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Rewind the tape —Episode 6 highlights

One of our favorite scenes is…

...paired up with our favorite quote! This is the second time Claudia and Lestat face off in a chess match, when she baits him into checkmate, securing the win but refusing him an actual finish.  The entire scene is incredible, but we particularly love how the chess game continues the thread of the first, where Claudia stated she was trying to understand Lestat. She has since concluded that, in order to beat him, she has to, “become Lestat,” “think like he does and then five moves ahead of that.”  This is a bit of backstage trivia, but showrunner Rolin Jones shared in the after-episode commentary that this scene is based off a famous chess game called The Polish Immortal.  And it’s not just the name that makes for an interesting reference! Here, Claudia is playing the long game: she’s getting rid of her good pieces while advancing the weak ones: Lestat’s too greedy to keep himself from taking her bishop and knights, and too proud to worry too much about “weak” little Claudia.  "Basically,” Rolin explains, “it's a series of moves by one opponent that sort of lures in a person who wants everything in the world, who wants to take everything, and she can see this is the way into Lestat." Later, in an interview with SyFy, Rolin added, “it's that thing where you have to make Lestat think [the party] is his idea,” just like he walks of his own volition into the trap Claudia laid for him on the board. While Lestat spends the game thinking he’s teaching her the game, Claudia speaks to Louis in the privacy of their minds, explaining how she’s going to beat him, and masterfully illustrating what she’s learnt during the match. She emerges as a sneak victor, proving to Louis she can carry her plan through.

What's a favorite scene of yours? Maybe one of the snippets we see of the years Louis and Claudia spent together on their own? Lestat returning with the Book of Hours before Louis dropped his coffin from the balcony? Louis crashing through Antoinette’s door and throwing her out of her own house? Or maybe you’re a fan of the 1970s flashback!

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[lestatslestits]

OH IT IS SO ON.

[sofipitch]

Claudia the moment she sees it

[ivyithink]

aaawwww, look at this vampire family just chilling! I’m sure nothing bad at all will happen to them, no sir!

[withinthismindofmine]

This trailer has everything

Loustat

Loumand

Old Maniel

Young Daniel

LESMAND

Painter Armand

18c Lestat

Madeleine!

Theatre coven

Yellow dress

Tears

Bickering

codependency

Santiago

My jaw on the floor??

[neo--queen--serenity]

Lestat, bleeding out: put me in my coffin, Louis, Louis—

Claudia:

[louismoncher]

📢REAL ROMANCE IS BACK ON MAY 12 🦇 — Watch season 2 of Interview with the Vampire on AMC & AMC+ or watch with VPN

[creativelycomplex]

Claudia using Lestat’s blood to write his last words, is so fkn CAMP, I was speechless and screaming at the same time!! Like she’s really taking it

[blacclotusss]

Delainey Hayles for AMC Networks 2024 Upfront 💫

[lestatslestits]

Interview with the Vampire (2022) + @screenshotsofdespair

[ivyithink]

[daiz3]

[lunonoxart]

♰ Vampire Family ♰

[lychnvs]

Father and daughter bonding time! 💞 before everything went downhill

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