To quote Laszlo: “Well, fuck my old boots!” In its fifth season, What We Do in the Shadows still felt appreciate a fresh delight, consistently finding new situations for the vampires to find themselves in–going to the mall, attending a Pride parade, becoming accidental stars on the local news, spending too much time at Panera Bread–and making them absurd and hilarious. Amid all the goofballery, the season’s emotional throughline saw Guillermo finally becoming a vampire (or a half-vampire, at least)—before realizing, in a very well-earned arc, the value of staying human instead.
