Louis and Claudia, the Théâtre des Vampires.
Louis: Giddy to increase their numbers.
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Clever on their own, now there's two of them.
You just came to that late.
has not come up in your conversations with them.
You're not the first to attempt this, Mr. Molloy.
on your comically vulnerable laptop.
Most are primary sources that your infamous friends...
[Raglan in Japanese] Gochisousama, Taisho-san.
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Michelin fish in the desert. I burned my entire per diem.
[Rashid] I suspect just enough to help them stay hidden.
No, that's how billionaire vampires do it.
How does your average Jo Mo vampire
The threat is always there. He could kill us both now.
They drain and disappear us.
The average vampire has minimal contact with humanity.
And I'd say we're multi-millionaires.
so I suspect no one at Amazon is trying to sell us blenders.
And sometimes you've watched that kill on the local news.
We were shadows crouching behind stone
all in strict obedience to medieval laws
put in place to protect us from humanity.
Sired by one of my deserters, Magnus,
[Armand] The fourth of our Great Laws was writ:
"No vampire shall ever reveal his true nature to a mortal
Lestat becoming a vampire was a horror show.
Entirely un-natural.
Using the Dark Gift for what? His vanity? It was heresy.
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[ecstatic applause]
for the laws I told them could never be broken.
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If it had come from me, they wouldn't have believed it.
[Armand] The only thing that kept me from the fire...
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[Lestat in French] Au contraire, Maitre.
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[cheering, whistling and applause]
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That's it? You're just going to end it there?
The question was how do vampires hide from Google,
But because you were a good listener, you got answers to both.
Black wavy hair... smile crooks up to the left.
I pry to keep us safe.
Uh... If you open up the windows and the doors,
Maitre, welcome to our lair.
She's taking the abuse in stride.
Unconscious death is the fate of all mortals.
We are conscious death, Rolf Wangler.
It's the bloody fucking moment of quietus.
Of course you did because I'm a...
- Puce! - Coming, sir.
And, begosh and begorrah, the rats do the dirty for ya.
You open up the wrong box, they go running up the stairs
and Maitre punishes the entire coven,
This door leads to the sewers, catacombs and various ossuaries
- What are the laws? - Not till the ceremony, Puce.
Thieving their private moments with light and shadow.
They should ask me if they're curious.
by a companion. This was Bruce?
I like you, isn't that obvious?
We really must work on blocking your thoughts.
- Excuse me? - Bruce.
Maybe I'm guarding my thoughts just fine.
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If we were the only vampires in Paris...
The coven is envious of your independence.
We were circling each other.
[Louis] The conversation was easy and flirtatious...
- [Armand] And combative. - [Louis] And combative, yes,
to form new conclusions about myself
and vampiric life in the abstract.
Oh, no. It's... It's the, um, the computer, uh... [coughs]
It just flew out of my head there. It's gone.
First thing I do when I creak open the lid
Muck about in their heads, find their shame.
The best Iago to walk the York Royal.
before the vampire Bruce bit down on your wee neck?
And an orphan again. We have that in common.
But you're also the strongest. Figured you got the best blood.
My maker lies in the walls downstairs.
what gifts did he bequeath the moppet vampiress?
[distant cheering and applause]
Just outside it. Gary, Indiana.
I'm evil, evil as any vampire who ever lived.
Why does that make you as evil as any vampire?
Is evil a great perilous gulf
one falls into with the first sin?
so I can hear the music, hmm?
♪ Come to me ♪
♪ He'll never run his fingers through your hair ♪
♪ Come to me ♪
- Finally. - I'm tired of holding onto it.
Lestat was my companion in America.
- He knows. - You know where he is.
I killed him and he fucking had it coming.
I've just waited for you to say it.
- No. - You broke one of the Great Laws.
I don't know any Great Laws. Lestat never told me shit.
Even now, I'm still the only one you trust.
Three of us were a little gang for a while.
Till one day he set himself on fire. Shocked the shit outta us.
But he said the vampires out there are vicious.
It'd be nice if you come.
[Rashid] Excuse the interruption.
The buyer wants it for her husband.
[softly] The vampires are real. They're going to kill us all.
The vampires, they're real!
- They're going to kill us all! - [Sam] What is this?
[Santiago] Look who's graced us with his presence.
[Armand] He's here in support of the girl.
Why don't you tell us who you are?
Crushed skull, puncture wounds on neck,
[Santiago] Because everyone was in coffin by curfew.
And I don't see our girl here
He will be the ruin of us. Do what must be done.
beyond comping him a fifth row center aisle ticket?
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After she's committed herself to us.
Then I'll do what must be done. Does that satisfy?
Your first night over the footlights.
Come, I have something for you.
It's a flea circus.
Would you have us?
[Armand] Come.
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The Five Laws.
Each coven must have its leader
The Dark Gifts must never be given to the crippled,
No vampire must commit to writing
the history of the vampires.
You exposed us. Should I allow the London coven such exposure?
No vampire shall ever reveal his or her true nature
You revealed yourself to the law firm of Roget & Abert.
They do business with vampires.
No vampire may ever destroy another vampire...
Those were your first words to me.
"My maker was a vampire named Bruce.
Who's Lestat de Lioncourt?" Your first words to the coven.
of all those who have broken these five laws.
I saw what fire does.
'My Baby Loves Windows.'
And I play the little girl?
You'll be their little birdie for the next 50 years.
[applause]
What is time to a vampire?
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You wanna come upstairs?
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Claudia: I'm a fierce vampire trapped in the body of a little girl.
What is vampire life but poor decisions?
Unconscious death is the fate of all mortals.
and it is ironic because the whole episode is about pain.
which pulls a little bit from the vampire, Lestat,
So that's obviously exciting for our literary fans.
Adam: It also gives us an opportunity
Gets us some Lestat in there.
And one of the best things is that for a long time,
and it's just exquisite.
How much of it is used to paint Armand in a good light?
between two vampires and a mortal.
up against that wall just over there.
Levan, who's directing this episode,
We're using people who are good at standing frozen,
and we're using fishnets to have dresses...
so the stunt becomes bigger and bigger.
You're not the first to attempt this.
with proper encryption on your comically vulnerable laptop.
This is an organization that oversees all of the demons,
witches, vampires,
So the Talamasca world is... it's just wonderful.
It's a wonderful foil to the whole vampire world.
Mark: Louis, who we met before he was a vampire,
saving their private moments with light and shadow.
and what a vampire should be and shouldn't be,
He can't commit in the way
that they've committed to their set of rules,
and that just makes him a target.
Stick with it, Puss.
Puss. Flea.
because she realizes what they're doing
It'd be nice if you come.
because she demands to be taken seriously.
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so I wouldn't say she completely changed herself.
But I think she's always combating with being
So when she meets the coven and all these vampires
a group of people that put her first.
just reinforces all of the issues
that she has about being taken seriously,
Man: You'll be their little birdy for the next 50 years.
because he feels he has no choice.
who's coming to his life, even though this person is...
magnetic and making him feel all these amazing new emotions.
Those were your first words to me.
And so, they share a bit of their past
and a bit of their trauma.
Their power dynamic.
Louis: You want to come upstairs?
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