Well, Connie Britton has said the original plan was for her to do one season from the beginning, she also said now she doesn't know but it's pretty clear that they seem to be looking at sort of self-contained seasons. Also, she was written off the episode before the last one so she could go get her adopted baby from Ethiopia. I feel her character was completely screwed this season, she was mainly just terrorized and then sent away. Ryan Murphy clearly hates his female characters but then again, he seems to hate the gays too.
As usual with Ryan Murphy's shows, there are a few moments of excitement/genius surrounded by crap. And as usual, I just keep watching because of the cast, or whatever.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"