Any time Interview With The VampireJacob Anderson’s face, the expectation is we’ll get lost in his soulful eyes and expressions. And you know what? It bloody works. The actor, who plays vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, crushes it whenever the writers throw a monologue his way. So it’s good that season two of AMC’s drama gives him another banger before wrapping up, as seen in this The A.V. Club exclusive clip from the finale, ominously titled “And That’s The End of It. There’s Nothing Else.”
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The episode picks up in the aftermath of the horrific trial in 1940s Paris that led to the Lestat de Lioncourt’s (Sam Reid) return and the gruesome deaths of Claudia (Delainey Hayles) and Madeleine. Not to mention, Louis is locked in a coffin filled with gravel. That’s a lot of trauma to process, so how is he coping, journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) wonders in the present. “Darkness was delirium,” Louis says earnestly, launching into a speech about his past. No one can say the man isn’t elegant.
As seen in the footage, Louis recovers and seeks revenge on the Théâtre des Vampires members who tortured him. He’s annihilating bodies and roaming around in suave jackets like a hero returned to form. But on the inside, he suffers from “lucid what-ifs.” What if he hadn’t met or fallen in love with Lestat? What if he was stronger or had made different choices? But he knows it doesn’t matter. In the end, he’s either kissing or trying to kill Lestat, while Claudia is still dead. Oof. Per usual, Anderson performs with his entire being. Also per usual, Louis cannot stop thinking about his toxic lover Lestat.
IWTV’s second season focuses on Louis and Claudia’s moving to Paris to find others like them after they kill Lestat in New Orleans. Or at least they think he’s dead. Episode seven features his mighty return to testify in his own murder trial—he’s a drama queen—and ends with Lestat watching his “daughter” Claudia get obliterated into ashes by the sun. What will happen when Louis and Lestat reunite in the finale? It’s to be seen, but tears will probably follow.
Thankfully, this won’t be the end of the series because AMC has renewed Interview With The Vampire. Season three will be told from Lestat’s POV, according to a press release. Unhappy with how he’s portrayed in Daniel’s book, Lestat shakes things up by starting a band. It promises to be “a sexy pilgrimage across space, time, and trauma.” The show also stars Assad Zaman, Bally Gill, Ben Daniels, and Justin Kirk.
Until then, “And That’s The End of It. There’s Nothing Else” airs on June 30 at 9 p.m. ET on AMC, and the episode will stream on AMC+ at 3:01 a.m.