Kim Kardashian | American Horror Story: Delicate

• Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Creators: Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Halley Feiffer
• Starring: Emma Roberts, Matt Czuchry, Kim Kardashian, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Denis O'Hare, Cara Delevingne, Julie White, Maaz Ali
• No. of episodes: 5
• Original network: FX
• Original release: September 20, 2023 – present

An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.

"Multiply Thy Pain"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 1
• Directed by: Jessica Yu
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: September 20, 2023

Young actress Anna nearly misses her transvaginal oocyte retrieval after learning it was suddenly rescheduled, unbeknownst to her, angering her husband Dex as the two have had difficulty attempting to conceive a child using IVF. However, while traveling to the appointment, Anna notices a mysterious woman multiple times and believes the woman is stalking her. In the operation room, Anna is kissed by Io Preecher, a woman she met while waiting to be called for her appointment. Anna later meets with her PR agent Siobhan Corbyn, who has booked her a spot on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, hoping for her to be an Academy Award nominee. At a dinner with Dex and his previous wife, a chef who died in a fire, Adeline's friends- She is gifted a red lipstick. Anna later awakens to find herself covered in the lipstick and finds a message saying "Don't do it Anna" on her bedroom mirror.

"Rockabye"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 2
• Directed by: Jennifer Lynch
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: September 27, 2023

Security footage shows that no one besides Dex entered or exited Anna's apartment building, leading a police detective to suggest she was hallucinating due to her pregnancy medications. Anna is anxious to take a pregnancy test, but is advised to wait 2 full weeks (it having only been 3 days). A moment later, Dex suggests she take the test, and Anna realizes that she has lost 2 weeks of time. She takes the test and they find that she is pregnant. Her fertility doctor advises her to avoid stress. Anna learns from Siobhan that she has been nominated for a Gotham Award. At the awards ceremony, Anna finds herself at odds with Babette Eno, another actress nominated in the same category. In the bathroom, Anna inadvertently peels her skin off, attempting to conceal her pimple, and injures a fan. Later, when giving a speech for winning the award, Anna sees the fan, Preecher and Dex kissing his colleague, Sonia, in the crowd, before Anna vomits and faints. Sometime later, Dex and Anna stay at Talia's house in the Hamptons, where Anna hears strange noises at night. The next day, Anna experiences increasingly severe pain and profuse bleeding. At the local hospital, she is administered an ultrasound by a nurse named Ivy who resembles her stalker. She later learns she miscarried, and that no nurse named Ivy works at the hospital.

"When the Bough Breaks"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 3
• Directed by: Jennifer Lynch
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: October 4, 2023

Dex encourages Anna to report Ivy to the police, but she believes her story will be dismissed. Anna fears that there is a conspiracy to prevent her from conceiving, but Dex dismisses her. In the woods near Talia's home, Anna finds Preecher and alerts Dex, but they find no trace when searching for her. At the beach, Anna discovers a doll with nails in its stomach that she signed, as two veiled figures dressed in black watch her from afar. In Talia's basement, Anna discovers a box marked "Talia's Baby Stuff" before spotting a small door, which she crawls through to an underground chamber. While there, the two figures from the beach trap and chloroform her, causing Anna to take a little nap. She later feels the baby move in her uterus, but Dr. Hill dismisses it as grief from miscarrying. At a pharmacy, Anna notices the figures stalking her, but the clerk does not. Going home, she watches Sonia and Dex speak, before being interrupted by Preecher saying "Watch out for her", who later warns her that "they did something" and confirms she did not miscarry.

"Vanishing Twin"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 4
• Directed by: John J. Gray
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: October 11, 2023

In 1555, after having forged a deal with Satan to ensure prosperity, Mary I gives birth to a demonic child. In 2023, Anna places a dead raccoon in Talia's bassinet and treats it as her child. Later, Siobhan hires Mary's ladies in waiting, the "Ashleys," to overhaul Anna's public image. Anna films an Instagram reel about her pregnancy for them, and it goes viral. At the clinic, she gets diagnosed with vanishing twin syndrome, to her and Dex's bewilderment. Anna also encounters Ivy again, although Dex is unable to find her. Dex's mother visits them and explains she is suing Dex's father for committing Satanic ritual abuse. Anna receives a mysterious card saying, "You can't trust any of them," and binge eats before fainting. She later discovers she has been nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, and devours the raccoon she previously kept in the bassinet. Siobhan is revealed to be in an affair with Hamish, the director of Anna's breakout film, The Auteur, and implies it was a success because he made a Satanic pact.

