History Recap / InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill

* {{Newsreel}}: There's a scene where Lestat, Claudia and Louis are at a movie theatre while a news update of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is being projected on the screen.

* InternalHomage: Like in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart episode 5]], Claudia is pushed against an armoire while being throttled by one of her vampire fathers.

* PhilosophersStone: Lestat claims he has produced the Elixir of Life using this, with that being why he, Louis and Claudia are immortal and eternally youthful, which serves to lure several people inside their house, and the trio drain them all to death.

* OffingTheOffspring: Lestat plans to murder his vampire daughter Claudia partly because she herself is [[{{Patricide}} plotting to kill him]], and partly because he [[TheScapegoat unfairly blames her]] for all of the unhappiness that she has brought to his household. Lestat underestimates Claudia and she outmaneuvers him, so his scheme backfires spectacularly.

* DyingCandle: In the climax, the flames of all the candles in the candelabrum are snuffed out when Lestat leaps over the table to attack Tom Anderson, which signifies that all the humans inside the townhouse will soon die at the hands (or [[VampireBitesSuck more accurately]] the [[FangsAreEvil fangs]]) of Lestat, Louis and Claudia.

--->'''Left page''': [Unclear]day: I have been planning the trip out in my head. When we get to Europe, we aren't going to look at any of the touristy sights. We are instead going straight to the Black Sea and then on to the Carpathian Mountains. Those are the places I've been reading about in the books I've brought with me. We had to leave so much behind, but I brought those books. Louis doesn't care much about what he calls [unclear] for old [unclear]\\

** While remembering events from the autumn of 1939, Louis tells Daniel that Lestat was "148 years the blood-drinker." This number is incorrect because Lestat received the Dark Gift in 1794, so he had been a vampire for 145 years in 1939.

* DyingCandle: In the climax, the flames of all the candles in the candelabrum are snuffed out when Lestat leaps over the table to attack Tom Anderson, which signifies that all the humans inside the townhouse will soon die at the hands (or more accurately the [[FangsAreEvil fangs]]) of Lestat, Louis and Claudia.

[-Aired November 13, 2022-]

* DyingCandle: In the climax, the flames of all the candles in the candelabrum are snuffed out when Lestat leaps over the table to attack Tom Anderson, which signifies that all the humans inside the townhouse will soon die at the hands (or more accurately the [[VampireBitesSuck fangs]]) of Lestat, Louis and Claudia.

* RelationshipReveal: Although Daniel suspected that Rashid was SleepingWithTheBoss in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E2AfterThePhantomsOfYourFormerSelf episode 2]], he (and the audience) doesn't receive official confirmation until the end of Season 1. Louis and the vampire ''Armand'' ("Rashid" was merely his HumanDisguise) have been a couple since at least 1973, and while HoldingHands, Louis informs Daniel that Armand is "[[OneTrueLove the love of my life]]."

* RelationshipReveal: Although Daniel suspected that Rashid was SleepingWithTheBoss, he (and the audience) don't receive official confirmation until the end of the episode. Louis and the vampire ''Armand'' ("Rashid" was merely his HumanDisguise) have been a couple since at least 1973, and while HoldingHands, Louis informs Daniel that Armand is "[[OneTrueLove the love of my life]]."

* KillTheOnesYouLove: Louis [[SlashedThroat lacerates Lestat's throat]] to escape from his lover's DomesticAbuse and to eliminate the threat to Claudia's life (Lestat had conspired to [[OffingTheOffspring murder their vampire daughter]]). However, Louis is still in love with his boyfriend, so he prevents Claudia from burning Lestat's body, which means the latter is NotQuiteDead.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Blink and you'll miss it, but while Lestat is twirling Louis in the ballroom, there is a brief shot of Claudia in the background handing Tom Anderson the poisoned glass of whiskey.

* AllGaysLoveTheater: At the end of the episode, the queer Armand (who hasn't explicitly identified his sexuality, but he and Louis are in a same-sex relationship) lets Daniel know that he was once part of the ''Théâtre des Vampires''.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Lestat is no longer thinking rationally when it comes to his boyfriend Louis, with Lestat somehow deluding himself that Louis will finally love him with all of his heart by severely restricting the latter's freedom. Lestat now treats Louis -- a black man who ''deeply'' resents being oppressed by white society -- as his PropertyOfLove and keeps him confined in a GildedCage. Any sensible person would recognize that reducing Louis to a mere love slave would cause him to loathe Lestat even more (Louis has already contemplated suicide as a means to escape from Lestat's DomesticAbuse). Louis' lack of personal autonomy is further worsened when Lestat (who's promiscuous) suddenly foists a VampiresHarem structure upon their relationship without consulting Louis (who's a monogamist) beforehand -- Lestat clearly doesn't care about Louis' opinions or feelings on the matter, and is essentially behaving like a slave owner whose word is law. If Louis being forced into the position of Lestat's [[GenderInvertedTrope male]] TopWife wasn't bad enough, Lestat also intends to [[OffingTheOffspring murder their vampire daughter Claudia]] (whom Louis adores) because he views her as an impediment to possessing the entirety of Louis' love. It's no wonder that Louis is willing to kill his psycho lover in order to regain his freedom and keep Claudia safe, which is the complete opposite of what Lestat wants.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Considering that Lestat is the definition of EvilIsPetty, it's quite remarkable that even after he finds out about Louis and Claudia's plot to murder him, he ''still'' desires to keep Louis as his lover. Lestat is so head-over-heels in love that he'll ''never'' willingly let Louis go even when his boyfriend wants to kill him, so Lestat directs ''all'' of his vindictive fury at Claudia, placing the blame squarely on her for the disintegration of his romance with Louis. Lestat conspires to [[OffingTheOffspring bump off Claudia]] not just to punish her for her betrayal, but also so that Louis will love him and ''only'' him (at least according to Lestat's warped sense of logic). Regardless of how Louis feels, if Lestat's scheme had succeeded, it would be impossible for Louis to escape his clutches because Antoinette -- who is now a vampire and can read Louis' thoughts -- can alert Lestat to anything and everything Louis is thinking.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The [=MacPhail=] brothers are identical twins who wear matching tuxedos and green masks at the MasqueradeBall to further accentuate their sameness.