1.

5. He and Louis spent time in the UK (boring)

4. He's watched twenty-three seasons of Made in Chelsea

3. He adopted it specifically to piss off Sam Barclay

2. He got so deep in his Rashid cosplay that couldn't shake the accent afterward

There's the inappropriate parent/child relationship, treating Lestat as an extension of self rather than an autonomous being, abandoning Lestat when he's in need.

Of course Armand can't read his mind anymore but he's been watching Daniel's every move since the turning (probably has him airtagged tbh), so he sees/hears Daniel asking for his protection and just can't help himself. He has to make sure his beloved boy is okay.

(Warning: semi-incoherent ramblings below, just felt the need to get this out of my head and on to the page)

Daniel will have more dreams that reveal snippets of past DM. This would move the sub-plot forward without fully addressing DM yet. Lord knows they have plenty to do already, and this whole storyline will be a slow, unfolding mystery for both Daniel and casual viewers — hence the almost complete absence of Armand from the teasers.

The dream sequences will either involve Assad acting alone or Assad and Luke acting together, which would explain why we don't seem to have much of Eric and Assad together this season. Armand will be mostly missing from the current day storyline as Daniel will be trying unsuccessfully to track him down for most of it.

However, there will end up being one big confrontational scene (in the park?) near the end of the season.

There won't be romance between modern day DM yet — however, the QOTD events kicking off (presumably in S4) combined with Daniel regaining more memories will be the catalyst for a rekindled romance to begin.