What Happens: As an explosion washes over the screen, we suddenly realise it's raining skulls . . . in the hourglass from the first shot. One last demon hand comes into frame, grips the hourglass, and flips it over. Everything inside goes dark, and the skulls continue to fall.
What It Could Mean: This, to me, is one of the most interesting parts of the teaser. It symbolizes, in some ways, that the End of Days is just the beginning. On one hand, the vignette could be saying that a newer, darker world will bloom from the carnage of our decimated society. Part of me wonders, too, if this is Ryan Murphy's way of resetting the entire American Horror Story timeline. Wouldn't that be wild? Once we reach season nine, it may be time to start from scratch.