![]() ![]() Meanwhile, a hidden Guillermo observes the show and thinks back to how it actually went down, and we see the actual clips from the show, showing Guillermo effortlessly slaying vampire after vampire.This Van Helsing review contains spoilers. Nadja is quick to dismiss these claims as false, but Colin Robinson recognizes that the other vampires do go on a lot of side adventures without him. We then get one of the best uses of the clip show since Avatar: The Last Airbender, as Vlad shows us recreation of every single vampire killing we've seen on the show thus far, only with Nandor, Laszlo, Nadja and Colin doing the actual killing. Unsurprisingly, the whole night's event was a trap to execute the Staten Island vampires for crimes against vampirekind: the killing of other vampires. Now we don't really get a cameo party like we did in the first season, but we do get the return of Jemaine Clement's Vlad, who serves as the master of ceremonies and also the judge, jury and executioner for our vampire gang. So we arrive at the Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires, full of vampires looking straight out of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Recognizing that his friends are in danger, Guillermo runs into the night, as Haunted Doll Nadja admits she doesn't believe he will succeed. Of course, Guillermo is the only one smart enough to notice the meticulous artistry behind the invitation itself, and also that it contained the symbol for the Vampiric Council which had sentenced the gang to death last season. He meets Haunted Doll Nadja (this season's best addition to the cast) who tells him of the theater. When his mom's fridge breaks down, Guillermo returns to Staten Island to retrieve the mini fridge in his room, but finds a huge mess in its stead. Turns out, he took a break from his job as a familiar not because he was being exploited, but because he struggled to reconcile his desire to become a vampire with having killed many, many vampires. In a very cool touch, the dialogue between him and his mom is not translated, showing Guillermo's bilingual upbringing. We finally catch up with Guillermo, who is living at home with his mom. Of course, this is the very first time the Staten Island vampires are invited, and not only are they not suspicious of it, they are very excited about finally going and experiencing the show, which Laszlo says offers every kind of nudity imaginable. Inside is an invitation to the titular Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires, a theater group that travels from Europe to the US every five years for an event that only the very best of vampire society can attend. "What else do we know about him besides his first name?" asks Nadja, but before they manage to give a horrible answer, they're interrupted by a delivery man carrying a package. When the vampires suggest looking up Guillermo's phone number to send him pictures of the vampires having fun without him, they realize they don't know anything about the poor guy. Instead, Laszlo ( Matt Berry) decided to wear sweatpants while Nandor is sporting Michael Jordan’s Dream Team jersey from the 1992 Olympics, which is a nice callback to Season 1 and his main motivation for applying for American citizenship. What are centuries-old vampires to do? Wash their own garments in the river? Of course not. Things are certainly not good, but Nadja is firm in her belief that human familiars are unreliable because "even if they don't quit, how long will a human familiar live, 100, 200 years?" This would make Haunted Doll Nadja the ideal familiar - if only she could clean, or move around.īeyond the dead bodies lying everywhere, or Colin Robinson ( Mark Proksch) falling and covering his clothes in a corpse's blood, it seems like the biggest inconvenience for our favorite group of dysfunctional vampires is not having Guillermo doing their laundry. Though Nadja ( Natasia Demetriou) says she predicted they would be fine without Guillermo, there is a fire in the hallway, and dead bodies all over the living room and the stairs. ![]() ![]() We pick up a week later and the house is a mess without their trusty familiar around. Nandor then finds a note in Guillermo's room with a single word written on it: SORRY. Nandor is frustrated with what he considers to be a violation of trust, but oblivious of how he went from a ruthless conqueror to a helpless man who considers getting out of bed alone as a great accomplishment. We know this because Nandor keeps calling for his familiar to help him get out of his coffin and down the stairs. Despite having finally negotiated some much needed free time during work hours, we start the episode with Guillermo being nowhere in sight. ![]()
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