thy Pain "
September 20
2
" Rockabye "
September 27
3
" When The Bough Breaks "
October 4
4
" vaporize Twin "
October 11
5
" Preech "
October 18
6
" Opening Night "
April 3
7
" Ave Hestia "
April 10
8
" Little Gold Man "
April 17
9
" The Auteur "
April 24
