American Horror Story’s Apocalypse season was one of the most celebrated years of Ryan Murphy’s anthology horror series and it brought the Antichrist into the picture in a very big way.
Part of the fun of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story is that each season gets to wipe the slate clean and start fresh as well as allow the talented cast to try out new roles that are often radically different from their prior appearances. Due to the nature of the show’s anthology structure, viewers are often left wanting to see more with these characters. American Horror Story finally gave into that desire with its eighth season, Apocalypse, which acted as a crossover between two of the show’s most popular efforts.
American Horror Story: Apocalypse featured a return to characters from the show’s Murder House and Coven seasons in a grandiose storyline which was centered around the end of times and the ultimate battle between good and evil. AHS: Apocalypse amounted to be a controversial season in some ways and got a little out of hand, for both better and worse. Actors like Sarah Paulson got to play multiple characters at once, which is undeniably a mark of a very ambitious and fun season. Another major asset is what it does with Michael Langdon (Cody Fern), the Antichrist, something fans were waiting for the show to return to at some point.
Michael Langdon Is The Antichrist And Fulfills A Dark Prophecy
The Antichrist is teased at the end of American Horror Story’s first season. It’s prophesized that a child that’s conceived between “spirit and human” will be the Antichrist and usher in the end of times, which is exactly what happens when Tate Langdon’s spirit has his way with Vivien Harmon. At the end of Murder House, a young Michael Langdon is already off to a murderous start by slaughtering his nannies. AHS: Apocalypse continues Michael’s story into young adulthood as the Church of Satan fosters his impulses and supernatural talents. He even helps usher in nuclear Armageddon and becomes the first ever male Supreme.
Michael Langdon is such a dangerous threat to all of mankind that the only way he can be defeated is by the witches resorting to time travel. Mallory (Billie Lourd) goes back in time to 2015 when Michael’s Satanic powers are still growing and she runs him over with her car. It’s a very unceremonious finish. That being said, AHS: Apocalypse concludes with what appears to be the birth of a new Antichrist. Timothy and Emily, who both appear in the apocalyptic timeline that Mallory changes and are said to have “strong genetic material”, conceive a child in 2020 that exhibits the same evil signs as Michael did. This child even catches the attention of the Church of Satan in a similar fashion. Whether American Horror Story ever picks up this thread again or not, this seems to imply that the Antichrist is an eternal concept in the series that can never truly be erased.
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