American Horror Stories reveals surprising origin story for Coven character
American Horror Stories spoilers follow.
American Horror Stories has returned for a second season on Hulu, and if you’re a fan of American Horror Story: Coven, then you’re in for a treat.
In the very first episode titled ‘Dollhouse’, the show revealed a surprising origin story for an fan-favourite Coven character, Spalding.
The episode saw a girl, Coby (Kristine Froseth), kidnapped and held captive with a bunch of other women by a dollmaker named Mr Van Wirt (Denis O’Hare).
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Coby was then forced to compete with the other dolls to become Van Wirt’s wife and the mother to his boy Otis (Houston Towe).
Coby was named the ‘winner’, after going back for Otis as the remaining prisoners tried to escape, but of course remained trapped.
Viewers saw Coby displaying witch-like powers across the episode, and that ended up paying off as other witches, sensing that her powers were awakening, stormed Wirt’s lair to rescue her.
Kristine Froseth, who plays Coby
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In the aftermath, Coby left the place with Otis, both of them arriving at the familiar Miss Robichaux’s Academy.
Coby then gave Otis Van Wirt the name of Spalding.
Spalding was also played by Denis O’Hare in the original show, giving his appearance in this spin-off story a humorous twist.
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And if that wasn’t enough, we briefly saw a young Myrtle Snow (Ellie Grace Pomeroy), who was played by Frances Conroy in Coven.
The idea behind anthology series American Horror Stories is to give fans a new scary story with a different cast each episode. Sometimes, these stories end up bringing back some familiar stars or being connected to the main flagship series. This episode managed to do both, and gives fans lots to look forward to as the season goes on.
American Horror Stories returns for season 2 on July 21. It airs on FX in the US and in the UK.
