Keeping with the theme of making pieces fit - I really loved the brief moment when Nandoor walked in after Guillermo left his interview crying and noted that his fear was that Guillermo was not cut out to be a vampire. It was just something that clicked into place why, after all these years and his very apparent affection for Guillermo, he would never turn him into a vampire. Yes, he's also as self-centered as the rest of the vampire, but it was nice to know that there was a little more to it than that.
Matt Berry was really going for it these last two episodes, I was howling. Only this show could get away with wiping the slate clean (ish) every season and not feel like a cheat eventually. The best sight gag was how really great the Guide's paintings were lol, "I've never worn those glasses before," Colin Robinson continues to deliver in all the right ways. WWDITS is dead, long live WWDITS.
This is a funny-ass and endlessly creative show. I love it. Except... I don't like the part where our heroes ruthlessly murder people. And I don't really understand the hair splitting where Guillermo will lure innocent people for the vampires to eat and dismember the leftovers but suddenly has an attack of conscience when it's time to kill to feed himself.
Look, I get that part of what makes the show work is the comic meanness. It wouldn't be as funny if there was no potential for violence. But it's still rough going for me when the show rubs our faces in it, especially in a season like this where a lot of the stories have been about the vampires becoming kinder, gentler versions of themselves, at least with each other. This tonal clash is pretty fundamental to the show and is probably never going away, so I really can't blame them for it here. But it still kind of sullied the ending of what has otherwise been a very good season of TV.
I kinda see what you mean, and for some reason it doesn't bother me. Vampires be vampiring I guess. EXCEPT for the time that Lazlo told Guillermo to shoot all the hybrids in a firing squad. I felt like that was too creepy and went way beyond the pale. That's actually the only episode I actively disliked this year.
Oh, dude, I was right there with you. I made a comment on that episode’s recap that, as a person of Balkan heritage, I almost needed a trigger warning, “may contain scenes of attempted genocide or mass killing.”
It’s the banality of evil, rubbed in our faces every week.
I’ll also point out what Harry Shearer pointed out in the early 2000’s: the requirement that main characters on series be likeable is relatively new. He knew whereof he spoke: he got started on Jack Benny’s radio show (playing a Boy Scout!). Jack Benny’s character was notoriously unlikeable, but funny. Likewise, Sgt Bilko.
These people are unlikeable and evil. But funny.
Think of it as a vaccine against the Trumps of this world.
Guillermo has had trouble bringing victims to the vampires before. He had a full on panic attack one episode, so it's not a huge shock he couldn't bring himself to actually kill an innocent person. He dreamed of the "cool" things about being a vampire without it ever actually sinking in that he would have to do the monstrous stuff, too
I was only slightly bummed The Guide wasn't Perdita. She's that reclusive. Perdita set up this whole cover of The Guide so vampires weren't constantly fawning over her
These last two episodes didn't make me laugh nearly as much as the last few, but for the most part, no show makes me laugh as much as this show. That's a win in my book!
I love this series! I didn’t personally find Season 5 hit or miss (only S3 was uneven but it did lay the groundwork for the fantastic S4). One thing this finale didn’t do was set up for Season 6. The last couple seasons there was kind of a cliffhanger. This time there wasn’t. I don’t remember when it was renewed but it felt like they were worried it was ending and wanted a fairly neat finale. Anyway I hope this show keeps going and going. It quietly is becoming another The Office which everyone will be comfort binging for years to come.
We're deep enough into the show that I never had much expectation that Guillermo would actually stay a vampire so, I wasn't too shocked by the choice to turn him back into a human. I was more surprised by the show clearing the deck so completely that they didn't even tease a direction for the next season. I'll be interested to see how the show moves forward with Gizmo no longer having the desire to become a vampire.
Keeping with the theme of making pieces fit - I really loved the brief moment when Nandoor walked in after Guillermo left his interview crying and noted that his fear was that Guillermo was not cut out to be a vampire. It was just something that clicked into place why, after all these years and his very apparent affection for Guillermo, he would never turn him into a vampire. Yes, he's also as self-centered as the rest of the vampire, but it was nice to know that there was a little more to it than that.
