A son (and the Hulu mystery-comedy's audience) navigate a tonal tightrope as he comes to believe his mother has been replaced by an impostor; the creator promises to reveal the answer before a potential second season.

She would be the first member of the original show's cast to sign on for the new series.

The pickup comes a few weeks after co-creator Ryan Murphy said he had written a script for a new version of the 2009-15 series.

In 'By a Thread' and this interview, the comedian tackles the bizarre fallout from the Rider Cup gaffe that put her in the crosshairs of the manosphere: "Men don't want women in their spaces."