TV #50 of 2024: What We Do in the Shadows, season 6 A strong and funny sendoff to the gory vampire mockumentary, although not one that necessarily gives everyone in the ensemble a shared chance to shine. Nandor and Guillermo are as usual the (un)beating heart of the matter, and this farewell season is a …
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TV #44 of 2023: What We Do in the Shadows, season 5 Another delightfully funny season of this vampire comedy, and one that finally pulls the trigger on a long-mentioned possible direction for the show. (I’m trying, as ever, to avoid major spoilers in the space of a review.) Guillermo starts the year keeping a …
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TV #43 of 2022: What We Do in the Shadows, season 4 Probably the strongest run of this supernatural comedy yet, with clear arcs for just about every major character except the Guide. Colin Robinson has been replaced by a rapidly-growing junior version of himself — a concept allowing fresh new jokes for his different …
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TV #40 of 2022: What We Do in the Shadows, season 3 Another hilarious and eventful year with the Staten Island vampire crew, this time taking a page from the final season of Angel and placing the heroes in charge of the organization that had previously been opposing them (although the delta of morality between …
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TV #38 of 2022: What We Do in the Shadows, season 2 Another great yet too short season of this hilarious undead mockumentary. (Ten episodes may not be enough space to develop and deliver a truly superb storyline, especially given how meandering this series tends to be. I love the characters and laugh a lot …
TV #34 of 2022: What We Do in the Shadows, season 1 A confident launch to a mockumentary sitcom with the simple yet irresistible premise of several vampires sharing a house in Staten Island. (I haven’t seen the movie that preceded this, but I understand it follows a different set of characters and isn’t directly …
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