Matt Berry was really going for it these last two episodes, I was howling. Only this show could get away with wiping the slate clean (ish) every season and not feel like a cheat eventually. The best sight gag was how really great the Guide's paintings were lol, "I've never worn those glasses before," Colin Robinson continues to deliver in all the right ways. WWDITS is dead, long live WWDITS.
This is a funny-ass and endlessly creative show. I love it. Except... I don't like the part where our heroes ruthlessly murder people. And I don't really understand the hair splitting where Guillermo will lure innocent people for the vampires to eat and dismember the leftovers but suddenly has an attack of conscience when it's time to kill to feed himself.
Look, I get that part of what makes the show work is the comic meanness. It wouldn't be as funny if there was no potential for violence. But it's still rough going for me when the show rubs our faces in it, especially in a season like this where a lot of the stories have been about the vampires becoming kinder, gentler versions of themselves, at least with each other. This tonal clash is pretty fundamental to the show and is probably never going away, so I really can't blame them for it here. But it still kind of sullied the ending of what has otherwise been a very good season of TV.
I kinda see what you mean, and for some reason it doesn't bother me. Vampires be vampiring I guess. EXCEPT for the time that Lazlo told Guillermo to shoot all the hybrids in a firing squad. I felt like that was too creepy and went way beyond the pale. That's actually the only episode I actively disliked this year.
Oh, dude, I was right there with you. I made a comment on that episode’s recap that, as a person of Balkan heritage, I almost needed a trigger warning, “may contain scenes of attempted genocide or mass killing.”
It’s the banality of evil, rubbed in our faces every week.
I’ll also point out what Harry Shearer pointed out in the early 2000’s: the requirement that main characters on series be likeable is relatively new. He knew whereof he spoke: he got started on Jack Benny’s radio show (playing a Boy Scout!). Jack Benny’s character was notoriously unlikeable, but funny. Likewise, Sgt Bilko.
These people are unlikeable and evil. But funny.
Think of it as a vaccine against the Trumps of this world.
Guillermo has had trouble bringing victims to the vampires before. He had a full on panic attack one episode, so it's not a huge shock he couldn't bring himself to actually kill an innocent person. He dreamed of the "cool" things about being a vampire without it ever actually sinking in that he would have to do the monstrous stuff, too
I'd also like to include Colin's annoyed "FOMO" and his terrible joke to the server as energy-draining highlights.
I think he threw in a zut alors somewhere along the way too.
I was only slightly bummed The Guide wasn't Perdita. She's that reclusive. Perdita set up this whole cover of The Guide so vampires weren't constantly fawning over her
Same. I was hoping for a big reveal. But maybe that means there will be a big guest star to play Perdita in the next season!
It would not surprise me if Perdita is never mentioned again. While not properly a McGuffin, Perdita and her mansion served their purpose
“What Thriller shit is this?”
These last two episodes didn't make me laugh nearly as much as the last few, but for the most part, no show makes me laugh as much as this show. That's a win in my book!
With the Van Dyke on Colin Robinson, I suddenly wanted to see John Hodgman as Colin’s sire in an ep.
I love this series! I didn’t personally find Season 5 hit or miss (only S3 was uneven but it did lay the groundwork for the fantastic S4). One thing this finale didn’t do was set up for Season 6. The last couple seasons there was kind of a cliffhanger. This time there wasn’t. I don’t remember when it was renewed but it felt like they were worried it was ending and wanted a fairly neat finale. Anyway I hope this show keeps going and going. It quietly is becoming another The Office which everyone will be comfort binging for years to come.
We're deep enough into the show that I never had much expectation that Guillermo would actually stay a vampire so, I wasn't too shocked by the choice to turn him back into a human. I was more surprised by the show clearing the deck so completely that they didn't even tease a direction for the next season. I'll be interested to see how the show moves forward with Gizmo no longer having the desire to become a vampire.
Exactly. That's the big hanging thread, I'd say. Without that incentive, why would he keep taking crap as an unpaid familiar?