Attention: This post contains spoilers for "AHS:
Apocalypse" episode 5, “Boy Wonder.”
Michael Langdon may be the new Supreme, but don’t count
Cordelia Goode out just yet. Her powers may be fading, but what she lacks in
magic, she makes up for in brains.
She still has the power to control the warlocks, after all. When
Ariel questioned her authority, she gave it right back to him, saying “I
outrank you, I can destroy you, so I suggest you fall in line because I am
still your Supreme.” He backed down because that witch is scary when she’s mad.
Cordelia also has visions of the coming apocalypse. She knows
the end is near and she knows Langdon is a crucial part of that future, better
or worse. She allows Langdon to ascend to his destiny, but knows there will be consequences
for the Coven and the world. But she has to let him do his thing before she can
make her next move.
She knows Langdon is more than meets the eye, but she seems to
be following the Michael Corleone method of keeping your friends close and your
enemies closer. She allows him to pass the Seven Wonders trials, essentially
stripping her of power, because she needs to see what he can do, even if he’s full of
danger.
Also, Cordelia knows something we don't, because
she sends Madison to Murder House to dig up dirt on Langdon, over anyone else, with
warlock Behold in tow. Not only is she aware that’s where Langdon is from, but she
could have sent Zoe, one of the more reliable and level-headed witches. Madison,
in her words, is “only loyal to [her]self.” Perhaps she knows Madison will
encounter her ancestors, Charles and Nora Montgomery, the crazy doctor and his spoiled
baby-hungry wife? Or maybe she knows that Madison has a soft spot for emo boys
like ghost Tate Langdon (father of Michael) and can manipulate him for
information? Either way, Cordelia is smarter than we all realize. Nothing but respect for my supreme.
If all else fails, she managed to get a bonus out of all of
this. She got Misty Day brought back as part of Langdon’s Seven Wonders Trials
and it’s a pretty good parting gift that if you’re going to lose your power as
ruler of magical people, you at least get your bestie back from the dead, along
with a reason to have a pop-up performance of Stevie Nicks singing “Gypsy.”
Like we needed a “reason.”
Next week: We finally [squeals audibly] get to go back to
Murder House and check up on what Tate and the Harmon family are up to. Does
Tate realize his evil spawn is plotting to ruin the world? Have he and Violet
made peace during their eternal purgatory? Do we find out why Michael Langdon
went from newborn to adult in the span of seven years?