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American Horror Story – Coven, Episode 6 The Axeman Cometh

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American Horror Story – Coven, Episode 6

The Axeman Cometh

Aired Nov 13, 2013

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Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Zoe, Queenie and Nan make contact with a dark spirit trapped in the academy; Cordelia's new power brings on a heartbreaking revelation.

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"The Axeman Cometh" drops the exciting new Axeman character and his interesting mythology into the mix, taking the focus away from the main storyline with insanely fun results.

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Cordelia Foxx

Evan Peters

Kyle Spencer

Taissa Farmiga

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Halle Kiefer

Rolling Stone

07/19/2016

It's so convenient when a historical serial killer's real-life purple prose is just as over-the-top and divaish as everything else on American Horror Story: Coven.

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Rakesh Satyal

New York Magazine/Vulture

07/19/2016

4/5

The look of delight, flattery, self-doubt, and passion on Fiona's face - just after a clump of her hair falls out - is as good as anything that Jessica Lange has done this season.

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

07/12/2016

In this week's episode of American Horror Story: Coven, memorably titled "The Axeman Cometh," an elegantly interlocking series of plot turns suggests a major character's undoing.

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Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez

Tom & Lorenzo

06/18/2018

We realized with this episode just how much time has been spent on ambience and quips and how little has been spent on storytelling or even envelope-pushing.

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Christian Law

We Got This Covered

08/10/2016

It's gruesome business, but it fits perfectly into Coven's twisted version of New Orleans.

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Nick Harley

Den of Geek

08/02/2016

3.5/5

Though not a lot happened in total this week, we did get Madison back and learned the truth about Hank, which definitely is going to have a great affect on things going forward.

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Synopsis

Zoe, Queenie and Nan make contact with a dark spirit trapped in the academy; Cordelia's new power brings on a heartbreaking revelation.

Executive Producer: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, James Wong, Jennifer Salt
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 13, 2013