INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Season 2 ends with an emotional finale as we meet the real Lestat

The second season of the AMC series Interview with a Vampire ended last night with an emotional and cathartic finale, which finally allowed viewers to see the real Lestat of Lioncourt.

Major spoilers for “And that’s the end of the story.” There is nothing else to follow.

The episode begins with Louis recounting his escape (with a little help from Armand) from the coffin in which he was left to starve, and the fiery vengeance he inflicted on the vampires who imprisoned him and burned his beloved Claudia to ashes in last week’s episode.

Louis burns most of the clan in the theater, but the best on-screen death is reserved for the hateful Santiago, who reveals some of the depraved things he’s done (even though he may have lied just to taunt Louis) with Claudia’s ashes. .. before Louis rips her head off in one fell swoop and throws her into the street for good measure (“say that shit about Claudia to my face”).

Armand asks for forgiveness (though he doesn’t immediately receive it) and accompanies Louis to see Lestat, who claims that since he has the blood of his creator Magnus and Akasha (a small nod to the Queen of the Damned) in his veins, he can only be killed if he chooses to allow it. Louis then tells his creator that his “death” will consist of living in the knowledge that he and Armand plan to spend the rest of eternity together.

At this precise moment in the current timeline, Daniel drops a bombshell that completely changes the direction of the story and the relationship between Louis and Armand. It turns out that it was Lestat, not Armand, who used his power to manipulate the audience during the trial and prevent Louis from sharing Claudia and Madeleine’s fate – and that’s not all, Armand actually directed the play!

An enraged Louis attacks his lover, telling him to leave before he returns and warning him not to hurt Daniel. Louis then burns the laptop, shakes Molloy’s hand, and leaves for New Orleans and a reunion with Lestat.

Up until this point, we’ve only seen Lestat through other people’s memories and perspectives, and we already know that Louis isn’t the most reliable narrator. Here, we finally meet Lestat for who he really is: a lonely, reclusive, nearly broken man, haunted by the death of the girl he failed to protect. There may still be a glimmer of the cunning, charismatic vampire we’ve known for two seasons, but it’s clear that Lestat is far from the callous, ruthless monster he was often portrayed as.

The two share a tearful embrace, but the raging hurricane means we don’t hear what Lois says to Lestat as the camera pulls back (we’re sure the lip readers are already on the case).

The episode and season end with another big reveal: Armand made Daniel a vampire out of spite. This marks a significant departure from the source material, but the show has served as both a retelling and sequel (of sorts) to Anne Rice’s first novel from the beginning, so some changes were inevitable.

Finally, we see Louis telepathically inviting the vampires who want him dead for revealing their secrets to come take a picture, leaving them a warning: “The night is mine.”

The story will continue in season 3, which will adapt Rice’s film. The vampire Lestat.

“Angered by the superficial portrayal of the trashy bestseller “Interview With The Vampire,” Vampire Lestat sets his story straight in a way only Vampire Lestat can: by starting a band and going on tour. Gabrielle. Nicholas. Magnus. Marius. The ones to keep. They join Louis, Armand, Molloy, Sam, Raglan, Fareed and others we can’t tell you about yet on a sexy pilgrimage through space, time and trauma. No automatic adjustment. No trigger warning. Everything seems amplified.