As Hotel descended into borderline unwatchable trash television, AHS: Roanoke has embraced and subverted this - by literally structuring the series around the trashiest format imaginable, reality television. As the familiar narrative arcs of AHS were done so efficiently from Murder House to Freak Show, a return to this would be welcome at some point - but after the mess that Hotel left the series in, Roanoke is a welcome change. Roanoke has restored the series to life with a much-needed revitalising jolt. Welcome back American Horror Story, you've been missed.
