What We Do in the Shadows
FX ’s hit mockumentary - comedy television show , What We Do in the Shadows , was reincarnate for a third time of year after two excellent seasons . free-base on the uproarious movie of the same name ( which was written and place by showrunners Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement ) , the show is hump for its hilarious premise and funny characters .
The show orb around four vampire roommates , Nandor , Laszlo , Nadja , and Colin Robinson , who live with their familiar , Guillermo . The show has receive decisive plaudits and has been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at the 2020 Emmy Awards .
update on April 25th , 2022 by Stacie Rook : The third season of What We Do in the Shadows saw the drollery series continue to thrive , showcasing the superb comedic power of its fundamental cast while also developing the lives and lore of its main characters . The show was renewed for a quaternary time of year before the third even premiere , and with amazing top episodes across all three seasons , it ’s well-heeled to see why .
“Citizenship” (Season 1, Episode 8) – 8.2
While Nadja ushers the newly - turn Jenna into her lifetime as a vampire , discovering that her unique power permit her turn inconspicuous , Guillermo help Nandor organize to take his American citizenship test , a operation he started but let oversight in the 1990s .
Nadja and Jenna make moving ridge at a college party , using their various powers to great core , but Nandor has less luck , as his knowledge on America is severely deficient despite Guillermo ’s tutelage , and even his occult powers of thought wo n’t sway the governance functionary .
“Resurrection” (Season 2, Episode 1) – 8.4
After the vampire ' newfangled familiar , Topher ( run by Haley Joel Osment ofThe Sixth Sensefame ) circumstantially drop dead from being electrocuted in the koi pond , the vampires muster in the assistant of Wallace the Necromancer , flirt by Benedict Wong , to upraise him .
However , they get more than what they traded for when Topher comes back to lifetime as a zombi . The now - undead Topher keep trying to feed Guillermo . When he essay to drown Guillermo in the pool , Nandor rescues him , and Topher is ultimately returned to Wallace for a refund .
“The Cloak Of Duplication” (Season 3, Episode 2) – 8.4
Nadja and Nandor demonstrate themselves as atomic number 27 - leaders of the Vampiric Council in this episode , though neither of them is too happy with the arrangement . It does give them accession to all sort of magical artifacts though , including the Cloak of Duplication , which Nandor uses in various agency to try and solicit a human receptionist at the gymnasium he sometimes goes to .
Meanwhile , Nadja is attach to by Colin and Laszlo as she visits a group of young vampire who are rebelling against the control of the Council . Their attempts at negotiation fail , so Nadja exerts her control by kill the group ’s leader , Wes , solidify her fresh repute as a no - frill drawing card .
“The Wellness Center” (Season 3, Episode 8) – 8.4
Continuing his season - long bow to find raw signification in his immortal life , " The Wellness Center " experience Nandor connect a group of lamia go by an enticing cleaning lady named Jan , who claims she can cure people of their vampirism .
While he ’s in the centre ’s grasp , Nandor undergoes many transformations that will supposedly cleanse him of his affliction , but Guillermo ensure through the scam and journeying to retrieve him . The episode ends with Nandor back on Staten Island , though he ’s not grateful to have been rescue .
“Ancestry” (Season 1, Episode 10) – 8.4
Guillermo has his roomie and his own desoxyribonucleic acid tested and distinguish he is the direct descendent of the mythical Van Helsing folk , know for hunting vampires . Throughout the installment , he keeps accidentally injuring Nandor and concern about becoming a lamia hunting watch .
Showcasing one ofthe show ’s dependable relationships , Gregor , Nadja ’s lover , who has been reincarnate as a man distinguish Jeff , returns to visit her , but as in every previous life , he gets decapitated by Laszlo . The last also has a screaming cliffhanger after let on Guillermo ’s lamia - hunting line of descent when he accidentally pierce a wooden stakes through the lamia ’s portraits .
*“The Casino” (Season 3, Episode 4) – 8.5
Guillermo and the vampires locomote to Atlantic City in " The Casino " , accompanying their human neighbor Sean and Charmaine , but the trip is complicated when the hotel ’s cleansing faculty dispose of the vampire ’s ancestral grime , which they need to maintain their powers and be able-bodied to slumber .
The vampires are left to resist for themselves as they weaken , sending Guillermo on a mostly - offscreen quest to retrieve new dirt for them all . While they wait , Colin upends Nandor ’s worldview as he teaches him about the world , and Nadja and Laszlo try all manner of scheme to get Sean out of debt .
“The Curse” (Season 2, Episode 4) – 8.6
Nandor receives a spam chain mail containing a " curse from Bloody Mary " ordering him to send on it to 10 other people . think they ’re cursed , the vampires take Colin ’s supporter to discover 10 suitable email addresses .
Meanwhile , Guillermo ’s grouping of vampire hunters find what they recollect is a vampire residency where they find a family of vampires . The vampires undertake to eat everyone , but Guillermo manages to save most of them and campaign aside , and they drive away in the van , horrified .
“A Farewell” (Season 3, Episode 9) – 8.6
Even with as seemingly square an episode title as " A Farewell " , the next-to-last installation ofWWDITSseason three is still completely surprising . Nandor prepares to enter a " Super Slumber " , Colin Robinson celebrates his one - centesimal natal day , and the house host a surprisal party of vampire from the Old World .
This instalment poise moments of emotional weight with the show ’s stylemark fatuity , with play and misunderstandings complicating the proceeding . It concludes with the apparent demise of Colin Robinson , a shocking moment with a visual to match , which set up many changes to keep abreast .
“The Escape” (Season 3, Episode 6) – 8.6
An sequence that proves the ways in whichWWDITSseason three is good , " The escape valve " introduces newfangled vampire lore as it control the Sire , the original lamia , set on the loose . This could prove catastrophic for the lamia , as it ’s rumour that if the Sire die , they will all perish too .
Guillermo uses his vampire hunting ability to run a missionary station to track down the Sire , joined not only by the vampires but also a surprisingly live ( though somewhat changed ) Baron . After the Sire is found , the entertaining instalment ends with an unlikely trinity , the Sire , Baron , and the hellhound settling down to live together in New Jersey .
“On the Run” (Season 2, Episode 6) – 8.7
Laszlo gets visited by Jim , a vampire he owe money . Jim demands Laszlo either return his money or struggle him in a duel , and Laszlo agrees to the latter . However , when Jim ’s back is turned , Laszlo flees , all the way to Pennsylvania , where he assumes the identity of a cake owner , Jackie Daytona , a move which leads to some ofthe funniest Laszlo quotesin the show .
He becomes popular with the townspeople after getting call for in supporting the local women ’s volleyball game team , even host a fundraiser for them . Everything get going wrong , however , when Jim shows up . Laszlo , who becomes a more genial - hearted someone from living his life history as Jackie , gives Jim a natural endowment to riposte his debt and rejoin home after making Jim the squad ’s coach .
