The Vampire Lestat (2022) s01e04 Episode Script
...The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding
The tapes are an
admitted performance.
This is the premise
of our interview.
♪
A sacrifice is made when
the dark gift is shared.
You can't read my mind anymore?
Florence: You're not
welcome in this home!
[ Children screaming ]
There he is.
[ Gunshots ]
What are you?! I'm a vampire.
[ Screams ]
I could not save the Storyville,
but I could save her.
♪
♪
♪
[Car horn honks,
indistinct chatter]
Daniel: Dubai.[Footsteps]
[Indistinct chatter]
I can't tell you that.
♪
Can't tell you that either.
♪
No.
♪
No. Yeah.
Yeah, look, i-it's
not an article,
it's a book.
I mean, we can do a chapter
in Vanity Fair, but
I-I know it's been 10 years.
I haven't forgotten
what a book is.
This is This is a book.
A-All right? Look, um
Yeah, I gotta call you back.
I'll call you back.
Good morning.
I hope you've passed
a comfortable night.
I never pass a
comfortable night.
You were scheduled to have
your levodopa transfusion
this week. Been
tapping my phone?
Mr. De Pointe du Lac
has arranged a physician
to administer it here tomorrow.
[Sighs]
Well, I'll take care
of it on my own.
Your doctor in New York was
consulted and has given consent.
You'll find a note from him
in your electronic mailbox.
Where's Louis?
Mr. De Point du Lac
will be resting today.
Would you follow me
to the reading room?
[Car horn honks in distance]
[Footsteps echo]
Daniel: Quite the house plant.
Well, the interior designer
hired was a sentimentalist.
Some notion of hers,
he was[Sighs]
missing the natural world.
You are getting access
to[Latch clicks]
very precious items
from the archives,
an alternative perspective on
the years of your interest.
Please, wear these when
handling the materials.
We suggest you
begin on the left.
♪
♪
♪
"The P.O.Ws are malnourished,
nothing but bone and sinew.
Their blood is bitter.
It almost makes you
feel sick to drink it."
♪
Wow.
♪
[Breathes deeply]
♪
Claudia: Auntie
told me to stay put
and keep away from the
door. [People screaming]
I tried to be good and
stay right where I was.
But when Auntie came back, she
got stuck on the other side
and brought the
fire back with her.
[Screaming continues]
I closed my eyes and waited
for the fire to take me, too.
I just prayed it
wouldn't hurt too bad.
[Door thuds][Gasps]
That's when the
Black angel came.
[Grunts]
He was beautiful
and strong and fast,
and he carried me like
I was made of feathers.
Help me!
Gimme some water!
[Breathes heavily]
The Black angel took
me to a fine house
[Groans, breathes heavily]
with gold ceilings,
like the ones in
the picture houses.
And that's when I guessed
I was in Heaven.[Groaning]
So, I waited for the pain to
go away and my mama to join me.
But she didn't come,
and the pain got worse.
[Screams]
The Black angel was crying.
She goin' cold. What do we do?
Lestat: Nothing. We do nothing.
And I remember thinking
She's dying. "Why would an angel
cry in Heaven?"More
human entanglement.
And then, I saw the white angel.
Drain her.
She's only a
kid.[Speaking French]
No, please.
Please!
I don't know where to bite.
Her body's all charred.
You know you can do this.
And she'll be what? A lap dog?
No, not not a dog.
[Breathing heavily]
A daughter. I-I-I don't know.
You were ready to
abandon our home.
Now you want a third.
I-I just need her not to die.
Please.
Claudia: [Strained breathing]
Please.
♪
[Strained breathing]
[Footsteps]
[Strained breathing]
♪
The white angel, he bit me,
right in the neck,
and I thought,
"What a strange thing
for an angel to do."
[Crying][Blood squelches]
[Clears throat]
♪
[Breathes heavily]
♪
[Skin tears]
♪
And then, I tasted it.
And right away, I felt
strong as a street car.
[Gulping]
[Groans lightly]
[Gulping continues]
[Breathes heavily]
Enough!
[Sighs] And I realized,
what I thought was Heaven
was just some nice room.
And what I thought were angels
were really hell demons.
But seeing as Mama
died, and Auntie,
she was burnt up too,
I decided to make
the best of it.
You got some of
your own I can have?
[Chuckles]
Y-You want more?
[Breathing heavily]
Right away, I had
a lot of questions.
So, this is my new house?
