The Coat Hanger

"The Coat Hanger"

American Horror Story episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 9

Directed by

Jeremy Podeswa

Written by

Jennifer Salt

Production code

2ATS09

Original air date

December 12, 2012

Running time

40 minutes

Guest appearance(s)

Ian McShane as Leigh Emerson
Frances Conroy as The Angel of Death
Fredric Lehne as Frank McCann
Barbara Tarbuck as Mother Superior
Brooke Smith as Dr. Gardner
Mary-Pat Green as Nun
Cyd Strittmatter as Nun
Rebecca Metz as Lorene
John Pleshette as Committee Chairman
Dylan McDermott as Johnny Morgan (uncredited)

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"The Coat Hanger" is the ninth episode and mid-season finale of the second season of the FX anthology television series American Horror Story. The episode, written by co-executive producer Jennifer Salt and directed by Jeremy Podeswa, originally aired on December 12, 2012. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).

In the episode, Lana (Sarah Paulson) and Kit (Evan Peters) get Dr. Thredson (Zachary Quinto) to confess being the serial killer; Dr. Arden (James Cromwell) convinces Kit to temporarily die and force the aliens to return; Sister Jude (Jessica Lange) gets officially removed from her position and admitted as a patient, causing Monsignor Howard (Joseph Fiennes) to lead a penitent Leigh (Ian McShane) to be baptized with disastrous results; and a modern-day killer (Dylan McDermott) seeks therapy. Ian McShane reprises his role from the previous episode.

Lana meets with Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe), who seems to know that Lana is pregnant. Lana tries to deny that Dr. Thredson raped her and Mary Eunice gives her a document confirming her pregnancy. Lana and Kit discuss what should be done with the hostage Thredson – she wants him dead; Kit needs him alive to prove Kit's innocence in the killings. They agree to get him to talk. She shows Thredson the pregnancy document and convinces him to confess. He relates the three killings to her and a hidden Kit plays back the recorded confession. Lana tells Thredson she has aborted the fetus with a coat hanger and Kit hides the tape in the hydrotherapy room. She later returns to kill Thredson with the coat hanger but he has been released and is missing. Mary Eunice stops her and sees the coat hanger, with which Lana admits to aborting the fetus. Mary Eunice assures her that the fetus still lives in Lana's womb.

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