With the house all to himself, Dandy is having fun. An Avon lady drops by, and Dandy invites her in. No sooner does she come through the door than he kills her, cuts off her head, and sews it onto the shoulder of his mothers corpse. The corpse is attached to ropes, so Dandy has a living Dot and Bette marionette. He visits Esmerelda for a reading, and is very pleased with her vague outlook of positivity. On the way out Jimmy accosts him, accusing him of being a murderer and doing something with the twins. Jimmy is drunk – has been continually drunk since his mother died. Dandy blames Jimmy for taking the twins from him and ruining his last chance at happiness and swears to destroy him and everything he loves.
Jimmy pays a visit to the bored housewives Tupperware party, but hostess Sylvia is disappointed because he is too drunk to please her. In his haze, Jimmy sees one of the women as Ethel and buries his head into her lap, weeping about how much he needs her. Even in his drunken stupor, the Ethel in his mind tells him to move on. This scares the suburban housewives and they kick him out. He is barely out when the doorbell rings again. But its not Jimmy; its Dandy. Sylvia, frustrated and horny, is pleased to see the handsome stranger, who claims his car broke down. She is too eager to invite him in to use the phone. But when her husband comes home later that afternoon, he discovers his wife and all her friends dead, floating in the pool that is now more blood than water.
Dandy has taken some of the blood home with him – in those handy-dandy Tupperware containers. He is preparing himself a blood bath when Regina bursts in. She has called the police. But Dandy isnt worried; in fact, he admits to killing her mother. Regina gasps, then looks around and asks if the blood on the walls belongs to Dora. Nope – that is my moms blood, Dandy says flippantly. Regina is overwhelmed. Dandy invites her to take a bath with him, but Regina is horrified and tries to leave. Dandy locks the door, but assures her he wont kill her – she is the only person in the house he feels is worthwhile. He then starts ranting about how he is living his destiny and is a god, chosen to walk among men. Regina is scared and begs to leave, which infuriates Dandy. He lets her out and tells her to go before he changes his mind about killing her.
Regina returns hours later with a police detective. Dandy invites them in warmly, and he swears he has nothing to hide. The cop doesnt want to believe Reginas story (remember, this is the 1950s, and Regina is both black and a woman) but it soon becomes clear that her story is true. Dandy starts bragging about his immense wealth and how he has been imbued with the light of god, and nothing can stop him now. The cop reaches for his gun, but Dandy has an offer for him: he will pay him $1 million – in cash – if he helps dig a hole for Regina. The cop doesnt even blink. He spins around, shoots Regina in the head, and asks for a shovel.
Elsa and Stanley are working a new angle with the twins. Secreted away in Stanleys killing barn are the twins, waiting for the doctor whom Stanley promises is coming to separate them. Elsa, as far as I can tell, seems to believe that they are there to be separated by the doctor that separated the Brody twins, assuming that only one will survive. Stanleys plan is actually to simply kill the girls to put them on display. The doctor is just a hustler with a stethoscope.
The twins are nervous about the surgery. Despite Dots attempts to cheer her up, Bette knows only one of them is destined to survive the split, and she wants it to be Dot. Dot wants a normal life and Bette doesnt think she could live without her sister. Dot is touched by this and finally realizes what this surgery means. She decides she doesnt want to go through with it, and they make it back to the carnival, where they are waiting for Jimmy when he stumbles into his trailer. Dot does all the talking, and explains why the girls have decided not to split. She admits she is in love with Jimmy and wants to be with him. The girls disrobe. Bette is okay with this arrangement; she can shut her eyes and disappear to give them privacy. Jimmy seems uncertain, but Dot pulls him in to kiss him. He pulls away and admits he is in love with another. The girls put their dress back on and hastily leave. Jimmy returns to the bottle, then throws it across the trailer in disgust. He cries, but his pity party is interrupted by the sound of sirens. The police found Jimmys mitten at the Tupperware house and he is under arrest for killing the housewives.
Also: Dell tries to kill himself, but Desiree cuts him from his noose before the job is done. In his suicide note, he cant live with his shame anymore. Even though he sees Ma Petite briefly, the shame he is referring to is not her murder, but his homosexuality. Another harsh reminder of the climate of the 1950s, where homosexuality is a far worse sin than the murder of a foreign freak. Esmerelda and Desiree walk in on Jimmy and Ima having sex. When Jimmy tells Dot he is in love with someone else, I am not sure who he is referring to: Esmerelda, or Ima as a surrogate for his mother. And Desirees secret lover stops by the carnival. He is on screen for less than a minute, but his appearance is notable because it is Theo Huxtable!
Ive got to say, this episode was quite maudlin and weepy. Everyone was super-emotional. (Okay, mainly Jimmy and the twins.) I dont come to AHS for emotional scenes – usually they are overwrought and cheesy, and dammit, I come for the horror! Dandy is doing an adequate job of filling in for Twisty the Clown. He isnt as scary as Twisty, but he certainly is weirder and more demented.