It is if you want it to be.
♪
[Gasps] This is my fountain?
That's my
What is that?
Well, that's the incinerator
where we burn the
We'll get to that soon enough.
So where'd you find me?
At my old house?
I heard your cry for help.
We We can hear
people's thoughts.
[Chuckling] What? Mm-hmm.
It's true.
Prove it. What am
I thinking now?
Well, I can't.
I'm your maker.
You're wonderin' if your nails
will be like that forever,
and the answer is yes.
It's a special trick,
only folks like us have,
like the nails and the teeth.
So, you can hear
me, but he can't?
That make him the
dumb one?[Laughs]
[Laughs] What's funny?
If he makes you, he can't
hear your thoughts anymore.
Somethin' about the
sacrifice of creation.
Did he make you, too?
He did. What's she saying?
He has to rely on my
words to understand me,
just like a human.
I'm not human no more, am I?
No, you're a vampire.
Well, I can see
where this is going.
Bonjour. [Gasps]
How'd you do that?
Well, you'll do it too, in
time, my little milkweed.
I'll teach you, just
like I taught Louis here.
But not if we're going
to have family secrets.
♪
We're a family?
Yeah, but with no secrets.
All right.
So, what's that for?
That's where we burn bodies.
Why do we burn bodies?
♪
Claudia: Uncle Les and
Daddy Louis were rich.
♪
They had nice clothes
and a nice auto carriage
and a funny way of being
nice to each other.
♪
So, I'm supposed to kill him?
You don't have to.
There's always the
birds and the beasts.
Or you can endeavor
on an experience
that feels like eating syrup
while riding on the wind.
♪
I'm not sure how I feel
about that pleated skirt.
It's chiffon. It has movement.
Hmm.
♪
Looks like she takes after me.
Tremendous.
Fortifying myself for an
evening of swan hunting.
Back in the car, Claudia.
Claudia. Claudia!
Claudia!
Claudia! Hey, no, no.
Get back here, missy.
Claudia: [Humming]
Young girl, where are
your parents at this hour?
[Humming continues]
I asked you a
question, young lady.
I said, where are your parents?
[Humming continues]
Claudia! No!
Don't! [Hisses]
Not a cop!
[Groaning] You're not a girl.
You're a devil.
[Groans]
[Body thuds]
♪
You have to stop
while they're alive.
♪
Who was it that she takes after?
Hm.
You ain't a girl.
You a devil.
♪
Confusion, regret, euphoria.
You gon' wake up
feeling a lot of things.
A little guilt, a bad taste
in your mouth from the cop,
which again, you
should never choose.
Claudia.
I'm sorry.
What did I just say?
Don't eat cops.
You gotta listen to your
elders when they're talkin'.
You're new to this
I'm hungry. Hungry?
You just ate a man
twice your size.
You can't possibly be
An ominous observation.
Her young lady metabolism
is permanent now.
[Sighs]
I'm so hungry.
I think I'm gon' die.
Is that how vampires die?
From starvation?
You don't want to engorge
yourself, ma petite.
More tomorrow, okay?
Please.
Histrionics.
Some sleep is what she
needs.[Footsteps, door opens]
Sedation is what she needs.
She'll settle.[Clattering]
Man: No! Don't, don't,
don't! Claudia: [Shouts]
[Clattering]Claudia.
Claudia! [Sighs]
♪
Claudia: You suck
'em like frog legs
and burn 'em like trash.
And the things I used to eat,
I don't like so much anymore.
Louis: Claudia!
Come on up to bed. Coming!
It's bedtime.[Laughs]
What comes out of humans,
it's just so much sweeter.
[Humming]
Me and Uncle Les have
a nickname for it
"kill juice".
[Metal scrapes, clicks]
[Gasps]
♪
Claudia!
[Groans] Comin'!
Geez Louise, mercy
please.[Metal scrapes, clicks]
I gotta go to bed when the
rest of the world wakes up,
so there's less kids
to play with[Gasps]
but I found ways
to fun it up some.
Lestat: Have you
seen my slippers?
Under the chair by the window.
Must every night end like this?
Y'all get tired 'fore I do.
Why does she talk to the book?
Louis: The sun comes
up, we go down.
That's never gonna change.
We've got rules, Lil Miss.
Rules are for fools, Daddy Lou.
Keeping you safe, little waif.
She talked to the book again.
Why do you talk to the book?
The book is my friend.
The book is her friend.
The book is a book.
