Anyone excited for Season 8 ....7 days away...

I haven't seen Cult yet, unfortunately I don't get Fox anymore but hoping it will come to Netflix soon.
I hated Roanoke with a passion! I was such a fan of the other seasons and I found it so disappointing.
I am hoping for good things from this season though. I hope they throw a bit of Asylum into the mix too.

I have been saying back since [in the middle of] Roanoke that they should do a season revisiting the Harmon/Langdon baby in a Satanic context. So when it was announced that this would be the precise basis for Season 8, I was elated. So, yes, I am very excited, although cautiously optimistic, given how much I hated Cult and to a lesser extent, Roanoke. The main reason why I hated those (although there are many reasons) is that I am sick to death of meta-storytelling. Roanoke employed the tired trope of found footage and story within a story. Cult injected real-life political hysteria as if we haven't already been bombarded by that on a daily basis since the election.

My season rankings are as follows:

#1 Asylum
#2 Hotel (My personal favorite)
#3 Murder House
#4 Coven
#5 Freakshow
#6 Roanoke
#7 Cult (This will likely change to #8 after this season airs)

IMO, Asylum and Hotel are the only seasons that maintained consistent quality through to the finales. I thought they both had great endings. I think every other season has either had subpar finales and/or a dip in quality leading up to the finale. Or in the case of Cult, was just terrible through and through.

I loved that 'Asylum' employed almost every horror trope and took place in two distinct time periods. It threw everything but the kitchen sink at us. I loved the high fashion, 1980's throwback feel, reminiscent of 'The Hunger', that Hotel had. Hotel was also elevated by a fantastic performance by Denis O'Hare.

I have hopes for Apocalypse. It certainly looks very intriguing...and confusing seeing those scenes out of context, given all those the dead characters returning. I think Cody Fern is a perfect choice for the grown-up Harmon/Langdon, Anti-Christ baby from 'Murder House'. He was excellent in 'American Crime Story.' I really hope Denis O'Hare shows up as granddaddy Satan or some other delicious character. I missed him in 'Cult.' But he was probably better off not being involved in that shitty season.

it will have two first good episodes and then it will go steadily downhill from there. It's typical Ryan Murphy.

I'm looking forward to it. My rankings:

Asylum
Murder House
Cult
Hotel
Freak Show
Coven
Roanoke