That’s a wrap on AHS: Freak Show, folks! Find out who came back and where everyone ended up after the curtain fell.

AHS: Freak Show brought viewers into the world of Paul the Illustrated Seal, Penny the Tattooed Lizard Girl, Legless Suzi, Ima Wiggles, Ethel the Bearded Lady, and many, many others. Despite their oddities, the surrogate family came together to face the world. It turns out, in the end, the most dangerous among us are not those who look different, but those who blend in seamlessly.

If you can’t beat them, join them. But what lies ahead for those who can’t join them? Dandy finally has what he’s always wanted: a freak show of his very own. His top billing performances of “Anything Goes,” and the Cole Porter canon will have to wait until the rest of the troupe can catch up to his standards. The show is boring, it needs more flare, more jarring experiments with the human body. The Freaks have another idea, though. They quit.

The B story of the episode caught up with Elsa Mars in Hollywood. Sitting in the World Broadcast Network lobby waiting for face time with Mr. Gable is the equivalent of consistently tweeting the president of programming today. But confronting people in person has much more physical backlash than hitting “send” a thousand miles away. For Elsa, her outburst lands her in the arms of Michael Beck (guest star David Burtka), who happens to be the Junior VP of casting at the network. And so begins Elsa’s march to her happily ever after. For now…

Back across the country, Dandy puts on his best face and white suit for the performance of a lifetime. Humming Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” Dandy parades the grounds killing off his subordinates one by one. Paul, Suzi, Penny, Ima, Eve, and that one French guy. All, save three, perish at his hand. Desiree’s crafty hiding and a heroic effort by Eve throws Dandy off her scent. The Twins are held for another part of Dandy’s dastardly plan for their future.

As Dandy whisks away the Twins, Jimmy makes his way back to the grounds following a trail of blood to an alter of bodies under the big top.

Here comes the bride(s). Dandy appears to be playing house as Bette and Dot walk down the aisle of his playroom with stuffed animals lining the aisle and a four foot tall giraffe serving as best man. Dandy marries Bette, but encourages Dot to make herself fully present anytime she pleases during their bedroom activities. Before the three can consummate the marriage, Bette and Dot treat Dandy to a meal fit for the luckiest man alive.

Over a few glasses of bubbly, Dandy dreams of skinning cats for rugs on safari and breeding freak babies. The drink goes right to his head with the help of Desiree’s special ingredients. Some things money just can’t buy, Dandy. Even when he is being shot at, Dandy finds a way to resemble a four year old yelling, “That’s mine!” when Bette shoots him in the arm. Jimmy enters to present the final prize of the evening and invitation to see Mr. Dandy Mott in the role worthy of a star.

Remember Houdini’s famous escape tank? The Freaks are nothing if not showmen, and staging a murder is the perfect time to add a flare of drama. After a full season of being gawked at and looked down upon, the Freaks are done taking the verbal abuse. Desiree’s comment to Dandy sums up the entire theme of this week’s episode when she says, “You may look like a motion picture dream boat, but you are the biggest freak of them all.” Dandy’s slicked hair and baby blues may get him a nod on the street, but it is nothing that warrants a second look. With Dandy gone, Bette, Dot, Jimmy, and Desiree take the first step toward the rest of their lives.

Elsa’s story consumes the remainder of the episode as we flash forward to the 1960s where Elsa is a star with a variety show, three hit albums, and a gorgeous younger man by her side. If you are waiting to wake up from some drug induced dream sequence, you will be waiting well into season 5. Marrying Michael Beck and getting the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Elsa Mars has the world at her feet. But Hollywood is all glitz and the glamour eventually fades. When Massimo pays her a visit, Elsa puts her life into perspective. With a lifetime building her family, she threw it away for a second shot at stardom.

Her pity party goes on as she boils down her problem. Whether she is watching her dreams be ripped away or watching them all come true, the process yields the same result. Elsa is alone. Even Massimo’s reappearance turns her life into more of a soap opera as he announces that he has but one month to live. Another blast from her past returns to haunt her career when the 8mm snuff film surfaces. In one week (talk about a slow print news cycle) her career will be over. The network executives share a bit more. A mass grave in Jupiter turned up the bodies of her Cabinet of Curiosities. With nothing left to lose, Elsa accepts the end of her time and decides to perform on Halloween.

Utilizing the Glee soundstage and rights to “Heroes” by David Bowie, Elsa takes the stage one last time, summoning Edward Mordrake and Twisty to her star. As she belts out the notes, Desiree catches her on a TV in the window of a shop as she strolls by with her husband and children. Bette turns the TV off and settles down with Dot and Jimmy, who are expecting their first child.

All seems well and fine, except for Elsa, whose future is not destined to be with Mordrake and his tortured souls. Instead, she enters the tents of Jupiter once more where the troupe awaits their star performer. Ethel introduces her for the grand performance and the camera sweeps across the gathering of fallen freaks, Dandy and Gloria included, watching their leader take the stage for eternity.

Stay tuned for AHS season 5 developments as they are announced here on Hypable!