Good night.
Night. Night!
[Pen scraping]
Lestat: Put the
pen down, Claudia.
Claudia: Uncle Les,
I got a question.
If you made me and
you made Louis,
who made you?
[Creaking]
When I'm tired, I'm not so kind.
And where are all
the vampires at?
[Conversing in French]
Uh-oh. They speakin' French.
They gon' fight
now. [Chuckles]
Fighting sounds funny in French.
[Chuckles]
[Creaking]
♪
Climb in, ma cherie, best
see if it's a good fit.
Ooh! [Chuckles]
Undertaker: Good
evening, sirs.
A loss in the family?
[Gasps]
Nah.
A heart condition.
Yeah, she gon' pass r-real soon.
♪
[Sighs] Poor child.
Can't nothin' be done?
We tryna accustom her
to the thought of
[breathes deeply]
going home to God.
I-I-I could take
her measurements
so as not to distress her any
further than she already is.
♪
It's so soft!
[Giggles]
Somethin' Somethin'
ain't right here.
[Sighs]
I love it, Daddy Lou. I
think you two gentlemen
Can I get this one,
please?ought to leave
[Blood squelches]Please? Can I?
[Screams, groans][Body thuds]
[Pen scraping]
A girl vampire
needs her own space
if she's gonna find herself
in this no-day world.
And, diary, you
can already tell,
the words come easier when
you're locked in tight,
wrapped in pink satin
and Daddy Lou's feet
ain't in your face.
It's just me, my pen,
my brain, my heart,
and the blood of the
street car conductor
I drained after he got off work.
Thank you, street car driver.
I hope they got more
of you at your company
to fill in for you.
It's never great
waiting for the car,
especially when the
weather gets hot.
[Wood creaks, scraping stops]
♪
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
[Footsteps]
[Sighs]
Don't you shush me.
I missed you. Hm.
You missed me?
[Chuckles]
[Indistinct whispering]
Mm. [Kisses]
♪
[Crickets chirping]
♪
[Water splashes]
♪
Uncle Les got secrets.
How you figure?
He don't give good
answers to questions,
sits on the truth like it's
his chair or somethin'.
♪
I thought we weren't
supposed to keep secrets.
[Chirping continues]
Les got a few years on us.
♪
Sometimes, old people don't like
talkin' much about the past.
♪
Sometimes, you gotta be careful
where you dig, you understand?
I guess.
[Chirping continues, lid turns]
♪
[Firefly buzzes]
[Chuckles]
How does it work,
love between two men?
[Water splashes]
It works like[Oar thuds]
[Chirping continues]
I don't know.
Works like love.
You ever liked girls?
I used to.
Uh, I used to pretend to.
Can't say I do anymore.
Uncle Les does, sometimes.
Is that what he's up to
when he goes out alone?
[Sighs] Nah, he is, um
[Chirping continues]
Sometimes, his kills
get What's the word?
[Clicks tongue]
Extravagant.
And I don't like seeing it.
Mm. [Sniffs]
[Blood squelching]
[Groans] I don't
know how you do that.
You can't like
the taste.[Grunts]
[Water splashes]I try to.
And, Claudia, it It's
not just what you eat.
You can kill quick and painless,
or you can get extravagant.
There've been times I gone
a little too far myself.
[Chirping continues]
Some killing has consequence.
The fire in your house
was a consequence.
It came about 'cause
of one of my kills.
I-I used to get a little
caught up in human affairs.
Then what?
Then you.
[Chuckles] [Chuckles]
[Chirping continues]
[Chuckles] Got one.
[Man singing in native language]
♪
[Sighs]
♪
Rashid: [Praying indistinctly]
♪
[Praying continues]
[Footsteps]
♪
[Speaking Arabic]
I thought Louis was your god.
How does Muhammad
feel about vampires?
Is it Ashura every day
here in the penthouse?
Do you have what you
need, Mr. Molloy?
A cure for Parkinson's?
How is your reading
coming along?
For a killing machine,
I kinda like her.
♪
I interrupted.
You were praying.
Asr namozi.
"Asr namozi."
What is that?
That's not Arabic.
What is it, Kazak?
Somewhere in the Crimea?
♪
You're not from Dubai.
I thought you were a native.
Dubai is a child, Mr. Molloy.
No one's a native.
Hmm.
