Posted by Dustin on 10.10.2013 at 12:10 am

So for once I’m glad I was so busy this summer that I didn’t read through all the emails I get on TV shows . . . cause I went into “Coven” pretty blind, aside from knowing it was witchcraft and who was starring in it this season. I missed the first minute, came into Kathy Bates and immediately identified her as Madam Lalaurie . . . it took 2 minutes to figure out Angela Bassett would be playing Marie Laveau, 45 minutes before she came on screen (yes I racial profiled!). I squealed with at the notion of Marie Laveau! Of course there is that academic part of me that will deconstruct this all, like the fact that there is no evidence at all the two knew each other 🙂 Also at least the last time I was there, which mind you was around 2007, Lalaurie’s mansion was a private residence and not a museum (and it was the 3 previous times I was there).

The story this year is about a school for young witches in New Orleans. As the students it’s got Violet from the first season, as well as Addie from the first season (the girl with Downs Syndrome) . . . . LOVE HER! Oh and Precious too . . . LOVE HER! Jessica Lange is the Supreme Witch in control of the school, Sarah Paulson is her daughter and the headmistress she took over from, and Frances Conroy is some crazy witch who recruits girls for the school. Lange’s character is obsessed with eternal youth, and seems to be the big bad this year and Bassett seems to be her adversary (in the present). I haven’t yet figured out if Bassett is supposed to be Marie Laveau (still alive, hey Lalaruie is!), or a descendant, or someone totally different.

So far, aside from the fact I’m going to deconstruct and criticize the historical and cultural accuracy’s, I’m loving it! I can’t even begin to recap this episode without watching it 2 more times, which I’m sure I will. It was mind blowing. The best part? NO ALIENS!

Watch it! I know I will again 🙂