American Horror Story: Asylum

Season 2 of American Horror Story
title	Asylum
Episodes	13
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	Oct 17, 2012 - Jan 23, 2013 on FX
German-language first broadcast	Nov 28, 2012 - Feb 27, 2013 on FOX
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American Horror Story: Asylum is the second season of American Horror - television series American Horror Story , based on an idea by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk based. The first broadcast took place between October 17, 2012 and January 23, 2013 on the TV channel FX . The German-language first broadcast ran from November 28, 2012 to February 27, 2013 on FOX .

In terms of time, the season starts in 1964 at the Briarcliff Mental Asylum , which is run under questionable methods. Recurring cast members from the previous season include Zachary Quinto , Sarah Paulson , Evan Peters , Lily Rabe , Jessica Lange , Dylan McDermott and Frances Conroy .

action

All characters are new and the action is now in a Catholic Church- run mental hospital called Briarcliff in 1964, which was previously a clinic for tuberculosis patients. This clinic is run by the nun, Sister Jude, who treats her patients in a cruel manner. When a new patient, the young widower Kit Walker, is admitted, the lesbian reporter Lana Winters is also interested in his story: He is accused of killing women as a bloody face and pulling their skin off. But for the journalist, the interest in what happened in the institution should have cruel consequences. Because of her homosexuality, Sister Jude also admitted her to Briarcliff as a patient. Together with her fellow patient Grace and Kit, she tries to escape from the asylum, but they are caught and punished. Dr. Oliver Thredson, a court-appointed psychiatrist who is supposed to examine Kit for his mental state, becomes aware of Lana and helps her to escape. Once at Thredson's house, however, it quickly becomes clear that the doctor is Bloody Face , who previously persuaded Kit to make a tape-recorded confession in order to no longer be a possible perpetrator. He holds Lana prisoner, tortures and rapes her in order to act out his mother complex. The young woman soon succeeds in escaping from her prison, in which Thredson is injured in the face, but she is involved in a serious car accident and ends up back in Briarcliff.

Meanwhile, it turns out that during the exorcism of a young patient in Briarcliff, the devil has run out of his body into that of the young, innocent sister Mary Eunice. Since then she has been manipulating all other employees of the institution, above all the clinic doctor Dr. Arden. He is a wanted war criminal from the Second World War and a Nazi from the Auschwitz extermination camp , but he can cover it up with the help of Sister Mary, who is blackmailing him. Together they lure Sister Jude into a trap, she is released and ends up as a patient in Briarcliff. From then on, Sister Mary is the head of the facility. However, Father Timothy Howard recognizes the devil in Sister Mary's body and kills her. Dr. Arden then commits suicide by lying down next to her dead body when she was cremated.

Lana meets Kit again in the infirmary and tells him the truth about Thredson. You manage to tape one of his confessions. Lana also learns that she is pregnant from being raped by Thredson. Sister Jude promises her that she will help her escape because she does not belong in the institution. With the help of an old friend of Jude's, Sister Claudia, the journalist manages to escape again and reveals the true identity of Bloody Face to the police . She waits for Thredson in his house and shoots him before the police arrive, after which she claims to have killed him in self-defense. After a failed abortion in Briarcliff, Lana first wants to properly abort her child, but decides against it. She goes public and writes a book about her experiences, which is very successful. However, it turns out more and more that Lana is only interested in her fame and not in helping the people in the institution.

Kit is also released from Briarcliff as his innocence is now proven. He leaves the asylum with Grace, who died after being shot by an asylum guard and was brought back to life by aliens, and they both move into his old farmhouse with their son, who has now been born. It turns out that Alma Walker, Kit's wife, who also had contact with the mysterious aliens, is still alive and has a child by him. The five live together on the farm, but the two women process the events completely differently. While Grace is fascinated and only deals with the aliens, Alma wants to forget everything and is afraid. One night she kills Grace with an ax and comes to Briarcliff, which is now a government institution.

Kit now has to look after the children alone. He seeks out Lana to get her to think not only of herself but also of other people. Lana is now trying everything to help people, but also wants to advance her career. Kit has been taking care of Jude since Alma's death and even brings her home. Lana's son Johnny, whose experiences are shown in the present, has inclinations similar to his father. Lana gave him away as a baby and since then he too has suffered from a mother complex. He finds out everything about his parents and their history and wants to kill his mother to end his father's work. But at the last moment Lana shoots her son in the head, just like she did with Thredson.

Trivia

The conditions later in the season in Briarcliff were based on the scandal (1946) of the real Byberry Mental Hospital .

Pepper, suffering from microcephaly , the nun Mary Eunice and the doctor Dr. Arden can be seen in both Asylum and Freak Show . However, Asylum's plot takes place later.

