13 Blink-and-You'll-Miss-Them Moments From the AHS: Apocalypse Trailer

In the trailer, Paulson's Venable says no one is allowed outside, and we catch a fleeting glimpse of the reason why. Individuals who have been exposed to the outside are being hideously deformed. Bleak.

We know Ryan Murphy loves to cram in a good, meaty sideplot, and the whole nuclear fallout seems to be exactly that. It's not just that the toxic outside air is deforming people . . . it seems to be changing them, making them vicious and bloodthirsty. We also witness an outside execution scene, so it really all checks out.

Previous rumblings on the internet had surmised that the characters played by Leslie Grossman, Evan Peters, and Joan Collins were all somehow related, and this seems to confirm it! We know Peters plays a hairdresser, so does that make Collins and Grossman his kin or his clients? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

And she's looking as gorgeous as ever. Rabe is set to once again play the powerful Misty Day, who emerges in Coven as a witch with the power of resurgence. That means she can bring dead things back to life. The catch is Misty gets trapped in Hell at the end of the season. I wonder how they'll get out of that one?

The presence of the Rubber Man could only mean one thing: Apocalypse is set on the land that use to be home of the Murder House. Outpost 3 is clearly an entirely different building, but we don't need the same structure to encounter all the ghosts from season one. My guess is they built right on top of the remains of the Murder House, and that's why the Harmons, the Rubber Man, and all the other spirits are still around.

It's so brief, I missed it the first few times. But yep, there he is: it's Michael Langdon in the flesh! And he's looking rather, well, creepy. I mean, he is the Antichrist, after all.

Here, we can see that Cordelia, Madison, and Myrtle definitely end up at the horrifying Outpost 3. Are they trying to resurrect dead residents? This could be how Misty factors into the whole plot. And, moreover, it could explain how Madison, Myrtle, Zoe, and all the other dead witches come back for Apocalypse.

We get a few spare wide shots in the trailer, and they show a bunch of stars we'd only heard about. Here, we can see Adina Porter, Joan Collins, Jeffrey Boyer Chapman, and, of course, Leslie Grossman!

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There's a good chance there will be heavy biblical allusions throughout the season. The end of the world brings us back to Genesis. These two are clearly come kind of Adam-and-Eve pairing, and this shot of them sharing a (forbidden!) kiss under the stairs is followed by a crawling snake. It all makes sense!

We knew to expect Billie Lourd in the new season, but we know precious little about her character. Even Lourd herself said the name is "just Mallory." Hey, at least now we can put a face to the name.

Peters seems to get more sinister at some point in Apocalypse. Is this the same hairdresser he plays in the beginning of the preview, or will he wear multiple hats throughout the season? It's a bit confusing, because we can see his character getting punished by Kathy Bates's character in one scene. But hey, maybe he rises through the ranks. After all, he played so many cult leaders in Cult, and he's reprising his roles as Tate and Kyle. Who knows? Maybe we'll be seeing one more character in the mix.

As if there was any doubt Michael would rise as the son of Satan himself. Here, we see him presiding over the dark aftermath of the outside world.

It's her, it's her! We knew Lange would be back for Apocalypse — we just didn't expect to see her so soon! By the looks of it, this is a scene featuring her Murder House character, Constance Langdon, who has taken Michael under her care at the end of the season. We'll level with you: it looks like recycled footage from Murder House. But hey, it's still an exciting tease of what's to come! And here's hoping she returns to reprise Fiona Goode as well. (Pretty please?)