Review for episode 2
Not putting it in spoiler.
2 no longer needs to be in spoilers
Interview with the vampire
Season 1 Episode 2
".... After the phantoms of your former self"
After that masterpiece that was episode 1, the second understandably could not top the first. I was hoping it would, but it definitely did not.
But it did effectively establish what many readers look to recognize from Louis. How human he is. And he was really trying to hold on to his human life in this Episode. He's really trying not to be a vampire. Even now. He made sure to tell Daniel he no longer kills. He ate a fox.. And all his feedings were on bags of plasma and willing victims who didn't die.
Which was very peculiar for Louis. I didn't mind set up in the episode, but the elaborate dinner was a bit off putting. Weird to say the least. I'm sure it was cool to a lot a viewers... But it was just odd to me. I could see a Marius living like this. And I saw online someone even suggested that this apartment might actually belong to Marius, because it would make more sense for Marius to have his painting displayed in his own home. Louis owning a painting from Marius just seems gratuitous. Marius letting Louis use his apartment for this interview seems much more true to their personalities. But that's my speculation. Mainly because Louis, who always feels connected to humanity, normally lived much more humble and human. Marius lived like Prince. Dude was ridiculously lavish about everything. And the entire dinner felt more like something he would do to amuse himself with his human guest.
But that might be a nit pick for a change from the novels. Overall still a pretty good episode. Louis family and his attempt to hold on to them is one of the better conflicts in the show thus far. The pure tension on if he would feed on his nephew was crazy. I really hoped he didn't eat the baby. But then when he didn't, I thought of how f'd up it would have been if he did.
And now let's get to Lestat.
Every time I watch his scene with the Tenor....I laugh harder and harder. Every thing about that scene was hilarious and sinister AF. Like watching YOU KNEW he was going to kill that man.... But simply because he couldn't sing??
That was funny. Like real funny.
He kept saying WRONG WRONG on every bad note
that really brings that episode home for me. Lestat was very fun and comedic this episode. He's really showing himself as the Brat Prince... And Louis is trying to make everything so serious.
It seems like there's more of that in episode 3. But I wanna give it a few more watches before doing a review.
But for episode 2...
I'll give it 8/10
It was almost a 7. But the scene with the Tenor was just too good.