Chapter 6 (American Horror Story)
| "Chapter 6" | |
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| American Horror Story episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Angela Bassett |
| Written by | Ned Martel |
| Production code | 6ATS06 |
| Original air date | October 19, 2016 |
| Running time | 41 minutes |
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"Chapter 6" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story. It aired on October 19, 2016, on the cable network FX. The episode was written by Ned Martel and directed by Angela Bassett. One of the first major story arc changes of the series, the format of the series becomes a found footage horror depicting the aftermath of My Roanoke Nightmare and the development of a follow-up series, Return to Roanoke: Three Days in Hell.
My Roanoke Nightmare was a television smash hit when it aired in 2015. With minimal promotion from its network, it received 23 million views by its finale, topping the ratings of Sunday Night Football, Empire, and The Walking Dead. Eager to capitalize on the success of the series, the network commissions the producer of My Roanoke Nightmare, Sidney Aaron James (Cheyenne Jackson) to come up with a sequel. To that end, he ambushes the network executives in their conference room with a surprise on-camera pitch for the follow-up series entitled, Return to Roanoke: Three Days in Hell. He informs the network that it is his intention to bring the reenactors together with their real life counterparts in the Roanoke house for three days during the Blood Moon. The network president raises some doubts that the audience had, namely the fact that Mason's murder remained unsolved and that the presumed killer, Lee, was never brought to justice. After Sidney points out that the network owns the Roanoke house after he purchased it from Matt and Shelby for the reenactments, they relent and give him a green light for a 13 episode series. As Sidney leaves the building, his assistant Diana (Shannon Lucio), tempers this news by telling him that Shelby is unwilling to participate in the new series.
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