While we take time to carve our Jack O’lanterns and prep our Halloween costumes, it’s important to think back on what makes this holiday so special.
Horror. Terrifying ghouls, eerie spells and shadowy figures haunt our nightmares, yet we embrace it. It’s part of the holiday spirit. It’s part of the horror that makes Halloween arguably the most unique holiday of the year. And to help Halloween lovers get in the spirit, “American Horror Story” has returned for its third season, and as early episodes indicate, fans should prepare for the grittiest and most nightmarish season yet.
Last night’s episode of “American Horror Story: Coven” was full of twists and turns, including the resurrection of Misty and Kyle as well as Marie Laveau’s living minotaur secret. To help shed light on the developing plot and preview next week’s episode, showrunner Ryan Murphy opened up to Entertainment Weekly about the inner workings of “Coven.”
Savvy fans may have made the connection between Mary Eunice burning in the furnace at the end of “Asylum” and Misty being resurrected after burning at the stake in “Coven,” one that Murphy purposefully included. “We wanted Sister Mary Eunice to die in the flames and we sort of wanted Lily this year to be born in the flames. It all was for the great symmetry,” Murphy said. “And of course I wanted Lily to play the opposite.”
“I think Misty is just an asexual character. I think she just wants to be part of a tribe,” Murphy added. “I love what we’re writing with the witches being a metaphor for any persecuted minority group. She grew up not knowing or seeing anybody else who was like her. I think a lot of people can relate to that idea.”
Fans are also curious to see what comes of Kyle’s new monster identity. “Can he be rehabilitated? Can [Zoe] help him move towards becoming a man? Or is he always going to be a monster? Or is he going to sort of be a combination of both?” Murphy asked. “In the next episode, he says his first word and then he pretty much stays in that mode for a while. I also love any opportunity to do a ‘Pygmalion’ story.”
Next week’s episode will also put Cordelia’s pregnancy issue to rest. “I was not interested in doing another baby thing,” Murphy said. “ We’ve done that a few years in a row. I thought, ‘Let’s give that a break.’ I don’t love the baby storyline for Cordelia so much as I love the struggle. I thought that idea of, Would you even tempt the devil doing these black-magic spells? And I think a lot of women would. The in vitro is incredibly difficult and emotionally painful. Sarah and Angela Bassett have just a great scene in the next episode, which is sort of like, What is the voodoo version of in vitro?”
These questions and many more will be answer in next week’s episode of “American Horror Story: Coven,” which airs Wednesday nights on FX.
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