We're Still Scratching Our Heads Over A Confusing Lee Detail In American Horror Story

Local police interrogate Lee about her whereabouts, but with no hard evidence, they let her go. For most of "Roanoke," we assume, understandably, that Mason was killed by the vengeful ghosts that haunt the woods around the home of Matt and Shelby (Lily Rabe). Given the grisly condition of his body and the ritualistic condition it was found in, this seems a safe assumption, even as accusations continue to swirl around Lee.

But when she returns to the house for the sequel series "Return to Roanoke" and is captured by the cannibalistic Polk family, she confesses via video camera to Flora that she did kill Mason. Only through a technicality, a defense that she was exposed to the Polks' hallucinogenic marijuana, is Lee acquitted of the murders during the blood moon and, a second time, for Mason's murder.

True, she is given a chance to atone by sacrificing herself to take care of the spirit of Priscilla (Savannah Liles), thus saving Flora. Everyone loves a good redemption. Still, the revelation that Lee killed her daughter's father is shocking, and it also apparently leaves a significant plothole.