Directed by Ryan Murphy Written by Ryan Murphy   Brad Falchuk   John J. Gray   Crystal Liu   Cast Sarah Paulson ... Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler Evan Peters ... Jimmy Darling Michael Chiklis ... Dell Toledo (credit only) Frances Conroy ... Gloria Mott Denis O'Hare ... Stanley (credit only) Emma Roberts ... Maggie Esmerelda (credit only) Finn Wittrock ... Dandy Mott Angela Bassett ... Desiree Dupree (credit only) Kathy Bates ... Ethel Darling Jessica Lange ... Elsa Mars John Carroll Lynch ... Twisty the Clown Grace Gummer ... Penny Skyler Samuels ... Bonnie Lipton Naomi Grossman ... Pepper Jyoti Amge ... Ma Petite Wilson Bradford ... Milkman Ross Britz ... Uniformed Officer Erica Curtis ... Blonde Waitress Major Dodson ... Corey Bachman Andrew Duplessie ... Troy Miller Erika Ervin ... Amazon Eve Lucy Faust ... Joanne Mat Fraser ... Paul the Illustrated Seal Amber Gaiennie ... Elaine Lin Gathright ... Sylvia Ann McKenzie ... Eudora Tattler Thomas Francis Murphy ... Mr. Haddonfield John Neisler ... Dr. Hudson Christopher Neiman ... Salty Dane Rhodes ... Detective Bunch Ashlynn Ross ... Myrna Rose Siggins ... Legless Suzi Ramona Tyler ... Mildred Bachman Mariana Paola Vicente ... Waitress Carol (as Mariana Vicente) Theresa Wasiloski ... Plain Nurse Kristin Witt ... Nurse (as Kristin Witterschein) Ben Woolf ... Meep Uncredited Cast Samantha Ann ... Contortionist Jim Henry ... Hooligan Driver John C. Klein ... Drunk Dylan Langlois ... Carnie Cynthia LeBlanc ... Diner Patron Kyle Pacek ... Bass Player Joseph Poliquin ... Carnie David Shiflett ... Old Dude Carny Produced by Bradley Buecker   Dante Di Loreto   Brad Falchuk   Alexis Martin Woodall   Tim Minear   Ryan Murphy   Todd Nenninger   Jennifer Salt   Jessica Sharzer   Robert M. Williams Jr.   James E. Williams   James Wong   Original Music by James S. Levine

Additional Info Premiere: October 08, 2014 DVD Release: October 06, 2015 Blu-ray Release: October 06, 2015 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) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #538 / 20,886 Site Ranking