"First rule of Akasha is: you do not talk about Akasha." - Marius

"Meow" and "Siri, pause" are now in my top favorite moments of the show, period.

Didn't even realize on the first watch, but it makes it even sadder that Lestat is wearing the same housecoat he wears in season one. Holding on to the memories :( :( :(

And of course this is the only time in 2 seasons where we meet lestat for real and not through someones memory

I think a lot of people (me included) assumed this whole time that this was Armands penthouse, and that they were living off of Armands wealth. It wasn't until the sixth episode when Louis was talking about the capitalistic ventures he wanted to try that i started to think that their wealth may actually be Louis. He was the one who wanted to buy and sell art, invest in real estate, and other underappreciated assests. Edit. As i was typing it, they briefly discussed this probability.

Yea the Daniel actor spoiling is just old man precious you can’t make me angry about it ❤

lestat with an ipad kills me. can't stop imagining him one finger forcefully pecking at the screen. has to change the screen protector monthly bc he scratches it.

Hahahahaha. Daniel and Armand. Alex is literally gonna have an attack. 😂😭🤣

Daniel was kind of a nonentity in the books, but he is my favorite in this. God bless you, Eric Bogosian. Also, you guys aren’t on the same wavelength because you spend so much time together; you spend so much time together because you’re on the same wavelength. Your friendship is a large part of why I love this channel.

You know it's a good show when you feel this attached to the characters. It means the actors really breathed life into them and made them real enough to love. Thank you for doing these reactions, they have been amazing!

Armand catastrophicly down bad. Begging for an iota of self respect

i was absolutely DYING at the prospect of armand and daniel in the show and was worried we weren’t gonna get it but the creator rolin jones said that “we dont need to worry about the devil's minion and that we def will be seeing something totally screwed up happening between those two” so i am so excited this will also be like a reverse devil’s minion as in the books its young daniel who is turned and armand is chasing him but now it’s older daniel as the vampire and he is chasing armand because he has been abandoned by him and has all this pent up ‘anger’ and the need for answers, oh it’s going to be delicious assad also said in an interview that “he was more than willing to go down the devil’s minion route with either eric or luke or both and it might be a nice parallel” - if we get flashbacks to their relationship in the past together and then to the current timeline i will simply cease to exist, I CANT WAIT!!!!!

gushing all about Devil’s Minion after having to hold back is sooo relatable! It’s hard to not spoil that romance to non-book readers. I can’t wait for Armandaniel in S3 🎉 it’d be cool if we got a parallel of Daniel searching for Armand in present time contrasted by flashback scenes of Armand stalking Daniel in the 70s

I absolutely adore this adaptation. Every change they've made from the books has been smart and actually made the story better. The writing is so intelligent, the dialogue feels like beautiful music. Every performance is top-notch. And the directing and editing is just incredible. Thank you for a great season of reactions!

I am so sad Anne Rice did not get to see this masterpiece.

My favorite performance is definitely Jacob's. He gave everything from melancholy to insanity. For my favorite character this season, Armand rose to my number 1. I haven't read the books but I've been informed what a gremlin he was, so I kinda anticipated whatever he was gonna do in the show. Assad's performance was a big part of my fascination for Armand. I still recite his lines from episode 5 to this day.

Also, Louis in that brown trench coat, full of rage and sassiness and confidence?? Whew! I think it's the hottest look he ever had in the show so far. Iconic.

The Ben Daniels love is so real. Recently saw a Q&A with Rolin Jones, Mark Johnson and Assad where Rolin is talking about how they did a take where Ben improvises/had previously written some Santiago lines himself in the scene where Santiago catches Claudia writing in her journal and they used some of those in the episode. Plus the whole thing about Rolin asking Ben if it would be okay to make Santiago straight and him reading the script and coming to the conclusion that it would not make sense 😭 Honestly, an insane cast. Everyone is incredible. Also hope you’re caught up on the whole Eric/Assad/Luke’s insane instagram behavior from yesterday too.

