AHS: Coven in Full Swing

Kyomarys Figueroa

Staff Writer

     The next episode of American Horror Story: Coven, cannot come soon enough. As an advent AHS fan, I can definitely deduce from the first episode that this season will surpass the first two seasons. Especially, after last season. Additionally, the opening sequence cannot compare to the others, it is by far the creepiest, filled with

images of the Klan. It’ll make you cringe, but that’s what we’re there for. 

     The return of first season cast members was a welcomed surprise. Frances Conroy, whom in the original season portrayed an ageless housekeeper and angel of death, now returns as the peculiar Myrtle who is head of the Witches Council. Jamie Brewer, who was Adelaide in season one, a mentally handicapped but cunning young woman.

She is now the intelligent and clairvoyant witch called Nan. And the performer I was most thrilled to see back: Taissa Farmiga. The actress also sat out last season, however, she is back as Zoe Benson the witch with the ability to turn any man into a bloody, leaking mush for brains mess with her genitals.

     The other returning actresses whose characters have a dysfunctional mother/daughter relationship are Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson. Lange is three for three, she has appeared on all seasons of AHS. Each time coming back as a more demented and twisted character then the last, this season she is Fiona, the supreme witch consumed with maintaing her youth. Paulson, last season on AHS: Asylum was the lesbian journalist, institutionalized against her will. This season she is Cordelia Foxx, a witch, researcher and the head mistress of Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, that focuses on teaching young witches to control their powers and keep hidden from the judgmental, modern day society.

     AHS: Coven, begins in 1834 New Orleans with Madame Lalaurie (Kathy Bates), another witch ardent on holding on to her youth. Who gets her poison to preserve her youth, from mutilating and torturing slaves. The story line then shifts into modern day New Orleans, showing Zoe Benson being introduced to the Coven. Aside from the head mistress and Nan, the other two residents are Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe) the “human voodoo doll,” and the vixen Madison Montgomery (Emma Roberts) an actress turned witch with the power of telekinesis.

     I applaud creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk who are not afraid to push the envelope and tackle any topic. I am curious to see how the witches develop their crafts individually, how Fiona and Cordelia get along, and what mystical and dark duals the witches encounter. The femmes fatales of this show will absolutely make this season interesting and keep everyone on their toes. Catch it on FX every Wednesday at 10 p.m.!