American Horror Story - Small Screen Review
Episode Six - “Piggy Piggy"
We finally see what happened with Tate and the school shooting years ago. After Violet confirms online that Tate was killed after his massacre (shot by a SWAT team in the house), Constance introduces her to a medium, Billie Dean (Sarah Paulson) and she and Constance explain that Tate is unaware he is dead. Constance has been sending him to Ben, hoping a breakthrough will help him pass on and they need Violet’s help, though Violet is shaken by the revelation.
Ben needs to use the house for his therapy sessions to make them money, and Vivien agrees out of necessity. Ben sees a new patient, Derek (Eric Stonestreet), who is terrified by the urban legend of “Piggy Man”, who will slaughter anyone who repeats a specific line in the mirror (think Bloody Mary yet more disturbing especially since we get a jump scare view of him). Ben also begins noticing that Vivien has developed a personal relationship with the security officer.
Constance and Moira help Vivien with the pregnancy, preparing healthy foods for her in the form of sweetbreads and other organ meats. Though initially disgusted with the dishes, Vivien develops a ravenous appetite toward them, which disturbs her. She contacts the ultrasound technician who fainted during the ultrasound, who has quit her job and claims she saw that the baby was the Anitchrist.
Taking Ben’s advice to face his fear, Derek repeats the Piggy Man lines in his bathroom mirror, but is ironically shot and killed by an armed robber hiding in his shower. Violet tries to confront Tate in the basement, but is mobbed by the other ghosts. Overwhelmed, she attempts suicide, but Tate saves her. Tate tearfully confesses that he loves her and cannot understand why she has turned cold toward him. He plans to leave her alone, but she comforts him. Constance speaks to Addie through Billie, and receives closure, but learns that Addie is glad she was not revived as a ghost and that she now fears Tate, knowing what he did.
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