When season 1 ended, it felt as if many stories were ended. And going into a different storyline for season two made me think, "oh wow, I'm gonna miss the characters from season 1, but I guess it makes sense how it ended". Now in season 8, I saw previews of murder house and thought. How are they gonna make me care about these characters again? Will they just use them for a cheap nostalgia pop? Answer, they let Sarah Paulson direct this perfectly told story. I don't think I was prepared to be so captivated by everyone again. We had simple issues that were fixed over one episode, it didn't drag on. It was perfect. A nice send off to arguably one of the greatest seasons of any tv show.