"Continuum" is the twelfth and penultimate episode of the second season of the FX anthology television series American Horror Story.
The episode, written by series co-creator Ryan Murphy and directed by Craig Zisk, originally aired on January 16, 2013.
In the episode, Kit (Evan Peters) must deal with both Alma (Britne Oldford) and Grace (Lizzie Brocheré) at home.
In the 2010s, Johnny gets an autographed copy of Maniac, telling the bookstore owner his plans for Lana, his mother: he will take the book, track her down, make her realize that he is her son, proving to her that he is alive, and then kill her, thus completing his father, Oliver Thredson's work.
I think the idea was just to spend a good chunk of time with them and see what that relationship was like which was very interesting with all the progressive, free-love, civil rights stuff so that was one thing.
As a child I was obsessed with this movie called Caged which was like tough broads standing against James Cagney.1 I was really thrilled with Frances Conroy's brilliant lady gangster interpretation.
I thought it was just fascinating and moving and totally understandable that after all the horrors Lana took refuge and solace in fame and money and celebrity and glamour.
The critical consensus reads, "Penultimate episode "Continuum" forces wrap-ups of too many open-ended arcs, though it still manages to entertain by throwing more wrenches into the mix.
Club thought the episode "embrace[d] all that's wondrous and all that's awful about this season of American Horror Story, occasionally within the same scene or line of dialogue."