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AHS: Delicate Launches New Murder Mystery in Part 1 Finale — Grade It!"/> <meta class="swiftype" name="body" data-type="text" content="Another week, another demon baby born amid bloodcurdling screams. Hey, American Horror Story is nothing if not consistent.

Wednesday's episode, billed as the finale of AHS: Delicate Part 1, begins with a trip back to 1987 Manhattan, where a young designer (psst, it's Ms. Preecher!) experiences a violent, terrifying birth at the hands of Dr. Hill and the Ashleys — or whatever names they were going by at that time.

Present-day Ms. Preecher, of course, is still in stalker mode, only now she appears to have shifted her sights to Dex's mother, who is devastated that he doesn't support her case against his father. The two women eventually sit down for drinks and exposition, during which Ms. Preecher's full backstory is revealed: A star student at FIT in the late '80s, she was scooped up as an apprentice to Karl Lagerfeld and Saint Laurent before she even graduated. A one-night stand during Fleet Week resulted in a pregnancy that she intended to abort, but she was stopped by a woman who promised to "help" her in exchange for the baby.

Ms. Preecher also explains that the Women in Black are targeting Dex's family because one of their "most powerful players" (aka Adeline) left the group after falling in love with Dex.

Meanwhile, Anna is having another gangbusters week of her own. Not only does Dr. Hill put her on bedrest, causing her to miss the Golden Globes (nooo!!!), but Siobhan also takes on her literal rival as a client with no warning and zero apologies. And this isn't just any rival — evil takes a human form in Babette Eno, whose every breath includes a casual digs at Anna's age or weight.

Sonia shows up to ease Anna's concerns about her stalker, but only ends up making herself seem more guilty by lying about never wearing green shoes. She further screws with Anna's head by denying that she's in the photograph Anna found in the kitchen drawer. You know, the same picture from which Nurse Ivy seemingly disappeared.

Anna gets a massage to ease her pain and distract her from the Globes, but Gossip Girl — sorry, "Cora" — gets a little too handsy. For the record, no massage should ever end with the client, or anyone for that matter, yelling, "Get your fingers out of me!" Dex laughs off Anna's claims that Cora molested her, finally admitting that he doesn't believe her about anything. He even thinks she's been lying about having a stalker in the first place. And just when you think you can't hate him enough, Dex ends the fight by nonchalantly saying, "I'm going to watch the Globes. You coming?" That man is sick.

It comes as no surprise when Babette is announced as the winner, though what happens next is considerably more unexpected: Siobhan calls Anna to ask if she wants an Oscar. Like, more than a baby. Enough to do anything. Anna says yes without hesitation, only to suddenly wake up the next morning to the news that Babette had been (gulp) decapitated in a car accident.

Siobhan and Hamish's confusing affair is also revisited, and he apparently has just as many questions as we do. It turns out that Siobhan gave him the script for The Auteur without ever telling him who actually wrote it, making its inexplicable success all the more suspicious. Then he asks the million-dollar question: "What the f–k is going on, Siobhan, and who the hell are you?"

For another $500,000, we'll throw in another question for Siobhan: Um... Did you kill Babette?

What did you think of Wednesday's finale? AHS: Delicate Part 1 in general? Grade the first half of Season 12 in the poll below, then drop a comment with your full review.