Whoosh

Wonder if all the 8 symbolism and foreshadowing is there not because there's a secret 8th episode but because there was supposed to be an 8th episode but got cut and they couldn't remove all of that from the scripts anymore because it was too late into production and filming already

If the torture scene had been between Lestat and Armand instead of Louis and Armand, we could have used that time to have Lestat flip-flop between his dreamscape and the horror show with Armand. Literally going from heaven, purgatory and hell and vice versa constantly plus paying off all the Lesmand shit that they were supposedly building up but I guess not, plus exploring a bit of their past that we didn't get to see and not making their relationship completely meaningless.

Armand said Louis wouldn't remember what happened so how did Lestat find out what went down?? Is he making everything up? How much can we trust anything? I need this season 3 unreliable narrator thing explained asap

How likely do you guys think it is that at some point down the line, could be season 4, could be season 5, whenever the failures recording ends, whatever character is listening might be like "half this shit didn't happen like that?? wtf" and never elaborate on what happened or not

Raglan taunting Daniel with the "Big Boss" dig was ??? Since when do you have beef with Daniel, brother? What was his plan there? I guess we'll find out in a thousand years, or never.

tvl fumbling might be a blessing in disguise so my hyperfixation on the show diminishes and i can focus on other stuff

Btw in the same way I think Claudia was lying about truly hating Louis, I think Armand was lying about not having loved him for real. I think both the exaggerated stuff and the cruel things were said because they were mad and hurt.

Can we talk about how they clearly wanted to reheat the 2x05 nachos with the torture scene? Louis in pain and at the mercy of Armand, who's going full gremlin and losing it while actually showcasing some real trauma that he cannot process so he lashes out. A third innocent party is dragged into it and Louis has to save them while suffering and consoling Armand, which makes him calm down. It's like when Home Alone 2 basically copied the whole plot of Home Alone but put it in New York to try to make it feel new. Feels like the writers were mad that that episode didn't register as violent as they wanted it to be the first time and decided to make it even more graphic so people would finally see how bad Armand was for Louis. Or maybe they themselves got desensitized to the violence the characters can inflict on each other and thought Louis' understanding of Armand would come off as sweeter than it did, given that people were able to find some tenderness in 2x05, so they thought they could pull it off again even if they made it more violent, cruel and graphic.