I just hope AMC submitted Jacob and Assad next year for best leading actor and best supporting actor for emmy. They both hard carrying this season esp the way Jacob went from depressed, sad to manic, mad then back to grief Louis, in the book Louis is such a plain character, many readers find him boring, but the tv show Louis has such a big nuance and it was proven by Jacob's range of acting, Jacob's acting when Louis wrote coven members name on ghe floor was scary, like Louis had so many layers in his character, I think no actors can pull this Louis other than Jacob Anderson. I hope he gets all the awards he deserves

Armand is stronger than all the coven vampires. It never made sense for them to make him do anything. And the makeup scene between Louis and Lestat was devastating.

to jump in on your ben daniels love i completely agree that he was incredible this season and i saw another comment mentioning this but rolin asked if it was okay that santiago was straight and ben was like yeah okay but actually i think he is in love with armand and that is why there is so much volatility there between the two of them - honestly can’t blame him as one look at assad made me fall in love too

Your huge excitement for Armand&Daniel is so relatable😂 I have no idea what's gonna happen and to what extent the show will follow the books (because they've already changed this part drastically), but I know it's gonna be good!

This show was done so beautifully. I wish the Mayfair Witches had been given a show runner who understood the material and gave us a story resembling the book like this instead of the Charmed bullzhit that took the names but killed the actual story. I cant wait to see them get to more Lestat here. I wonder how they will handle Prince Lestat ATROA and Communion in a few years.

At least the second time in this show we've thought it was nondiegetic music when it was diegetic.

Regardless of how I feel about book changes for 1 character. I thoroughly enjoyed the season and can't wait for season 3.

daniel reminds me of tony bourdain

Oh yeah you're gonna LOVE Gabrielle. She's a terrible mom, but she's still very cool.

The powers that be mentioned Hedwig and Rocky Horror in reference to rockstar Lestat.

Someone on Twitter pointed out that there is a destroyed grand piano in Lestat's home/shack, and that he might be practicing on the driftwood until he learns not to destroy the things he loves in anger.

Remember when Armand said of Lestat going off script during the play...."You can't script a hurricane"....and then Louis and Lestat reunite in a hurricane 😲

Finally, the tractor salesman comes back. After a thousand debates in comment sections. Was this a mistake? Does it mean something? Is it letting us know Louis's memory is unreliable? Can a maker talk directly to a fledgling like that? And so on.

This is a great finale. I'm hoping to see Season 3, with Queen Akasha, the first vampire, making an appearance in the series.

I love love Ben Daniels. He owns every scene he is in. There are not enough actors like him❤

Daniel is my favorite character, eecondnonly to Lestat ❤ I also jooe we get to see a bit of Luke Brandon Field in the next season as young Daniel.

Daniel ISSSS livinnnnggg in that moment 25:07

lol when I READ that Daniel and Armand end up together and Lestat and Louis are endgame SMH I was shook!!!! Like what?! How?!

In the books he didn't turn Daniel out if anger but in the show he did. 😊 Ben Daniels is a seasoned theater veteran 😅

i loved this episode also i can’t wait for devils minionnnnn

ahh watched the whole series with you guys, it's so perfect! I'm armand's #1 defense lawyer and assad is my newest hyper fixation after this show. lestat needs to be on birth control bc he really can't keep making these weird ass vamp babies 😭

Louis is a former pimp. Armand is a former victim of sexual slavery as a child. I don't think Louis gave Daniel the mantra; I think Armand did when he edited Daniel's memories. I think Armand has abandonment issues more than just about anything else. He chooses the coven because he doesn't believe Louis won't ultimately abandon him (and is he wrong?).

I never thought the penthouse was Armand alone. Stereotypes are unwarranted considering what the viewer has always known about Louis’s character from the first season and into season two: he was an entrepreneur as a human and as a vampire who knows how much he has accumulated over the last decades.

Absolutely do a video for the movie! We _must_ see Alex’s reaction to _so much_ in it! I guess I can’t pick a single favorite. 5-8. Like San Fran. Gotta give Claudia something, but I can’t just pick the trial, so also revealing herself to Madeleine and being happy with her, however brief it was. And there’s so much for Louis, Lestat, Armand, and Daniel. When I fully saw Daniel’s new attire I was like “Daniel. Wtf are you doing? 😂” And then of course he’s revealed to be a vampire. Oh you don’t care about future book spoilers?! Bet! So that Talamasca agent, Raglan James, is the titular Body Thief of book 4, (last of the VampChron I read). He has psychic powers, is ex Talamasca by that point, and he tricks Lestat into switching bodies with him “for a day.” Really he wants to remain a vampire and he left Lestat with a body near death. Lestat recovers, indulges in being human again, becomes romanticaly involved with a nun that he tells everything to. He does get his body back, and he tries to reconnect with the nun. She claimed to believe his story, but she is very in denial and freaked out when he returns in his true body, so that relationship dies. And I guess she never comes back; she doesn’t even have a page on the Vampire Chronicles fandom site. Or she’s been neglected on that site.

