The American Horror Story producers have finally given me a reason to be excited about a new season. I truly have not been so invested in the start of a new adventure since Coven. Speaking of themes, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief because the the theme was finally revealed. This season will be all about the chilling and mysterious story of Roanoke, North Carolina, and how one unfortunate couple got caught up in all its craziness. But the most insane part was that this theme wasn’t even revealed until the release of the premiere episode.

It’s a genius ploy, really. The creators made the choice to keep the theme of this season a secret, referring to it as ?6. So instead of being bombarded by commercials and ads depicting different characters in various spooky situations that would never find their way (for the most part) into the actual story line, they simply announced that the ads for season 6 had little to do with the actual narrative.

In doing this, the series concealed their intentions, preventing would-be viewers from disregarding it early because they weren’t interested in the theme.

And even after the first episode, we viewers are still halfway in the dark. And while I am sure the premiere gave a handful of clues that I’m just not observant enough to catch onto, the majority of viewers are still very confused. Not only did the whole episode not answer any burning questions, but the creators were brave enough to leave the episode on a cliffhanger! I have truly never been so confuzzled.

I find the theme choice pretty bold, to say the least.  It’s something you need  a lot of information to go off of in order to make a whole season out of it.  I personally don’t know anything about Roanoake but what what i’ve seen my interests have definitely been peaked

The first episode plays out in the style of dramatization shows that take the accounts in interviews of ‘real people’ and mix them in with actors depicting on the situation. In itself, that’s extremely strange, because now there are essentially two people playing the same characters – the one giving the account, and the one acting it out. I’m excited to see how it will play out and what the true intention of the series is.