Coven (story)

American Horror Story:
Coven
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Episodes Bitchcraft Boy Parts The Replacements Fearful Pranks Ensue Burn, Witch. Burn! The Axeman Cometh The Dead The Sacred Taking Head The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks Protect the Coven Go to Hell The Seven Wonders
Characters Cordelia Foxx Zoe Benson Myrtle Snow Kyle Spencer Misty Day Madison Montgomery Spalding Delphine LaLaurie Fiona Goode
Cast Sarah Paulson Taissa Farmiga Frances Conroy Evan Peters Lily Rabe Emma Roberts Denis O'Hare Jessica Lange
Locations Miss Robichaux's Academy Cornrow City Delphi Trust
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Coven is the subtitle for the third season, or miniseries, of American Horror Story.

Returning cast members from the previous season of the series include Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Jessica Lange, and Robin Bartlett. Cast members returning since Murder House include Taissa Farmiga, Denis O'Hare, Jamie Brewer and Alexandra Breckenridge. New prominent additions to the cast were Emma Roberts, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Gabourey Sidibe, Patti LuPone, Stevie Nicks and Danny Huston.

The season was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and seventeen Emmy Awards, winning four of the latter.

Plot

Over 300 years have passed since the turbulent days of the Salem witch trials and those who managed to escape are now facing extinction. Mysterious attacks have been escalating against their kind and young girls are being sent away to a special school in New Orleans to learn how to protect themselves. Wrapped up in the turmoil is new arrival, Zoe (Taissa Farmiga), who is harboring a terrifying secret of her own. Alarmed by the recent aggression, Fiona (Jessica Lange), the long-absent Supreme, sweeps back into town determined to protect the Coven and hell-bent on decimating anyone who gets in her way.^[1]

Pre-season Teasers

Initiation

Initiation

Coven - First Look

Coven - First Look

What's To Come on Coven

What's To Come

Initiation (Extended)

Initiation (Extended)

Mythology

Mythology

Gallery

"Spellbound"

"Stilettos"

"Cursed"

"House of the Rising Sun"

"Fiona Goode"

"Cordelia Foxx"

"Zoe Benson"

"Kyle Spencer"

Announcements

A third story was announced on November 15, 2012.^[2] It was announced at the 2013 PaleyFest panel that the story title would be "Coven".

Jessica Lange was the first actor announced to be remaining in the troupe.^[3][4] Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters were also announced to be joining Jessica for season 3. Kathy Bates, Frances Conroy and Taissa Farmiga were also announced as part of the cast. Ryan Murphy teased actors from season 1 reprising a role for season 3 as well.^[5] Later Gabourey Sidibe, Patti LuPone, Angela Bassett, and Emma Roberts were confirmed to have joined the cast. Denis O'Hare, who played Larry Harvey, was also added to the cast of Coven, and Alexandra Breckenridge, Jamie Brewer, Christine Ebersole  and Grey Damon were seen in pictures or announced soon after.

The cast was named one of EW's Entertainers of the Year in November 2013.^[6]

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