This episode had me a crying mess 😭

i was just watching all your reactions and seeing y'all getting into daniel and armand in episode 4 and 5 has me giggling and kicking my feet because the devil's minion chapter from the queen of the damned book is my favorite thing i have EVER read.

This finale was amazing. I've seen the movies and read some of the books, so I know what's coming and I'm so excited. It's been so fun watching this season with you❣️

Ughhhhh the gothic Jane Eyre storm of it all 31:19

I hope we get to see Vampire Sam in season 3!

Ok so . Akasha is a big fav. You really should read that book. The casting has to be right for her. She and Lestat are basically brats and I loved that

You'll love Gabrielle de Lioncourt she is the mother/ fledgling whose vampiric bloodlust holds no bounds.

The Akasha mention 🤯🤯🤯 yes !!!!

Excellent observations! That's a follow.

I think it'd be ungodly funny if they had Sam Reid sing a cover of "Anti-hero" in season 3.

But the thing is... Louis & Lestat will have a son later lol, his name is Viktor, I remember when Jacob, Sam, Delaney had interview together, they kinda talked a little bit about their book club on Wednesday and Sam kinda said about Viktor too and it actually connected to Dr. Fareed in season 1 lol but this time, their son Viktor will survive tho, he will get married to Rose, a girl that Louis saved later on too

Grey Worm and Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel) were great. They did have a huge cast, though. Still, that ending was wrong. Nathalie also did a vampire project you might want to check out. It's not on this level, but you could get a good reaction from it. I mean, not much is this level.

How am I finding out about the S3 renewal through this?! It was almost a week ago?!

yall are so cute!! loved watching your reactions

Read Chapter 4 of Queen of the Damned! It's the Devil's Minion chapter and can be read by itself. :)

I love your reactions❤ favourite ep. is 5 and my favourite actor this season is Assad Zaman. He plays Armand so well.

"Meow!"😮

Those of us who read the books... were on the edge of our seat. This is barely the beginning of the something else... worse, ancient, hungry.

If the show does go with the Daniel/Armand pairing I am actually happy it is not young Daniel. There has been far too man hot young looking but actually ancient vampires falling in love with 16 year old girls/boys. I like the idea of the ancient vampire falling in love with someone older and wiser and yeah still a bit of a brat because of having a "interesting" life already and not having that life stolen from them Daniel is kinda then anti-Claudia. Someone who has already had their human life and not had it stolen from them,

I totally get that I could be just defending Louis because of my love for him, but I think Armand either grabbed him or got in his way of leaving, and that's why he through him into the wall.

39:04 That was perfect! 😂😂😂

I think part of Louis’ decision to subliminally ‘forever inspire’ Daniel was selfishness, in that he was saving Daniel for later down the road. Seeing the lifestyle that he was taking part in was certainly a track for an early grave and Louis had plans for him. That, and Daniel being the testament to Armand and Louis’ miserable relationship 56:30

Will we get hotd reactions? Your s1 reactions were so good

The Great Laws. The Great Loss.

Louis must have that good good..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Looooved this reaction. Alex's face looking at Lestat... same, girl! 😋😋

Fancasting ISABELLE HUPPERT as Lestat’s mother puhleaaasssseee 1:05:21

Yes, please watch the movie.

nice :)

Loved your love and appreciation for Eric Bogosian. He really is the best! Why did you cut out your discussion about the Devil's Minion. And yeah I noticed that too that it really repulses Armand to turn anyone. I don't see him just turning Daniel out of rage. He would have just probably thrown him around the room like '73 and then killing him. Lol There has to be a reason he turned Daniel. It might not be for everyone but I do want to see them become lovers. Since day one I thought their dynamic was either they were gonna either rip each other apart or rip each other's clothes off. 😂😂😂 maybe I'm weird but I think it's hot! 😂😂❤❤❤❤

I clicked so fast oh my god K

Yes Armand and Daniel are great loves of each others life … I’m guessing Daniel helped Armand because I think when Louis left he was gone for a few months and I think Daniel did what Claudia did for Louis when he got dropped out the sky. Keep in mind there’s still the Alice/ Armand theory

Recommendations! Kung Fu Hustle!

