With the upcoming premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show, the fourth season in FX’s highly popular horror drama, it does warrant taking a look back at the first three seasons to see where we’ve come from to appreciate where we’re going. But not everything we recall is going to put a smile on our face. There have been moments, as any show will offer, that make us groan and hang our head in our hands.
That’s precisely what Kenneth Nixon, frontman of Nashville rock band Framing Hanley, is here to talk about, specifically when it comes to season 3, Coven. He’s selected five reasons why Coven was the worst season of the series and he makes some interesting points. Check them out below and make sure to leave your thoughts on what frustrated you about the show!
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Kenneth Nixon:
First off, this should start with me saying that I’m a HUGE AHS fan. And while I’m about to pick Coven apart, I have to say, it kept me tuned in each week still. But it pissed me off each week as well. Here’s what was wrong with season 3:
1) Kyle. Come on man. This alone was enough to make me hate the season. Dude goes from frat dude, to dead, to a reassembled zombie that can’t talk (because he’s a zombie), to a zombie that falls in love, is in the midst of a love triangle, and suddenly has a great vocabulary. This was so dumb. Evan Peters deserved better.
2) Gabourey Sidibe. She’s an outstanding actress, I know this from her other work that I have seen. She was absolutely amazing in Precious. I just did not like her as Queenie in this season of AHS. I hope she comes back in another season and I believe she’ll probably knock it out of the park if she does, but I thought her acting in parts of this season was on par with what you would find in my band’s “Lollipop” video.
3) Hank/Cordelia. Completely unbelievable. Can’t have a baby but somehow convinces her to go to her own covens’ sworn enemy, the Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau with a fertility spell?! Get the hell out of here! This whole side of the story made Fiona & the coven look like fools. Am I being nitpicky? Possibly, but other than the payoff shooting-scene (even Queenie did great in that scene) this whole element was kinda throwaway.
4) Not enough Misty Day. Man oh man, 2 seasons in a row now where I think Lily Rabe arguably stole the show. I wish they focused more on her and less on stupid shit like zombie Kyle & Zoe’s fairytale nightmare.
5) Okay, I’ll admit it was tough for me to get this list to be a complete 5 things. Some I was probably being wayyyyy too picky, but my #5 here is enough of a reason to make me hate the entire season: EVERYONE, and I DO mean EVERY F**KING ONE, that died was resurrected. This made EVERY character’s death completely meaningless. It was so lazy to do that. Kyle, Myrtle, Zoe, Queenie, Madison, on and on and on and on. I HATED THIS. SO MUCH.
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