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Asylum is the subtitle for the second season, or miniseries, of American Horror Story. The second miniseries premiered on October 17, 2012 and ran for thirteen episodes. Cast members returning from the previous season include Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe and Frances Conroy along with new notable cast members Joseph Fiennes, Lizzie Brocheré, James Cromwell and Chloë Sevigny.
The season was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Jessica Lange. Asylum was also nominated for seventeen Emmy Awards, winning two.
Plot
In a New England sanitarium, presided by ministers of faith and science, the innocent and the mad run from greater dangers and their own pasts. Bookended by modern day explorations of the ruins, a darker mystery lies in wait for new victims.
Asylum
Episode | # | Premiere | Writer(s) | Director |
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Welcome to Briarcliff | 1 | 2012-10-17 | Tim Minear | Bradley Buecker |
Tricks and Treats | 2 | 2012-10-24 | James Wong | Bradley Buecker |
Nor'easter | 3 | 2012-10-31 | Jennifer Salt | Michael Uppendahl |
I Am Anne Frank: Part 1 | 4 | 2012-11-07 | Jessica Sharzer | Michael Uppendahl |
I Am Anne Frank: Part 2 | 5 | 2012-11-14 | Brad Falchuk | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon |
The Origins of Monstrosity | 6 | 2012-11-21 | Ryan Murphy | David Semel |
Dark Cousin | 7 | 2012-11-28 | Tim Minear | David Semel |
Unholy Night | 8 | 2012-12-05 | James Wong | Michael Lehmann |
The Coat Hanger | 9 | 2012-12-12 | Jennifer Salt | Jeremy Podeswa |
The Name Game | 10 | 2013-01-02 | Jessica Sharzer | Michael Lehmann |
Spilt Milk | 11 | 2013-01-09 | Brad Falchuk | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon |
Continuum | 12 | 2013-01-16 | Ryan Murphy | Craig Zisk |
Madness Ends | 13 | 2013-01-23 | Tim Minear | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon |
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All items (97)
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- Arthur Arden
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- Bloody Face
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- Briarcliff Manor
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- Briarcliff Woods
- Madness Ends
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- Maniac: One Woman's Story of Survival
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- Sister Mary Eunice
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- Micro-Bot
- Leo Morrison
- Mother Claudia
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- Shachath
- Shelley
- Theory:Sister Mary Eunice is not totally possessed
- Spilt Milk
- Spivey
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- Missy Stone
- Telekinesis
- Teresa Morrison
- The Coat Hanger
- The Name Game
- The Origins of Monstrosity
- The Playroom
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- Transmutation
- Tricks and Treats