1. Girl Power
Murphy's characters are often best when they're female protagonists and nothing has proven this more so than Asylum's consistent run of beaten-but-not-broken heroines who have triumphed in one way or another. Jude attained a peace she had never really felt, Mary Eunice fought back the Devil inhabiting her body and took control of her own destiny and lead heroine Lana was the last woman standing when the credits rolled, having taken every That's not to say that a bit of diversity couldn't be useful (his casts are particularly Caucasian-heavy - out of the six notable people of colour in Asylum, only two survived and all were very lightly considered/written), but it's refreshing to see women in power and in prominence on TV. Murphy has already promised strong themes of girl power and feminism in the third season and with his already centered focus on women's strength, it promises to be a great season about how girls and women can achieve their power and survive through unimaginable horrors.