" Chapter 5 " ofAmerican Horror Storyfelt like a fleet slice from the The Butcher ’s cleaver . The gory instalment saw Matt ( Cuba Gooding Jr. ) and Shelby ’s ( Sarah Paulson ) escape , the foundation of Evan Peters ' part , and , most importantly , the apparatus for Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk ’s firstmonster twistof the season : a complete inversion of the format .
Alongside the remainder acknowledgment , a teaser time for next week express the photographic camera crew , led byAHSalum Cheyenne Jackson , breaking the talk - promontory docudrama form and hurrying to conquer what sounded like contentious footage :
Over the course of the next three weeks , Murphy and Co. will probably steerAHSinto meta - mindfuck district . The co - creator toldEntertainment Weeklylast month that there will be a " huge bit and the affair that you remember you ’re watch is not what you ’re watching . " Here ’s a look at what that huge turn could imply , given what we ’ve seen so far onMy Roanoke Nightmare :
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1. Will ghost hunters take on The Butcher?
The promo above evidence Jackson and his posse storming into a room , on a mission , visibly pumped . " We rolling ? " he says to his camera operator . " No matter what anybody says , even if I tell you to stop , you keep cast , arrive it ? " It ’s unclear what form of doc crew this is – just that they ’re confrontational . peradventure , like Elias back in the day , these people are spectre hunters investigate the star sign and its dupe , or the original documentary gang going for more … confrontational footage ( which would validate theories that Jackson was the disembodied interviewer voice we ’ve heard all season ) .
What ’s interesting about the snip is the locating – it ’s not Mott manor ; it seems more like an office space . peradventure Jackson ’s provision on ambushingMy RoanokeNightmareexecutives . Or maybe his target is one of the " real " character – Matt ( André Holland ) , Shelby ( Lily Rabe ) , or Lee ( Adina Porter ) – or the genuine landed estate agent who lists the sign of the zodiac . Will the existent Matt and Shelby guide the squad back to the estate of the Lost dependency so they can snap up legit footage ? Will Jackson take his reenactment squad with him , so the entire cast can tack together in one place ?
2. New ghosts, new actors
If the real Matt and Shelby required reenactors to enjoin their story , thatshouldmean the same for the ghosts we see onMy Roanoke Nightmare , ripe ? In other word , if we do in fact return to the house , Lady Gaga ’s woods witch might be played by a differentAHSactor – same with Edward Mott and The Butcher . Meaning we might not see Peters as Mott again ( out - there theory : AHSstaples Jessica Lange , Finn Wittrock , and Matt Bomer storm us by replace them ) . The dependable news program is that Peters , Gaga , and Bates could all repay if their characters join the picture crowd back at the Roanoke site – or in other role completely . It would n’t be the first timeone of this saga ’s actors play two characters in the same season .
3. Are the Millers the new Polks?
Some fanshave speculatedthat the Millers might still be alive becausetheyare the ones who have a deal with the Butcher . If Matt and Shelby were her new proxy , that would signify they ’d be helping the evil flavour trap a fresh batch of victim at the mansion . One big implication : unreliable narrators . Everything Matt and Shelby have told the photographic camera – everything we ’ve find out act out – could be a lie to tempt an opportunistic gang to trip upon inevitable end . If this crew really is a squad of ghost Orion , be frightened for them . Very scared .
4. Remember “Murder House”?
How could you forget ? So far , each installment ofRoanokehas winked at a prior season ( last night , Peters ripped through his mainsheet , Hotel - vogue ) . Many viewers , this one included , have wondered what the heck that mean for Episode 6 . A reset ? A massive crossover voter of sorts ? A popular possibility online mentions a return toMurder House :
5. Is the witch having another baby? What happened to the feral kids?
Lot Polk ( Chaz Bono ) had a noteworthy mo last night . He yelled at Matt and Shelby because they change by reversal in his babies , the savage duo found breastfeed the sow . Right , those two ! Where they ’ve been and what they ’ve been up to could very well inform the counselling of the season ’s back half . Consider this : there are n’t any cleaning woman in the Polk family , away from Frances Conroy ’s mother graphic symbol . So who pay birth to the twins ? We ’re guessing Lady Gaga ’s beldam . We ’re hung up on ourAntichrist theory ; if what Matt assure the cameras was true , and he really did have sexual activity multiple time with her , perchance there ’s an evil surprisal waiting for us back in the forest .
6. Will we ever get “MURDE” closure?
Remember the bounteous M - U - R - calciferol - E that ’s purportedly spray - paint on the wall of Mott manor house ? It would be nice if we got to see the killer nursemaid sisters catch their final victim – perhaps an ill-starred somebody from the television camera gang whose name part with the letter ' R ' ? We still do n’t know the name of Cheyenne Jackson ’s character …
7. Are Flora and Matt going to be okay?
Many lover have point out there was something creepy about the pizza fundamental interaction between Matt and Flora within Shelby ’s nightmare . Neither of them seemed like themselves . Was that just because the exchange read place in a dream , or isAHSteasing that one of them is possessed ?
AHSchanges form next week , but viewers will want to be extra alert past Episode 6 . Both Paulson and Falchuk have name that the time of year actually contains something like a twofold tress . The lattersaidthat Episodes 1 - 5 , 6 - 9 , and 10 all function as discrete stories , and the formertoldJimmy Fallon that " there ’s an enormous thing that comes that changes everything , and then somethingelsehappens after , too , that ’s really peachy . " Bring it , Murphy .
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