The conclusion to Interview with the Vampire’s first season accelerates Anne Rice’s timeline in tremendously satisfying fashion.
This article contains spoilers for theInterview with the Vampireseason 1 finale.
Its a supremely confident episode of television that both honors and updates Rices text in fascinating ways.
Through all the blood, however, you may have missed a twist or two.
Here is what happens in theInterview with the Vampireseason 1 finale, explained.
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Is Lestat Dead?
Lestat de Lioncourt is not dead.
Episode 7 makes that pretty clear but no judging if you missed it.
Sometimes youve gotta look down at your phone and thats what were here for.
At the very beginning of this episode, Molloy asks Louis to clarify how a vampire can really die.
Additionally, he knows that Lestats death ultimately didnt stick and he returned later on in Louis tale.
By getting Louis on record about what kills a vampire, Molloy is setting a little trap.
He suspects that Louis truly loved Lestat and that his story about killing him was off.
And he wants Louis rundown of the methods for killing vampires to confirm it.
Ultimately it does not, but Molloy is able to get some confirmation later.
Claudia indeed killed Lestat through the method of poisoned blood.
Lestat succumbs to his blood poisoning and settles into something resembling death.
The show, however, never hides the fact that this death wont be a permanent one.
You didnt kill Lestat.
You spared him, Molloy asserts.
The trash goes to the dump.
And at the dump are plenty of fat rats whose blood could sustain an injured vampire as they recover.
Louis, king of eating rats, knows this as well as anyone else.
So yes, Lestat survived and will be back on the show at some point.
The bigger question, however, is why wont Louis admit he knew Lestats return was inevitable?
What Happened with Louis and Claudia?
Additionally, we see Claudia urging Louis to burn Lestats body as they did with Antoinettes.
That presents quite a different picture of his story of going along with Claudias plan, albeit hesitantly.
Who is Armand?
The Thing Lay Still saves its biggest surprise for its final moments.
But Molloy was also suspicious because, even though he doesnt remember it, hes met Rashid before.
Rashid had the strength to save Molloy from a vampire attack because he is a vampire, himself!
The Vampire Armand, in fact.
Armand is a fascinating character.
Assad Zamans depiction in this series comes off as closest to Rices conception of the character.
Whats Next for Season 2?
Interview with the Vampires first season ends with a truly thrilling image.
Martins A Song of Ice and Fire became the name of its first bookGame of Thrones).
It seems increasingly clear now thatInterview with the Vampirewill continue to beThe Vampire Chroniclesseries with no further rebranding necessary.
The end of Part 1 of the show arrives at roughly the halfway point of the first book.
Or at least we think thats the case.
Louis memory isnt the most reliable narrative guidepost after all.
