American Horror Story season 12 episode 3 ended with Anna discovering her pregnancy might not be over yet, but could this actually be a bad thing?
Despite the fact that American Horror Story season 12, episode 3 has numerous significant twists, it is still unclear where the series’ plot is going. There are several reasons why American Horror Story: Delicate is noteworthy. It is the first season of the long-running novel-based horror anthology series, for starters. The novel Delicate Condition by actor Danielle Valentine is adapted for television in American Horror Story: Delicate, albeit it is unclear how closely the series will resemble its source material. Another noteworthy aspect of American Horror Story: Delicate is that series gave reality TV star Kim Kardashian her first significant scripted acting role.
While it may sound like American Horror Story season 12 is going out of the show’s way to take big risks, its first two episodes proved this notion isn’t entirely true. Where the first outings of season 2, Asylum, featured demons, serial killers, alien abductions, and zombies, American Horror Story: Delicate has kept things comparatively simple. Episode 1 introduced Anna Alcott, an actor who was attempting to mount an awards season campaign while also simultaneously undergoing IVF treatment. She was disturbed by encounters with a strange stalker but, other than that, her life did not seem to be particularly surreal or strange.
It is still unclear where the plot of American Horror Story is going, despite the fact that episode 3 of season 12 contained many significant twists. Delicate from American Horror Story is noteworthy for many reasons. One of the reasons is that it is the first season of the established horror anthology series that is based on a book. American Horror Story: Delicate is a television adaptation of the book Delicate Condition by actor Danielle Valentine, though it is unclear how closely the series will resemble its source material. Kim Kardashian, a reality TV star, received her first significant scripted acting role in American Horror Story: Delicate.
While it may sound like American Horror Story season 12 is going out of the show’s way to take big risks, its first two episodes proved this notion isn’t entirely true. Where the first outings of season 2, Asylum, featured demons, serial killers, alien abductions, and zombies, American Horror Story: Delicate has kept things comparatively simple. Episode 1 introduced Anna Alcott, an actor who was attempting to mount an awards season campaign while also simultaneously undergoing IVF treatment. She was disturbed by encounters with a strange stalker but, other than that, her life did not seem to be particularly surreal or strange.
However, after this comparatively straightforward premiere, the series took a turn for the bizarre. American Horror Story season 12, episode 2 saw Anna finally get pregnant only for her to then lose the pregnancy almost immediately when a creepy nurse gave her a suspicious ultrasound. At the end of the episode, Anna learned this nurse wasn’t really an employee of the hospital and that she had miscarried. American Horror Story season 12, episode 3, “When the Bough Breaks,” opened with Anna and her husband Dex driving home from the hospital. Anna demanded that they pull over and insisted on walking home, only to soon regret this.
Near the remote house she shared with Dex and her bodyguard Kamal, Anna ventured far into the woods. There, she met Ms. Preecher, the odd older woman who had once been a viewer of a late-night program that Anna had appeared on. As Anna took a stroll in the forest, Preecher, who was hiding in the trees close to a fire, was issuing cryptic warnings to the American Horror Story: Delicate protagonist. Preecher’s return startled Anna, who fled to her house but was nowhere to be seen when she arrived with Dex and Kamal. The mysterious character from American Horror Story season 12, episode 1 was not returned.
Anna’s Trolls Seemingly Vanished
Not only could Dex and Kamal find no trace of Ms. Preecher, but Anna also discovered that the online footprint of her stalker had disappeared overnight when she looked her up the next morning. The Instagram profiles of both Anna’s troll “Annihilate Anna” and Ms. Preecher had seemingly vanished without explanation, but Anna was soon visited by Siobhan before she could look into this any further. While Anna’s troll might simply have deactivated their account, this seems unlikely since Anna’s public image was in free fall. As such, her troll would be more likely to harangue her even more than ever.
Someone Found Anna’s Secret Address
Anna had no chance to question this development before she was greeted with a welcome basket. This meant that Dex had given someone the address of Anna’s secluded hideout and, although Anna was convinced the culprit was the director she disliked, there was no way of confirming if he really sent the hamper. American Horror Story: Delicate’s supporting star Kim Kardashian showed up to distract Anna before she could look into the origins of the hamper, thus setting up a trippy sequence that proved Anna might not be entirely lucid.
Anna’s Hallucinations Are Getting Worse
Anna didn’t remember eating the entire gift basket despite how strange it appeared to be. When Dex exited the room, she checked her phone to discover Siobhan contacting her. She then turned around to see Siobhan standing in her doorway. Based on this, either Dex and Siobhan are conspiring to gaslight Anna, or Anna has been sleeping for hours at a time without realizing it. Although this is a possibility, it wouldn’t account for Anna’s strong hallucinations or her erratic view of time. She was persuaded that eerie beings were pursuing her the entire event.
There Is A Cult Following Anna
American Horror Story: Delicate’s story owes a creative debt to the classic horror movie Rosemary’s Baby, wherein a cult conspires to get an innocent woman pregnant with the Antichrist. “When the Bough Breaks” seemed to set up this same twist when a pair of cultists who were dressed all in black, hooded, and accompanied by a goat on a leash appeared. They were first seen on the beach, where they may have left Anna a discontinued doll with pins in its stomach. They then appeared in Anna’s nightmare, before showing up in what might have been a hallucination during the episode’s final scene, Anna’s trip to a pharmacy.
American Horror Story: Delicate Updated A Rosemary’s Baby Scene
Instead of a demon assaulting Anna while she slept, as happens in Rosemary’s Baby, a pair of masked and hooded cultists dressed entirely in black strapped Anna to a surgical chair and seemingly surgically impregnated her. This allowed American Horror Story: Delicate to update Rosemary’s Baby, turning the original movie’s assault scene into a sequence that highlighted fears of medical malpractice and mistreatment. Currently, it is unclear whether this scene only happened in Anna’s mind, although the episode’s final moments provided a clue. Unfortunately for her, this scene may have taken place and imperiled her future.
Anna’s Pregnancy Might Not Be Over
Despite how strange the gift basket appeared, Anna ate it all but couldn’t recall doing so. When Dex left the room, she checked her phone to see if Siobhan was calling, and when she did, she noticed Siobhan standing in her doorway. This suggests that either Dex and Siobhan are conspiring to gaslight Anna or that Anna has been sleeping for hours at a time without realizing it. This is a possibility, but it doesn’t account for Anna’s severe hallucinations or her erratic sense of time. She believed enigmatic characters were pursuing her the entire program.