Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe has always been packed full of strange creatures and occurrences. It’s not just vampires populating this world; a powerful network of witches, as well as the secret order known as Talamasca, are also skulking in the shadows. That said, as AMC works to adapt Rice’s novels into live-action, there hasn’t been a ton of connective tissue between these parallel societies. Interview with the Vampire (now known as The Vampire Lestat) is by far the most visible adaptation of the Immortal Series, but AMC’s Talamasca-focused spinoff was short-lived. And though Mayfair Witches is still going strong with another season on the way, it couldn’t feel further removed from the goings-on in Vampire Lestat.
That might finally change with Lestat’s latest episode. In Episode 6, our title anti-hero (Sam Reid) reunites with the One Who Got Away, Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), for an unconventional night of healing. Their reconciliation hits a few not-insignificant roadblocks — the worst being the leak of a tape that features Lestat making love to his own mother, the Vampire Gabriella (Jennifer Ehle) — but it reaches a fever pitch when Lestat and Louis summon their surrogate daughter Claudia (Delainey Hayles) from beyond the grave. This séance is shocking enough on its own, given all the anger Claudia has to unleash on her makers. But it also brings a fan-favorite character into the spotlight, setting up a fascinating thread for Louis down the line.
