<Li> Dennis Cockrum as Herbert Jackson </Li> <Li> Annie Ilonzeh as Erika </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 74 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Election Night" </Td> <Td> Bradley Buecker </Td> <Td> Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk </Td> <Td> September 5, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 05) </Td> <Td> 7ATS01 </Td> <Td> 3.93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Ally and Ivy are a married couple who have a son named Oz . Ally suffers from several phobias which intensify after learning that Donald Trump has won the 2016 U.S. presidential election . Her psychiatrist, Dr. Rudy Vincent, recommends a medicine to calm her phobia - induced anxiety . Clowns soon start to stalk Ally . Meanwhile, Kai and Winter are two siblings who make a mysterious pact after Trump becomes president . Winter becomes Oz's nanny and attempts to desensitize him to violence . Kai entices a group of Hispanic men to beat him up . Ally and Ivy's neighbors, the Changs, are slaughtered by a group of clowns . The police erroneously rule the incident as a murder--suicide . Mr. Chang's death leaves a city council seat vacant . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 75 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" </Td> <Td> Liza Johnson </Td> <Td> Tim Minear </Td> <Td> September 12, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 12) </Td> <Td> 7ATS02 </Td> <Td> 2.38 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Kai campaigns for the vacant seat on city council . Ally distrusts the new occupants of the Chang's former home, Harrison and Meadow Wilton . At Ally and Ivy's restaurant, the Butchery on Main, tensions fuel between the sous - chef, Roger, and a Hispanic employee, Pedro . Later, the restaurant's security system trips and Ally investigates . She finds Roger hanging on a hook in the meat locker . Detective Samuels singles out Pedro as the most likely suspect . Ally obtains a gun from the Wiltons . Later on, there is an alleged power shortage in the city and Ally is terrorized by clowns . Ivy sends Pedro to deliver supplies to the house and he is accidentally shot and killed by Ally . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 76 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Neighbors from Hell" </Td> <Td> Gwyneth Horder - Payton </Td> <Td> James Wong </Td> <Td> September 19, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 19) </Td> <Td> 7ATS03 </Td> <Td> 2.25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Clowns break into a couple's home and entomb them in coffins . Picketers protest Pedro's death outside of the Butchery on Main . Kai promises Ally that he will dissuade them and he delivers . The Wiltons berate Ally for Pedro's death and gift Oz a guinea pig . A truck, dispersing a mysterious green gas throughout the neighborhood, disturbs Ally . Oz's guinea pig is microwaved and killed . Ally suspects the Wiltons to be the perpetrators . She assaults Harrison and threatens Meadow . Footage of Ally being seduced by Winter is posted online, devastating Ivy . The Wiltons are individually interrogated by Kai . Harrison expresses his desire for Meadow's death . Afterwards, Meadow disappears and Harrison blames Ally . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 77 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "11 / 9" </Td> <Td> Gwyneth Horder - Payton </Td> <Td> John J. Gray </Td> <Td> September 26, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 26) </Td> <Td> 7ATS04 </Td> <Td> 2.13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> The day before the election, Ivy attends a political rally where she is groped by a man named Gary . Winter comes to Ivy's defense and the two have lunch together . That night, Ivy and Winter kidnap Gary and chain him to a pole in an abandoned building to prevent him from voting the next day . Kai comes to Gary's aid one hour before the polls close and offers him a saw . Gary severs off his chained hand . The day after the election, Harrison becomes Kai's personal trainer . Kai takes Harrison under his wing and eventually convinces him to murder his degrading boss . Later, Kai takes a special interest in a news reporter named Beverly Hope and offers her "equal power" in his quest for domination . He instigates the murder of her rival, Serena Belinda, as proof of his dedication to her . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 78 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "Holes" </Td> <Td> Maggie Kiley </Td> <Td> Crystal Liu </Td> <Td> October 3, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 03) </Td> <Td> 7ATS05 </Td> <Td> 2.20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Beverly informs Kai that her boss, Bob, is compromising news coverage of the clown murders and thereby hindering Kai's campaign . Kai, Beverly, Winter, Harrison, Detective Samuels, Ivy, Gary, and Beverly's cameraman, RJ, don clown masks, break into Bob's house, and film his murder . Beverly later advises Kai to cut ties with RJ whom she views as a weak link . Each cult member shoots a tied - up RJ in the head with a nail gun before Kai finishes him off . Meadow pleads to Ally for safety from the cult and lets it slip that Ivy is a member . Beverly probes Kai about the whereabouts of his parents and Kai divulges that his mom shot his dad and then herself in a murder--suicide . Kai's brother, Dr. Rudy Vincent, insisted that they cover up their deaths in order to protect his career and continue receiving their mom's pension and their dad's disability checks . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 79 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Mid-Western Assassin" </Td> <Td> Bradley Buecker </Td> <Td> Todd Kubrak </Td> <Td> October 10, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 10) </Td> <Td> 7ATS06 </Td> <Td> 2.15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Meadow reveals to Ally that she had fallen in love with Kai and decided to desert the cult when her feelings were not reciprocated . Meadow also tells Ally that the cult has made strides to drive her insane so that Ivy would gain sole custody of Oz . Ally plans to use Meadow's testimony to expose Kai and pays an opposing candidate of his, Sally Keffler, a visit to ask for her help . In the midst of their conversation, the cult breaks into Sally's house and Kai shoots her in the chest . He stages her murder as a suicide . The next day, at a political rally, Meadow shoots several people, including Kai . Ally attempts to wrestle the gun out of Meadow's hands and Meadow shoots herself in the mouth . Ally is arrested after a SWAT team arrives to the scene and finds her with the gun in her hands . Kai had ordered Meadow to attempt to assassinate him so that his figure would be elevated to a national level . In addition, Meadow was instructed to bear witness to Ally on the grounds that no one would believe a "crazy woman". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 80 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag" </Td> <Td> Rachel Goldberg </Td> <Td> Crystal Liu </Td> <Td> October 17, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 17) </Td> <Td> 7ATS07 </Td> <Td> 2.07 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Ally is sent to a psychiatric hospital . Kai wins the vacant seat on city council . His presence in the national media attracts an underground following of misogynistic militiamen . Beverly, Winter, and Ivy are warned by Bebe Babbitt, the former lover of radical feminist Valerie Solanas, about the danger of putting their trust in Kai . Bebe asserts that men in power always push women aside . She divulges to them that Solanas orchestrated the murders accredited to the Zodiac Killer . Solanas died haunted by the fact that her legacy would be tied with her shooting of Andy Warhol . Later, Beverly, Winter, and Ivy murder Harrison for making a sexist comment . Kai and Bebe watch Beverly report on Harrison's death together . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 81 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "Winter of Our Discontent" </Td> <Td> Barbara Brown </Td> <Td> Joshua Green </Td> <Td> October 24, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 24) </Td> <Td> 7ATS08 </Td> <Td> 2.06 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Winter assures Beverly and Ivy that Kai is dependable and recounts an occasion in which they saved tortured captives of a deranged pastor . Kai's proposal that Winter be impregnated with the "messiah" by Samuels does not go as planned and Samuels later attempts to rape Winter . She shoots him in the head . In the meantime, Ally is released from the psychiatric hospital and, in an effort to get her son back, informs Kai that Vincent is seeking to get him committed . Kai kills Vincent and confines Beverly, having been blamed for the death of Samuels by Winter, to an isolation chamber . Ally joins the cult, much to the dismay of Ivy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 82 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Drink the Kool - Aid" </Td> <Td> Angela Bassett </Td> <Td> Adam Penn </Td> <Td> October 31, 2017 (2017 - 10 - 31) </Td> <Td> 7ATS09 </Td> <Td> 1.48 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Kai declares his intention to run for Senate . Later, he requires each cult member to drink presumably poisoned Kool - Aid to test their loyalty . He reveals that the drinks were untainted afterwards . Meanwhile, Ally serves Ivy pasta and wine laced with arsenic and Ivy drops dead . As a means to protect Oz from harm, Ally presents to Kai doctored evidence that his sperm inseminated her when she became pregnant . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 83 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "Charles (Manson) in Charge" </Td> <Td> Bradley Buecker </Td> <Td> Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk </Td> <Td> November 7, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 07) </Td> <Td> 7ATS10 </Td> <Td> 1.82 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Kai recounts the Tate murders to the militiamen . Afterwards, he begins to suspect that a mole has infiltrated the cult and slips into a state of manic paranoia which plagues him with visions of Charles Manson . Meanwhile, Bebe Babbitt is incensed by Kai's failing to implement their master plan: to unleash female rage with an inflammatory political platform . Ally shoots Bebe in the head after she pulls a gun on Kai . After reporting on the murder of Gary, enacted by the cult at a local Planned Parenthood, a broken Beverly is urged by Winter to run away . Beverly insists that she remain loyal to Kai . Kai later tearfully strangles Winter to death after Ally singles her out as the mole . Ally takes notice of the real mole, militiaman Speedwagon . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 84 </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "Great Again" </Td> <Td> Jennifer Lynch </Td> <Td> Tim Minear </Td> <Td> November 14, 2017 (2017 - 11 - 14) </Td> <Td> 7ATS11 </Td> <Td> 1.97 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> A SWAT team storms the Anderson basement on the night that the cult intends to massacre one - hundred pregnant women . Months later, Ally divulges to Beverly that the FBI recruited her as an informant . Beverly becomes a key advisor to Ally's Michigan Senate campaign . Kai escapes from a maximum security prison and infiltrates a televised political debate between Ally and her opponent . Kai misogynistically tirades and points a gun to Ally's head . He pulls the trigger just to discover that the gun isn't loaded . Beverly then shoots him dead . Ally obtains the vast majority of the female vote and wins a Senate seat . The season concludes as Ally tucks Oz into bed, dons an emerald SCUM cloak, and departs to attend a meeting with a group of "empowered women who want to change the system". </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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