"Spilt Milk" is the eleventh episode of the second season of the FX anthology television series American Horror Story.
The episode, written by series co-creator Brad Falchuk and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, aired on January 9, 2013.
In the episode, Lana (Sarah Paulson) is able to escape the asylum and expose its mistreatments, including those from Dr. Thredson (Zachary Quinto).
Kit asks Grace what she remembers of her alien abduction and she recalls the painful process of the baby being put inside her.
"Spilt Milk" is written by series co-creator Brad Falchuk and directed by Glee veteran Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.
"[1] Murphy also commented on the content contained within the episode getting passed by FX's censors, "I have a really good relationship with our people.
I find the amazing thing about cable television is you can do any amount of violence you want but you will have hour-long discussions about the shading of nipples.
Also American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy is good friends with Clive Barker and helped each other on Bill Condon's film Gods and Monsters.
"Spilt Milk" was watched by 2.51 million viewers and received an adult 18–49 rating of 1.5, higher than the previously aired episode.
The critical consensus reads, ""Spilt Milk" offers freshly enticing plots, grossly insane shocks, and an almost-happy resolution.
"[4] Geoff Berkshire of Zap2it stated, "It's great to see the show kicking into first gear and delivering an hour as stylish, thrilling and surprising as "Spilt Milk".