American Horror Story: Hotel
Episodes

American Horror Story: Hotel

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)

52	1	"Checking In"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk	October 7, 2015	5ATS01	5.81

Two female Swedish tourists check into the Hotel Cortez in downtown Los Angeles. They are attacked by a disfigured creature who was inside their room's mattress.

53	2	"Chutes and Ladders"	Bradley Buecker	Tim Minear	October 14, 2015	5ATS02	4.06

Will Drake, a designer and the new owner of the Cortez, hosts a fashion show in the hotel, which model and actor Tristan Duffy, a drug addict and narcissist, stars in.

54	3	"Mommy"	Bradley Buecker	James Wong	October 21, 2015	5ATS03	3.20

Tristan meets March and promises to murder Will. Elizabeth stops Tristan from killing Will and reveals that she plans to marry the designer and murder him to gain his entire estate.

55	4	"Devil's Night"	Loni Peristere	Jennifer Salt	October 28, 2015	5ATS04	3.04

On Devil's Night (Oct. 30), serial killer Richard Ramirez checks in and goes on a murder spree.

56	5	"Room Service"	Michael Goi	Ned Martel	November 4, 2015	5ATS05	2.87

Donovan and Ramona decide to get revenge on Elizabeth by making Iris their inside man. The newly-turned vampire Alex saves her dying kid patient Max by turning him, not knowing the consequences.

57	6	"Room 33"	Loni Peristere	John J. Gray	November 11, 2015	5ATS06	2.64

In 1926 in the Murder House (from Season One), Dr. Charles Montgomery meets with Elizabeth to perform an abortion.

58	7	"Flicker"	Michael Goi	Crystal Liu	November 18, 2015	5ATS07	2.64

In present day, two ghoulish figures are found in a barricaded corridor in Hotel Cortez. In 1925 Los Angeles, a young human Elizabeth gets into a relationship with actor Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha.

59	8	"The Ten Commandments Killer"	Loni Peristere	Ryan Murphy	December 2, 2015	5ATS08	2.31

John heads to the Cortez, where Sally leads him to Room 64 and unveils a secret room that March had built.

60	9	"She Wants Revenge"	Michael Uppendahl	Brad Falchuk	December 9, 2015	5ATS09	2.14

Elizabeth reflects on her situation and realizes she only has space for those she can feel love for. She tracks down Valentino and Natacha and reunites with them.

61	10	"She Gets Revenge"	Bradley Buecker	James Wong	December 16, 2015	5ATS10	1.85

Elizabeth kills Natacha so she and Valentino can be together while Donovan kills Rudolph out of jealousy. John and Alex rekindle their relationship now that they have Holden back, and find the rogue vampire children turned because of Alex saving Max.

62	11	"Battle Royale"	Michael Uppendahl	Ned Martel	January 6, 2016	5ATS11	1.84

Liz and Iris shoot Elizabeth and Donovan, and Elizabeth escapes while Donovan lies dying. At his request, Iris and Liz move him outside the hotel to die so his spirit will not be trapped inside forever.

63	12	"Be Our Guest"	Bradley Buecker	John J. Gray	January 13, 2016	5ATS12	2.24

A year later, Liz reflects on the reinvention of the Hotel Cortez under her and Iris's new management. The two lament the problems that the murderous ghosts are leaving them with.

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"Be Our Guest" was watched by 2.24 million viewers.

final_sentence: "Be Our Guest" was watched by 2.24 million viewers.