American Horror Story Ends Episode 6 With Cordelia’s Attack

The sixth episode of American Horror Story: 13 ends with James Patrick March attacking Cordelia Goode at Miss Robichaux’s Academy, leaving her on the floor with a scythe in her head. The episode presents her as apparently killed but does not establish whether her death is permanent, leaving the coven’s leadership and immediate future uncertain. March arrives with a group of serial killers while Cordelia and the witches attempt to contact her mother, Fiona Goode, through a ritual. The attack begins after March’s group interrupts the gathering. Cordelia is distracted when a killer targets Ophelia, giving March an opening to strike. The episode closes on Cordelia’s body and the remaining witches facing the attackers. The attack follows a ritual tied to Mr. Nas, whose return to full power is the apparent goal. In the episodes leading up to the assault, a sequence of sacrifices unfolds at a portal beneath the Apollyon. After the other sacrifices total 12, Wilhelmina Venable sacrifices herself to bring the count to 13. The reports describe this as part of the ritual, though its larger consequences for Mr. Nas remain within the series’ unfolding story.