Asylum (story)

American Horror Story:
Asylum
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Episodes Welcome to Briarcliff Tricks and Treats Nor'easter I Am Anne Frank: Part 1 I Am Anne Frank: Part 2 The Origins of Monstrosity Dark Cousin Unholy Night The Coat Hanger The Name Game Spilt Milk Continuum Madness Ends
Characters Oliver Thredson Timothy Howard Lana Winters Kit Walker Sister Mary Eunice Grace Bertrand Arthur Arden Sister Jude
Cast Zachary Quinto Joseph Fiennes Sarah Paulson Evan Peters Lily Rabe Lizzie Brocheré James Cromwell Jessica Lange
Locations Briarcliff Manor Briarcliff Woods The Playroom
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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.

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