These New AHS: Apocalypse Teasers Hint at a BUNCH of Season Connections

By Ryan Roschke
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Everything is turning to ash at the start of American Horror Story: Apocalypse. As is hinted in the season's official trailer, all bets are off during some kind of insane, radioactive, nuclear event that descends on Los Angeles and (we assume) the rest of the world. In a new series of moving poster teasers, the official AHS Twitter account is showing a universe in ruins: we're seeing the rubble of Murder House, the remains of the freak show once run by Elsa Mars, the decay of Hotel Cortez, and a burnt-up smiley face.

At first, it seemed like three seasons were missing — there was no Asylum, Coven, or Roanoke — but the mysterious clips are still rolling out. I do find it strange that they went out of order: season one, then four, five, seven, two, and three. Perhaps there's a significance to the order in which they released the teasers, or maybe they're just keeping us on our toes. Still, this begs the question: will we see threads connecting Apocalypse to the other seasons in ways we haven't imagined yet? It's either that, or a fun way to promote Apocalypse while also throwing it back to the days of yore. Let's take a look at the ruinous teasers and see what we can come up with.

There it is, the place where it all started. But since we've seen the Rubber Man in the trailer for Apocalypse, we have to assume this is where Outpost #3 is, right?

This is a surprising one to include, mostly because Elsa's freak show is all the way in Jupiter, FL. Then again, she does move to LA to become a movie star at the end of the season. (You know, before Edward Mordrake claims her.)

I sort of expected that Hotel Cortez might come into play at some point. After all, it's located in LA, and one witch (Queenie) appears during the season. I doubt the hotel will factor heavily into the story, but who knows? Maybe vampires are all the rage after the apocalypse.

This one seems like another no-brainer. I mean, we're basically on the verge of a nuclear war in real life, so it's easy to draw a line from Cult to Apocalypse. In fact, we could see how the end of Cult could lead perfectly into the beginning of the season. Never say never!

The Asylum teaser dropped on Monday, more than 24 hours after the previous blast (which was Cult). The fact that they went out of order really tripped us up!

Ah, there's the Coven one. It was the sixth to arrive, shortly after the Asylum teaser. That means Roanoke, in theory, is last.

There it is! Now, give us the apocalypse!