This post contains major spoilers for Episode 3 ofAmerican Horror StorySeason 6 .
Last week , American Horror Storycreator Ryan Murphyrevealedthat the 6th episode ofRoanokewould loose a plot twist load down such tremor force that , really , he had to consider the before and after as two distinct chunks of show . That ’s Season 6 , by the way . Six is important : not only did the numeric symbolization bind together each of the show ’s orphic base trailer , the wave ikon evenappears in the architectureof the principal location . " 6 " is everywhere . " 6 " is cardinal . 6 . 6 . 6 .
Is Murphy preparing us forAmerican Horror Story : Armageddon ? The idea never dawned on me until Episode 3 , when Leslie Jordan ’s Zelda Rubinstein - similar mass medium " Cricket Marlowe " come along on Matt and Shelby ’s doorsill with info on the disappearing of Lee ’s daughter , leading all three house - dwellers to read the true nature of Kathy Bates ' phantom fibre . Back in the 16th century , Bates ' " The Butcher " was the leader of the Roanoke colony . compulsive to remain put on the coast , her fellow man – including her own son – exiled her to the wood , pass on to die in a steel coop of despair . Or , that was the programme , until Lady Gaga ’s nameless , crazy - eyed persona crept out of the shadows to suckle her back to lifetime with the succulent juice of a beating heart . " deliver thy mortal to me , " Gaga recount her . The Butcher complies . Five hundred years afterwards , she ’s still serve her master .
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Her master … The Devil ?
In Episode 2 , Gaga briefly appears behind Bates , in an enfeebled position that suggested The Butcher was in exponent and the singer - actress ' growling servant was lower on the totem pole .
Episode 3 flip the moral force , with Gaga in controller , dribble , but controlling and maintain from prison term . She ’s former than " The Butcher , " wiser to the rough Sir Henry Wood , looking to leash hoi polloi into her person collection , and a card - stock fellow member of the Internal Organ of the Month Club ( " oh , September is human heart ! " ) . Maybe Gaga ’s just a thirsty hag looking to expand her coven – that would accommodate right in with theories thatRoanokewill emulate each previous time of year ofAHSone instalment at a clip before the big twist . Or peradventure Murphy ’s cooking up something more straggly , a culmination of six years of work . Maybe Gaga is Satan herself , finally mounting her attack on our planet . Let ’s be dependable : if staring evilness is going to breed in the United States , it ’s likely going to take shape in North Carolina ( political humour ! ) .
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There have been puff of air of Satan in pastAmerican Horror Storyseasons . Murder Houseliterally cease with the birthing of the Antichrist . InAsylum , we see Lily Rabe ’s Sister Mary Eunice inhabited by a Devil - like monster . Sarah Paulson ’s medium character fromMurder HouseandHotelalso discusses the Antichrist , saying the harbinger of doom would be created by the union of spirit and man . Murphy has said time and prison term again that eachAHSanthology connect in a broader , still - invisible horse sense . Satan , appear in Gaga phase this time of year , could be the supernatural connective tissue paper .
The pig motif running throughRoanokecould also be a cue . get ’s change by reversal our attention to the Bible , beginning for all thing Satan . In Matthew 8:28 , Jesus encounters two men who are possessed by monster and not too happy with the carpenter ’s comportment . Here ’s how the passage goes : " They began hollo at him , ' Why are you interfering with us , Son of God ? Have you come here to excruciate us before God ’s nominate time ? ' There happened to be a large ruck of hog feeding in the distance . So the daimon begged , “ If you cat us out , direct us into that ruck of pigs . ' All mightily , go ! ' Jesus commanded them . So the fiend come out of the man and introduce the pig , and the whole ruck plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drown in the water . "
Jesus .
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There are more ambiguous acknowledgment , too . Cuba Gooding Jr. " reenactment Matt " taking Gaga from behind in a random confrontation in the Wood is everything Christians fear when they get wind " sex " and " God ’s children " in the same condemnation . Meanwhile , PopSugarnotesthat theBlair crone - like stick from Episode 1 could actually be a address to Satan defensive measure wards used by autochthonous Indonesians . Even make it references point to devilish bodily process . The first place we see reenactment Matt and Shelby is at a movie theater playing"Crimson Harvest"– not a literal movie , but a really Satan - y title . Then there ’s all the burning . Mason , we hardly knew ya !
world-wide consensus withAmerican Horror Storyobsessives is that Gaga ’s silent assailant is emphatically working on a superhuman level – and that we ’ve already find out her foetid play elsewhere in the show . What if her " Satan " standpoint - in was indirectly involved with Mason ’s murder , undercover agent footage be damned ?
OK , if Gagaisn’tSatan , maybe she ’s the spirit uncoerced to procreate to produce the Antichrist ? While I ’d love to scrub that Gooding Jr. sexual practice panorama from my computer memory evermore , the association to pastAHSmythology ca n’t be command .
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Here ’s a Greek mythology deep deletion that take you to corrupt severely into Ryan Murphy ’s dearest forTrue Blood . But also does n’t sound crazy ?
A hollow in this theory : Gaga may not be stick around for too long . But if she ’s simplypossessedby The Devil …
It ’s too presently to distinguish what Murphy ’s mega - twist could be , although a dogfight with the camera crewlooks inevitable . If Lady Gaga is Satan , and is n’t bound by space - clock time like any other case on the show , there ’s reason to believe she could " twist " the integral public , and place the show hurtling in any direction . Hades , even theCharles Manson rumorsfeel executable with Abaddon , the Destroyer perhaps footle around .
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Gaga , if you ’re out there , we tender our souls for a hint or two .
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