Directed by Howard Deutch Written by Ryan Murphy   Brad Falchuk   Jennifer Salt   John J. Gray   Crystal Liu   Cast Sarah Paulson ... Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler Evan Peters ... Jimmy Darling Michael Chiklis ... Dell Toledo Frances Conroy ... Gloria Mott (credit only) Denis O'Hare ... Stanley Emma Roberts ... Maggie Esmerelda Finn Wittrock ... Dandy Mott Angela Bassett ... Desiree Dupree Kathy Bates ... Ethel Darling (credit only) Jessica Lange ... Elsa Mars Wes Bentley ... Edward Mordrake John Carroll Lynch ... Twisty the Clown Skyler Samuels ... Bonnie Lipton Naomi Grossman ... Pepper Patti LaBelle ... Dora Brown Jyoti Amge ... Ma Petite Vernel Bagneris ... Dancin' Joe Jason Bayle ... Lloyd George Bell ... Tall Man Ghost Tony Bentley ... Mr. Hanley Major Dodson ... Corey Bachman Miles Doleac ... Watcher James DuMont ... Foster Erika Ervin ... Amazon Eve Laura Flannery ... Jane Mat Fraser ... Paul the Illustrated Seal Lauren Gobuzzi ... Jessie Dalton E. Gray ... Mike Stevie Lee ... Evil Dwarf #2 (as Stevie 'Puppet' Lee) P.J. Marshall ... Colquitt (as PJ Marshall) Pancho Moler ... Evil Dwarf #1 Christopher Neiman ... Salty Michael Petted ... Elsa's Puppy Rose Siggins ... Legless Suzi Ramona Tyler ... Mildred Bachman David Zalkind ... Watcher #2 Uncredited Cast Madyson Erwin ... Townsperson / Freak Show Customer Mike James ... Rory Donald M. Krause ... John Dylan Langlois ... Carnie Cynthia LeBlanc ... Townperson in Car Mattie Liptak ... Tommy GoGo McGregor ... Sword Mistress Jason Palombo ... Father Joseph Poliquin ... Carnie Sissa Strain ... Ziegfield Beauty Drew Rin Varick ... Toulouse 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 Mac Quayle

Additional Info Premiere: October 29, 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 / 20,725 Site Ranking