The Latest Episode of "What We Do In the Shadows" is One for the Ages

"What We Do in the Shadows" was a great movie, and the TV has more than lived up to the hype. It is funny, similar to the movie and gives you that feel that you got from the movie. Season one was exceptional, and so far, season two has been equally as great.

Most shows seem to find their footing in later seasons. It happened with "The Office", "Parks and Rec" was the same, even my favorite show ever, "The Simpsons", really started to get great between the end of season one into season two. "What We Do in the Shadows" has been solid all along. They had the outline from the movie, and the show has ran from there.

Last night they hit a very, very high note. This was the best episode, so far, from the series. At least my wife and I think so. The one thing the show has added that the movie didn't was a new type of vampire, an energy vampire. Mark Proksch, who has been on any number of sitcoms you all watch in small roles, is Colin Robinson, the energy vampire, and he is great. His little bits here and there have been some of the best parts of the series to this point. Last week he had a tremendous moment at a Super Bowl party they were all invited to. He has great stuff in season one pertaining to local government meetings. There was a very solid episode from season one where he has a short fling with a feelings vampire. She would make people sad around her, and that is how she would "feed". But last night the majority of the episode was all about Colin Robinson, and if you are wondering why I keep typing his full name, that is how they refer to him on the show all the time. They always say his full name.

The episode started with Colin Robinson talking about how he doesn't know what he is supposed to do at his job, and he gets called into his boss's office, where he assumes he is going to be fired. Instead, he gets a promotion. He is conflicted because he doesn't want to lose any, as he puts it, "roomie time". He likes the other vamps he lives with. They don't really care for him though. When he comes home to tell them about said promotion, they kind of blow him off, and he retreats to his room, where there is an absolutely excellent shot of him in his bed with pajamas that match his bedding. It is such a throw away shot, but it is so worth it. This reaction from his roommates has him even more worried about the promotion. But when he goes into the office, and has his first meeting that he is running, he realizes that all these people have to listen to him because he is the boss. They have no choice. He starts to become more and more powerful the more he realizes this. He gets to a point where he starts to abuse said power. He talks about how it has become easier and easier for him to "feed". There is a scene where he says he can just say a thing, a cliche thing that 9-5 workers say, and they instantly get bored. It's great. There's another scene where he is talking about how he can feel his power growing, he runs his hand over his bald head, and he has a full head of hair. He goes back to the house and starts to get the roommates to argue over something he subconsciously made happen, and he loves that they are fighting over what he did. It makes him that much stronger. He is so strong in fact, he can move stuff with his mind and fingers, and he can fly. That was another great throw away scene. It gets to the point where his roommates are near death because they are so bored and he continues to feed on them. They start to look old and decrepit and can't even move. Even Guillermo, one of the vampires familiars, is near death because he has no energy left. When Colin Robinson comes upstairs to really let the roommates have it, to finish the job if you will, he multiples into three versions of himself. You think he is going to win, but the three of them get into a mundane argument about a nickname. They argue for over an hour, and they all seem to die. While the rest of the roommates go to bury him, they have recovered since Colin Robinson isn't doing his normal thing, they give him a memorial service. It is very mean and they don't say anything too nice about him, but the original Colin Robinson reveals that he was faking just to witness his own eulogy. He then tells the roommates that he is done doing his new thing. He is done with all the newfound power. When the episode ends, we see Colin Robinson at a new office, because the old one was out of business due to him constantly "feeding", and he seems happy to have a new group of people to annoy and "feed" on there.

This was a brilliant idea from one of the best shows that has come out this year. I love this show, and this episode is the best one they have made to date. I highly recommend the show, and if you are looking for an entry point, check out this one. It is peak "What We Do in the Shadows". 

Ty

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