"American Horror Story" Orphans (TV Episode 2014) Poster

(TV Series)

(2014)

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Sex & Nudity

  • None.
  • There is no sexual content or nudity in this episode.
  • A woman dances topless and her prosthetic breasts are shown with nipples covered with pasties.

Violence & Gore

  • Very little violence and blood in this episode.
  • A character chops off the head of a dead freak and sells it to a morbidity museum. It is gory.
  • A character has a tantrum and breaks a lot of things.
  • A character threatens to kill another character.
  • A man drowns his baby and slices its ears off.

Profanity

  • A few obscenities. Not a lot.
  • A woman states that she likes a "man's cocktail".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A character makes a martini.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Although it isn't frightening, "Orphans" is a very upsetting episode.
  • A character finds her husband dead.
  • The same character throws tantrums and cries hysterically when someone leaves her.
  • A character's sister and brother-in-law kill their baby and frames the character, and then she is shipped to an asylum.

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Violence & Gore

  • Two characters go into the morbidity museum and they see two dead freaks in jars, and lobster hands.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • While in the asylum, the character sees Elsa on a LIFE magazine and it shows her on the cover with it titled "Still owns Friday night" and indicates she made it as a famous TV actress. She then kisses her fingers and presses it on the picture of Elsa.
  • Overall, this episode will make you reach for your tissues. "Orphans" mainly focuses on Pepper and you see her backstory in full detail. Her origin story is extremely heartbreaking.

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