What We Do in the Shadows Teases Its Upcoming Final Season

What We Do successful the Shadows volition instrumentality for its sixth and last play this October 21—and it sounds similar FX’s deed vampire drama is going to extremity connected a precise precocious note.

According to showrunner Paul Simms, speaking to Entertainment Weekly, “We had a batch of conversations astir however we wanted to grip it, and the main happening that we each agreed connected was that we did not privation to bash a ‘very special,’ superior last season. We conscionable concentrated connected being funny. I finished editing 3 of the episodes and I deliberation it’s 1 of our champion seasons yet. But who wouldn’t accidental that successful a conversation similar this?”

According to an FX property release, “After a precise little stint arsenic a full-blown vampire, Guillermo is re-evaluating his life. Who is helium if not a acquainted who volition bash thing to delight his Master successful hopes of 1 time being turned into a vampire? Meanwhile, the vampires are reevaluating, too. When their erstwhile roommate reappears aft a 50-year nap, they recognize however small they’ve done successful fractional a century—not 1 extremity accomplished, not 1 imagination pursued, not 1 portion of the New World conquered (except for their thoroughfare and portion of Ashley Street).

In the sixth and last play of the Emmy-nominated comedy, Nandor, Nadja, Laszlo, Colin, and Guillermo volition participate the workforce, sojourn New Hampshire, spell to a quality meal party, fête the Baron, and conjure a demon—all portion trying to find their spot and their intent successful this crazy, mixed-up world.”

The workforce, you say? Apparently, Guillermo moves retired of the mansion and enters the workforce by getting an bureau job, lone to beryllium followed by Nadja and Nandor. As Simms reveals successful the EW piece, “Nadja’s ever had a privation of being retired among the humans much and getting to cognize their quality ways. And successful ‘helping’ Guillermo retired astatine his caller occupation successful a regular workplace, she benignant of is surviving her Working Girl fantasies of moving successful an bureau and dressing however she imagines a quality successful an bureau does, and making the benignant of tiny speech she imagines that humans do.”

Another occurrence volition spot Nandor prima successful what sounds similar his ain parody of John Boorman’s Deliverance. According to Simms, “We person 2 episodes that are homages to our favourite movies from the 1970s, and I won’t accidental what 1 of them is, but Nandor disappears and goes fundamentally up a stream and is causing trouble. The vampires are sent connected a ngo to spell retrieve him earlier helium tin make much problems for the vampire establishment. And I’ll permission it astatine that.”

Further episodes volition spot Laszlo hypnotize his housemates to go his idiosyncratic slaves, portion different is said to absorption connected Colin gathering his ain friend/familiar. Simms besides teases an quality from Laszlo’s ghostly father, who volition beryllium played by a presently undisclosed actor. “In past seasons we absorption truthful overmuch connected radical who’ve played vampires before. This season, our main extremity was to usage our favorite, funniest radical that for 5 years we’ve wanted to use,” Simms explains. “One specified performer volition play Laszlo’s father, oregon alternatively the shade of Laszlo’s father. It’s 1 of our favourite impermanent stars of each time.”

Finally, “Nandermo” shippers person been promised immoderate closure earlier the series’ ends. As Simms states, “To me, Nandermo has been happening for six seasons. The emotion they person is truthful heavy and powerful. It doesn’t needfully request to beryllium consummated successful a pornographic country that immoderate radical connected the net look to privation for.”

Head implicit to Entertainment Weekly for immoderate exclusive photos of the pack earlier their last play kicks off, appropriately enough, astatine the tallness of spooky season: October 21 connected FX.

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