Interview With The Vampire | They Can FLY?! E5 Gay Reaction 

This episode is so traumatic, and the saddest part is that it's so real too. Even though they're supernatural creatures, their struggles are still very human. Running through walls or flying to the sky is some crazy camp shit but you still feel for them. Louis being alienated by his family and in the present day 100 years later still being reminded his story is going to be misinterpreted no matter what. The true horrors of romance.

This ep made me cry so hard. Fucking hell poor louis. So many mixed emotions. I watched this show w a friend, and we both predicted smthn like this happening at some point. As soon as Lestat started getting desperate w that "LOU" (incidentally insanely good delivery) I was like shit this is happening

This is the most shocking episode of the season, it's all about their predatory instinct. extremely uncomfortable, just so we don't forget that it's still a horror story

Sometimes I try to really look at the point of view of Louis' sister because I think she realized that he really wasn't something human, her way of showing that she loved him was by laying him to rest. The man who died years ago and was taken from her finally had to be buried. Even when she was mad at him during the wake, she still invited him to the funeral to come and grieve. In her brain, her brother got taken from her into a relationship that clearly wasn't healthy and now she can see he is something else and instead of grieving him while he is alive, she laid him to rest.

I’ve heard people say this is so unlike Lestat to do this, hit his family, but I’m reading the book right now and this is 100% him. He keeps threatening to hit Claudia for irritating him, getting very close to it. The difference now is that in the book she got turned when she is FIVE. Imagine being stuck in the body of a five year old forever.

one of my favourite little details ab this episode is the song that comes on at the very end, when Claudia is staring at Lestat with all that hate in her eyes - the first time I watched it I was like ooh! I like that song, what is it?? so I went and googled it and girl... it's 'Home is Where You're Happy' by ChaRLES MANSON. Such a perfect, icky choice to finish off that scene

I feel like we all need to give Grace a little more grace. She can understand what happened to Paul. She can grieve Paul. Louis was still there but he became a spectre in her life, and she doesn't understand why. They seemed pretty close before all this. She's the one who encouraged him to introduce Lestat to the family, she's the one who called post transformation (openly living with a man) Louis "a better [him]," we can extrapolate that Grace was supportive of Louis and loved her brother. But then he didn't come when she had her twins, he abandoned Benjamin on the floor and disappeared, he showed up sporadically and only at night, he broke down that enormous door, and he abandoned her to deal with their angry, grieving, hateful mother by herself. In ep 4, Grace is angry. She's resents him and jabs at him and lashes out at what she thinks took him away (his "white daddy"). In ep 5, Grace has achieved some semblance of peace. She's accepted that she'll never understand what happened and she can't keep holding on to him. It took her 10-20+ years but she's finally accepted that Louis, HER Louis, died when Paul died.

Sam Reid is just perfect as Lestat

"Didn't see that coming" No one did! I was like you at the end of this episode. I literally just stared at my TV for a few minutes and ask myself "What the hell just happened?! I actually saw this when it came out a year ago and I was blown away by this show and the actors. I have re-watched it maybe a dozen times. Im also a fan of Anne Rice and have read many of her books over the years but this scene is not in the book. There are a lot of changes in the series compared with the book but I don't mind the changes at all. This show for me is what good TV is all about and I can't wait for season 2 to start.

I wasn't expecting the coffin gloryhole idea from Josh of the two of them lol. Also, Lestat is so hot and such a screaming blood red flag.

When Lestat was beating Louie, he wasn't lying when he said that he was trying to restrain himself. He has power that usually only the oldest vampires have (the ability to fly, for example) and could have easily destroyed Louie. When he and Louie were discussing where they could possibly go, Louie mentioned Paris. Lestat shuts that down real quick. There's a reason for that. Lestat has quite the history in old Paris. The height that Lestat dropped him from, Louie probably would have landed about a block over. The song that comes on at the end is actually Charles Manson.

My personal favorite episode because of how tragic and sad it is. Went through so many emotions.

This show is so gay, I loved every bit of it

I have so many thoughts about this episode and I probably can't reasonably share any of them until you've seen the full season. It's so incredibly difficult to watch and I remember how furious Twitter was in response. Two episodes left of the season!

This episode is heartbreaking. I think there are a lot of parallels between this episode and the "Mizumono" episode of Hannibal. Lestat's abuse of Louis/Hannibal's stabbing of Will. Both Lestat and Hannibal are narcissistic and truly believe that their love not being returned in the way that they want and expected justifies their abusive actions. And because Sam Reid and Mads Mikkelsen are such outstanding, charismatic actors you can feel their pain even though their characters are objectively terrible. In the spirit of full disclosure, I am the original Hannibal apologist. I blame Mads Mikkelsen. He is too perfect. ❤

This episode was so shocking considering (as someone whos read all the books and watched the movie) Lestat has never done anything like this, so them pushing his character like that was shocking and heartbreaking. Although they are monsters and human morals shouldnt exist for vampires, this is still so heartbreaking as louis still tries to keep his morals (which lestat is aware of).

