American Horror Story (TV Series)

I Am Anne Frank: Part 2 (2012)

Jessica Lange: Sister Jude Martin

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• Sister Jude Martin : When I was a child, I'd come home after school to an empty house. My father had flown the coop. My mother worked as a maid in a hotel. It was lonely, so I brought in a baby squirrel I'd found and kept him in a shoe box. And then one day when I came home, he looked sickly. He was dead already, but I didn't know that. I'd forgotten to... feed him for a couple days. So I took him out of the box, and I laid him on the table, and I prayed my heart out for several hours. And when my mother came home and found us, she screamed bloody murder, and she picked him up and threw him in the garbage. She worked hard, my mother. She was exhausted, and she couldn't have known how cruel that was. But I cried and cried, saying, "God didn't answer my prayers." I remember, my mother was pouring herself a whiskey- the Martin family cure for everything. She looked at me and laughed. "God always answers our prayers, Judy. It's just rarely the answer we're looking for."

• Dr. Oliver Thredson : Sounds to me like a classic case of postpartum psychosis.

  Sister Jude Martin : How long have you been standing there, Dr. Buttinski?

• Sister Jude Martin : Where did you get the gun, Anne?

  Anne Frank : I took it off one of those detectives. And it's a good thing I did. He would've killed me.

  Sister Jude Martin : Dr. Arden?

  Anne Frank : Gruper. Hans Gruper. I told you. He's a Nazi. The thing in his lab- did you see it?

  Sister Jude Martin : What thing? What do you think you saw?

  Anne Frank : Oh, God. He got rid of it before anyone could see.

  Sister Jude Martin : Dr. Arden was in no condition to do any such thing. When I arrived, he was being rushed to the hospital.

  Anne Frank : Good. I hope he dies.

  Sister Jude Martin : Now come on. Wake up. He's not going to die. He'll be back here, and soon. Maybe with the police. Maybe with the monsignor. You could end up on his operating table and I out in the street. So before that happens, I want you to tell me what you think you saw.

  Anne Frank : Go and look.

  Sister Jude Martin : We did look. Now, Frank says you claimed to have seen... some sort of creature that was alive. Maybe it escaped on its own?

  Anne Frank : I doubt that, Sister. It- It had no legs!

• Sister Jude : You know, when I was a child, I'd come after school to an empty house. My Father had flown the coop and my Mother worked as a maid in a hotel. It was lonely... so, I brought in a baby squirrel I'd found and kept him in a shoe box. Then one day, when I came home, he looked sickly. He was dead already, but I didn't know that. I'd forgotten to... feed him... for a couple days. So, I took him out of the box and I laid him on the table and I prayed my heart out... for several hours. And when my Mother came home and found him, she screamed bloody murder and she picked him up and she threw him in the garbage.

  [Soft chuckle] 

  Sister Jude : She worked hard, my Mother. She was exhausted and she couldn't have known... how cruel that was. But I cried and cried saying... , "God didn't answer my prayers".

  [Chuckles] 

  Sister Jude : I remember... my Mother was pouring herself a whiskey, the Martin family cure for everything... she looked at me and laughed. "God always answers our prayers, Judy. It's just rarely... the answer we're looking for". It's over for me, Frank. My goose is cooked.