The series is set in the 1830s, Delphine LaLaurie (Kathy Bates) struggles to maintain her place in society, while secretly holding her slaves as prisoners in the attic. She uses their blood to look young as an old technique. She finds out that one of her daughter has sex with one of the slaves and punishes the slave by beating him then she puts head of a dead bull on the slaves face and kills him. (theme song begins)
In present day, Taissa Farmiga (Zoe, Cutee!!) takes a boy back to her parents house and engages in passionate act of making love for the first time... not knowing she figures out that can cause the boy to go into brain hemerage and kills the boy right way. later she finds out that she is a witch and is taken to a private school. The private school is operated by Cordelia Foxx (Sarah Paulson) to teach young witches how to survive in the modern world and control their powers.
Cordelia's mother, Fiona Goode (Jessica Lange), Best introduction ever visits a scientist who is testing a drug which is in clinical trial on animals to help cope with aging. Cordelia wants to look and live young and upon the scientist refusal to provide her the meds she sucks the life out of him! (brutal, reminded me of mortal combat)
Zoe makes a friend in her private school which comprises of only 3 witches. one of them is Madison, who takes Zoe to a frat party. Zoe meets Kyle (Evan Peters) what seem like love at first sight they both make their small talk and flirt with each other.
At the frat party Madison gets gang-raped by a group of frat boys. Madison gets very emotional and flips their departing party bus, which also contains the innocent Kyle. Next morning the find out there are two survivors and Zoe hoping Kyle is one of the two survivors, Zoe visits the hospital only to find his friend who led the raping. She kills Kyle's frat brother in the same way she accidentally killed her boyfriend before.
Fiona learns Madame La Laurie is still alive, although buried, frees her from her grave, and takes her back to the school to hide her. (episode one ends)I Just love Fiona's acting so for she is just phenomenal!!
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