Interview With the Vampire
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Like a vampire,IWTVseduces before it pounces.
Five episodes into the season, the other shoe has dropped and its pressing on our necks.
Its called Dont Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape.
Jokes on them, because Imveryafraid!
As he talks about their sex life in Paris, Daniels like, hot.
Why did Armand save him?
Louiss answer: Armand could see I was partial to you.
Armand preserves my happiness, even when I dont or cant.
He had a hunch you might prove fruitful in later times.
This is not the answer Daniel was looking for, nor is it one he entirely believes in.
So, he rephrases the question.
The night of the interview was a total blur.
We had drinks, you paid.
?DID WE, DOT DOT DOT?!?!
The most scintillating question, begetting the most charged look from Louis.
Fade in: jazz music.
Daniel asks, So you climb in it, end the lid, and bang?
When Louis says yeah, Daniel just goes, Okay, I mean, Im into countercultures!
So no, they didnt … dot-dot-dot.
Do you want to now?
(Like me watching this episode so far.)
In present-day, Daniel says he remembers how eager you were to spill.
He seems wasted, which … vampires do sometimes drink alcohol on this show.
Im still not sure what the deal with that is.
This sets Louis off, leading to the attack weve heard about since the beginning of the series.
Armand is sick of Louiss reckless fooling around with human boys.
Louis is sick of Armand, period.
Armand is triggered by how much Louis blathered about Lestat to this boy he finds fascinating.
We learn Lestats name has not been uttered by either of them to each other in 23 years.
Armand is on some serial killer shit this episode.
Weve seen them kill violently and softly, en masse and intimately, dramatically and stupidly.
But never has anyone been soDexterorDahmer-coded as Armand in this episode.
Louis asks Armand what Daniel asked at the start of the episode why did Armand save him in 1973?
and Armands answer makes Louis realize Armand has probably been implanting some stuff in his mind, too.
He loves order and routine.
Ill be so bummed if this is the last we see of Young Daniel, though.
Luke Brandon Field is perfect in this episode.
Notes on Vamp
Love Malik roasting Armands little Jimmy Choo sneakers.
RIP, king
Also love Armand hunting crypto bros for sport.
Louis and Armand being one of those gentrification house-flipper couples is just too much.
And it weirdly gets alotof lip service in this episode?
Backgammon set full o drugs is fun.
The special effects in this episode really ran the gamut for me.
Good Line: You dont know the meaning of your own story!
Another Good Line: This feet in the rocks shit is bullshit.
We get a bit of his voice, but this is the first truly Lestat-less episode of the season.
