American Horror Story: Apocalypse - What Does The Ending Really Mean?

4. Time Travelling Is Possible In The AHS Universe

While American Horror Story is very much grounded in the horror genre - as it should be - the show occasionally ventures into foreign territory. For example, Asylum remains one of the show's most realistic seasons, largely because is dealt with psychological horror as opposed to the supernatural sort, but that didn't stop Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk from throwing aliens into the mix.

Well, aliens aren't the only sci-fi elements that Murphy and Falchuk have incorporated into their work, because Apocalypse Then makes use of another: time travel. While it may seem like a bit of plot convenience at first - and to be fair, it is - don't let that diminish the importance of such a tool.

Time travel may not be anything new in literature, but it's new to the world of American Horror Story. Up until recently, we've accepted every event in the series' shared universe as unchangeable, but by bringing time travel to the table, Murphy and Falchuk have effectively changed things forever.

While present-day seasons such as Cult and Hotel are able to be revisited, it's seasons like Freak Show and Asylum that have been - until now - off the cards, due to the fact that almost everyone in both respective seasons is dead. This is no longer the case.

With time travel now an option, there's nothing stopping Murphy from using the Mallory character to go back in time and changing the events of both seasons. For example, time travel could be employed in a future season to prevent Oliver Thredson from raping Lana Winters, or to stop Bloody Face from going on a murderous rampage.

While we'd rather the writers left well enough alone, there's no denying that by introducing time-travel into the world of American Horror Story, they've opened up a whole new can of worms.