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Can i watch the AHS seasons in any order?

So, I discovered AHS through it’s netflix counterpart which i really enjoyed.

I began watching the original series and loved season one…

But Idk why i am getting bored with the season two episodes,,

So,, is it okay if i watch the seasons in any order?

Pls which season should i watch now?

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While you could watch almost all the seasons by themselves (the exception being maybe Apocalypse) there's a lot of callbacks and continued storylines throughout the seasons. Like for example, Freak Show gives more background to one of the characters from Asylum and ties in one of the new characters storylines to another character from that season, Hotel has one of the witches from Coven briefly show up at the hotel, Roanoke has a connection to a family from Freak Show, etc.

The storylines themselves are self-contained though and could be watched without the prior knowledge of these characters, but it definitely adds to it when you're already familiar with them. Apocalypse is the only exception, being a sequel to Coven and, to a lesser extent, Murder House and has ties to other seasons as wel

Cult has ties to Freakshow. Hotel has ties to 1984.

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Later seasons have some ties to Asylum. Also. It’s a great season.

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Is it?? Should i continue season 2 then??

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Season 2 is widely regarded as the best season.

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Yesterday i had a free day and i restarted season 2, i am in ep 8 now and wowww!! It gets very interesting!!

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I mean don’t start with Apocalypse otherwise sure

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Besides i think apocalypse, yes. Apocalypse is connected to Murder house, Coven and Hotel.

You can, but you won't get the little cameos of characters from previous seasons.

You’ll get some Easter eggs out of order, but it doesn’t matter. For instance, I watched Hotel before Coven, and had no idea who Queenie was. But after watching Coven, it made more sense. Like others said, you only need to worry about apocalypse. It’s related to Murder House, Coven, and Hotel.

You can, but shouldn't. Like the others said, there are a lot of callbacks, name drops that will help future seasons make sense 

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That’s what I’m doing right now. Am I supposed to be watching them in order? I finished delicate and started watching asylum, afterwards I watched coven and now I just finished episode 1 of hotel and I was thinking maybe I’ll watch murder house afterwards

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Just make sure you’ve seen murder house, hotel, and coven before watching apocalypse

Ok I will! ☺️

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