American Horror Story s13e06 Episode Script

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[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SQUELCHES]
[ELECTRIC CAR APPROACHING]
Looking for unsavories, are you?
Get in, my boy. We're late.
[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[MARCH] The ease of motion,
the thrill of escaping that infernal
Hotel Cortez with the press of a button.
I feel like Ali Baba
on his magic carpet.
And where are my 40 thieves?
[INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING]
From whom have you
heard at this juncture?
I'm of course referring
to unsavories like us,
and there is a new phrase they call us.
Uh, what is it?
Oh, yes.
"Serial killers." Catchy.
I don't know. I, uh I
heard from enough of 'em.
Prepped and ready to strike?
- Yeah, I guess.
- Always on the hunt.
I admire that about
you, Commodore Carnivore.
You're not the easiest to find yourself.
I ordered my headless horseman here
to carriage me through the
dankest corners of New Orleans.
My orders were specific.
To round you all up
for a delightful spree.
I heard you were all
footloose and fancy-free.
[GRUNTS]
[TAPPING]
Ah
I see you haven't lost your appetite for
roughnecks on leave from the oil rig.
[CHUCKLES] This makes
everything so easy.
- Maybe too easy.
- Hmm.
- I don't feel like I'm really using my
- Your skills. Your training.
Your diabolical capacity for homicide.
- This new technology is really something.
- Hmm.
- Look, this button is called Grindr.
- Grindr?
- Oh, mercy.
- [LAUGHS]
- What? It's just some gay stuff.
- That's fine.
- That's fine.
- Come on.
Guys show you what you would only
see if you went to their house.
Then they tell you how to come
to their house and actually see.
Or they just come to yours
if you're feeling lazy.
Hardly seems sporting.
And if you're not interested,
they like you more.
Why, that's like pointing a
howitzer into a barrel of sardines.
You just wind up with scaly water.
Nothing to sink your
teeth into, right, old boy?
You need to feel the bait, the lure.
You need to feel the wriggle of
that mouth on your hook. [CHUCKLES]
- That's the stuff of life.
- Hmm.
Something's missing, is all.
Like, part of the fun is
that we were the underdogs.
What's missing is your mission,
mon frère. Leave it to me.
Go tell the others the
unholy grail is within reach.
Why we were brought back,
the reason for our reanimation.
I just did.
My dear boy, you've been
sitting right here with me
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- and my headless horseman.
I used a text chain.
They're asking for details. See?
Remarkable.
What about that crafty Zodiac Killer?
Didn't need the devil to bring
him back from the dead now, did he?
Never caught [SNAPS
FINGERS] never died.
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- I wonder if he's beaten my record by now.
- They want to know about the girls' stats.
- Stats?
I don't know what that means.
I think they learned that from
the sex buttons on the phone.
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- [MARCH] Hmm.
Th-They're asking if they
need to bring anything.
Oh. Uh, send them to this
miraculous place called Ace Hardware.
Why, they have everything
one could hope for,
for all your cutting, sawing,
chopping, and smashing.
And, uh, why am I the one
stuck being your secretary?
No offense,
but I always found you to be the
least interesting of table guests
during our Devil's Night dinners.
Gacy is pedestrian but charming,
and Zodiac and Ramirez are at
least full of devilish surprises.
I thought perhaps you
were insecure, just dull,
but now I'm starting to believe that
maybe you're just not that bright.
Do you have any idea what is happening?
The grand plan we are
privileged to be a part of?
My dear boy,
we are at the hand of Abraham.
We hold the holy sacrificial knife.
Now turn that frown upside down.
It's witch-hunting season.
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOFT CRACKLING]
[WITCH BREATHES SHAKILY]
Very clever, Morwenna.
You weaved charms work
onto the Vitalis spell.
That wasn't Vitalis Vitalum, Deels.
That was Resurgence plus. [CHUCKLES]
I know it must sting, but some
witches are just born with it.
What's the term for it? A new Supreme?
If you ask me, one is rising.
Girl, what's the term
for shutting the fuck up?
- Continue.
- Thank you, Queenie.
Reviving one plant with the Vitalis
spell hardly costs a witch a thing.
Bringing back a dead animal, however,
requires much more.
Come.
Hey.
It's okay if you can't pull this off.
When I got here, I could
only detect gluten, and now
[MORWENNA] Mm-hmm.
Now, if the toad
pulls too much power from
you, I want you to sever the
Okay, YouTube, can we not with the
tutorial energy, please? I got this.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[WITCHES GASPING]
Oh, shit. She put that
thing back in diapers.
How is that even possible?
[SINGSONGY] New Supreme.
Morwenna, I need you
to tell me right now
when and how you gained these powers.
- I don't know. I just did.
- I asked you a question, young lady.
Oh. I'm sorry, are you
jealz? Stay pressed, witch.
[YELPS]
[GASPS]
I am your Supreme, and you
will answer me with respect.
- Cordelia!
- Stay out of this!
Now, when?
When did you develop these powers?
[STAMMERS] Like, two days ago.
[CORDELIA] How did they manifest?
- I said, how? Tell me.
- [STAMMERING]
I don't know. I just
woke up feeling tingly,
and I had this tether in my chest
to something warm and bright.
I just knew.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
What is your damage, Cordelia?
It's Resurgence.
So what if it came out of nowhere?
What else do you want her to
do, resurrect your old cooch?
Because that thing is
not coming back to life.
Cordelia, you aren't acting
like yourself. What's going on?
Cordelia.
[WITCHES MURMURING]
Hey, you. What's your power?
