On her own personal ranking ofAmerican Horror Storyseasons,Sarah Paulsonwould probably placeRoanokeat the bottom.
Simpson: American Crime Storyand heading intoRoanoke.
I felt really kind of trapped by my responsibility and my contractual obligation to doAmerican Horror Story.

Sarah Paulson in ‘American Horror Story: Roanoke’.Frank Ockenfels/FX
Show representatives didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
Paulson also reprised her role of Lana Winters from theAsylumseason that year.
“I liked the idea that it was mirroring what we were experiencing.
Enough time had gone by.”
Paulson also came back for season 8’sApocalypsetheme for theCovencrossover event, but she did sit out season 9’s1984.