Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, is back on ABC iView only one month after it concluded on AMC exclusively. That is a better wait time than Disney series to arrive on Disney+. Like I am still awaiting 9-1-1's latest series. Come on!
Like the first season, this season also covers the eponymous novel. Back in June, the series was renewed for a third season, set to cover the second book The Vampire Lestat.
This second season has received critical acclaim. Critics have lauded the series for its writing, costumes, soundtrack, production design, lead performances and their chemistry.
In the finale, titled And That's The End of It. There's Nothing Else, Louis is freed from the coffin by Armand. Louis then sets the Theatre aflame, kills the vampires of the coven, with Sam the only one to escape surviving, and saves Claudia's diaries.
He reunites with Armand and they meet Lestat in Magnus's old lair, but Louis only kills him symbolically by choosing Armand for the rest of his life.
We then return to the present, where the interview ends there. Daniel, having been sent Armand's original script for the trial, reveals that Armand was the director of the trial and that Lestat, not Armand, had saved Louis from receiving a death sentence.
Louis fights with Armand but leaves him and Daniel behind in the Penthouse. He travels to New Orleans and meets Lestat; the pair finally reconcile. Some months later, Daniel, turned into a vampire by Armand, has published the interview as a best-seller book, openly saying that all is true on a random TV interview. I kept thinking a vampire would come out and bite the TV host.
Back in Dubai, Louis hears the telepathic rage of vampires around the world demanding his death but calmly dares them to come for him.
Maybe as a lot of season two (or Part II) was set in a theatre, this feels more like live theatre than TV. It has a less sexy vibe than season one. So here is hoping season three brings sexy back Justin Timberlake style.
The ABC has done well to pick up this series. Streaming it as a binge during the thick of the Olympics as a sort of alternative for streaming freaks like me.
I think I enjoyed season one more in New Orleans than the Europe version. However as every other Aussie is in Europe right now, what the hell, this was still a fun, easy binge. More heavy on the dialogue than skin this season, however still worth a look. Bring on season three. Or a crossover in the next season of Mayfair Witches.
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