Overview
- The first season concluded on September 9, 2026, and all nine episodes are now available to stream on Hulu.
- The finale deliberately leaves the central mystery unresolved and reframes key characters so viewer uncertainty remains the show’s core device.
- Executive producers publicly defended deviations from the book and said the adaptation was expanded and paced to support at least a multi‑season arc.
- Creator Ryan Murphy used multiple variant takes on set and editorial combinations to cultivate doubt and to weaken the narrator’s reliability.
- FX has not yet renewed the series for a second season, and executives say the decision will hinge on streaming performance and audience response while producers outline possible next‑season material.