So have you guys seen episode 6 yet? When is that reaction coming up? Waiting eagerly!!!!

I’m obsessed with this show I can’t wait for season two I LOVE it so much 😍

This entire episode is one of my favorites of the series. You don’t believe that Lestat will go that far until he does. Claudia absolutely goes through it this episode. The red flag counter is going to be in the millions by the end of this season. Plus there’s some extra stuff I’ll mention once you’ve seen the finale. Daniel is my favorite character and this episode and the next one show why.

This episode is one of the best episodes of the entire season. From the very beginning the show told us a story of Lestat the predator hunting Louis and slowly clenching his fist hard around Louis's heart. The scene where Lestat beats Louis draws a parallel to the book where anytime they have a major argument Lestat beats Louis. Anne framed them as fights but it was always Louis getting overpowered and thrown across the room. As much as they're vampires intimate partner violence is a real human problem and it's good to see it handled in stages in a TV show. Sam and Jacob have both said that this was a safe place to explore very difficult themes. Well done to them and the writers. And for the people who didn't see that coming Lestat went to find Louis at his brother's funeral to tell him he didn't like getting ignored. Lestat killed Lily who was Louis's only confidante. Lestat told Louis he no longer needed to work because Lestat had all the money they needed. Lestat would offer grand gestures any time they had a fight. For example buying the Fourplay, turning Claudia. Lestat continues cheating on Louis even after saying Antoinette was tedious. He has all the signs of an abusive partner in blaring red. And these reaction videos have had red flags for all of his questionable behaviour starting from episode one. By the way, I enjoy these reaction videos which are also somewhat reviews because you see the human parts of this relationship so clearly. And Anne always said one thing about her vampires was how human they are.

I'm honestly worried that because of this episode, the show won't be able to get enough people to support Lestat as a character, to have a season 3. In the book series, the POV shifts from Louis' perspective to being largely Lestat's POV (after book 1). He is the main protagonist in the book series...not Louis. Louis becomes a supporting/background character. So how does the show plan to shift focus, when they made half the fandom hate Lestat? I hope they have a plan, because it's not looking good to me.

This show is so good eh 🤣🤣🤣 Your reactions are giving me ✨LIFE✨

Lol I love watching you guys react to this show!! 8/10 times I’m agreeing with Alex way of thinking 😂

This episode is such an important one, and so well done in my opinion. Flying and super strength aside - it's an episode about DV. Louis calling for Claudia, telling her that things are fine and to stay where she is even while being beaten is so heartbreaking. I love though, how complex and knotty this show is. Lestat does love Louis, in some way, and Louis loves him back. But there's so many other things tied up in that. Resentment, power imbalances, the terror of abandonment, the horror of feeling trapped. In the books, Lestat is repeatedly said to sometimes look very generous, and sometimes very cruel. And I think Sam Reid does a great job portraying that - Lestat can slide from oddly sweet, to fun and high energy, to terrifying monster, sometimes in the blink of an eye. I hope we get more of Lestat's backstory shown in s2, because Anne Rice did a great job showing why he became the man he did. Thank-you for your reactions 💕

Loving your reactions have you seen the last 2 episodes yet?

No, they can't all fly. All the vampires possess different gifts. However, Lestat is far more powerful than others who are of a similar age; he has powers that only the ancient vampires usually obtain. Try not to be too hard on Lestat, as we've not heard his story yet, and it explains a lot about the way he thinks and his behavior. Although these first two seasons are mostly from Louis's point of view, he isn't exactly a reliable narrator. Season three will be when we actually get a broader picture and Lestat gets to tell his story.

are we not supposed to talk about how that old guy at the dinner table is fully anthony bourdain? 😂

One thing I'm forever gonna ask myself... how Lestat's bloodied mouth in the sky after having drunk from Louis disappears when he flies back down.

Hi there! Just wondering if your reactions to episodes 6 & 7 are due to be posted here? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

It’s not a series- but in the new year would you consider reacting to Rocketman please? Taron Edgerton, Richard Madden, Jamie Bell- young Elton Johns life, so amazing! Also has a young Kit Connor in it!

So I see that y'all have made it to the episode that basically split the fandom in half, and no one warned you 😮 Welcome to the back half of the season. You will probably have to double your red flag count.

You guys need to see the finally of this, cmon

😓..🗯This was the saddest episode to me... 🤨Lestat (really the writer/director) took that way too far, It was vicious! 😢

I cried when I first watched this cause I love Louis and he didn’t deserve this 😭

Please review on episode 6. :(

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I feel so bad for Claudia. She's my second favorite after Lestat. I think if they met under different circumstances (without Louis in their lives), they would've become good vampire friends. They have similar personalities.

