Loved Murder House and Coven Characters come back
In the beginning of American Horror Story Apocalypse, the world is at its end, and Ryan Murphy has a story to tell. Murphy, the producer, is keeping his fans on their toes and leaves them wanting more every Wednesday night. This new season is heavily manipulated by two previous seasons: Murder House (season one) and Coven (season three).
Murder House showcased a family moving into a home that was preoccupied by the ghosts of people who, by an unfortunate event, have died. Here is where it all began. Tate Langdon, a ghost who resided in the house, had impregnated a living woman, Vivien, who was also the mother of his living girlfriend.
Coven was where the witches were. Here, the stage was set for how the world of witches works – most importantly how a witch becomes the Supreme, which is the most powerful female witch of the new generation. When a new Supreme is rising, the powers of the current Supreme start to fade away and eventually die.
Apocalypse, the current season, features an apocalyptic world, as the title would suggest. Certain people are chosen by their DNA and brought to a sanctuary where they live off a rationed food substance. This sanctuary is called Outpost 3, and there are strict rules that everyone has to follow.
Murphy, the producer, then proceeds to give his audience a more detailed background to fill them in on details that would follow Murder House and Coven. This includes omitted pieces such as Emma Roberts’ character, Madison, being alive and well and how Vivien’s baby grew up to become the most evil source of power.
Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson and Taissa Farmiga all appear in this season as familiar characters. Peters as Tate Langdon, Paulson as Cordelia and Farmiga as Violet. Murphy sparks the beloved Murder House romance between Tate and Violet, something fans have been anticipating since the end of Murder House. Paulson is once again portrayed as Cordelia, the Supreme from Coven, and the other familiar witches are also brought back.
Michael, the antagonist of this season, is Vivian and Tate’s son. He was raised by his grandmother, Constance, played by Jessica Lange.
As Michael grows up, he commits a series of acts that throws Constance over the edge to the point of suicide. Michael, from this point on, is raised by Satanists, who are aware of who he is and what he will bring to the world. He is portrayed as the Anti-Christ and is the foundation of the Apocalypse.
After a few episodes of anticipation, Murphy ditches the set of characters seeking safe haven in the sanctuary and brings in the witches. The witches walk in once everyone has died and resurrect their fallen companions. This leads to where Murphy left off in the second most recent episode, which featured series of flashbacks of Michael’s character development. Here it is discovered that there is a coven of male witches, known as warlocks.
In this coven of men, morals are set backwards. They fight and kill to have Michael as the first male Supreme, since this is something that had been unheard of.
Some other important characters, including men from this coven, help the witches fight to prevent Michael from becoming the Supreme. The only solution: death. This preluded a standstill as we awated the new episode on Wednesday.
By Hailey Dutton, Contributing Writer
duttonha16@bonaventure.edu