♪
[Keyboard clacks]
♪
[Keyboard clacking]
♪
♪
[Pages flap]
♪
[Singing ends]
[Light jazz music plays]
♪
[Pen scrapes]Claudia:
Dear new diary
Nice to meet you.
What adventures we will have.
You've joined a happy home,
even if we're an odd one.
I have my own room
now, which is good,
'cause Daddy Lou
can be smotherin',
just as Uncle Les
can get crotchety.
And, well, sometimes a door
can be your best friend.
You have to knock first!
Out! Out!
Out! [Thud]
-Happy birthday to you
-Happy birthday to you
♪
[Laughs]
Still, you wouldn't
believe how time flies
when there's people to
eat and money to spend.
This was given to me by a
marquis who was beheaded
by a mob 10 years after
he gave it to me. Oh!
I love it. Oh!
How old are you
again, Uncle Les?
Louis: Hundred and sixty 159.
♪
Daddy Lou, when am I gonna
grow into this, though?
We We'll find
one in your size.
Kill, spend.
Kill, spend.
Then the next thing you
know, the leaves are turnin'.
Of course, Daddy and Uncle
have problems, plenty of 'em,
but they figure 'em
out quick most times.
And when they can't, I
can always get in between
and make it right.[Claudia
and Louis chuckling]
Woman: Stop.
Louis: Stop laughin'.
Claudia: [Chuckles] Shh.
We do like mortals do.[Laughs]
We fight, we eat
Woman: Hush, now.
[Laughter]
we laugh
- Oh.
- Oh, there.
We sleep, we love.
[Laughter]
Aah! [Laughs]
Louis: I prefer you like that.
[Laughter][Telephone rings]
[Gasps]
[Laughter]
And then the phone
rang last night,
and all the easy times stopped.
Hello?[Laughs, gasps]
Say again.
[Indistinct chatter]
- Oh. I'll take one. Oh.
- And for you?
- Thank you, dear.
- Yes.
I'd never been to a wake.
Hadn't even known
Daddy Lou was Catholic.
I didn't know he had a
mama till he lost her.
♪
Hello, sweetie.
Everything all right?
Never seen a dead
one look so peaceful.
♪
You know what her
last words were?
Grace: Who are you
here with, honey?
My dad and uncle.
Who are you?
This your Aunt Grace
and her husband Levi.
♪
How 'bout you go to your uncle?
He could use someone to talk to.
♪
You have a kid?
The girl is an
orphan, adopted her
off of Liberty Street,
did right by it.
Do you think you and her uncle
are the right people
to adopt an orphan?
Maybe don't bring them
to the funeral tomorrow.
Not sure I'm gonna
be able to ma
To make it?
Heard that plenty.
Your nieces and
nephews' christenings,
Grace's 30th. Watch
yourself, Levi.
We need to talk about the house.
[Scoffs]
Over the cold body of our mama.
♪
Was wonderin' why I got
an invite this time.
You don't need it.
♪
You haven't needed it for years.
Well, good we've got
each other's backs.
Make you proud, you hear?
We can pay you in installments.
You and your white daddy are
doing fine in the Quarter.
We can't pay you
what it's worth,
and you don't need the money.
♪
You forget what I did
to that door, Grace?
[Footsteps approach]
You should measure yourself.
Claudia has expressed an
interest in going home.
It is late for y'all
The smell is awful.
Hmm. Wakes were invented
in places where it snows.
♪
[Smooches]
♪
I'll have the papers drawn up.
♪
Daddy Lou said I had been
away from people too long.
I didn't know how to
behave right anymore.
But Uncle Les said,
I behaved just fine.
[Swears in French]
Just steer, steer.
Ugh! But we're immortal!
Well, you can still smash
your pretty little head
and then take long,
dull months to recover.
Eyes on the road.[Thud,
animal cries]
[Chuckles] There ain't no doubt
Daddy Lou is my favorite.
Pull over. Right.
But sometimes, Uncle Les
and I have a lot in common.
[Engine shuts off]
Now, here's a treat I
think you're ready for.
This is what the meat
calls a "lover's lane",
and by my estimation,
no blood is sweeter.
♪
Young people,
swollen with passion,
denied spirits by this
senseless prohibition,
park along this lonely
stretch to contemplate
that most mysterious of
mathematical equations
How one plus one
[Groaning][Metal creaking]
becomes one.
They come out here to do math?
You've been too sheltered,
my belladonnic beauty.
[Crickets chirping]
Yours.
Mine.
[Groaning]
Young, strong, and
likely to fight back.
