American Horror Story

What exactly did you see out there?

I told you, he was huge and wearing black leather and...

had some kind of weapon.

I think he wanted to hurt me.

This time of night in Central Park,

almost everyone wants to hurt you.

You said there's a group of people in this city

under attack by the government. Start there.

I worked at a lab assistant.

I'd sanitize equipment.

Prep samples.

I'd write reports.

That's how I got access to the files.

You ever heard of Operation Paperclip?

- No. - It was a postwar program

where the U.S. used Nazi scientists

against the Russians during the Red Scare.

They'd crossbreed contagions,

test them on patients.

Mix animal diseases with human ones.

They were looking for something that could be used as a weapon.

They hit on something good,

but it was too big to be airborne,

so they engineered it to thrive in mucous membranes.

And all of this happened on U.S. soil?

Nearby soil. Plum Island.

Even if that's true,

it was in the '50s right after the war.

What does it have to do with now?

The Cold War is heating up.

A year ago, they started bringing out

some of the golden oldies and testing them again.

Testing? You mean on humans?

Drug addicts, prisoners, homeless people.

They get them to volunteer for money.

They were experimenting with ticks

as a delivery mechanism

to spread the diseases.

They think some of the ticks got loose

and spread the disease outside the island.

You know what I'm talking about, don't you?

Patients have been showing up with conditions

that should be rare, but...

now they're all over the place.

Some of them have weird skin rashes,

diarrhea, like from a parasite.

- They created it, all of it. - Honestly,

conspiracy theories are dangerous.

They absolutely hurt more than they help.

Medical misinformation, which doctors like me

call the fear of science,

actually causes more infections, a higher ratio of disease...

The people that created this were evil.

I think they made the disease as painful as possible,

and they specifically targeted the people they detest.

Why are you telling all this to me?

I read the article in The Native

about the infected deer on Fire Island

and how they were slaughtered.

And I suggest you look more closely

at some of the symptoms your patients have

and go to the press.

With what?

I don't have any proof of anything,

and proof is everything.

And a study could take years.

Figure it out, and fast.

My life is on the line.

The people behind this know that I know.

Remember Karen fucking Silkwood?

She's in a Texas cemetery now.

I just want to get out of here.

Please. Just let me go.

Help!

Help!

No matches on any of the fingerprints.

None of them were in the database.

Missing persons?

Yeah, we're running missing persons right now.

So far, no one seems to link up.

Goddamn it, when are we gonna get some luck on this damn case?

Well, we may have some now, Chief.

I just need to get back to it.

This guy's got a hell of a story.

Might be relevant.

All right, keep me up to speed.

Sure.

You were telling me what this guy made you do.

He kept me in a fucking cage.

- He made me perform acts... - What kind of acts?

- The kind I don't want people to know about. - Right.

Can you just tell me how you ended up at this guy's place?

Did he drag you off the street? Knock you on the head?

I answered a pay phone.

Outside a leather bar.

- Which bar? - The Ditch.

The guy was funny, made me laugh.

Mm-hmm. He told me where he lived.

So I decided, what the hell?

Wait, you agreed to meet this guy over a phone call?

I guarantee you, it's not the weirdest pickup

that's happened in this city.

Okay, can you just...

describe the guy who held you and where this took place?

we can turn it down.

It's not about the music.

I'm gonna need you to ask your guests to leave.

So, you're admitting to me he was held in here.

He was in here, but he was not held.

- Do you see a lock? - Could've been one before.

There wasn't.

It was consensual.

It was a game.

He was into it.

I've never seen anyone more into it.

Could he have actually been frightened,

- and you misinterpreted? - No, not a chance.

He's not the first gentleman I've entertained down here.

And it won't be the last. I could offer you a session.

Don't be a smart-ass.

These are very serious accusations.

Then why aren't you locking me up?

You're not arresting me

because he won't press charges.

He won't press charges because there's nothing

that happened down here that both parties didn't want...

and enjoy.

So you see, you've ruined my evening

for no reason at all.

There were two very talented young photographers

who had their first gallery exhibition...

Something happened down here, and you are right,

he's not gonna press charges.

But not because nothing happened here,

because he is worried about his reputation.

That's something you're familiar with, isn't it?

I'm happy to play this act

in front of your little buddy over there.

I know what you're into.

And I know what you know about pain.

Don't fuck with me...

Detective.

We're done here.

So he just denied everything and you believed it?

Yeah. He said it was consensual.

And the kid doesn't want to press charges.

That's a relief.

No paperwork for you.

Gino, the dungeon room does not match the room you were in.

Sam is not the guy.

Come here for a second.

I worked with an artist down at the paper

to come up with a sketch

based on what I could remember.

This could be something to go on.

I don't think it's enough to go on.

I don't think you were in your right state of mind

to remember anything about this guy's face.

Why are you shutting me down?

You're a cop. Protect and fucking serve.

All right, what do you want me to do?

Stop creating obstacles. Stop lying to me.

Oh, c-can you just not?!

Oh, you... Your ex-wife came to me

with a box full of your secret gear.

- Can I just not what? - Okay,

Gino, yeah. I like to go to leather bars.

Okay? I used to go to leather bars!

Are you happy now?

But you felt you had to lie to me.

I had to lie to everybody about it.

Why?

I don't know.

There's nothing to be ashamed of.

Yeah. True.

But it's hotter when it feels like there is.

Oh, God.

By that logic,

murder should be a fucking blast.

Well, for somebody in this city, it is,

and they have to be stopped.

Look, Gino, I thought I was onto something

with this Stewart guy and the pay phone,

- but that... - I've spoken to a handful of people

who have all mentioned the pay phone.

Maybe that's the way that we catch this guy.

Great, but I am not a private detective,

and I have to answer to people.

Can you imagine everybody down at the precinct

laughing at me when I say

that I want to stake out a sex phone?

But-but isn't that what you want to do?

Even if it's...

wrong?

Even if it's... bad?

Even if you know you shouldn't?

Gino.

Doesn't it make you...

a little hard?

Sneaking off to a leather bar like that