Tonight on CBS American Gothic airs with an all new Wednesday, August 3, season 1 episode 7 called “The Gross Clinic,” and we’ve got your American Gothic recap down below! On tonight’s episode, a major revelation surfaces and turns the world upside down for the Hawthornes.
On the last episode, The Hawthornes got publicly implicated in the SBK case and began turning on one another. Elsewhere: Garrett coaxed Christina into a camping trip, but things took a dangerous turn. Did you watch the last episode? We’ve got your detailed American Gothic recap right here.
On tonight’s American Gothic as per the CBS synopsis, “a major revelation surfaces and turns the world upside down for the Hawthornes. Also: Christina loses trust in Garrett; Alison’s campaign falters; Cam’s sobriety is tested; and Jack shows disturbing behavior. But, Brady is suspicious of the revelation.”
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Tonight’s episode of “American Gothic” Christina explaining her relationship with Garret at the police station, after the police discovered her covered in blood and Garret stabbed. As the family waits at the hospital for news of Garret’s condition, the police question Garret and news of Mitchell Hawthorne being the Silver Bells Killer is broadcast on the local news.
When the family is allowed to see Garret, they demand to know what he told the police. He says that fourteen years ago he found rope and bells that belonged to his father. Garret confronted Mitchell and told him that if he heard of another Silver Bells Killer murder while he was away that he would come back and expose his father. Tessa is angry with her brother because he kept such a huge secret from the family. As the family leaves Garret’s room, he tells Cam he needs a favor.
Alison discusses the news about her father being the killer being made public to Naomi and wonders if she should end her campaign. Tom comes home to find the two talking and says he will be spending the night in the guest room. Meanwhile, Brady apologizes to Tessa for wrongly suspecting Garret of being the killer and for not showing up at the hospital. Tessa reminisces about going on a hot balloon ride with her father on her birthday on June 22, 1999 and how he woke her up at 5:00 a.m.
After realizing that he was already a killer at that time, she destroys her souvenir of that trip. Brady suggests that Tessa start taking her medication again and Tessa storms out of the room in anger. Later at the station, Brady steals a file out of a box that is part of the SBK investigation. Madeline speaks with Garret at the hospital, telling him not to second guess the police’s conclusion that Mitch is the killer: she says it is best that Mitch take the fall for the killings.
Brady times himself driving at full speed from one of the victim’s houses to the Hawthorne estate. When another detective confronts him at the scene, Brady tells her that Tessa remembers her father waking her up at 5:00 a.m. on June 22. Between the time the alarm at the first victim’s house was disabled and the time Mitch woke Tessa for the hot balloon ride, he only had 32 minutes to commit the murder and clean the scene. He begins to doubt whether Mitch is really the killer.
Meanwhile, Tom confronts Alison about losing business due to the bad publicity of the murders. He tells her that Naomi texted her “I love you” and he deleted it, and urges Alison to break off her relationship with Naomi. Then, the favor Garret asked of Cam is revealed as he finds Christina and asks her to go see Garret and give him the chance to explain. Furious, she tells him she wants nothing to do him or his family. A drug dealer then approaches him, offering to sell him drugs.
Back at her house, Tessa continues to struggle, finally calling and making an appointment with her doctor. She receives an upsetting call from an unknown caller. At her political headquarters, Alison watches some focus group results and realizes that she must drop out of the mayoral election. As Cam relapses, Tessa walks in with Jack. She tells Cam that if he doesn’t go to rehab immediately he will lose Jack forever.
While Cam checks back into rehab, he and Sophie argue about his decision to leave Jack in Tessa’s care while he receives treatment. Tessa threatens to call Child Protective Services if Sophie doesn’t agree to let Jack stay with her. Meanwhile Brady and the other detective go to the home of the first SBK victim and are allowed to recreate the crime scene by the current owner. At the hospital, Tessa and Jack visit Garret. Garret gives Jack a teddy bear that is capable of making audio recordings, and Tessa again tells Garret how upset she is that he kept their father’s secret from her and the rest of the family. Tessa leaves Jack with Garret and, while the boy strangles the teddy bear with a cord, he laments that he has never seen a dead body. Garret then takes him to the morgue. Alison and Naomi discuss their relationship and Naomi tells her she needs to choose between herself and Tom.
As Brady completes his crime scene recreation, he still is unsure that Mitchell has sufficient time to complete the murder. The current owner of the house tells the two that the security system on the house was brand new; the owners had upgraded to a better system after the house across the street was robbed. Nothing was stolen in the house across the street but items around the house were moved in such a way that Brady suspects that the neighboring house was SBK’s first attempt. He also tells them that the security system footage would have had surveillance of the house across the street on the night of the break-in. Alison invites reporters to her home in order to announce that she is dropping out of the election. Madeline attempts to talk her out of it and smacks her across the face, forbidding her to drop out of the race.
Alison addresses the reporters and tells them that she is remaining in the mayoral election. Back at the hospital, Christina comes to visit Garret to see what he has to say. He tells her that he felt guilty about what his father did so he started following her to find out what happened to her. He says he never dreamed that he would develop feelings for her and assures Christina that what the two had was real. She asks him to tell her the whole truth but she doesn’t believe him when he says that there’s nothing else to tell. At the Hawthorne estate, Jack tells Alison’s girls that they can play with the teddy bear if they can get it, and throws it on top of the pool cover, urging the girls to go in after it. One of the girls jumps in and starts to drown as Jack watches.
The adults rescue the girl and Jack tells Tessa he was merely conducting a science experiment to learn about the effects of oxygen deprivation on the brain. Tessa furiously yells at him. She then goes to rehab and urges Cam to send Jack to a child’s facility. Alison comforts her children and tries to assuage Tom’s feelings. Tessa receives a voicemail from her doctor telling her that she is pregnant. She steps on Jack’s teddy bear which has a recorded message threatening to strangle whoever touches it. Alison tells Naomi that she has chosen to be with her family and must end their relationship and Naomi agrees to resign. Brady goes looking for the tapes in the police warehouse.
Garret tells Madeline that he is done lying to everyone and asks what would happen if he did tell the truth. He asks Madeline if she killed Mitchell because he wanted to tell the truth. Garret is horrified when she does not deny being involved in Mitchell’s death. She tells him that if he does tell the truth and continue to see Christina, he will ruin the family. Brady reviews the surveillance tape which shows someone getting inside the passenger door of the SBK getaway killer and realizes that SBK is really two people.
THE END!