American Horror Story: Revelation of the Apocalypse: Season 8, Episode 3

Since he arrived on the American horror story scene in a car pulled by black horses and covered with mud, the precise nature of Michael Langdon was a tantalizing mystery. Who or what is this man? (Besides the proud owner of the most fabulous hair of the apocalypse, of course.)

In the cold, we discover what lies behind the pretty face of Langdon: something old, demonic and a very specific mission to remake the world in his image. Opening, the young man questions the survivors one by one. There are interesting revelations every moment – including that Langdon and Dinah Stevens know each other before the end of the world – but the biggest comes from Mallory, who has hidden depths and hidden talents. While Langdon questions her, she confesses that she has the impression that there is someone in her who is trying to get out. A moment later, she tries to leave and Langdon grabs his arm.

"Let me go!" She screams, and the piece burst into flames briefly as Langdon suddenly appears in the light not as a young and beautiful look-alike Fabio, but as a millennial demon who desperately needs to see him. a moisturizer. So it's over, and:

"Who are you?" He asks, shaken.

"Which are you? She replies.

And do not get ahead of ourselves, but could Mallory be the first installment of this season's highly anticipated crossover Coven? The answer comes and it's a surprise … slut.

But that's for later. When we return, Langdon cuts himself off and looks for clarity in a pentagram drawn from his own blood. "I thought I destroyed them all, but one of them survived! The snakes spring from the five-pointed star and it seems that Langdon's prayers have been answered by the dear old demon dad. But what is the result of the devil's machinations – and what is the difference between a witchcraft or a simple event?

For the next big turn, we'll put our money on it: in the wilderness beyond the complex, a familiar character emerges from the mist. His eyebrows are gone and his hair is a travesty, but it would be recognized no matter where: Coco's former husband, Brock, survived the nuclear explosion and seeks her in the post-war landscape. apocalyptic where are competing with former competitors of other survivors marked by radiation on the best way to roast a human leg. Fortunately for Brock (or is this the devil at work?), he manages to ride a horse-drawn carriage to the hidden hiding place. When the cart arrives, Venable and Mead find it contains a mine of fresh red apples – and do not notice the stowaway hanging on the underside.

Meanwhile, Mead comes to the truth: she is an android and all her memories are nothing Westworldstyle story. Unlike other robots (ahem, Dolores Abernathy), she does not waste time making a crisis about it. She stays true to Venable and declares the arrival of apples a gift from God. (Extremely meta note: what is the concept of "God" of a robot? Do they love their creator, or the creator of their creator, or the ghost of Nicholas Tesla? Discuss.) Together, Mead and Venable invent a new plan: kill everyone in the compound, including Langdon, and go to the sanctuary together.

The assassination plot is a serious mashup of various fairy tale tropes: poisoned apples, a masked ball and even a Cinderella figure who yearns for bigger things in the background. As Gallant teases Coco's hair in a Marie-Antoinette-style atrocity, Mallory reflects on the strange pyrokinetic moment she had with Langdon, wondering if the radiation of the global explosion turns her into a mutant. Coco laughs at her, in the manner of a half – sister and sends her off to start working on a suit. The party, where everyone looks fabulous and eager to spend a fun evening – including Timothy and Emily, who, I guess, has never bothered to escape this project and never wondered why Mead did not die shot him in the heart, and also Does he seem remarkably indifferent to the fact that they were sentenced to death for fornication less than twenty-four hours ago? Well, let's go.

The main event of the evening is a Halloween classic: stock up on apples (poisoned, remember!). But first, the guests are invited to dance, and Coco sways and chats with a masked man who, according to her, is Langdon. His monologue ends with a remarkably explicit offer, even by American horror story standards (side note: is this the first time that someone has pronounced the word "analingus" on network TV?), and both waltz in his room – where his masked partner, of course, s & # 39; 39, turns out to be Brock. A happy meeting? Nah. He stabs her! In the brain! And it's RIP, Coco, but also everyone, because the poison plot goes off without a hitch. The output of Coco is by far the cleanest; the rest of the guests eat their apples and quickly die, as Venable and Mead show with a smile. All that remains to be done is to kill Langdon, which Venable always intends to do even if he commends him for his mass homicide. Mead is aiming for the gun – "I will not do it," warns Langdon – and shoots.

Venable, shot down by the heart, falls dead.

And that's how we learn that Langdon is Mead's original programmer (and probably also the Antichrist), who came to urge survivors of the complex to hurt each other – which they did! Just three episodes of the season, just about all characters are dead.

… making it the perfect time for the arrival of new faces (old). Outside, in the foggy world, the doors open on three hooded characters: Cordelia Goode, Madison Montgomery and Myrtle Snow. Awwww, yes: what's up, witches?

"Find our sisters," said Cordelia, and three bodies came out: Coco, Mallory, and Dinah. Cordelia closes her eyes – and the three dead women sit up. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Coven in the house. And Madison, advancing, squatted in front of Mallory as the camera closed.

"Bitch surprise," she said. "I bet you thought you saw the last of me."