Ryan Murphy is becoming more and more vocal about the big secrets behind “American Horror Story,” which allegedly connect in some way.
Now, he’s teasing the overall arc for season 5, which The Huffington Post breaks down (they have visual aids on the site).
Spoilers follow.
Ryan Murphy has said in multiple interviews that clues regarding the fifth season are scattered throughout the first few episodes of “Freak Show.” In his most recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Murphy confirmed a major clue that has since set off a whole slew of theories. In Episode 4, “Edward Mordrake (Part 2),” a cop hands Emma Roberts’ Maggie a coffee cup with a top hat printed on it. “That is a big season five clue!” Murphy told EW of the top hat. “It’s an arcane clue, but it’s very purposeful, and it illuminates something that you’ll be like, ‘Oh! You dirty [bastard]!'”
Redditor ace_VXIII posted a fan theory on the series’ subreddit last week that seems to be the most convincing one yet. This one proposes that the top hat may signify Operation Top Hat, a “local field exercise” that occurred in Alabama in 1953, one year after the events of “Freak Show.” The operation involved the United States Army Chemical Corps testing biological and chemical weapons, mustard gas, and nerve gas for decontamination. However, the experiment was never submitted to the Secretary of the Army for approval and those involved in the tests were supposedly not informed of the circumstances. This sounds like creepy, secretive “AHS” material if you ask us.
What do you guys think? Chem-Warfare? Sounds cool (and modern) to me.
