American Horror Story: 10 Most Controversial Moments

This one’s controversial in ways completely separate to the rest of the list. But considering it’s a huge talking point for so many fans (including those who defended the show against all claims of gratuitous violence and shockjockery), it simply has to be included.

Roanoke is the most divisive season, in two ways. Most obviously, it divides the fanbase; some have it down as the worst season and know another fifty seasons wouldn’t change that. Others are more defensive of its experimental tone. But it was also quite literally divisive; told in three main acts. The first episodes were the re-enactment of the horror for in-universe TV show My Roanoke Nightmare, and the latter ones are the follow-up show Return To Roanoke: Three Days In Hell. This time around, the violence was built slowly as the show tried to freshen up.

Episode 10 threw all that nuance out of the window. It almost seems like the show was given a nine-episode run, then got handed another at the last second. The finale deals with three different shows reacting to the in-universe real love bloodshed of the Roanoke events, and for many fans it was just a bridge too far.