Episodes Welcome to Briarcliff October 17, 2012 Tricks and Treats October 24, 2012 Nor'easter October 31, 2012 I Am Anne Frank: Part 1 November 7, 2012 I Am Anne Frank: Part 2 November 14, 2012 The Origins of Monstrosity November 21, 2012 Dark Cousin November 28, 2012 Unholy Night December 5, 2012 The Coat Hanger December 12, 2012 The Name Game January 2, 2013 Spilt Milk January 9, 2013 Continuum January 16, 2013 Madness Ends January 23, 2013 Directed by Bradley Buecker Michael Uppendahl Alfonso Gomez-Rejon David Semel Michael Rymer Michael Lehmann Jeremy Podeswa Craig Zisk Written by Ryan Murphy   Brad Falchuk   Tim Minear   James Wong   Jennifer Salt   Jessica Sharzer   Cast Zachary Quinto ... Dr. Oliver Thredson (13 episodes) Joseph Fiennes ... Monsignor Timothy Howard (13 episodes) Sarah Paulson ... Lana Winters (13 episodes) Evan Peters ... Kit Walker (13 episodes) Lily Rabe ... Sister Mary Eunice McKee (13 episodes) Lizzie Brocheré ... Grace Bertrand (13 episodes) James Cromwell ... Dr. Arthur Arden (13 episodes) Jessica Lange ... Sister Jude Martin (13 episodes) Naomi Grossman ... Pepper (7 episodes) Fredric Lehne ... Frank McCann (7 episodes) Chloë Sevigny ... Shelley (6 episodes) Britne Oldford ... Alma Walker (6 episodes) Mark Engelhardt ... Carl (5 episodes) Barbara Tarbuck ... Mother Superior Claudia (5 episodes) Frances Conroy ... Shachath (5 episodes) Jenna Dewan ... Teresa Morrison (4 episodes) (as Jenna Dewan-Tatum) Clea DuVall ... Wendy Peyser (4 episodes) (as Clea Duvall) Mark Consuelos ... Spivey (4 episodes) Gloria Laino ... The Mexican (4 episodes) Adam Levine ... Leo Morrison (3 episodes) Casey Wyman ... Daniel (3 episodes) Matthew John Armstrong ... Detective Byers (3 episodes) Joel McKinnon Miller ... Detective Connors (3 episodes) Mark Margolis ... Sam Goodman (3 episodes) Joe Egender ... Billy (2 episodes) Jennifer Holloway ... Barb (2 episodes) Vanessa Mizzone ... Lois (2 episodes) Franka Potente ... Anne Frank / Charlotte Brown (2 episodes) Kasey Mahaffy ... Father James (2 episodes) Jennifer Holland ... Nurse Blackwell (2 episodes) Ian McShane ... Leigh Emerson (2 episodes) Mary-Pat Green ... Nun #1 (2 episodes) Meg Wolf ... Neo-Natal Nurse (2 episodes) Mark D. Espinoza ... Jorge (2 episodes) (as Mark Espinoza) Marc Aden Gray ... Dad Henry G. Sanders ... Willie Devon Graye ... Jed Potter Robin Weigert ... Cynthia Potter John Aylward ... Father Malachi Andrew Rothenberg ... Mr. Potter Jenny Wade ... Prostitute Stanley Jack Miller ... Lurch (as Stanley Miller) Jake Olson ... Soldier Jake Ryan Scott ... Dr. Kildare Kaya Stark ... L'il Abner Chelsey Valentine ... Little Girl In Blue Henry Watkins ... Walter Parker Croft ... Devon Blake Sheldon ... Cooper John Lee Ames ... Rudy James J. Collins ... Grace's Father John Cromwell ... Young Arden Bella Dayne ... Patsy Kathrine Herzer ... Young Anne Frank Joe Howard ... Speaker Kelly Schumann ... Azalea David Chisum ... Jim Brown Valorie Hubbard ... Mrs. Hindsman Abby Donnelly ... Peggy Cartwright Ted Mattison ... Stranger Amy Farrington ... Mrs. Reynolds Nikki Hahn ... Jenny Reynolds Bob Bancroft ... Harry Kirkland Eugene Byrd ... Greyson's Partner David Gianopoulos ... Detective John Greyson Kirk Bovill ... Phil Michael Duisenberg ... Male Uniform Brooke Hasalton ... Mom Tara Holt ... Laura Betty Murphy ... Sally Adrian Quiñonez ... Uni Cop (as Adrian Quinonez) Parker York Smith ... Giles Cheyenne Wilbur ... Professor William Mapother ... Man in Car Sean Patrick Thomas ... Terry Tongayi Chirisa ... Miles Debra Christofferson ... Mrs. Stone Lily Knight ... Sister Felicity Don Stark ... Kit's Lawyer Erin Allin O'Reilly ... Nurse Fuller Karen Constantine ... Nun Danielle Kennedy ... Tudy Bryan Rasmussen ... Hank Stone Kristin Slaysman ... Missy Chris McGarry ... Mr. Lancaster Lara Harris ... Rhonda Lancaster Tehya Scarth ... Susie Lancaster Jen Drohan ... Mom Cole Sand ... Son Al Pugliese ... Santa Brooke Smith ... Dr. Gardner Cyd Strittmatter ... Nun #2 Rebecca Metz ... Lorene John Pleshette ... Committee Chairman Jim Hoffmaster ... Janitor Ezra Buzzington ... Sedated Patient Jill Marie Jones ... Pandora Gwynyth Walsh ... Dr. Stevens Tacey Adams ... Sister Colette Tom Virtue ... Reporter #1 Dean Cameron ... Reporter #2 James Calvert ... Reporter #3 Robin Bartlett ... Dr. Miranda Crump Jack Conley ... Officer Woods Lorinne Vozoff ... Used Bookstore Owner Deirdre Lovejoy ... Lana's Host Elizabeth Bond ... Rena Jon Paul Burkhart ... Percy Emily Johnson ... Nurse Lynn Ann Leveridge ... Battle-Axe Fifi Millers ... Baby Julia Zolie Millers ... Baby Julia Nathan Murray ... Baby Thomas Noah Murray ... Baby Thomas Camille Chen ... April Mayfield Joan Severance ... Marion Brady Allen ... Thomas Callder Griffith ... Older Thomas Nolan Gross ... Young Johnny Brady