Aly and Winter enjoy hot bath on American Horror Story

Things got steamy between Aly and creepy babysitter Winter on Tuesdays’ episode of American Horror Story: Cult.

Aly [Sarah Paulson] despite being married to Ivy [Alison Pill] appeared to be teetering on an affair with Winter [Billie Lourd] who leaned in to wash her during a bath.

Winter earlier suggested ‘red wine and bath salts’ to calm Aly’s frayed nerves.

Aly was surprised by Winter who returned after putting her charge Oz to bed and then began washing Aly’s naked body. 

‘This is between us,’ Winter said softly.

At that moment Aly’s Michigan home was thrown into darkness with a blackout that her new neighbor attributed to ‘terrorism’.

Winter left, leaving Aly to discover that her wiring had been severed and a slew of evil clowns were inside her home.

Leaning in: Winter and Aly leaned into each other during a steamy bath

Soaping up: Aly allowed Winter to wash her back with a bar of soap

Big tub: Winter suggested that Aly take a hot bath to dissolve her stress

She grabbed her son Ozzy [Cooper Dodson] and her newly acquired gun, but accidentally shot restaurant chef Pedro who was paying a friendly visit.

The show, titled Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark, opened with Aly and Ivy searching for intruders in their home, while brandishing huge knives.

When they found nothing Aly exclaimed: ‘This can’t be in my imagination’.

Killer clown: A clown startled Aly after her house was throw into darkness

Running scared: Aly during the blackout was attacked by clowns and grabbed her son Oz to make a run for it

Gun owner: The new gun owner fired at what she thought was an intruder but turned out to be her restaurant worker Pedro

‘I don’t know how much more of this I can take,’ said Ivy.

While they embraced Ozzy got spooked by a nightmare of Twisty the homicidal clown [John Carroll Lynch] who warned him: ‘Scream and I’ll kill you’.

‘The clowns were going to kill me,’ he told his moms.

Cut to news footage of blue-haired fascist Kai Anderson [Evan Peters] who had been ‘beaten by immigrants’.

Totally creepy: A clown terrified Aly and Oz during the blackout

Beating victim: Kai Anderson [Evan Peters] announced he was running for city council after recording his beating by immigrants after taunting them

‘When President Trump called them criminals and rapists he was viciously attacked by the PC police,’ Kai told the press, as he announced his plan to run for city council.

Aly observed her sinister new neighbors Meadow [Leslie Grossman] and Harrison [Billy Eichner] who have a penchant for beekeeping and guns.

Harrison’s honeycomb made Aly weak at the knees as her crippling fear of holes kicked in.

New neighbors: Harrison [Billy Eichner] and Meadow [Leslie Grossman] moved into the house across the street from Aly and Ivy where the city councilman was murdered

Fear of holes: A honeycomb triggered Aly’s fear of holes

Losing it: Aly got weak in the knees when she focused on the honeycomb

‘I read about a beekeeper in California who got killed by his bees,’ fretted Aly.

Meadow and Harrison then cheerfully spilled their guts about cancer, bankruptcy and their TV tastes over lemonade.

‘We don’t scare easily,’ they told Aly, who was concerned about the large barrels the couple were storing.

Opening up: Harrison and Meadow opened up about ther relationship of convenience

In bed: Oz was in bed when he was startled by a clown

Double trouble: Two clowns appeared in front of Oz

The creepy neighbors later revealed a huge arsenal of weapons to Ally.

‘I got one [gun] and it was like potato chips, I had to have another…I find them very phallic,’ Harrison told her, suggesting she take one to ‘feel safe again’.

Oz and Winter discussed his witnessing of the murders.

Gun collection: Aly took possession of a gun from Harrison’s vast collection

She made him pinky grip with her.

‘You’re going to give me your fear Oz, I’m going to keep it for you, it’s going to make us both stronger,’ she declared.

Meanwhile mutiny was brewing in the restaurant with Aly refusing to fire Pedro after he raised a knife during a kitchen confrontation with co-worker Roger.

Worst nanny: Winter made Oz pinky grip with her and confide his fears

Truth serum: Aly told Oz that they were connected and she would know if he was lying

The alarm was set off that night, so Aly went to disable it.

She was horrified to discover chef Roger hanging by the neck among rows of beef carcasses.

The police tried to pin the blame on cook Pedro who had argued with Roger earlier in the day.

Kitchen confrontation: Roger insulted Pedro who brandished a knife before Aly broke it up

Work alarm: Aly went to check an alarm sounding off at their restaurant business

Hang up: Roger was found hanging by his neck at the restaurant

Back at home Ivy brought Dr. Rudy Vincent [Cheyenne Jackson] to visit Aly, who was unraveling rapidly.

‘Did she tell you I’m coming unglued?’ she asked her therapist, before confessing that she’d failed to save Roger’s life.

‘Roger was still alive when I found him, I tried to help him,’ she cried.

Therapist visit: Ivy invited Aly’s therapist to come over for a visit

Kai then showed up at Aly’s door, preaching statistics ‘from Facebook’ about crimes supposedly committed by illegal immigrants.

He grew aggressive, pulling at Aly’s security bars and demanding to be allowed inside.

‘It’s so easy, until it’s you they’re coming for,’ he growled.

AHS: Cult continues next week on FX with episode three of the seventh season titled Neighbors from Hell.

Behind bars: Aly and Kai had a tense conversation at her door