‘Interview with the Vampire’ Recap: ‘Is My Very Nature That of a Devil’

Written by Shae Rufe

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Three of ‘Interview with the Vampire’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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​Perhaps the best part of this show is watching Daniel call Louis out on his blatant denial. When they first did an interview in 1973, Louis was venomously spitting about Lestat being his inferior. Yet, here, now in 2022, Louis is singing his praises. They were lovers; soul mates destined to find one another, and nothing could stop their love. If only it was that simple. Sadly, Louis is not in the right state of mind to accept the truth. Daniel straight up calls Louis an abuse victim.
 
It goes over about as well as one would expect it to go over. Louis is as much victim as he is perpetrator. Louis’ abuse is just different. His control issues, superiority complex, all lend to his own need for power, one he happily pushes on Daniel. Daniel is as much a captive as Louis once was. The only difference is, Daniel isn’t in denial about it.

Louis, is a complex character. He views his relationship with Lestat as mutual. He refuses to acknowledge that he was stalked, hunted until he was vulnerable enough to be taken. Lestat is, in all sense of the word, a narcissist. Everything is about him, his pleasure, his wants, his needs. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise when Lestat’s eye wanders. Louis has decided he doesn’t want to kill and eat people. He adapts a “vegetarian” lifestyle. It’s unappealing to say the least, so Lestat does what’s best for him and him alone. If that involves satiating his own needs, then so be it. He sleeps with Louis’ Bar Singer.

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​Of course, she means nothing. He just has different tastes sometimes. It’s fine for him to explore what brings him pleasure. And Louis? Louis can do the same thing. Lestat doesn’t mind. Except that he does. Lestat is a very possessive man. He isn’t going to share easy. Louis meets an old friend and has a fun night, and Lestat follows, watches, and even taunts Louis with it later. Quoting what Louis said about their relationship back to Louis. Their relationship is fraying as Louis fasts from human blood and struggles to keep his businesses afloat.

When sanctions are passed prohibiting black businesses from being on the street, they’ve been on… it’s the last straw. Louis snaps. He kills the board member who’s been a pain in his ass for years. He leaves a message, hanging him on the gate of his own house.  All hell breaks loose. There are riots in the street. Houses are torched, businesses burned. Louis comes to a head with Lestat, breaking things off. It won’t last. Louis and Lestat will be back together. Louis still can’t face the truth of Lestat’s abuse, after all, and Lestat has his fangs sunk deep into him.
 
Still, in the mayhem of 1917, with WWI happening, and the fires, Louis manages to save someone from a needless death. Claudia. A little girl left behind in a burning building. Saved by a Vampire who’s struggling to keep hold of his humanity. By now, Louis has lost everyone and everything. His businesses are burned. His family turned against him. His lover is too busy chasing his own pleasure to truly see the pain Louis is experiencing. But Claudia offers a hope. He died the day his brother was buried, maybe Claudia will be a new chance at life.

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