The great anthology series
Please note the connections listed below are all described in as little detail as possible so as the avoid spoilers.
- Freak Show (season four)
- The 2014-15 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with Asylum, Cult, Hotel and Roanoke. - Asylum (season two)
- The 2012-13 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with 1984, Freak Show, Hotel and Roanoke. - 1984 (season nine)
- The 2019 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with Asylum, Cult, Hotel and Murder House. - Murder House (season one)
- The 2011 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with 1984, Apocalypse, Coven, Hotel and Roanoke. - Coven (season three)
- The 2013-14 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with Apocalypse, Hotel, Murder House and Roanoke. - Hotel (season five)
- The 2015-16 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with 1984, Apocalypse, Asylum, Coven, Cult and Murder House. - Roanoke (season six)
- The 2016 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with Asylum, Coven, Freak Show and Murder House. - Cult (season seven)
- The 2017 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with 1984, Asylum, Hotel and Freak Show.
- Apocalypse (season eight)
- The 2018 season on Blu-ray.
This season shares connecting characters or other details with Coven, Hotel and Murder House.
Are they connected in any meaningful way? Any major reference between the seasons that indicates “a viewing order” ?
The series are connected by recurring characters who appear in two or three different seasons apiece, with some continuing plot threads also recurring. Other than that, the viewing order is based on simple chronology, since the various seasons are pretty good at showing when they occur (with the obvious exception of Apocalypse, which can safely be assumed to come last).
But perhaps it would be a good idea to make those connections explicit on the page.