10 Things Wrong With American Horror Story: Coven

2. Sarah Paulson's Character Has Become Dull

Sarah Paulson was never going to have a sassy character straight after her role as Lana Winters in Asylum. We all knew she was going to be toned down and when she was introduced as Cordelia Fox - the daughter of Fiona - we were accepting of this. Cordelia, the quiet, reserved and strict headteacher of the witches' Academy was intriguing. She spent a lot of time messing around with potions and plants, she told the girls the history of the witches, she was intelligent and we liked her for that. Then we were introduced to her human husband which added another layer to the character. Before we knew it, she had acid thrown in her face and was able to see people's secrets. Then, for some reason, the writers' pulled away this type of magic, made her healthy again but with that they made her dull. Sarah Paulson walks onto the screen as a blubbering, annoying mess and all we want is for her to disappear. In fact, last week's episode proved a heightened want for her to commit suicide. Instead, she gauged her eyes out. Did we care? No. Did this make her more interesting? No. Did it salvage her doomed, dull character? No. Why? Because it's gone back on itself, it hasn't brought her character forward in any way. If, for example, she committed suicide for the benefit of the coven or managed to produce some form of rare magic that surprised everyone she could be salvaged. Will she? With two episodes left? We doubt it. Sarah Paulson has accepted a very bland role that had - like many things with this season - the potential to be interesting. Instead, she went from interesting to blind to healthy to blubbering to desperate to blind again. Do we seen an arc? Yes. A dull one.