'American Horror Story: Hotel, will be giving out a good number of shocking revelations and scenes. This commenced with the most awaited with Episode 8 that revealed the ‘Ten Commandments Killer.’
With the Ten Commandments Killer now out, fans may not seemed to be shocked as John Lowe (Wes Bentley) has been suspicious since day one of the American Horror Story: Hotel. Apparently, his obsession of the killer makes him more suspicious and fitting to be the killer himself. His knowledge of being the killer made him embrace the villain part of himself. In fact, by the end of the episode, he was able to accept this part of him.
The episode explained how John became the killer with several flashback and present-day scenes. Sally (Sarah Paulson) showed him everything he has been looking for. She showed him the room that the Ten Commandments Killer keeps the souvenirs of his crimes such as the hand of a theif, eyes and tongue of a cheater and a lot more graphic body parts.
He pointed out that the eyes and tongue were actually taken in as police evidences. Sally had to explain everything to him to make things clearer. She was being more accepting of John who is clueless and finds it hard to accept that he is the killer all along.
After learning that he is the killer indeed, he confesses to his partner, Detective Hahn (Richard T. Jones), who refuses to believe him and is in denial. But John has now clear memory of what happened to him, even the chaos he created five years ago. This is where the scenes about John’s journey on being the killer comes in.
E! Online has reported that the episodes in ‘Hotel’ are quite related to each other. After this first shocking revelation of the Ten Commandments Killer, there will still be more revelations in the episodes to come which are related to past events.
How did John became the Ten Commandments Killer despite his eagerness to plot the killer down? The answers are all in episode 8 of American Horror Story: Hotel.