You must be most ferocious, hmm?
Mm-hmm.[Car doors open, shut]
[Moans]
Mmm, that's nice.
Where'd you learn that?
The kissin' or the down below?
[Chuckles]
[Smooching]
[Moans]
That's nice.
[Breathing heavily]
[Moaning]
♪
Jesus, Mary![Grunts]
What? Oh.
You gonna stand there
watchin', little girl?
Where's your momma?
She just crawl out of
the swamp or somethin'?
[Giggles] Oh!
[Screams][Blood squelches]
[Muffled screaming][Screaming]
[Screaming]
There's something back
there, something evil.
Ah, yes.
She's with me.
[Screams]
[Blood squelches]
♪
[Gasps]
[Vehicle rocking]
Uncle Les says I
gotta practice killin'
both the one and the plus
one at the same time,
but I came away understanding
something else tonight.
Louis: You took her where?
Lestat: She's a
prodigious killer.
Why you'd want to limit her
is beyond comprehension.
[Feet stomp, door slams]
I can't quite put it into words,
but it's like somethin' opened
up in my head, in my body.
I've been 18 for
seven months now,
and it's time I
started actin' like it.
♪
Well, look at you.
I don't recall
buying that outfit
I jumped a girl in
between speakeasies.
I wear it better, though.
Don't do something he would do.
I'm gon' tell Uncle Les
you talkin' to me this way.
Happy hunting.
♪
[Door closes]
♪
[Man speaking indistinctly]
[Indistinct chatter]
♪
[Indistinct chatter]
Woman: Hey, I think you're drinking
too much of that moonshine.
[Man speaking indistinctly]
Thank you, sir.
[Car horn honks]
Girl #1: Isn't he so cute?
Oh, my He's so handsome.
Girl #2: He's
adorable. [Chuckles]
Look who fell into
her momma's closet.
♪
Darkie playing
dress-up in the dark.
[Laughter]
♪
Man: Hey, easy.
Watch it. Easy.[Horse whinnies]
Whoa.
Stop it. What's
gotten into you?
[Horse whinnies]
Calm down, Bella.
You all right?[Breathing
heavily]
You look a little sick there.
Sorry about my horse, miss.
♪
I'm sorry.
I got so scared,
I almost fainted.
I thought the flowers
might bring me back a bit.
Well, I'm glad you're back.
♪
[Pen scraping] Diary,
his name is Charlie.
He's got veins like rivers.
They flow right down his arms.
Doin' a'ight back there?
I'm good. [Chuckles]
I just wanted to say
thank you for Mm-hmm.
For driving me home,
for jumping in front
of me like that.
[Chuckles]
Well, I had to make sure
you wouldn't faint again.
I tell you, I don't
I don't know what
spooked old Jonesy, here.
You said 1132 Rue Royale?
I wanna know what
his laugh sounds like
when it's all the way.
Drive by that house
almost every night,
takin' Mr. Sloane home.
Never imagined a colored family
lived in one of them houses.
I wanna know how tight he
holds you when he dances.
Yeah, I'm surprised your fancy
parents let you out at night.
They know I can take
care of myself. Whoa!
[Horse neighs]You almost
got trampled by a horse.
I wanna know what his
tongue tastes like.
I've lost my appetite.
I can't sleep[Sighs]
which is borin' as all get out
when you're stuck in a coffin,
waiting for the big
hand to hit nine
[Bell dings] and
the little hand
to hit three.
Ahh![Laughs]
Louis: No runnin'
in the house!
[Humming]Lestat: What did we say
about skipping?[Sighs]
♪
Ooh!
I'm not gon' say
it again, missy.
[Humming]
[Sighs]
[Hoofbeats]
♪
Look up. Look up.
♪
If he looks up, he likes you.
If he doesn't
[Hoofbeats continue]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Chuckles]
♪
[Thud][Gasps]
[Giggles]
[Indistinct chatter]
No running, young lady.[Laughs]
I met Victor once
♪
[Gasps]
♪
[Laughs]
Well, hello there again, diary.
I finally got a few
secrets of my own.
Louis: Who's Charlie? [Gasps]
♪
Claudia, are you blockin' me?
♪
This is your father speaking.
♪
[Indistinct chatter]
♪
Do you not like it?
No, I-I love it.
I'm just tryna make it last.
♪
I guess you're probably
used to having ice cream
anytime you want.
No. [Chuckles]
I promise.