- Levitation.
- Cute. Do that.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Ascende.
[RATTLING]
- Okay, room for improvement.
- [SIGHS]
- I love that journey for you.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
I don't know why you
gotta act like that.
You always take things too far.
I was just trying to
lighten the fuckin' mood.
- [QUEENIE] Cordelia?
- [MADISON SIGHS]
Are you okay? You're scaring the Coven.
- Look, I d
- Don't.
- Jesus, Cordelia.
- [QUEENIE SIGHS]
You know, you have a broomstick so far
up your ass you're spitting splinters.
Three, Madison.
Three girls manifesting
new powers under one moon.
Powers we only see once in a generation.
And why is that bad?
Because the magic knows
something we don't.
It's like it's recalibrating.
Trying to arm us
before something dangerous comes in.
Look, I don't want to hear it, okay?
I get that you felt safe here
back when you were a baby witch
obsessed with botany and shit,
but those girls need you back in there.
You're the one in charge,
and thank Goddess for that.
You are Cordelia Goode.
You're the only witch that can master
the Seven Wonders and have Second Sight,
and you in here acting like a pussy.
Because I can't see what's coming!
It's like a concealment
spell has been cast.
I-I-I-I'm blocked, and I do
not know how to protect you.
Do you think maybe we're-we're
being a skosh dramatic?
The way I behaved back
there, losing my temper
I don't recognize myself.
It's understandable, Deels.
Morwenna is a twerp.
And you are the Supreme.
[CORDELIA] Yes.
And I swore I would be
different than my mother.
That I would be one who strived
to understand each of you
so you would always
feel safe in my care.
Because I never had that at your age.
The support. The
mothering. The goodness.
But now it feels like a limitation.
Okay. What do you need?
What if whatever's coming
for us can only be dealt with
by a Supreme like my mother?
- That stone-cold bitch? I
- [STAMMERS] I admire her.
She was a true legend.
But there was a rottenness about her.
And am I to believe
that I have to embrace
that darkness in myself to survive?
Because that terrifies me.
After she died, I could hear her.
Faintly, but unmistakably.
And I don't hear her anymore.
I spent my whole life
running from Fiona,
but what if I can't
fight this without her?
Where there's your will, there's a way.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
Ladies, you know the drill.
[GRUNTS]
[EXHALES]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
Ugh! What is that?
It tastes like fennel
and mental illness.
Absinthe.
The drink of the divine.
Before we begin, you must
focus all of your powers.
I believe our lives
and the fate of all that is
good in this world depends on it.
Nothing a coven of 13 can't handle.
You ready, witches?
We make contact
- the forgotten way.
- [THUNDERCLAP]
O divine goddess,
keeper of our lineage,
source of our power,
a coven of 13 stands
united within these walls.
Guide us.
Strengthen us.
Help us summon the witch Fiona Goode.
By the sacred gifts of the Seven
Wonders, we call upon you now.
Vitalum Vitalis.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Concilium.
- [THUNDERCLAPS]
- [WIND HOWLING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Descensum.
Divinatio.
Telekinesis.
Pyrokinesis.
[FIRE WHOOSHES]
Transmutatio.
- [CORDELIA] Mother.
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
I need you.
We need you.
[WHISPERS] Where are you?
I have so many questions.
Please.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOFTLY] Come on.
Come on.
Okay.
I'm gonna watch porn and make s'mores.
This was such a waste of time.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
"H."
"E."
"R."
"E."
Mother.
Okay. Everyone upstairs now, please.
[WITCHES MURMUR]
Cordelia.
She's here, Mallory.
Are you sure?
Yes, and she is here
for me and me alone.
Go.
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- Candygram.
- [THUNDERCLAP]
You are not welcome here.
My name is Mr. Styx from
Dark Forces Industries.
Did someone place an
order for eye of newt?
The power that compels you
will find no satisfaction here.
But I parted the fogs of
war and the mists of time,
crossing the amber waves
of flame to this very door.
My, what have we here?
The egg sacs of copperheads,
fed on endangered species.
Perhaps this essential
oil of mandrake shavings.
Or what about a touch of bat-wing jelly
cured in the juices of
a blind-worm's sting?
Leave.
- Now.
- [SIGHS]
We don't always forgive
those who trespass against us.
I know what you are.
What are you gonna do, deary?
Drop a house on me?
A sickle.
Really?
You brought a gardening
tool to fight me?
I'm going to tell you one more time
Ah, repetition won't win your
argument, you hectoring hysteric!
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
Confound it. [GRUNTS]
Now you've done it.
You've given me a splitting headache.
[OPHELIA] Miss Cordelia?
- Hello there, dollface.
- Ophelia, I told you to go upstairs.
[GRUNTING]
[EXCLAIMS]
[GRUNTING]
[SIGHS] Well, isn't that swell?
The view's much better up here,
save for that repugnant chandelier.
[WHISTLES]
Hup-ho, fellas! Come
out for a lookie-loo!
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
- [GRUNTS]
- [GASPS, SCREAMS]
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
- Bet you feel nice and warm inside
- [WHIMPERS]
even when you're dead.
[SCREAMS]
Run! Warn the others!
[GRUNTS]
[HAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING]
[THUDS]
Aces!
I believe I won a prize for that shot.
[DRILL WHIRS]
[MARCH SIGHS]
How marvelously terminal.
[SQUELCHING]
[GRUNTS]
That's right, folks.
The Cortez Devils are
dining out tonight!
[THUNDERCLAPS]
[LAUGHING]
[LAUGHTER ECHOES]
[HAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING]