After the Delphi men arrive in New Orleans to make a deal, they ask for their company back and propose a 100 year truce between the two groups. Fiona takes it surprisingly well and calls off the investigation before any more damage- no wait, she has the Axeman kill the whole group, including Hank’s father. It’s a fantastic surprise appearance from the Axeman, but it’s also a good move for the coven. Chances are some other, more dangerous force will step up to take them out, but for now they’re in the clear from at least one group that wants them dead.
Just like the name of the episode suggests, the witches are preparing for danger from all angles, and Cordelia takes the most drastic step to protect her coven: she gouges her eyes out in hopes of regaining her second sight. In gory, fully exposed detail too! It’s been rare lately, but when blood flows on American Horror Story: Coven, boy does it flow. When Fiona finds out, forever, she’s determined to avoid her daughter so she can’t see what she’s really been doing behind the scenes. Let’s just hope that Cordelia is slightly better at being blind now than she used to be.
LaLaurie’s Benadryl plot goes about as well as expected, and just before Laveau can kill her (or at least put her in pain), Spalding returns to smack her over the head and leave LaLaurie to take out the trash. One annoying thing that American Horror Story as a series refuses to let go of is the way that ghosts play fast and loose with the rules. Since they never look, act or think differently, ghosts never feel like ghosts. As such, Spalding’s reappearance to take out Laveau didn’t carry much weight since a majority of the cast from each season eventually returns as a ghost or corpse.
After a few weeks of not doing much, Myrtle gives Zoe two tickets out of town and tells her to take Kyle and run so they don’t get killed by the insanity around them. For some reason, Zoe insists on staying, but seeing as how her powers haven’t gotten awesome upgrades just yet, it’s better for the two to go. After some dramatic “I’m afraid I’ll hurt you” from Kyle and a lacking “I’m not afraid of you” from Zoe, they hop on a bus and smile they’re way out of New Orleans, kind of like in The Graduate, but with a reanimated corpse.
The ending wasn’t exactly a huge shocker since Zoe has yet to step up and matter, but it’s nice to know that Fiona’s ruse is quickly coming to end, as is the war against Delphi Trust. There’s finally an ending looming in the future, but I can’t say for sure that it’s going to be satisfying. By the looks of things, Fiona’s either going to be called out and destroyed or she’ll kill everyone and continue her reign. Whatever happens, just bring back Papa Legba. Please?
For fans of American Horror Story: Coven, Protect The Coven makes up for last week’s snoozefest, but it still wasn’t exactly phenomenal. The second half of the season is busy introducing new plots or reintroducing forgotten characters, but it’s unable to provide a strong payoff for everything the first half hinted at. Let’s just hope we end on a high note in two weeks’ time.