So... you made it to that horrible part. Something that forever split the fandom, and it's been an ugly character war ever since. The writers took liberties. This never happens in the books. Sure, Lestat can be vicious to his enemies and his food but he states himself in the books that he would never hurt Louis or Claudia, and he never does. So they plucked this out of thin air, if it even happened. There's some theory circulating about Louis' memory of this perhaps being a fabrication by someone else, or at least altered. Which will only make sense to you once you've seen the whole season. And yes, they fly... but only the most ancient ones, and Lestat is not an ancient so there's a very important reason why he can fly when he's not even 200 years old yet. He is SO powerful, and Louis and Claudia really have no idea. His reaction is horrendous but it's a fear response. You can see him spiraling once he realizes that Claudia is trying to take Louis from him, and Louis is actually giving it thought, even Claudia says it herself: "When he's scared, he ridicules." His biggest fear is loneliness, he told Louis that back in episode 2, and his family leaving him is not something he'll be able to handle in any healthy way. It's going to trigger him because he has experience with people abandoning him. When they are up in the sky you can tell he is distraught and hurt, he is in no way unaffected or cold by any means, he is extremely emotional as Lestat just always is, and he's practically begging Louis to set him free by telling him that he will never love him, but Louis can't do that because he does love him. They are both trapped by their love for each other so they are going to continue this toxic dance, either for all of eternity or until someone gets killed. And Lestat can't handle feeling scared either so he quickly defaults to anger, and then well... he has "his father's temper" and when Lestat gets like that... yikes, get out of the way because there's a bulldozer coming to flatten you like a pancake. And yet, he is still holding back because he could destroy them both so easily if he wanted to. I am not condoning anything that happened here, but I do understand the reason why it escalated given everything I know about Lestat, his history, and his mentality. That doesn't make it OK by any means though, and Lestat needs to work on himself if this is truly how it all went down. As always, loving your reactions :)

Not defending Lestat, however Louis could have just left. When Lestat asked “Say Louis, you do not love me” he should have said that instead of “Let me go”. They both seem like victims to this relationship.

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blood red flag 🤭

Am I the only one who feel for lestat? 🙊😭

Oh but Lestat has a side of the story tooo

My hatred for this episode is unparalleled. Both my parents escaped domestic abuse (which included 4 of my siblings experiencing parental abuse in those marriages). This episode may have been heightened with supernatural abilities, but events like this are a real-life occurrence every day. Lestat is emotionally abusive in the books for certain, but I don't remember him doing anything like this in them. Just horrifying. It's one of the few changes the show makes that I absolutely loathe.

This episode and the next really emphasized how terrible lestat truly is (for me at least) and that he is simply beyond the notion of "I can fix him". Thanks for the lovely reaction 💙

I want to like this show, but my goodness, they are really making the viewers hate Lestat, especially those who have never read the books. I'm a fan of the books first and foremost, and Lestat was never physically abusive towards Louis. He did slap him once I recall, but that was more of a "snap out of it" gesture. With all the negativity towards Lestat and how the show writers are portraying him, I'm finding it very hard to enjoy this adaption. SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO FINISH THE FIRST SEASON, OR WHO PLAN TO ACTUALLY READ THE BOOKS: I'm really hoping Armand is messing with Louis' memories--that it was Lestat falling and not Louis (Armand pushed a weakened Lestat off a tower, so maybe Armand switched the persons and scenarios involved and planted that in Louis' memories?), Antoinette does not exist in the books (even if she is supposed to be the female version of Antoine, Lestat made him more as a brother and protégé), and Claudia was definitely the one who dealt the final blow to Lestat. Unless the show does something along those lines, Lestat would never be redeemed in the eyes of those who don't truly know his story.

I hated this episode. Made me hate his character and their relationship. I liked them together (despite the red flags) up until then.

episode gave me trauma for centuries, i saw an interview with jacob anderson (louis) and idk he didnt look that happy, and bruh i just started praying for him cuz i got ptsd from this episode that bad lol. i hate lestat he is disgusting he scares the absolute heck out of me and the effect is so huge i think if i met the actor eve, sam reid i would shit my pants. but um ig goes to the actors how good they are lol and not to forget claudia, bailey bass played her PERFECTLY i will forever hate avatar for taking her away

This episode was where the show started to lose me. I watched the rest of the season, but I’m not sure I’ll watch season 2.

Please don’t be so hard on Lestat.. please.. When you get to the book “The Vampire Lestat” I think you’ll understand both sides of the story a bit better… or not. 🧛🏻‍♂️

God, I'm so annoyed with Louis! He's talking about Lestat's sadistic upbringing while he goes to him for advice, wants Lestat to be the one to solve everything, wants Lestat to bring the victim to them, and blames him for Claudia being here because of him. What the hell? Louis dragged Claudia to Lestat's mansion, begged him to save Claudia, make her a vampire, and now blames him for Lestat doing all of this? He's fucking kidding me.