AMC’s undead romance throws a party and sets an intriguing course for its future.
And the finale still feels unfinished.
This is the depressing new norm in genre television.
Jacob Anderson in ‘Interview With the Vampire’.Alfonso Bresciani/AMC
“At long last, the beginning has ended!”
(I guarantee it will be actual dialogue onAndor.)
Louis and Lestat share a coffin and they share hobbies.
They have an open relationship, which Lestat likes.
They have a kid, which Louis likes.
They’re living two secrets, this interracial gay couple who kill people for food.
(Permissive New Orleans society frowns on their smooching but doesn’t mind if they walk with Satan.)
But, well, he also makes Louis a nightly serial killer.
And what an age gap!
Meanwhile, Anderson cycles through torment and fascination.
Louis feels free in his new life and then imprisoned by a lover-tormentor.
The party is delightful, and all the killing is gory fun.
(The glass is empty?
“Not for long, Tom!")
But it’s clear theInterviewwriters have a problem.
“Where does the trash go, Louis?”
Molloy asks in the present.
(Because we got spin-offs, baby!
But it also has to tease his return.
The modern Louis is a man living his truth in a skyscraper that is his coffin.
He used to have family, and now he has employees.
Except one of those “employees” is an ultra vampire, the shark to Lestat’s minnow.
“Louis can sometimes act out,” he tells Molloy.
“I protect him from himself.
Is Armand a devoted lover keeping his addict boyfriend on a healthy path?
Or is this another more experienced vampire shrouding young Louis in a morally spiraling lifestyle?
Does Armand drink human blood?
And what an age gap!
On the other hand, Armand certainly seems more emotionally supportive than Lestat.
And this revelation thrillingly sets both timelines on a clear course for season 2.
Louis and Claudia are heading off on new global adventures straight, apparently, toward Armand.
And the twist could defibrillate the present-day scenes, which turned repetitive despite Bogosian’s salty charm.
Beyond the central Louis-Lestat relationship,Interviewsometimes felt undercooked.
(See: Antoinette, a theoretically important person with nothing to do).
This finale suggests a complex new romance lies ahead, with tensions both epic and awkward.
Will season 2 tell a new immortal love story for the ages?
Or will Claudia just have to meet dad’s new boyfriend?
Finale grade: B+
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