Wednesday’s action-packed “American Horror Story” put more pieces of the puzzle together, outing Larry as a liar and revealing another member of Constance’s family.
The episode, which seemed to cement the fact that Larry is, in fact, alive, also confirmed that the story of how he got his burned face was fabricated. He had previously told Ben it was due to an incident in which he murdered his family, but some research on Ben’s part revealed he was never, in fact, convicted or institutionalized based on that crime.
Larry then introduced a new story–in 1994, he announced plans to leave his wife in pursuit of Constance, his true love. His wife, not willing to live with the news, seemingly set herself and her daughters on fire. Though he now suggests the burns were suffered during a failed attempt to save them, “Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that that, too, is a lie.
“The thing that’s interesting is people who watch the episode will think, “Oh he got the burns by going into the bedroom to save the wife and kids.” That’s not accurate either. We have an upcoming episode where we see how he really got them,” explained Murphy.
Earlier in the episode, viewers encountered Beau, the third of Constance’s four children (they already know Tate and Addy). With a horribly-disfigured face and obvious mental problems, Beau had been living in the attic of “Murder House,” where he was chained. Per a request from Constance, who was going to be unable to take care of her special child, Larry suffocated Beau with a pillow in 1994. The ghost of Beau still lives in the attic and was visible to Violet.
“Rubber Man” also made a brief appearance during Vivien’s masturbation fantasy. The identity of that character, who many believe really fathered Vivien’s baby (even though the timing wouldn’t exactly make sense), is to be revealed in next week’s backstory episode.
In the EW interview, Murphy teased, “We reveal 100 percent the identity of the Rubber Man. We also show people how the Rubber Man came to be. You see, Where did the costume come from? Who is it? Why are they doing that? What is the Rubber Man’s goal?”
He also gave credibility to the “father” rumors by confirming that the identity of the Rubber Man will help viewers understand what is growing inside of the pregnant Vivien. Zachary Quinto’s Chad, who was evidently murdered by Rubber Man, is also involved in the backstory.
It should be noted that Murphy, following the airing of the “Horror Story” pilot, said he though the identity of the sexually-charged villain should be obvious. That would imply it relates to a male who was either featured or mentioned in the first episode, although it is unclear if Murphy’s words were, perhaps, taken out of context.
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