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American Horror Story – Apocalypse, Episode 4 Could It Be ... Satan?

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American Horror Story – Apocalypse, Episode 4

Could It Be ... Satan?

Aired Oct 3, 2018

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Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Three years before the bombs drop, Outpost Three houses the Hawthorne School for Exceptional Young Men; its inhabitants, warlocks living in the shadow of Cordelia Goode's coven, place their hopes on new, troubled apprentice Michael Langdon.

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Cast chemistry and just the right amount of self-effacing humor drive "Could it Be... Satan?" as worlds collide and fan dreams come true.

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Molly Horan

AV Club

10/04/2018

B

This week's return to Coven gives viewers just enough witchy screen time to clarify how well done season three was, and highlight what Apocalypse has been missing-compelling relationships, even antagonistic ones, between the characters.

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Jackie Strause

The Hollywood Reporter

10/04/2018

The moment also provided a fun Easter egg with Peters as James March playing out a scene with Michael Langdon, the son of Peters' Murder House character Tate Langdon.

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Kat Rosenfield

Entertainment Weekly

10/04/2018

B+

Real talk, I don't know why we're asking this question, because Langdon is very clearly Satan or at least Satan-adjacent by a maximum of one degree. But whatever, roll those title credits.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

10/08/2018

Don't try and make sense of it. It's American Horror Story. Just roll with it. Half the fun - if that's what you want to call it - is the introduction of new characters.

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

10/07/2018

"Could it be... Satan?" was dry, lacklustre and quite frankly, filler.

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Caralynn Lippo

Tell-Tale TV

10/05/2018

4.5/5

This is plainly one of the best episodes of American Horror Story in years. It balances the scales perfectly between celebrating past characters and storylines while forwarding the current season's arc.

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Synopsis

Three years before the bombs drop, Outpost Three houses the Hawthorne School for Exceptional Young Men; its inhabitants, warlocks living in the shadow of Cordelia Goode's coven, place their hopes on new, troubled apprentice Michael Langdon.

Director: Sheree Folkson
Executive Producer: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, James Wong, Alexis Martin Woodall, Bradley Buecker
Screenwriter: Tim Minear
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Oct 3, 2018