After five seasons on FX, the freaky and shocking elements of American Horror Story began to have a numbing effect. The fifth season, Hotel, especially seemed guilty of delivering diminishing returns as it perhaps went too far over the edge in an attempt to make our jaws drop. And after each AHS season ended, the same "news cycle" would begin: We'd learn who'd be back (usually most everyone). We'd learn the time period and location. Then we'd tune in and watch Jessica Lange -- before she decided to leave the series after the fourth season -- lord over a collection of outcasts and oddities, occasionally grimacing at the bloodshed and overall ickiness.
In the show's sixth year, however, things changed. We learned nothing about the new season beyond the cast. Where and when would the story take place? Who would the actors be playing? The hook to get you in wasn't a hotel or an asylum or a freak show, but the mystery itself. The slew of teasers seemed to suggest that this year would involve everything under the sun - from possessed children to alien abductions. Finally, in Wednesday's premiere, audiences found out what Season 6 would be about.
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In the show's sixth year, however, things changed. We learned nothing about the new season beyond the cast. Where and when would the story take place? Who would the actors be playing? The hook to get you in wasn't a hotel or an asylum or a freak show, but the mystery itself. The slew of teasers seemed to suggest that this year would involve everything under the sun - from possessed children to alien abductions. Finally, in Wednesday's premiere, audiences found out what Season 6 would be about.
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