"I became a vampire to suck blood and fuck forever."
As charming and unabashed as ever.
'Sorry, you're our mortal enemy; you've got to die, babes.'
[8.0/10] A great start to the new season. This show is almost unrivaled at wringing comedy from the combination of the fantastical and the mundane. Obviously whether or not to kill a vampire familiar who saved your life isn’t an everyday situation for most viewers (hopefully...), but watching the Staten Island vamps debate it like roommates arguing over who should take out the dishwasher is a blast. The other vamps blaming Nandor, Nandor subtly trying to defend Guillermo, and Colin Robison doing this weird, fun fact shtick had me in stitches.
It’s also a great Guillermo episode. I love the way he’s still taking care of the vamps despite technically having his life threatened by them! Poor guy! The scenes of him sneaking out of his prison cell to do all the things needed around the house because the vamps can’t take care of themselves are a hoot. You still kind of want him to break free of all this, but there’s something so adorably absurd about him going to great lengths to look after these gothic dolts debating whether or not they should off him.
I also appreciate the twist of The Guide returning (with a video from Taika Waititi) to tell the Staten Island vamps that due to “them” killing most of the powerful New York vampires in the season 2 finale, they get to be on the Vampiric Council for the area. It’s a good storytelling choice that creates new possibilities for them, and The Guide’s low-key bafflement at their promotion, with it being “above her pay grade” is a laugh.
At the same time, I love how Guillermo realizes this is just going to make more work for him and says “FML.” Plus, there’s continued comedy in the vampires going to elaborate efforts to control Guillermo only for him to humor them after realizing their hypnosis techniques no longer work on him. And I’m particularly intrigued by Lazlo having zero interest in the council despite the other vampires jockeying to be the master.
The humor here was totally on point. Some of the gags were a little weird (mostly Colin Robinson’s barely-concealed scat fetish), but the comic timing and delivery of all involved can’t be beat, and the show has some of the best-edited comedy on T.V. The humor comes a mile a minute, and even the stuff that isn’t laugh out loud funny elicits a smile.
Overall, this was a welcome return for What We Do in the Shadows, which hasn’t lost even half a step between seasons.
Great way to make a solid story for the vampires from being sentenced to death, but the Guillermo situation stays the same. Like one step forward, one step back, so that it still makes me feel shit. It sucks that half of the jokes are about bullying him and he just goes with it. Alas, I said after the previous finale that the status quo won't be changed. BUT Nandor trying to stand up for him as much as his characteristics let it was something that makes good for the servant-ruler/familiar-vampire hierarchy, moreover something that hints that things might be different some day. Maybe sooner than a series finale in the future.
Great return episode. Good direction for this new season. I'm also in love Nadja.
So glad to see a glimpse of the Fonejacker in Nandor, even for a second. Vissaaaaarr!
Shout by Reiko LJVIP 6BlockedParent2021-09-03T17:34:18Z
So glad to have this show back!