Chapter 2

"Chapter 2" is the second episode of the sixth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story. It aired on September 21, 2016, on the cable network FX. The episode was written by Tim Minear and directed by Michael Goi. Plot Shelby assumes the ritual she witnessed was staged, she flees from the mob and is almost hit by Lee's car. Shelby passes out in the middle of the road and awakes the next day in the hospital, she resolves to stay in the house. Lee's ex-husband Mason brings their daughter Flora to visit as part of the couple's arranged custody schedule. As Flora explores the house, she begins talking to an unseen girl who she names Priscilla. Matt and Shelby experience more disturbing incidents, now involving a pair of ghostly nurses. After discovering a burning totem in the woods near the house, Matt and Shelby finally secured the help of the local police to take little interest. Mason arrives to pick up Flora and finds her playing a game of hide and seek with Priscilla. Flora tells him that she offered her doll to Priscilla in exchange for not murdering her family, but since Mason interrupted the trade, Flora will merely be killed last. Mason takes Flora away from the house and promises Lee that she will never see her again, causing Lee to end her sobriety.