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American Horror Story – Hotel, Episode 7 Flicker

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American Horror Story – Hotel, Episode 7

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Aired Nov 18, 2015

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Mystery & Thriller

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Will Drake's renovations uncover one of the hotel's greatest secrets; John undergoes psychiatric evaluation; The Countess learns the fate of her first love.

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"Flicker" is an especially enjoyable and tightly scripted episode of Hotel, presenting an intriguing backstory for Lady Gaga's Countess character.

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Leyla Hamedi

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11/20/2015

6/4

One would think getting some answers in an American Horror Story season would be as elusive as sighting in real life any number of the mythical monsters the show portrays, but here's lucky episode seven to disprove that.

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E. A. Hanks

New York Times

11/19/2015

Hotel is circling an interesting idea - what is fame if not a battle against morality? - but dig too deep, and everything falls apart: how does vampiric immortality help movie stars stay relevant when they're not allowed to show their face in public?

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Brian Moylan

New York Magazine/Vulture

11/19/2015

5/5

This was a strange little episode. Not much happened, and what did was wonderfully simple.

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Mark Trammell

TV Equals

11/20/2015

Yes, the show has its faults, but it always has. The important thing is, it might be out there, but it's certainly never boring. What it lacks in actual scares, it more than makes up for in being genuinely disturbing at times.

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Ryan Sandoval

TV.com

11/19/2015

I'm loving all these angles we're getting on the Countess. She's doing some pretty horrible things, but she's had some pretty terrible things done to her as well.

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Lacy Baugher

Baltimore Sun

11/19/2015

This time, there's something creepy trapped in the walls... But, more importantly, we finally get an extended flashback focused on the Countess' origins, which confirms some intriguing connections.

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Synopsis

Will Drake's renovations uncover one of the hotel's greatest secrets; John undergoes psychiatric evaluation; The Countess learns the fate of her first love.

Executive Producer: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, Bradley Buecker, Jennifer Salt, James Wong, Alexis Martin Woodall
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 18, 2015