American Horror Story: Delicate It follows rising star Anna Victoria Alcott, played by Emma Roberts, through her first pregnancy as a cult of women begins to harass her. The season began airing in September 2023 before going on hiatus for more than four months due to delays related to the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Now Delicate is about to air its finale and fans have put together several theories about how the season will end.
Recent episodes have increased the drama and scares. Memorable moments from the second half of the season include Kim Kardashian’s Siobhan Corbyn slapping Anna, Cara Delevingne establishing herself as a Scream Queen, Michaela Jaé Rodríguez’s Nicolette having a deeper connection with Anna than previously implied, and a reference Obvious to the horror classic. The rosemary baby.
The synopsis for the finale, “The Auteur,” teases more future twists for Anna: “Her decisions have unknowingly had deadly consequences, but Anna can still have it all, for a price.”
Will Anna give up her baby to become famous? Is her publicist Siobhan the cult leader? Here are five fan theories about what will happen in the Delicate final.
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Siobhan is responsible for Anna’s hallucinations

Photo: FX Throughout the season, Anna has had some vivid hallucinations. Are real? They are false? Most of the time, viewers don’t know it. In episode 8, Anna is scared because she wakes up with black, scaly skin covering her legs, but moments later, she returns to normal. a fan shared their interpretation of events on Reddit and suspected that Anna or Siobhan’s pregnancy was causing the hallucinations. Earlier in the season, Siobhan gave Anna a box of red vials, apparently filled with vitamins, to help with her pregnancy. Maybe that has something to do with the hallucinations?
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Connection to roanoke?

©FX Networks/Courtesy Everett Collection From the beginning of the season, viewers suspected that the season would relate to Meeting of witchesthe third season loved by fans of American horror story. But now, some fans are convinced that a familiar face from roanokeThe sixth season will appear. “This was the perfect opportunity for them to show that the Delicate coven were the reason Scathach stowed away in Roanoke. Perhaps this was his escape from the coven. “That would be a perfect way to tie in that tradition.” wrote a fan on Reddit.
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Anna joins the baby-obsessed cult

Photo: FX One of the popular theories for the season is that Anna will join the cult that is stalking her. Last week’s episode revealed that Anna’s husband has been cheating on her, which many think It will leave her vulnerable and push her to join the cult. But others feel that it is too similar to the end of Meeting of witches: “I’m leaning toward her choosing the cult, but I don’t know if that would be too reminiscent of the end of Worship.”
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Anna gave up her baby with the Oscar “kiss”

Photo: FX In the final moments of the penultimate episode, Siobhan and Anna attend the Oscars, where Anna is nominated for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in The author. Siobhan asks Anna if she would do anything to win the prize and she says yes. The two kiss and Anna wins. a fan wrote that the kiss could have a deeper meaning. “I guess Anna completely gave up on her baby at the Oscars and Kim used her ability to seal the ‘deal’ through the kiss,” they shared. Other aggregate in a separate thread that the action is similar to”the tradition of making a deal with the devil”.
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Siobhan is the devil

Photo: FX It’s clear that Siobhan has a lot of power. But what if she has all the power? Many fans believe that Siobhan is the devil. A spectator on Twitter noted that the devil has been mentioned previously in the American horror story Universe, but never shown in physical form. They also wrote that Siobhan has the ability to “resurrect, give and take away powers” given previous episodes. The theory continued to grow on Reddit, where a fan shared that snakes are often associated with the devil due to the story of Adam and Eve in the Old Testament, and Siobhan was shown wearing a snake necklace. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Siobhan was wearing a snake necklace. “They have been hinting that the devil is involved, especially in this episode,” they wrote in response to Episode 8.
American Horror Story: Delicate airs Wednesdays on FX and the next day on Hulu.