In a season about revenge and reconciliation, Lestat's revenge on Daniel is maybe the most complete. Daniel's work is the one thing in his life that he feels secure in – and that's something that Louis gave him in San Francisco, one of the only things Daniel does remember about what happened. When he's turned, and his daughters reject him again, and Armand runs off on him, and his book gets panned by the critics, Lestat offers him a life line of a documentary and Daniel accepts, because what else does he know how to do.
And he asks Lestat repeatedly 'why did you ask for me?', wondering if it's because Lestat wants Daniel's reputation and expertise in rehabilitating his image. But no. It's a lot simpler than that. Lestat wants to take the last thing Daniel has from him: his pride in his work.
So Lestat sets him up. He plays hard to get, not answering Daniel's questions, getting cranky, giving bits and pieces. And then he finally springs his trap and gives Daniel what he's been working towards – he breaks down and reveals something of himself – but it's all a fake out. Daniel has been taken in by an illusion inside his own head put there by a more powerful vampire who knew just how to push his buttons.
And then, as the coup de grace, Lestat casually and mockingly asks Daniel why it's never occurred to him that Armand has done the exact same thing to him with the interviews in Dubai. Armand is also a powerful vampire who can read people's minds and maybe it's just like when Daniel was taking pride in breaking Lestat down in front of his whole crew only to discover there's nothing there. It's completely devastating for Daniel. And for Lestat, destroying something in Daniel that Louis had given him must've been part of what he wanted from it.
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