"Preech"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 5
• Directed by: John J. Gray
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: October 18, 2023

In 1987, Dr. Hill attends while Preecher gives birth to a demonic child, due to a Satanic pact she made. Preecher attempts to break the pact, but he prevents her from doing so. In 2023, Dex's mother asks him to testify against his father, but Dex refuses. To her annoyance, Anna discovers Siobhan now also represents Babette. Anna meets Preecher, who explains her history: in 1987, she became pregnant after a one-night stand and attempted to get an abortion but stopped after a woman promised to grant her deepest desires if she complied with certain demands. In the present, Preecher warns Dex's mother that she, Dex and Anna are in danger from the Satanic cult which Adeline was in before defecting when she became infatuated with Dex. Anna discovers that Dex does not believe her story about Ivy. While watching the Golden Globe Award ceremony, Anna learns she has lost to Babette and vomits tacks. Siobhan calls her, asking if she wants an Oscar Award. Anna agrees and a mysterious figure grabs her. She wakes up the next morning and discovers Babette was decapitated in a car crash.

"Opening Night"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 6
• Directed by: Bradley Buecker
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: April 3, 2024

In 1988, Anna's mother Margaret Alcott dies of a preventable pulmonary embolism. At the hospital, Nicolette walks in and holds infant Anna, revealing her immortality and participation in the coven. In 2024, Siobhan reveals that Babette's death makes Anna the front runner for the Oscar, and gives her the head speech spot at her funeral for good press. After Hamish threatens to expose Siobhan's secrets, she murders him and stages his death as a suicide. As Anna begins piecing together what is happening to her, Nicolette continues to cross boundaries, putting Anna on edge. Anna and Dex make up from their fight, and Dex talks to his father about Virginia's lawsuit. At Dex and Sonia's opening night for their art gallery, the coven unites and reveals to Anna they are working together in a twisted, hazy sequence. Anna decides she wants to leave the entertainment industry, but Siobhan convinces her to stay. At the end of the night, Dex goes to his mother's house to find out why she skipped the gallery, and finds her dead in the bathtub with her wrists slit and a lipstick drawn message saying "I tried to warn you" on the mirror.

"Ave Hestia"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 7
• Directed by: Jennifer Lynch
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: April 10, 2024

In Western Europe 42 A.D., Ivy gives birth to twins Sonia and Adeline in a barn. They all die, but are brought back to life by a mysterious witch. By 2013, Adeline has left the cult due to its evil nature and Ivy's abuse. She marries Dex and opens a restaurant called Hestia. One evening, Sonia warns her she will regret abandoning the cult, marking her for an unwanted pregnancy. The cult begins stalking her, as her best friend Talia sells her company and offers to fund an art gallery for Dex after his father cuts off his finances. Dex learns that Adeline is pregnant and goes to tell his parents, but finds his father offering Virginia's blood to the cult. Dexter Sr. reveals his real mother is the witch he is caught fornicating with and has Dex's memory erased. Adeline is confronted by the cult and Talia reveals herself as a member. The members cut her open and spread her fetal blood on their skin for immortality and everlasting beauty. Planning to set Dex up with a new wife who will birth the "purest product", they light Adeline on fire and stage her death as a kitchen fire.

"Little Gold Man"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 8
• Directed by: Jennifer Lynch
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: April 17, 2024

In 1967, Frank Sinatra threatens to divorce Mia Farrow if she does not stop working on the film Rosemary's Baby. After hallucinating giving birth to a demon baby, Farrow is greeted by Siobhan in her dressing room. In 2024, Anna, now Oscar-nominated, and Dex attend Virginia's funeral which Ms. Preecher crashes. She declares Virginia was murdered and chides Dex on not listening to Anna before being removed by security. Anna follows Preecher to the hospital and stays with her at night but finds her gone the next morning. She later runs into Cora, who reveals that she had an affair with Dex and began gaslighting Anna after he broke things off. She also warns Anna that Dr. Hill and the cult did something to her baby. At home, Anna and Dex argues about his infidelity, and she kicks him out of the house. At the Oscars ceremony, Siobhan asks Anna if she wants an Oscar, to which she says yes. Shortly afterward, Anna wins an Oscar and goes on stage to give a speech. However, plagued by hallucinations of her mother, she falls short of delivering it and her water breaks.

"The Auteur"

• Season: 13
• Episode: 9
• Directed by: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
• Written by: Halley Feiffer
• Premiere: April 24, 2024

In flashbacks, Siobhan meets Anna for the first time and forces Dr. Hill to work for her. In 2024, Dex and Kamal join Anna in the ambulance, which Ivy drives to an underground facility. As Anna goes into labor, Ivy shoots Kamal and the baby bites Dex's hand off; Ivy forces it down Dex's throat, killing him. After Anna gives birth to a demonic boy, Ivy tells her that her baby was the price for her Oscar. Later, Anna awakens paralyzed from the waist down, where she is greeted by the cult, the Delicates. Siobhan reveals herself as the leader and offers Anna beauty and power. As Dex's father enters, Siobhan explains that she is Dex's mother and that Anna's fetus was replaced with her own. Siobhan kills Ivy for killing Dex and explains that the cult's ultimate goal is to use Dex's preserved sperm to breed superpowered children who will kill all men. After Anna agrees to join, Adeline appears and tells Anna that only light can snuff out the dark. Anna joins Adeline in chanting, causing Siobhan to disintegrate. Anna, no longer paralyzed, puts on Siobhan's headpiece and finds her baby, now human, and her Oscar in the next room.