American Horror Story: Apocalypse - 2 Ups & 5 Downs From ‘Fire And Reign’

1. Plot Conveniences

American Horror Story has always bent the rules a bit when it comes to story conventions, but even if we take that into account, the creative decisions still have to be remotely believable. And yet, there were quite a few implausible moments in Fire and Reign.

For example, we learned previously that, before incinerating the real Miss Mead, Cordelia put a clocking spell on her soul so that Michael would be unable to retrieve her. It's a smart move for the witch, because it meant that the Anti-Christ couldn't hurt her, otherwise he'd never be able to bring back his beloved friend. However, in Fire and Reign Michael makes it his mission to destroy Cordelia and the witches. What about Miss Mead, you might ask? Well, apparently the show expects us to buy that the Miss Mead android is enough for Michael, so therefore he no longer needs his loving companion. Bit of a stretch, don't you think?

Perhaps if Michael were any ordinary human being, then the writers might just get away with this, but he's the freakin' Anti-Christ - surely he'd be smart enough to figure out a way to save his surrogate mother?

This isn't the only narrative thread that's problematic. The other is Cordelia's decision to visit the warlocks. The Supreme and her fellow witches were in hiding at this point in the episode, fearing for their lives - knowing full well that Michael was going to murder them if he had been given half the chance - and yet where do they go for help? To the very place they encountered the Anti-Christ in the first place. Because that makes total sense.

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