Everything is turning to ash at the start of American Horror Story: Apocalypse [1]. As is hinted in the season's official trailer [2], all bets are off during some kind of insane, radioactive, nuclear event that descends on Los Angeles and (we assume) the rest of the world. In a new series of moving poster teasers, the official AHS Twitter account is showing a universe in ruins: we're seeing the rubble of Murder House, the remains of the freak show once run by Elsa Mars, the decay of Hotel Cortez, and a burnt-up smiley face.

Here's the interesting thing about the series of teasers: three seasons are missing — Asylum, Coven, and Roanoke. The omission of Coven isn't a big deal, but does the fact that the latter two are absent signify that the others are important? Will we see threads connecting Apocalypse to Freak Show, Hotel, and Cult? That certainly seems to be what this collection is suggesting . . . unless FX's social media intern missed a few files during the posting process. Either way, let's take a look at the ruinous teasers and see what we can come up with.