Given how much I adored the first season of Interview with the Vampire, I’m surprised at myself for how long I put off watching the second season.
Perhaps it was because I knew there wasn’t going to be much of Louis with Lestat on my screen. As handsome as Armand is, I personally feel that Louis and Lestat are endgame. Even though I also know that is not the case in the novels. At least, that’s what the internet is leading me to believe. Regardless, much of this season was Louis’ life with Armand, after he and Claudia essentially “killed” Lestat. Though, Claudia is no fool. She noticed a rat get slipped into Lestat’s coffin, and the fact that they didn’t burn him means there was still a sliver of a chance of him making out alive.
Still, I think she was just glad to get away from him for the time being. Even though she did come to despise Europe just a little bit. It doesn’t help that they got there at the end of the war, when everything was in a rebuilding and recovery stage. Food was scarce for everyone, living and undead. And then, when she and Louis encountered other vampires, they were immediately distraught when she chose to kill herself than try and find others like them. That’s when they finally relented and headed to Paris. Though the city has ties to New Orleans and a threat of them being exposed for their crimes against Lestat, it was a risk they were willing to take. Even after they learned that the local coven was led by him for quite some time.
Louis and Claudia were really just fools in over their heads. They thought they could lie their way through a cushy life in Paris. Though Louis found new love, Lestat was always in his head and it’s clear that despite all of the hate, there is still an underlying love for him. Claudia was hellbent on breaking every vampire rule this coven laid down, which I thought was odd given that she wanted to be a part of it so badly. Claudia never truly loved Louis like he wanted her to, but they both have boredom in common. I’d think that’s something you’d have to get used to really quickly if you were going to live forever.
Despite falling for Armand, Louis was betrayed by him time and time again, and even now, in the present interviewing with Daniel, he finds out that Armand’s betrayal is even deeper. It finally prompts him to leave, but there’s a cost. Both for him and unfortunately Daniel. His character was significantly more interesting this season and that’s probably because there was someone to dislike more than him. Armand proved why I didn’t care for him, but the complexities of his life certainly made for an interesting season.
The show has already been picked up for a third season (yay!) and apparently it’s going to follow Lestat’s rock and roll career. I don’t know more to this part of the story than that, so I’ll be really interested to see what comes of it. If you like vampires, pettiness, or queerness, then this is the show for you!