The second season of American Horror Story, Asylum, which ran from Oct. 2012 to Jan. 2013, was full of cannibals, aliens, a “Bloody-Face” killer and an insane asylum. The third season, entitled The Coven, began a few weeks ago. Although I still enjoy the show, this third season is nothing compared to the second.
The third season doesn’t have as much suspense. My friends and I would always try and figure out what was going to happen each week during season two, and we always got it wrong. This new season is different. Not only can we almost predict what is going to happen, but we aren’t as excited to sit down and watch it.
This season is focused on modern witches, which is pretty cool. It is geared toward girl power and female domination. I like that. Maybe the writers of the show are making the beginning of the season slow on purpose to draw us in.
Last Wednesday, Oct. 30, it got a lot better. They probably made it more exciting because it was the week of Halloween. They did a good job. People started dying and there were talks of getting burned at the stake. So, this has given me hope. I know they can do better because I saw it in season two.
Season two went back and forth between the past and present day, which made it very exciting. Yes, this season has done the same with the witches, but it just isn’t the same. Maybe it’s just because there was always so much going on in season two. There were so many main characters that all had their own stories. This season, the main witches are in the same house. Although it is humorous to see all of the cat fights and estrogen being thrown around, it just isn’t as exciting. I am a girl, so I don’t have to go far in real life to see that. We just don’t have the power to throw someone across the room or set them on fire if they make us angry.
I still consider myself a huge fan of American Horror Story, but I would say that the producers are lucky that they made last season so amazing so that people like me will still watch.