Watch the movie. It doesn't get into the next book/season, so you're pretty safe.

I feel Armand would have still saved Louie and somehow would have pulled him out of the death sentence. Armand wanted Louie to himself without Claudia and satisfy the coven. He spent 70 years with Louie, protecting and saving him and even giving him his blood which made Louie powerful having both Lestat and Armand. That’s why he can hold his own against other vampires and is not afraid of them. Armand wanted to keep the lie but he couldn’t. They are all one dysfunctional family. I can’t reveal more. But enjoy it. Listen to the audiobooks or read the books. They are great.

Did Armand and Daniel become lovers?

I thought the sound went off on my laptop for a bit there.

Are u guys to going to react to house of the dragon season 2

i have become OBSSESSED with the vampire chronicles because of the series and starting in october 2022, i'm 7 books in already and OH BOY this series is amazing, better than the source material BECAUSE all the people involved love the books and are actively changing things that didn't quite work in the books or couldve be done better if anne rice wasn't so all over the place. the movie is really good JUST because of cruise's lestat and dunst's claudia. pitt's louis is TERRIBLY BAD, but also louis kinda sucks in the first book too lmao i think you guys should watch the movie but DO NOT watch the queen of the damned one... that's the worst movie i have watched and i hate it with all i have. also kind of a spoiler... i'm actually glad the show is hinting at armand hating on his maker (marius) because he is the WORST being to ever exist, i feel bad for whoever gets casted as him.

What's so funny about the "prisoner of Santa Barbara"?

Yeah, hell of a finale huh? So, when’s the next movie reaction?

Here's why you can forgive Armand: we already knew he chose the coven over Louis; directing the play is just part of the betrayal we already knew about. That's the betrayal he refers to as the only time he failed Louis and he'll never be forgiven for. He had good reason to choose the coven, though: Louis had been nothing but dismissive of his concerns about turning Madeleine, and he's obviously not over Lestat. So Armand chooses the coven and lies to Louis and turns him and Claudia and Madeleine over to the coven. We already knew that. Then once Lestat saves Louis, Armand has to hear him screaming in the walls and has a change of heart. So he pulls Louis out of the wall, gives him blood, and leaves him to escape. He doesn't beg Louis to take him back. Rescueing Louis puts Armand and the coven at risk, but Armand does it for no personal gain. Armand doesn't lie about his involvement in the trial until AFTER he freed Louis. Louis is crazy, plotting against the coven and HE asks Armand, "Did you save me at the trial?" There's a loooooong pause before Armand lies and says yes. He doesnt elaborate on that lie until after Louis burned down his home and killed everyone he knows. So really the only things revealed in the finale, that Armand took credit for saving Louis at the trial and was more involved in the play than he said, were done under duress and for reasonable motives. And then Louis uses him as a prop to hurt Lestat, and promises to stay with Armand for LIFE without talking to Armand, even though he doesn't love Armand. And Armand goes along with it, because he hates himself and also because Louis literally just killed his whole family!

A lot of the plots in the show are not in the book, so I hope you're not assuming they are in a relationship from the book!

I just don’t like how the show failed Loumand. The tv show seems like reducing the love Loumand had in the book. They did love each other in the book. The show just shut down any possibility for Louis and Armand getting back together while in the book, after long journey, Louis left Lestat and went back to Armand on Trinity Gate and keep living there with him until Lestat became a prince and asked Louis to be his consort and back with him in last book, Blood Communion. Seems like the tv show doesn’t want Louis to have a romantic feeling with other person except Lestat eventough in the book, Lestat fell in love with so many new characters and I think the show will adapt that too, if Lestat could have great romantic loves beside Louis, why Louis only could love Lestat? Let Louis fell in love with others too, he had other love besides Lestat in the book, there are Armand & Merrick but in the show, seems like Louis never love Armand? Which is very disappointing, we need more Loumand so the Trinity Gate plot would be made on screen too

Alex, hot, sexy, beautiful.