After trying an animals-only diet, Louis ends the episode with a kill.
If not animals, then maybe just bad humans.
As they stroll, Louis identifies a likely one based on the man’s criminal thoughts.
Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac and Sam Reid as Lestat De Lioncourt.Alfonso Bresciani/AMC
I’m teameat the bad guy, leave the cat alone.
It was chubby and clearly somebody’s pet!
As proof, he plays clips from their 1973 interview, in which Louis insults Lestat up and down.
Jacob Anderson as Louis De Point Du Lac.Alfonso Bresciani/AMC
“The version we speak of now is the more nuanced portrait,” Louis says.
But Daniel suggests he’s celebrating the abuser in their toxic gothic romance.
Oh, you hot French dummy.
I… have never fully understood the equal protection clause, but you know who does?
Bricktop Williams (Dana Gourrier) in her expensive new dress.
Yes, your majesty!
Or is the real problem that Louis refused to go into business with Alderman Fenwick (John DiMaggio)?
It’s both, maybe.
It’s not perfect.
But we kind of have this agreement."
Back at home, things are downright frosty.
His mother tells him he’s not welcome, muttering that the devil walks at night.
When Louis' brother-in-law tries to keep him out of the house, he kicks the door in.
When Louis gets upset, Lestat mind-compels their guests to leave.
“What can I say?
I’m a lot.
Not perfect,” he snips.
“This is not a life!”
“That’s because you took my life!”
And now he’s about to lose the last thing he cares about: the Azalea.
This is an adaptation.
We’re all okay with Louis murdering this man, right?
Smug racists, yes.
Then he attacks, screaming that he might just be arrogant.
But he’s also a vampire.
Of course, the city retaliates, burning the Azalea to the ground.
“That’s why you’re always gonna be alone,” he says.
Lestat saw this all coming and didn’t take a stab at stop it.
Louis leaves and staggers through the streets, where fires rage and people run and fight and scream.
Then he hears a cry for help from a fiery rooming house.
And he can’t save the Azalea or Storyville, but he can save her: “My light.
