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American Horror Story – Freak Show, Episode 5 Pink Cupcakes

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American Horror Story – Freak Show, Episode 5

Pink Cupcakes

Aired Nov 5, 2014

Horror

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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79%

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14 Reviews

Stanley and Maggie hatch a plan to murder the freaks; Gloria hides the evidence of Dandy's gruesome new hobby; a health scare reveals Desiree may not be the oddity she once thought.

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"Pink Cupcakes" provides essential character developments, the first time for many, while also fulfilling the gore quota.

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Jodi Walker

Entertainment Weekly

01/21/2015

Tonight, several previously one-note characters -- Desiree, Stanley, and even Dell -- proved they had stories fully worthy of exploring.

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Emily L. Stephens

AV Club

01/21/2015

B

"Pink Cupcakes" is all about fantasies: fantasies of fame, of riches, of power, of love, of family.

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Scott Neumyer

Wall Street Journal

01/20/2015

"Pink Cupcakes" is an improvement over last week's episode in that the character development feels much more natural and less like an exposition dump. That being said, it still feels like Freak Show is trying to find its way narratively.

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Angela L. Harmon

The NitPic

12/16/2019

Jesus. I really just think all of Gloria's lines this week were extraordinary.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

06/06/2018

Last night was when the dreaded words finally got uttered. "I'm bored."

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Lacy Baugher

Baltimore Sun

01/21/2015

Denis O'Hare's super sleazy Stanley has arrived on the scene, and things are about to get messy.

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Synopsis

Stanley and Maggie hatch a plan to murder the freaks; Gloria hides the evidence of Dandy's gruesome new hobby; a health scare reveals Desiree may not be the oddity she once thought.

Executive Producer: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong, Bradley Buecker
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 5, 2014