7 Important Things We Found Out During the American Horror Story: Apocalypse Premiere

Yes. The premiere wastes no time in getting to all of those explosions. Within the first few minutes, LA is decimated by a massive atomic missile. A news broadcast mentions that a few other cities have also been taken out and that "this is it." People flee in hopes of evacuating to safety, but it's implied that few make it out alive; only a small, select group survive for a few very specific reasons, which I'll explain ahead.