Attention: This post contains
spoilers for "AHS: Apocalypse" episode 3, “Forbidden Fruit.”
It only took three episodes, but now the real party has finally
started. At the conclusion of the worst Halloween party of all time, where all
the guests were murdered bobbing for poisoned apples, the witches from “AHS:
Coven” arrived on the scene, ready to play, with their hair on point (as usual).
Sarah
Paulson quickly switched characters from the murdered Ms. Venable to Supreme Witch
Cordelia Goode. Frances Conroy resumed her “Coven” role of Myrtle Snow and Emma
Roberts was just as snarky as ever as Madison Montgomery. What’s interesting
about these two is both were killed off of “Coven,” so somehow those same characters
are alive and have a plan in store for the end-of-times. Just go with it…
The first thing the witches did? Resurrect their “sisters”
Dinah, Mallory and Coco from their venom-filled apple death (except for Coco,
who was stabbed in the head by ex-boyfriend Brock). We’re assuming by “sister”
they mean “witch” because poor Emily did not make the cut. Did they seriously have us invest three weeks in her romance with Timothy just to kill them
off? Rude.
Based on Mallory and Dinah’s interviews with Langdon, it's pretty clear that Mallory has special powers she’s just coming into. Dinah
had tangled with him in the past, but Coco was a total surprise as it seemed up
to this point that her special talent mostly consisted of running her mouth.
Honestly, I can’t wait to see her interact with Madison so it was good to see that her death didn’t take.
Madison awoke Mallory with “Surprise, B*tch! I bet you thought
you’d seen the last of me!” which means there’s clearly history between them,
even though Mallory wasn’t on “AHS: Coven.” My theory? She’s got the spirit of
Zoe Benson inside of her, who was Madison’s arch-nemesis. But Taissa Farmiga,
who played Zoe, is set to appear, so… I have no idea what’s going on. Never mind.
Now that the witches are here, what’s happening next? Are
they going to battle Langdon for humanity’s sake? Are there more witches out
there, surviving radiation poisoning so flawlessly? Is Stevie Nicks, AKA the White
Witch, going to set everyone straight? Where the heck is the Harmon family and
how is Sarah Paulson going to keep her three separate characters on this show
straight if I can’t? Most importantly, when are we going to get to Jessica
Lange? We’re three episodes in and we’re still waiting for the “Murder House”/“Coven” crossover we were promised.
Next week: We get back story to why Madison works at “Bed,
Bath & Beyond,” why Langdon has such a tight perm and a plan for how the
witches want to save the world.