Angela Bassett is really giving Jessica Lange a run for her money this season.

I never would have guessed Hank was working for Marie Laveau. Interesting twist.

I also love Misty more and more.

Misty showed far more good judgment than I expected with her "move into this house full of Crazy? Hells no!" response to Violet.

Interesting that Marie isn't so much the aggrieved party she's been presented as, if she's had Hank infiltrating the coven and killing outlier witches for six years.

When's the last time you saw a tarot reading on TV and the Death card didn't mean shuffling off the mortal coil? I'd like to give a dollar to every show that talked about a change instead, and extra dollar that reversed it and read it differently.

Last time I saw it was on Castle. (BTW, I had to give up AHS again this season, so if I'm answering out of context, ignore me).

Which episode was that, Epic?

(When witches are the main characters of the series (RIGHT IN THAR TITLE) and they get it wrong--extra depressing. Cue disappointed email to Tim.)

((no actual email will occur, FTR))

Don't remember the episode name, but the one where the young pop star is found murdered in a pose that echoed one of her videos. When Alexis is playing her last song for Castle, there's the line, "Death she draws near," which Castle takes literally until Alexis points out that the singer was into Tarot and that in Tarot, Death doesn't mean literal death.

THUMBS UP.

I think the general viewing audience assumes the Death card = death, though.

I watched the last episode again today so S. could see it, and I wish someone would do a color analysis of the wardrobe choices. I'd love to see what anyone else makes of it.

I think the general viewing audience assumes the Death card = death, though

I know, but I think it's a trivial and interesting thing to explain. Given that shows spend plenty of time explaining that the tension in the tennis racket is specific to a given player or whatever (it's not), sometimes they could just say the right thing in that time itself, or steal thirty seconds from a rape scene somewhere else.

I hope Spaulding gets brought back. I'll miss that freaky little dude.

Are we supposed to feel badly that Madame is now locked in Marie Laveau's basement and being bled for beauty cream? Because I am totally Team Laveau. I mean, in general I'm against draining someone's blood to use as your night cream, but if I'm asked to pick a side here, I gotta go with Marie. I enjoy Kathy Bates' performance and I think she's done a lot to humanize a monstrous character, but not nearly enough to earn any "Oh, no" moments when her character comes to harm. So long as that's not what they are going for, I'm alright with that.