Fern plays Michael Langdon, the Antichrist and cause of the titular End of Days. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You obviously worked with Ryan Murphy onThe Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. Thats all I needed to hear. Credit: Kurt Iswarienko/FX You had me at wig. I so enjoy that wig. Ryan is good at a lot of things but his wig work is unparalleled.Oh, its extraordinary! Ray Mickshaw/FX We could talk about the wig throughout the whole interview....

Its the usual story: He doted on her devil spawn more than she thought he should. But they appeared to make peace by the end. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did this happen? Credit: Robert Zuckerman/FX Did Ryan just call you? This has been years in the making!CONNIE BRITTON:I know! It was so very kind of unglamorous and matter of fact after all these years. [Laughs] It was very unceremonious. I heard they were doing this crossover and I was like, Oh!...

It’s witches versus the Antichrist’s agenda at the end of the world. It all began with the end of the world, but how willAmerican Horror Storysapocalypse wrap it all up? A primal scream of Balenciaga? Credit: FX Its time to find out! Are we all strapped in and wearing purple and/or our finest black lace party peignoirs? Good, I thought so. As we open, its still the pre-apocalypse but only just....

I dont even know where to begin with the first trailer forAmerican Horror Story: Apocalypse. Well, lets start with the world is gone…and so perhaps is Billy Eichners character. He gets left in Santa Monica(!) Credit: FX by Leslie Grossmans Coco. Kathy Bates is also hanging at the house, which apparently has a very severe-themed salon. Its unclear how they all ended up hereIm guessing in trueAHSfashion well get flashbacks throughout the season....

Bet you thought you’d seen the last of this witch. “I bring you Madison Montgomery on #ahs8 ? Does the b survive the #apocalypse ?” Michele K. Short/FX Roberts wrote in a post on Instagram. Re-binging theMurder Houseseason on Netflix confirms it’s the same location. And, yes, Tate is back, too. FX The promotional campaign from FX continues with another teaser video, this one featuring both infant and end-times imagery....

Because a return to the house that started it all is exactly what you’re getting onAHSthis week IMMEDIATELY. Madison isn’t pleased by the charade, but Chablis has it so much worse, clearly. “I had to put khakis on! Credit: Prashant Gupta/FX So it’s been a hard day for all of us!” Give these two their own spin-off, yo.) Unpacking potions and knives and such, they cast a spell to reveal the ghosts....

Michael has a religious experience. as a robe-wearing, podium-thumping, satanic preacher-about-town (excuse me: HELL, yes!). Strap in, yall; were about to have a religious experience. Credit: FX As the episode kicks off,Michael Langdonis having a very bad day. He finds Meads charred body and howls with rage and grief, then whirls to see Cordelia behind him. Its over, she says. We know who you are. Your allies are all dead....

Langdon might be the son of the Devil, but he’ll give you something to twirl about. looks on, laughing. And this is a very big deal, for the record! Credit: FX Herod the Great?Mark Zuckerberg?!" …Okay, so maybe she has a point! ), Cordelia says there’s no time. Bummer news: she’s dying, and fading. All that core work! The seven wonders unfold in jittery black and white: Telekineses. And then, finally: Descensum, with a twist....

So, does anyone else remember that thing that happened back whenAmerican Horror Story’s latest season kicked off? Something about the world ending, possibly? …Well, whatever. Credit: Kurt Iswarienko/FX And that’s okay because after ignoring her for ages, it’s finally Dinah’s turn to shine. Becausethosealways end so well! But Legba, greedy top hat-wearing demon that he is, wants all the witches' souls in return. Cordelia says no, and the devil takes his leave (and takes Nan with him....

The show ended the same way it began: with an election. Kai might be in prison (wait, Kai is in prison?! ), but its hardly cramping his cult leader style. Credit: FX After all, this is only the start of the bloodshed. So, howd this happen? And yep, its just what it sounds like…with one minor hitch. A little bad news to start, Kai says. Turns out finding a thousand pregnant women to murder is super hard....

We open with a flashback to the 2016 debate at which Hilary Clintons victory seemed like a sure thing. Evidently, shes not bluffing; two weeks later we find Kai in treatment for anger management. Here comes the twist: Its Bebe, SCUM loyalist and grande dame of political lady rage. Credit: FX So is this the guiding principle behind Kais insane rise to power? Is he just a pawn of this OG feminist?...

This week,American Horror Storydigs in a little to the phenomenon of trypophobia, a.k.a. the fear of clustered holes or bumps, while also connecting some very important dots. (Have you been wondering where Kai and Winters parents are? Credit: Frank Ockenfels/FX Well, hold on to your butts.) We need to make the murders scarier, Kai says. Not me, of course. [Frantically hides annotated paperback ofParadise Lostin underpants.] Beverly makes a good point: If they want people scared, they need to see the clowns....

His supporters, ever more numerous, have worked up a robust chant of We are the wall! We are the wall! Thats when the shooting starts. The camera sticks with Ivy, who runs and cowers behind a fountain as shots ring out. Ally, looking utterly shell shocked, lets the weapon fall to the ground. All right,American Horror Story. So, how did we get here? Ally and Meadow flee from the men and end up at the Butchery, of course; where else?...