Season 4 of “American Horror Story” came to a close last week, and beyond ranking the best characters and waiting for Ryan Murphy to announce the Season 5 theme, we’ve investigated all the connections between the four seasons.
From “Murder House” to “Freak Show,” Murphy has slipped in a handful of possible clues — repeated character names to continual references to cities and states. Murphy already revealed that all four seasons of the series are connected, so we’ve done the dirty work for you to figure out the many ways that could be possible:
(Major spoiler alert for all four seasons of “American Horror Story.”)
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Last, but not least is the one true “American Horror Story” survivor. Sarah Paulson has lived till the end of each season and her characters always have some sort of relation to television. In Season 1, Billie Dean Howard alluded to her upcoming Lifetime TV special (can we please see this as a spin-off one day?). In Season 2, Lana Winters told her survival tale in a live TV interview in 2012. In Season 3, Cordelia was revealed as the Supreme and discussed witchcraft in a local news interview. And in “Freak Show,” Bette and Dot survived and watched Elsa Mars’ Halloween special live on TV (before quickly shutting it off). Here’s a pitch idea: give Paulson her own reality show in Season 5.
Story by: Erin Whitney
Infographics by: Jan Diehm
