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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 12 Afterbirth

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American Horror Story – Murder House, Episode 12

Afterbirth

Aired Dec 21, 2011

Drama

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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The aftermath of Vivien's difficult labor is revealed; Constance schemes to raise Tate's baby as her own; Ben makes plans to get out of the house.

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Critics Consensus

"Afterbirth" is an enjoyable season finale that manages to deliver a few last minute scares as it ties up loose ends.

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Dylan McDermott

Ben Harmon

Connie Britton

Vivien Harmon

Taissa Farmiga

Violet Harmon

Jessica Lange

Constance

Evan Peters

Tate Langdon

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Julieanne Smolinski

New York Magazine/Vulture

08/09/2016

Congratulations to you guys who called the fight between good and evil and the Harmons being dead and on and on.

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Michael Calia

Wall Street Journal

08/09/2016

This week's installment, the season finale, is more of a denouement, in which most of the loose ends of this season are tied up while the table is set for season two.

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Jeff Jensen

Entertainment Weekly

08/09/2016

"Afterbirth," the season finale of American Horror Story and possibly the series finale for Ben, Vivien and Violet Harmon, left me in limbo. My opinion pings between cool admiration and hot disappointment.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

06/06/2018

We got, for good or for ill, a complete story this season, from beginning to end. Very few shows manage to do that, especially in their inaugural season.

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Meredith Borders

Birth.Movies.Death.

08/09/2016

Jessica Lange kicked this episode/season/show's entire ass from top to bottom, and her final episode was typically chill-inducing.

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James Queally

Newark Star-Ledger

08/09/2016

It's been fun folks. We laughed. We cried. We watched Connie Britton eat brains or saw Ben Harmon get laid more than any man that annoying should.

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Synopsis

The aftermath of Vivien's difficult labor is revealed; Constance schemes to raise Tate's baby as her own; Ben makes plans to get out of the house.

Executive Producer: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Dec 21, 2011