The Fall of the House of Usher Season 1 – TV Series

Episodes 01

“A Midnight Dreary”

Roderick Usher, the corrupt CEO of Fortunato Pharmaceuticals, has lost all six of his children—heir Frederick, entrepreneur Tamerlane, surgeon Victorine, gaming mogul Leo, PR head Camille, and socialite Perry—in a span of two weeks. He attends the funeral of his last three children, accompanied by his sister and Fortunato COO Madeline, his wife Juno, his granddaughter Lenore, and his enforcer Arthur Pym. Roderick sees eerie apparitions and collapses, muttering “It’s time” upon sighting a raven. He invites his nemesis, assistant US Attorney C. Auguste Dupin, to his childhood home to confess his crimes and reveal the causes of the deaths of his children. Roderick recounts that, in 1962, Roderick and Madeline’s mother Eliza died but unexpectedly resurrected and killed her abusive former employer, Fortunato CEO William Longfellow, whom Roderick believed to be his and Madeline’s biological father. Two weeks prior to the funeral, Roderick and Madeline assemble the children at a family dinner to uncover an informant amongst them who is working with Dupin. In the present, Roderick takes responsibility for their deaths and recounts a fateful encounter with a woman named Verna, who foretold a life-altering change at a New Year’s party in 1980.

Episodes 02

“The Masque of the Red Death”

In 1979, Dupin investigated mysterious grave exhumations linked to a drug trial. The younger Roderick, living with Madeline, his first wife Annabel, and young children Frederick and Tamerlane, fails a pitch of Ligadone to Fortunato’s CEO, Rufus Griswold, but Madeline encourages her brother. In the present, Dupin and Roderick dispute the addictive dangers of Fortunato’s drug Ligadone before talking about Perry’s death. Perry leads a debaucherous lifestyle while he struggles to measure up to the success of his other siblings. Perry, Frederick, and Pym deal with environmental concerns over their properties including toxic waste problems. Perry decides to host a masquerade-themed party at one of the properties, using water from the facility’s tanks to signal an orgy. Roderick, suffering from CADASIL, pins hope on Victorine’s experimental heart mesh, while Madeline seeks to create AI using Lenore’s memories. Juno shares that she met Roderick after expressing her gratitude for Ligadone following a car accident. Frederick’s frustrated wife Morella secretly attends Perry’s party, where Perry plans to seduce Morella as revenge on his brother. Verna appears to Perry and forewarns of consequences, telling the wait staff and Morella to flee before disappearing. The water begins to spray but it turns out to be acid, immolating the guests, including Perry. Verna kisses Perry and leaves her mask before his demise.

Episodes 03

“Murder in the Rue Morgue”

In a flashback, Griswold takes credit for Ligadone and Madeline urges Roderick to bide his time. In the present, Pym arrives at the party’s aftermath and identifies Perry’s body through Verna’s mask and a badly burned Morella. Roderick confesses to Dupin about hiding acid in the tanks to avoid regulations, as well as Frederick’s negligence in removing the buildings that could have prevented Perry’s death. The family grapples with Perry’s death and Morella’s role in the party. Camille seeks to spin Perry’s death into public sympathy. She suspects Victorine as the informant and finds out her illegal animal heart mesh tests are unsuccessful. Verna poses as a long-awaited human test subject for Victorine, who books the surgery without informing her girlfriend and co-worker Dr. Al Ruiz. Verna also poses as an escort for Tamerlane’s husband Bill to fulfill Tamerlane’s cuckold fetish. Camille bonds with Leo over their family roles. Leo accidentally kills Pluto, the black cat of his partner Julius, while high and he hides the evidence. Camille investigates Victorine’s lab and encounters Verna, who confronts her over her hatred for her sister. One of the tested chimpanzees mauls Camille to death.

Episodes 04

“The Black Cat”

In a flashback, Roderick meets Dupin during the drug trial investigation, where he discovers his signatures forged by Fortunato. Madeline continues to tell him to remain on Fortunato until they take it over as their birthright. In the present, Leo adopts a black cat resembling Pluto from Verna to deceive Julius. Camille’s death triggers a family crisis. Roderick, Madeline, and Pym identify Verna as the culprit from security footage and Madeline recalls meeting her in 1980. Roderick confronts Victorine about Camille’s presence in her lab, and she confirms upcoming human trials, unaware of her father’s condition. Tamerlane sees Verna with Bill, causing friction. Roderick confides in Madeline about his diagnosis, which is similar to their mother’s. The new Pluto torments Leo, leading to gruesome acts amid Julius’ concern over Leo’s excessive drug use due to his grief over his siblings. Leo hires Verna to retrieve the cat, but in a scuffle, Leo gouges Pluto’s eye, with Verna showing the same injuries. Julius returns home to see Leo trashing their apartment’s walls to find Pluto, with all of it being Leo’s hallucinations. Leo charges at Pluto on the railings, and he falls to his death.

Episodes 05

“The Tell-Tale Heart”

In a flashback, Madeline confronts Griswold, who reveals that he knows the siblings are Longfellow’s illegitimate children. They join forces with Dupin to uncover Fortunato’s hidden files. In the present, Roderick hallucinates Perry, Camille, and Leo at their funeral. The surviving Usher children’s discussion devolves into jealousy over their father’s favoritism. Madeline pressures Victorine to start human trials. In the future, Dupin later admits he lied about the informant’s existence to pit the family against each other. Roderick, Madeline, and Pym find photographic evidence of Verna and suspect she is another illegitimate child. During an interview with Verna, Victorine hears a strange chirping. Paranoid that Bill is sleeping with Verna, Tamerlane insults Bill, leading to a breakup. Roderick visits Victorine to reveal his condition and his need for her work but discovers Al dead. Al had dumped her after discovering that Victorine had booked Verna’s surgery and forged her signature on falsified data. With Al threatening to expose the Ushers, Victorine impulsively threw a bookstand at her, fatally injuring her. Desperate, she used the heart mesh on Al, and has been driven to madness by the mesh’s chirping and believing Al was still alive. Realizing Al’s dead body is useless, Victorine commits suicide in front of her father.

Episodes 06

“Goldbug”

In a flashback, Roderick and Dupin seek Fortunato files to expose Griswold despite Annabel’s concerns. In the present, Tamerlane faces stress, insomnia, and the fallout from her breakup with Bill as she prepares to launch her wellness package Goldbug. Madeline tries to convince Roderick that Verna is a threat after four children’s deaths. Lenore expresses concern about Frederick’s paranoia and Roderick’s worsening insomnia. Juno discusses with Tamerlane that she wanted to finally be accepted by a larger family after marrying Roderick, but the deaths have only isolated them. Madeline pushes her scientists to develop an AI for consciousness mapping. Pym uncovers Verna’s true nature and links to prominent families dating back hundreds of years. Morella begins speaking again, leading Frederick to secretly interrogate her. At Goldbug’s launch, Tamerlane is rattled by visions of Verna, and a sex tape of her, Bill, and an escort playing on screen that only she could see. Tamerlane accidentally injures Juno and she flees the event. Madeline spots Verna who vanishes in front of her eyes. At home, Tamerlane is taunted by Verna through mirrors, which she smashes, but the broken glass impales and kills her.

Episodes 07

“The Pit and the Pendulum”

Episodes 08

“The Raven”