Anyone that has yet to watch
Wednesday night’s episode of American
Horror Story: Coven, entitled ‘Head’, then you’re taking longer to watch it
than I am to review it, I suggest you do that now. This is not a spoiler free
blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
You’ve been warned.
So, three episodes left until the
season finale, in which this series of characters wrap themselves up. With that
in mind, I’m not sure the progression of this story is being done quite as well
as the first season was. This whole dedicating flashbacks to Hank business this
week was a tad boring, and wasn’t really necessary to complete his story. So,
basically there’s an entire company dedicated to taking witch-kind down, and
yet they supposedly have very few left? It seems a little ludicrous to me.
Also, the fact that Hank was merely “placed” in the coven as eyes, when it was
made to look like he took the initiative to get into bed with Marie Laveau in
order to take these witches down. Sloppy writing right there if you ask me.
Basically, what I found is that
this week’s episode was terribly slow. We were back to horribly done camera
angles. I’m sorry, it’s not artsy, it’s nauseating; please stop it so I can
enjoy this program. They go through all of this struggle with Kyle and stuff, only
to have Fiona swoop in and fix him to the best of her abilities. And yet, he’s
still not fully there; he’s just around as an attack dog. I have to say, of all
the characters this season, I’m most disappointed with Kyle. I’d thought by now
he’d at least be mostly back to who he was, but now he’s apparently just their
attack dog? What? It made sense that he’d kill his mother, but that other dog? Also,
what was this whole business of having the council members cut up? I’d
understand Myrtle’s desire for revenge, but that seemed a bit over the top if
you ask me.
All in all, while I was happy to
have Cordelia get her sight back, as well as watching Marie Laveau go crawling
to the witches, I’m not sure this season is shaping up to be anywhere near as
good as I’d hoped it would be. The villains of the season seem pretty pathetic
when you look at it, and it appears as if there is no overarching story
developing at all this season. This really is a mess of a season, and I don’t
see how it thinks it could get any better. That’s two disappointing seasons in
a row; if next year isn’t better, I’ll probably be done. The writing is just nowhere near as tight and
well-developed as it really should be, and it makes me incredibly disappointed
in the showrunner for this season. Sure, that song was beautiful at the end,
but about half of each episode could be cut out and it would still be
enjoyable. It’s dissatisfying.
My rating: 6.5 out of 10 (and that .5 is merely for the last
five minutes).
Best Lines:
“No, bitch, she’s clairvoyant.” – Madison states.
“You’re one stubborn old lady head, you know?” – Queenie remarks.
Okay, my apologies for the lateness of this, but I’ve just
had a long couple of days. I have a few more reviews to catch up on, but
probably won’t get to those tonight. Maybe The
Crazy Ones, but I’m not sure yet. So check back later to see.
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