Season 1 - 7 episodes (2022)
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Created by: Rolin Jones
Starring: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, Delainey Hayles
Rated: TV-MA
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Plot
Based on Anne Rice's iconic novel, Louis de Pointe du Lac's epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality are told to journalist Daniel Molloy.
Verdict
This season is expertly crafted from the story to the character development. It's a riveting exploration of a strained relationship and the perceptions of the past over a very long time. Louis contemplates his decisions as this compares Louis to the journalist recording his story and Louis against Lestat. We see the benefits and pitfalls of eternity. A rose isn't without thorns. These are smart characters dealing with extraordinary circumstances while looking back on these memories with a certain vantage point that can distort the past. There's so much depth to the characters and their motives that makes this such a great experience.
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Review
This is based on The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, was adapted to a movie, Interview with the Vampire, in 1994. The series is easily superior with the additional length and ability to explore the story in depth. After watching the series, the movie feels like an outline of events.
Louis (Jacob Anderson) contacts a journalist to finish the interview they started forty years ago. It's an intriguing story, talking to a person that's lived for over one hundred years. Louis started in 1910 where he was trying to make ends meet. He meets the charismatic, rich, and intriguing Lestat (Sam Reid). Enthralled, Louis is completely charmed. As Louis tells this story and we return to the present day, we wonder what happened to Lestat. It's a great first episode, and the series remains excellent.
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| Jacob Anderson plays Louis |
Louis becomes a vampire, filled with confusion and a yearning for blood. Lestat wanted a companion and turned Louis, but Lestat didn't give him a choice or tell him the ramifications and restrictions. Lestat took advantage while Louis was in the throes of lust.
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| Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid play Louis, Lestat |
It's difficult to bring something new to the vampire genre. The movie introduced a conflicted and remorseful vampire that wasn't just a villain. This show is about wants and desires and the obstacles vampirism creates. It's empowering but not easy. Lestat is a hedonist living for pleasure and unabashedly killing while Louis doesn't like killing. He tries to reconcile the urge with his nature. It creates guilt and because of that Louis wants to save Claudia (Delainey Hayles) by turning her. He pays for that decision, linked to an eternal teen that questions and acts impulsively. It hampers their lifestyle. While they're more of a family, it can't quite replicate the family Louis left behind. She creates a rift between Louis and Lestat. The driver is that all of them are afraid of ending up alone.
The journalist, Daniel (Eric Bogosian), seems bold with Louis despite acknowledging the power imbalance. You wouldn't imagine many people making demands of a vampire, but maybe Daniel realizes Louis wants his story published and this is the path which gives Daniel some control. It might just be a power game.
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| Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles, Sam Reid play Louis, Claudia, Lestat |
Louis reflects on these events now a hundred years later as he reconciles his life and his choices. Time can pass so quickly, and when you live so long in your prime these years must blend together. You wonder if the story is biased. Louis struggles with who he is and wants to be. It's easy to modify the story to adjust how he's perceived. That's not lost on Daniel or points it out.
Louis considers this twisted relationship of passion and lust with Lestat. It's easy not to like Lestat, but he and Louis share a bond no one else can. The depth of their relationship is rooted in pain. In every sense Lestat is better which leads to imbalance. That tension drives the characters.
The pacing and the way this season unfolds is riveting. Every episode is well plotted and acted. The final episode provides closure and surprises in equal measure. Season two has already aired on AMC, and season three has been confirmed.
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