<P> Set in the year 2016, the season follows the supernatural events that occur in a renovated farmhouse in North Carolina which is situated on the land where the Roanoke Colony moved after their infamous disappearance . Shelby Miller (Lily Rabe), her husband Matt (André Holland), along with Matt's sister Lee Harris (Adina Porter) recount their harrowing experience living in the farmhouse a year prior in a popular documentary titled My Roanoke Nightmare, including their encounters with the ghosts of the house's previous residents, the violent ghosts of the Roanoke Colony, the cannibalistic Polk family who live nearby, and a mysterious but dangerous entity known as Scathach . The documentary becomes a huge success, featuring dramatic reenactments of the Millers' story starring Audrey Tindall (Sarah Paulson) as Shelby, Dominic Banks (Cuba Gooding Jr .) as Matt, Monet Tumusiime (Angela Bassett) as Lee, Agnes Mary Winstead (Kathy Bates) as Thomasin, the matriarch of the ghost colony, Rory Monahan (Evan Peters) as Edward Mott, the wealthy former owner of the house, William van Henderson (Denis O'Hare) as Dr. Cunningham, a professor who becomes entranced with the paranormal happenings of the area, Dylan (Wes Bentley) as Ambrose, another member of the ghost colony, and an unnamed actress (Lady Gaga) as Scathach . The success of the documentary leads to a sequel titled Return to Roanoke: Three Days In Hell, spearheaded by the producer of the original series, Sidney Aaron James (Cheyenne Jackson), who invites the Millers, as well as many of the reenactment actors, to return to the farmhouse for three days, where all their actions will be captured by hidden cameras . Although the Millers are aware of the entities that reside in the house, all three agree to return, each with their own agenda . The production eventually descends into disaster, however, as cast and crew alike are quickly targeted when the violent entities begin to surface . This season mostly deals with exploitation, with other themes including fame, motherhood, family, publicity, revenge, the media, and television . </P> <P> Set in the year 2017, the fictitious town of Brookfield Heights, Michigan, is left divided upon the wake of Donald Trump's presidential election . Local restaurant owner Ally Mayfair - Richards (Sarah Paulson) is left utterly distraught, along with her wife Ivy (Alison Pill). Despite the help of her psychiatrist, Dr. Rudy Vincent (Cheyenne Jackson), Ally becomes increasingly unstable in the following weeks, her long repressed phobias begin to re-emerge, and they begin to affect her relationships with her wife as well as their son Oz (Cooper Dodson). Across town, a young man named Kai Anderson (Evan Peters) rejoices at the election results, enticing him to pursue political power by running for City Council, with the help of his reluctant, liberal sister Winter (Billie Lourd), who was also hired by the Mayfair - Richards household as their babysitter . As Ally attempts to adjust to regular life despite her growing anxiety and paranoia, she becomes terrorized by a group of masked assailants in clown attire who are only present when she is alone, leaving those around her to wonder if she was truly attacked, or if they were merely hallucinations . With Kai's rise to power revealing sinister motives, as well as suspicious activities from other residents such as her eccentric neighbors Harrison (Billy Eichner) and Meadow Wilton (Leslie Grossman) amplifying her growing distrust of those around her, Ally starts to draw connections between her alleged clown attackers and the many strange incidents occurring in Brookfield Heights, and she begins to fear that everyone in town is out to get her . This season mostly deals with marginalization, with other themes including politics, government, conspiracies, paranoia, fear, power, disenfranchisement, the media, and oppression . </P> <P> On October 4, 2016, the series was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered on September 5, 2017 . Ryan Murphy confirmed that the season will be connected to Freak Show; but will be set in modern day . In February 2017, on Watch What Happens Live, Murphy announced that the season would revolve around the 2016 U.S. election and suggested that it may feature a character based on President Donald Trump . In an April 2017 interview, Murphy stated that there would be no actors playing Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, though both would be seen onscreen . Murphy has said that the season will be representative of both sides of the political divide; however, the writer says he will be "illuminating and highlighting" groups of people he believes to be "ignored by the current (Trump) administration and who are afraid and feel terrorized that their lives are going to be taken away ." </P> <P> Veteran cast members Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Adina Porter, Cheyenne Jackson, Frances Conroy, Mare Winningham, Jamie Brewer and Emma Roberts are scheduled to return for the forthcoming season . Joining them are new cast members Billie Lourd, Billy Eichner, Leslie Grossman, Colton Haynes, Alison Pill, and Lena Dunham . </P>

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