American Horror Story: 10 Things That Make No Sense About Coven

Of all of the seasons of AHS, American Horror Story: Coven is probably one of the weaker seasons. For the most part, it’s more of a soap opera than a horror show, and there are a number of times throughout the season when the narrative seems to meander all over the place. While the story is supposed to focus on the witches and their various struggles, it manages to make quite a few detours along the way.

As a result, there are quite a few things about this season, including both the story and the characters, that don’t really make a lot of sense.

10 The Witch Hunters Storyline Seems Pointless

At the beginning of the season, Cordelia is married to a man named Hank. Unfortunately, it turns out that he is part of a group of witch hunters who are determined to bring about the end of the coven.

However, that particular storyline begins to lose steam, and it ultimately sort of ends up making not a whole lot of sense. In fact, it leaves viewers wondering why, exactly, it was included in the first place.

9 Why Was Misty The Only One Who Didn’t Make It Back From Her Testing?

While this series is fairly strong at creating characters that are full of a surprising depth, sometimes their story arcs don’t end up making a lot of sense by the time that the season concludes. That is the case with Misty, who ends up trapped in her own personal hell and unable to escape it.

While this is fine as far as it goes, it does raise the question of why they decided to include this character if she was going to meet such an ignominious end.

8 The Whole Joan Storyline Also Doesn’t Add Anything To The Season

Look, there’s something to be said for having the wisdom to cast the one and only Patti LuPone. She manages to bring her all to every single role that she appears in, and that’s mostly true for this season.

Unfortunately, at some point it does start to become clear that the writers weren’t really sure what to do with her character, and since she ends up dying by her own hand anyway, it begs the question of why she was included in the first place.

7 What’s Up With The “Minotaur?”

One of this season’s most haunting figures is “the Minotaur,” a man of color who was tortured by Delphine as a punishment for his involvement with her daughter. At some point, he goes from just having a bull’s head put over his own to actually having a bull’s head.

It’s a rather strange development, and it’s especially frustrating that the series doesn’t give the viewer at least a little information to know how this took place.

6 The Axeman Plot

Time and again in each season of this show, a new character is introduced halfway through the season, and the results tend to be more than a little mixed. In this case, the show suddenly decides to add the character known as the Axeman, a villainous murderer whose spirit was trapped.

He’s a fine sort of character, and he fits in with the sort of people that so often appear in this show, but his introduction halfway through feels abrupt and, frankly, he doesn’t really add too much to the season.

5 The Bait And Switch With Myrtle

It’s always a pleasure to see Frances Conroy in the show, and every season that she’s in becomes better because of her. In this season, she plays a witch named Myrtle Snow. She’s a great character, but the story doesn’t really do her justice in the way that she deserves.

The season decides to kill her, then resurrect her, then kill her again. The last death in particular doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense, since she basically just goes to her death so spare Cordelia any more stress.

4 So…Stevie Nicks?

Seeing Stevie Nicks is obviously always a cause for celebration. The woman still has a fine voice, and she manages to own every moment that she appears on the screen.

Obviously she’s there because Misty is one of her biggest fans, but let’s be honest: it’s a little jarring to see Stevie Nicks appear in a fictional show. While it’s cool, it also serves to bring the viewer out of the universe that the show has already established.

3 Why Dismember Delphine Only To Put Her Back Together Again?

Delphine is, to be very honest, one of the better characters in this season. She’s malevolent, she’s a violent racist, and she’s played to the hilt by Kathy Bates (who’s always a pleasure to see in pretty much anything).

However, the season seems to go every which way with her character, having her buried alive, having her dismembered, having her put back together, and then sending her to her own personal hell. It’s a lot, and frankly a lot of it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

2 Spalding

Sometimes, this show tends to show a character that doesn’t really have any other point other than to hang around appearing weird and doing truly strange things.

That is the case with Spalding, and while it’s always a good thing to have Denis O’Hare along for the ride in this show (he can act creepy better than almost anyone out there), his character doesn’t seem to have a lot of point, particularly since he just ends up being a ghost anyway.

1 Kyle

Evan Peters is one of the mainstays of this series, appearing in almost every season. Most of the time, he manages to create absolutely compelling characters that do quite a lot in the season.

Unfortunately, the character of Kyle is not one of those characters. Instead, he just seems to float along at the edges of the narrative, until he eventually becomes the butler. It honestly seems like a bit of a waste of a considerable talent.

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