The first fifteen minutes or so of “Protect the Coven” are dedicated to explaining exactly what drew Delphine to her torturous hobby. If you’re into seeing more blood and mutilation, then this probably excited you, but from a story standpoint, it seemed like a waste. Did we really need to create a backstory for Delphine’s murderous impulses, or was it scarier leaving the whole thing unexplained? An even better question is whether or not this backstory is even any good. So Delphine got some chicken blood on her hands and then decides she wants to create a torture chamber in her attic? Hmm, ok, I guess. This is American Horror Story, after all, and stranger things have happened. My other main issue with this show, the fact that you can never tell who is angry at who, came back into focus this week when Madison decided that she’s had enough with everyone, again, and that she’s going to kill Zoe and Kyle, the two people she was having a polyamorous relationship with just last week. And if I can go back to my point about this show having no stakes and not being able to stick to it’s shake ups in the plot, Cordelia re-removed her eyes this week. Why did she even get her eyesight back in the first place? So, we could get a scene of her brutality gouging her eyes out? Yeah, probably. As far as who the main antagonist is now, your guess is as good as mine, because the Witch Hunters have been snuffed out (but who knows, they could just be resurrected next week). The building war between the Coven and DelPhi was probably the last thing keeping me engaged with this show, but the whole DelPhi clan is unceremoniously hacked to death by the Ax Man in one swoop. Sure, seeing Danny Huston go all Patrick Bateman on the DelPhi ranks was pretty awesome, but it all just happened so quickly, and now I’m left seriously wondering what all of this is leading up to. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
