"Mid-Western Assassin" is the sixth episode of the seventh season of the anthology television series American Horror Story.
She also explains she fell in love with Kai, but after realizing the feeling wasn't reciprocated, she attempted to leave the cult but was caught.
On October 7, 2017, it was confirmed that the sixth episode of the season would be edited as a direct result of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting that occurred six days earlier.
The episode was edited to de-emphasize the violence and to mostly have it featured completely off-screen[2] - as a result the opening sequence of the episode was cut in half, several on-screen deaths were removed and two separate close-up shots of the handgun firing were removed.
[3] "Mid-Western Assassin" was watched by 2.15 million people during its original broadcast, and gained a 1.0 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
"[6] Kat Rosenfield from Entertainment Weekly gave the episode a B, and enjoyed Ivy's flashback and the reason behind her hate for Ally.
He praised the character of Meadow and the statements made by this season and this episode, especially about gun violence and "the fear-mongering Trumpian dystopia that we’re living in and the myopic identity politics of the liberal elite".
He said "Cult remains steady in its storytelling, using a behind-the-scenes look at Kai's demented movement to show us just how the general public's strings are being pulled.
With this episode ending in a final gruesome stunt (that unfortunately hits very close to home, headline-wise) designed to catapult Kai to the top of politics, we're due for a bit of a reset.