Cast and dubbing

main actor

actor	role	Main role (episodes)	Voice actor
Joseph Fiennes	Monsignor Timothy Howard	2.01-2.13	Frank Schaff
Sarah Paulson	Lana Winters	2.01-2.13	Ulrike Stürzbecher
Evan Peters	Kit Walker	2.01-2.13	Jan Rohrbach
Lily raven	Sister Mary Eunice	2.01-2.10	Cathlen Gawlich
Lizzie Brocheré	Grace Bertrand	2.01-2.12	Kaya Marie Möller
James Cromwell	Dr. Arthur Arden / Hans Gruber	2.01-2.10	Jochen Schröder
Jessica Lange	Sister Jude / Judy Martin	2.01-2.13	Karin Buchholz
Zachary Quinto	Dr. Oliver Thredson	2.02-2.13	Timmo Niesner

supporting cast

actor	role	Supporting role (episodes)	Voice actor
Adam Levine	Leo Morrison	2.01-2.03, 2.06, 2.13	Jaron Lowenberg
Jenna Dewan-Tatum	Teresa Morrison	2.01-2.03, 2.06, 2.13	Giuliana Jakobeit
Britne Oldford	Alma Walker	2.01, 2.04-2.05, 2.08, 2.11-2.12	Nicole Hannak
Naomi Grossman	Pepper	2.01-2.03, 2.09-2.13	Elke Appelt
Chloë Sevigny	Shelley	2.01-2.06	Anna Carlsson
Mark Consuelos	Spivey	2.01, 2.03, 2.06, 2.10	Matthias Rimpler
Clea DuVall	Wendy Peyser	2.01-2.02, 2.05, 2.12	Peggy Sander
Fredric backrest	Frank McCann	2.02-2.09	Erich Rauker
Franka Potente	" Anne Frank " / Charlotte Brown	2.04-2.05	Natascha Schaff
Mark Margolis	Sam Goodman	2.05-2.07	Friedrich Georg Beckhaus
Dylan McDermott	Johnny Morgan	2.06, 2.09, 2.11-2.13	Peter Flechtner
Frances Conroy	Shachath (angel of death)	2.07-2.13	Helga Sasse
Ian McShane	Leigh Emerson	2.08-2.09	Lutz Riedel
Barbara Tarbuck	Sister Claudia	2.08-2.11	Isabella Grothe

Remarks

1. ↑ Lily Rabe embodies the role of Mary Eunice also in the fourth season.
2. ↑ Zachary Quinto is only listed in the opening credits of the first episode.
3. ↑ Naomi Grossman embodies the role of Pepper also in the fourth season.
4. ↑ Dylan McDermott is not featured in any of the episodes.

Episodes

The first broadcast of the second season was from October 17, 2012 to January 23, 2013 on the US cable channel FX . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter FOX on 28 November 2012 to February 27, 2013.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script	Spectator (USA)
13	1	Welcome to Briarcliff	Welcome to Briarcliff	Oct 17, 2012	Nov 28, 2012	Bradley Buecker	Tim Minear	3.85 million
14th	2	Trick and Treat	Tricks and Treats	Oct 24, 2012	Dec 5, 2012	Bradley Buecker	James Wong	3.06 million
15th	3	The storm	Nor'Easter	Oct 31, 2012	Dec 12, 2012	Michael Uppendahl	Jennifer Salt	2.47 million
16	4th	I am Anne Frank - Part 1	I Am Anne Frank (1)	Nov 7, 2012	Dec 19, 2012	Michael Uppendahl	Jessica Sharzer	2.65 million
17th	5	I am Anne Frank - Part 2	I Am Anne Frank (2)	Nov 14, 2012	Jan. 2, 2013	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Brad Falchuk	2.78 million
18th	6th	The origins of evil	The Origins of Monstrosity	Nov 21, 2012	Jan. 9, 2013	David Semel	Ryan Murphy	1.89 million
19th	7th	Angel of Death	Dark cousin	Nov 28, 2012	Jan. 16, 2013	David Semel	Tim Minear	2.27 million
20th	8th	Unholy night	Unholy night	Dec 6, 2012	Jan. 23, 2013	Michael Lehmann	James Wong	2.36 million
21st	9	The hanger	The Coat Hanger	Dec 12, 2012	Jan. 30, 2013	Jeremy Podeswa	Jennifer Salt	2.22 million
22nd	10	The tide turns	The Name Game	Jan. 2, 2013	Feb 6, 2013	Michael Lehmann	Jessica Sharzer	2.21 million
23	11	Breast milk	Spilt milk	Jan. 9, 2013	Feb 13, 2013	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Brad Falchuk	2.51 million
24	12	continuum	Continuum	Jan. 16, 2013	Feb 20, 2013	Craig Zisk	Ryan Murphy	2.30 million
25th	13	The madness is over	Madness Ends	Jan. 23, 2013	Feb. 27, 2013	Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	Tim Minear	2.29 million

Web links

• Season 2 in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Life Magazine Article displayed on npr.org - accessed October 18, 2015
2. ↑ 7 American Horror Story Characters Who Have Appeared on More Than 1 Season. Retrieved October 13, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} American Horror Story. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on April 13, 2020 . 
4. ↑ American Horror Story: Asylum . In: Zap2it.com . Archived from the original on August 29, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 1, 2013. 
5. ↑ American Horror Story: Season 2 . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved August 1, 2013.
6. ↑ American Horror Story: Season Two Ratings. In: TV Series Finale. January 24, 2013, accessed March 21, 2018 .