: They test Mallory’s potential by sending her back to 1918 to save Anastasia Romanov (revealed to be a witch) from execution.
American Horror Story – Season 8, Episode 9: “Fire and Reign” [S8E9] Fire and Reign
The episode's most significant story beat is the devastating blow dealt to the witches. Dinah Stevens, the Voodoo Queen, betrays Cordelia by breaking the protection spell on Miss Robichaux’s Academy in exchange for her own talk show. : They test Mallory’s potential by sending her
: Michael and the robotic Miriam Mead infiltrate the school, gunning down and murdering most of the students and faculty, including Zoe, Queenie, and Bubbles . : Michael and the robotic Miriam Mead infiltrate
The episode reveals that the shadowy "Cooperative" is actually the , a group of global elites who sold their souls to Satan.
: Mallory successfully travels back but fails to save the family. While she returns in a weakened state, it proves that time travel is possible , setting the stage for the season finale.
Desperate to stop the apocalypse, Myrtle Snow suggests a mythic time-travel spell called Tempus Infinitum .