No topic is too taboo for American Horror Story: Coven, but audiences should come to expect that by now! Catch up on all the beasts and dark secrets of this week’s episode below!
American Horror Story: Coven delivers a tried and true Murphy/Falchuck creation; throw everything at the audience and monitor the backlash. The only difference from the third hour of this season’s Coven and the previous installments of American Horror Story is powerhouse trifecta of Bates, Lange, and Basset. The women of this show shape the often disturbing narrative with haunting voice overs, commanding onscreen presences, and even a few comedic breaks.
The Dance of the Supreme: Fiona proves early on that she will stop at nothing to remain at the head of the Coven. In a flashback to 1971, a young Fiona, prematurely entering what witches refer to as their “flowering stage,” recognizes that her rise to power slowly drains the life out of the reigning supreme. Fiona learns that the rising supreme will be able to conjure the seven wonders just before slitting the throat of the headmistress. The eery servant, Spalding looks on silently.
Fiona, in the present, begins to feel her powers and all that comes with them slip away from her. In a crowded bar, the smoke and heavy notes of a New Orleans jazz band swirl through the room, where Fiona’s monologue paints her situation. Gone are the days where she could enter a room and demand the attention of every man without batting an eye. She sees her expiration date printed on the pills she takes everyday and the in results of her doctor’s prognosis. Nothing can be done for her with elective surgery. Fiona has arrived at an impasse.
A Nosy Neighbor: Guard your loins, Patti Lupone is moving in! Her very chiseled son, Luke, catches the eye of a few ladies next door and Nan makes sure that to make a nice impression. Madison, on the other hand, reveals a bit more than her skin to her Bible toting neighbor, Joan. When their visit is cut short by Bible study, Madison nearly burns the house to the ground with her eyes. This new power shocks not only Madison, but invites a visit between Fiona and Joan. Fiona could care less about the girls’ home invasion, but sees something disturbing in Madison’s quick grasp of her magical abilities.
Four days, a goat, and a mason jar: Adoption is not an option when the tribal bloodline courses through your veins. Cordelia, desperate to become pregnant, pays a visit to her hope for conception at Cornrow City. The voodoo goddess, Marie Laveau, explains a very extreme sacrifice during which a goat is slaughtered, while tribal drums guide a dance meant for the fertility gods. Marie mocks Cordelia for even toying with the idea that she will help out the daughter of the woman who saunters around like, “she’s the Queen of England.”
“There’s Nothing I Hate More Than a Racist:” Fiona creates a grand plan for Madame LaLaurie within the confines of the school; she will serve the ladies as their maid. Tensions arise quickly as Delphine and Queenie face-off. Fiona decides to create a learning experience from this by assigning LaLaurie to personally wait on Queenie for the forseeable future. One evening while waiting for a peach cobbler, LaLaurie offers Queenie some tough love on her substitution of food in the place of love.
Their heart to heart ends abruptly when a figure from Delphine’s past appears at the window. A slip of the tongue reveals the true identity and crimes of LaLaurie to her master. Queenie demands she to leave the room after taking a some of her blood to lure the beast to her. Queenie takes pity on the beast LaLaurie tortured so many years ago. This encounter leads to the first shocking moment of the night; Queenie’s experimentation with bestiality. In an attempt to find common ground with another half-human referred to as a beast, audiences witness the former slave grab Queenie’s mouth leaving her fate unclear.
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