This past week gave us the triumphant return of American Horror Story, and when I say triumphant, I mean triumphant. Ryan Murphy and team kept the season's theme under wraps until the season premiere, which was very uncharacteristic of them seeing as how they usually make it a point to announce the theme in either February/March or during San Diego Comic Con. However, this year was different, and the newly revealed theme definitely lived up to the excitement.

For the premiere of the show, my friends and I had a watch party and we were all crammed in a dorm room wondering what the theme was. Funny enough, the term "Roanoke" had been thrown around a couple of times in our discussion. But still, we waited.

Finally, 10 o'clock was here so we all glued our eyes to the TV and listened hard. Ryan Murphy was the first to appear on the screen to officially announce which one of the teasers released was the right teaser. (It was the one of the woman cutting strings of teeth.) I thought the reveal would make sense to me but it just left me more confused. Then at last, the show began and we saw two people in a documentary-like setting. What? Seriously, this threw me off more than ever.

I put my reservations aside and kept watching. The title along the screen was "My Roanoke Nightmare." Then, we were blessed with the reenactments (which basically is the whole show along with voiceovers from the "real" people) played by Sarah Paulson, reigning queen of American Horror Story, and Cuba Gooding Jr., a lovely and pleasant surprise. The whole premiere had remnants of the other themes. I was reminded of "Hotel" when Sarah's character was roaming down the dark, narrow hall of her new home and I was reminded of "Murder House" by the fact that Paulson and Gooding Jr.'s character decided to buy this seemingly haunted home.

All in all though, the episode and the theme it brought forth was a direction that I was not expecting. Through the episode, Paulson's character is terrorized by forces within and around the home that her husband takes with a grain of salt and the cops completely ignore. This leads to the installation of security cameras around the home which is when things get crazy. While Gooding Jr.'s character is away from home, his sister, a former cop, was visiting to protect Paulson's character from whatever she has been seeing. While checking the cameras, Gooding Jr.'s character sees men with pitchforks and torches approaching their house and eventually entering it. I'll stop the summary of episode one here, just to let the readers enjoy what is left of the episode because in the last twenty minutes or so there is a lot of twists and turns. However, I will say that this season is by far the scariest I have watched yet.

The premiere of season six brought a lot to the table and, unlike the last few seasons, the storyline seems incredibly strong and engaging. I can't wait to see what this season has in store for us; if you haven't seen American Horror Story, I suggest you catch up because this season is one that will not be forgotten.