Hender ... Bully Chandler Kinney ... Older Julia Sal Landi ... Detective #2 Thyme Lewis ... Dante Evan Parke ... Detective #1 Rodney Rowland ... Milo (as Rod Rowland) Paul Tei ... Ted Sade Kimora Young ... Julia Uncredited Cast Cathy Fielding ... Asylum Nun (12 episodes) Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Jr. ... Asylum Patient (11 episodes) Gary-7 ... The Headbanger Inmate (11 episodes) Heather Wynters ... Daphne (9 episodes) Dylan McDermott ... Johnny Morgan (5 episodes) Andy Kimbel ... Asylum Patient (3 episodes) Jenna Dewan ... Teresa Morrison (2 episodes) Clea DuVall ... Wendy Peyser (2 episodes) Chelsey Valentine ... Missy Stone (2 episodes) Megan Franich ... Alice (2 episodes) Chloë Sevigny ... Shelley (archive footage) Adam Levine ... Leo Morrison (archive footage) John Dixon ... Orderly #1 Kira Durbin ... Wife Collin Sutton ... Man Devon Graye ... Jed Potter (archive footage) Vicki Jo Costanzo ... Asylum Patient Claudette Colbert ... Empress Poppaea (archive footage) Mickey Faerch ... Hair Tugging Patient Charles Laughton ... Emperor Nero (archive footage) Maria Olsen ... Patient Kyle Samples ... Psych Patient Shawn Thomas ... Peeing patient Melissa Barker ... Step Mom Ashleigh Biller ... Margot Frank Lino Dumont ... Auschwitz Prisoner Ozzy McGuigen ... Baby David Sipe ... Anatomy Student William Mapother ... Driver (archive footage) Claire ... Baby Juliette ... Baby Jacquelyn Renzulli ... Medicine Nun Anna Bartsch ... Mental Patient John Smutny ... Security Guard Karen Teliha ... Asylum Patient Kyle Burbank ... Kevin Ken Mandel ... Piano Bench Dancer Rebecca Mark ... Grace and Kit's Baby Sierra Mark ... Grace and Kit's Baby Nick Schroeder ... Photographer Shannon Berry ... Asylum Patient Christina Bobrowsky ... Bookstore Attendee Cici Leah Campbell ... Fan at Book Signing Cristina Hernandez ... Patient Gina Scoles ... Hortense Nikki Christie ... Hippie Babysitter Lori Mae Hernandez ... Student Victoria Reid ... Asylum Inmate Produced by Bradley Buecker   Dante Di Loreto   Mark Douglas   Brad Falchuk   Alexis Martin Woodall   Tim Minear   Ryan Murphy   Jennifer Salt   Jessica Sharzer   Chip Vucelich   James Wong   Original Music by James S. Levine

Additional Info Premiere: October 17, 2012 DVD Release: October 08, 2013 Blu-ray Release: October 08, 2013 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies FX Network (FX) (presents) Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision Ryan Murphy Productions 20th Century Fox Television Distributors FX Network   (2011) (United States) (TV) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2012) (United States) (season 1) (Blu-ray) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2012) (United States) (season 1) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2013) (United States) (season 2) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2014) (United States) (season 3) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Television Distribution   (2011) (United States) 20th Century Fox Television Distribution   (2019) (United States) (through Walt Disney Television) Disney+   (2020) (World-wide) (VOD) (video) Hulu   (2022) (United States) (VOD) (video) Walt Disney Television   (2019) (United States) (through) Filming Locations 1120 Westchester Pl, Los Angeles, California, USA   (Season 1 & 8) 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA   (Studio) Fawnskin, California, USA   (Season 6) Franklin Canyon Park, Beverly Hills, California, USA   (Season 9) (Camp) Hidden Valley, Thousand Oaks, California, USA   (exteriors: Season 2) Los Angeles, California, USA   (seasons 1, 2 & 5) Mid Valley Family YMCA, 6901 Lennox Ave, Van Nuys, California, USA   (Gym) (Season 9) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA   (season 3 & 4) New York City, New York, USA   (season 11) Oakhurst, California, USA   (Season 9) Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA   (seasons 1, 2 & 5) Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA   (Season 10) Santa Ana Courthouse 909 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA 92701   (exteriors of asylum) Silvercup Studios East, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA   (Studio) (Season 12) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #545 / 20,886 Site Ranking #541 American Horror Story: Season 10 - Double Feature (2021) #542 American Horror Story: Season 6 - Roanoke (2016) #543 American Horror Story: Season 5 - Hotel (2015) #544 American Horror Story: Season 8 - Apocalypse (2018) #545 American Horror Story: Season 2 - Asylum (2012) #546 American Horror Story: Season 3 - Coven (2013) #547 American Horror Story: Season 1 - Murder House (2011) #548 American Horror Story: Season 11 - NYC (2022) #549 American Horror Story: Season 12 - Delicate (2023)