'American Horror Story' recap, 'Bullseye'

Dandy even confesses to the girls that he was at the site of those horrible serial killer clown murders, but says that he, not Jimmy, had been the hero who took down Twisty. Which technically is sort of true.

Dot immediately starts defending her crush, insisting that Jimmy's awesome and wouldn't lie about such things. This is all it takes for Dandy to spiral into a room-destroying tantrum. Good luck with that, ladies. What a catch.

Who knew Paul the Illustrated Seal was such a major player? In addition to sleeping with Elsa (surprise!), Paul's also been getting busy with that annoying candy-striper girl whose name you don't remember from the first episode. You know, the one from the orgy. (Her name's Penny, actually, but even I had to Google it.)

Paul immediately tells Jimmy that he thinks Bette and Dot are with Dandy, and suggests that maybe Elsa got jealous enough to get rid of them on her own.

Paul, because he is kind of dumb, next decides to just accuse Elsa directly of being responsible for the twins' disappearance. This does not go well. Elsa has a full-on meltdown, screaming about how she can't believe how ungrateful everyone is, how dare they gossip about her after all she's done for them, why don't they believe in her, etc.

Jimmy tries to calm the situation and says of course everyone trusts Elsa, but she needs proof of their devotion. She decides that what she needs is for someone to go on the Wheel and let her throw knives at them. Why? Who says yes to this? Oh, wait, obviously Paul volunteers. He says it "should" be him. (See also: Kind of dumb.)

Of course Elsa nails him in the stomach with her final knife, and then does a remarkable job of feigning horror that she has such terrible aim.

The fake death sequence is the new magic fixed it. Stanley and Maggie meet in secret to discuss their poorly formed plan to get paid for murder. Stanley wants to chop off Jimmy's lobster hands and sell them, but Maggie's not so into this, since she is into Jimmy, for reasons that haven't really been very well established for me.

She instead suggests Ma Petit, since, as she's very small, she'll be easy to transport and there won't be a lot of mess dealing with her body. There's another gruesome imaginary death scene here – like the twins and the cupcakes last week – where Ma Petit is drowned in what looks like a giant test tube.

This is clearly "Freak Show's" answer to the magical reset button used so frequently in "Coven" to kill a bunch of people without actually killing them. It's disturbing *and* pointless.

Anyway, Ma Petit thankfully remains just fine, because Maggie can't go through with the murder. Instead she tells Jimmy she wants to run away with him, an idea he's surprisingly fine with. They kiss, and I hope none of you had been waiting to see actual development in this relationship, because that's all you're getting.

However, Stanley's waiting for Maggie in her tent and says that since she cost him the payday of one freak already, she's definitely going to have to bring Jimmy to his weird torture barn now.

Everybody Just Wants to Be Loved. Paul's taking forever to die, and people are starting to get suspicious that no doctor has been summoned for him. Ethel brings Elsa a piece of birthday cake, both as a gift and a promise -- she tells her to make a wish, and declares that she'll kill her if she finds out Elsa had anything to do with whatever happened to the twins.

Dandy's still moping over Dot's diary and tells Gloria that he's not destined to find love, only to bring death. And also be really dramatic, apparently, if the weird desert metaphor is anything to go by. He digs a knife out of his toy chest, but before he can unleash another murder spree on anyone in his home, Jimmy shows up, looking for Bette and Dot.

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