In episode 6, “Montreal,” Louis and Lestat share a tumultuous night ahead of Lestat’s farewell show.
Our Vampire Lestat episode 6 recap is live! 🩸✨ @hellotailor breaks down the first chronological episode of the season: "Blessedly," she writes, it's essentially "an extended conversation between our two lead characters."
For most of this season, Lestat has spent every waking hour with his band and entourage (whom he keeps at arm’s length) or with Gabriella (a bottomless source of emotional exhaustion). Meanwhile, Louis has been lonely in a different way, attempting to pursue a healthy relationship with Lemuel (who mostly remains offscreen) before embroiling himself in a toxic situation with Regina. With a few months’ distance from episode 5, Louis and Lestat are now in the right headspace to spend an entire night together as companions, tacitly confirming that every other relationship in their lives is secondary.
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Tied for my favorite episode of the season (with 3), I could not WAIT for folks to get here. As Gav writes, the final moments in the park before [redacted] are "a testament to how much character development this show can cram into one episode." And just wild performances from all involved! (That fight scene is one for the record books.)