I never have it.
♪
So, is this what you
always do for a first date?
Take a girl out
for some ice cream?
Whoa, whoa, Claudia,
this isn't
What?
A boy sends flowers, asks
a girl to go somewhere fun.
[Sighs] I You're
a cutie, but
I'm what?
Young.
I'm 19. [Scoffs]
No way you're older
than me, Claudia.
Everyone in my family
looks young for their age.
♪
You live round here?
♪
I used to, too.
I remember there
used to be a toy shop
a few doors down by there.
They used to keep stray cats
in boxes for people to take.
That shop must have closed
down when you were but a baby.
♪
I wasn't a baby.
♪
Claudia: [Chuckles]
[Moans]
Charlie: [Moans][Horse grunts]
♪
[Moans]
Mmm. [Chuckles]
[Horse whinnies]
[Chuckles] [Chuckles]
♪
[Moans]
♪
Wait, wait, wait,
wait. Wait for me.
I'm tired of waiting.
Claudia. Yeah?
You're real forward. What?
It's making me
Kiss you a little longer?
♪
[Heartbeat]
Claudia, you don't
even look like a girl.
[Heartbeat continues]
[Horse neighs]
You're an angel.
[Horse neighs]
[Heartbeat continues]
[Grunts]
[Horse whinnies]
[Breathes heavily]
[Blood squelches]
[Grunts][Horse whinnies]
[Exhales sharply] [Moaning]
[Horse whinnying]
[Moaning continues]
[Whinnying continues]
[Moaning continues]
♪
[Breathes heavily][Thud]
I feel loose.
[Horse grunts]
Charlie?
[Horse whinnies]
♪
Charlie?[Horse neighs]
[Cries]
Charlie?
[Horse neighs][Thud]
[Sobbing] Charlie?
♪
I was and he And
I bit him, and now he
It's easy to get carried away
when you're young and in love.
♪
Please, save him.
Turn him.
I can't.
You can.
You did it to me.
♪
[Thud]He's dead.
You didn't half-kill him,
you killed him completely.
Lestat.
Just try, please.
You drained him dry.
Now, go on, clean
up after yourself.
[Sobbing]
♪
[Gasps]
Stop squirming
and watch.[Crying]
♪
Remember this, his
face as it melts.
♪
This is why we never
get close to mortals.
[Crying continues]
Because sooner or
later, they end up dead.
[Crying continues]Louis:
It'll be all right.
It'll pass. You got us.
I don't want you.
♪
Vivid writer, isn't she?
A singular style.
Anne Frank meets Stephen King.
Session four, Louis
De Pointe du Lac,
and the child vampire, Claudia.
So, it begs the question,
where were all these
diaries in 1973?
Scattered.
One in New Orleans,
another in Paris.
Bullshit.
Claudia was
everything.
♪
I loved her unconditionally.
All the noise, the chaos,
the crisis of my former
existence, silenced.
♪
The simple joy of
her hand in mine.
You had a daughter.
I had a daughter.
I've got two.
The love is kind of
♪
And if you were to come across
their diaries and learn,
in detail, how and
when you failed them,
would you share those failures
with a brash young reporter
you met at Polynesian Mary's?
[Chuckles]
It's funny.
I've been dreaming
about old Mary's
ever since you
sent me the tapes.
♪
Where have you reached?
1923-ish.
Her date with Charlie.
♪
Ah.
♪
"And his
bones""cracked black
and his face turned to soup."
Charlie's death ushered in
one of the darkest
eras in our lives.
The oh-so-delicate balance
of our oh-so-delicate
household was shattered.
The fantasy of happiness burst.
Claudia was
A Band-Aid for a
shitty marriage?
♪
I was going to say
♪
Something else.
♪
But, yes
that's almost certainly
what she felt like.
♪
[Pen scraping]
Lestat: And what
should I have done?
Tucked him into the
coffin with her?
She was already broken-hearted,
and you burned her
first boyfriend.
She's the one who
killed him.[Door slams]
Claudia: It's funnier
when they fight in French.
And, diary, you'd think
a girl whose mama died in
childbirth[Crying, laughing]
whose daddy gave her
away to a mean old auntie
who beat her 'cause no
one said she couldn't,
who died in a fire
but came back by the
blood magic of two demons,
well, you'd think that girl
wouldn't know what funny was.
But you'd be wrong, diary.
And if I told you, dumb diary,
that that same girl was
being raised to kill
like her demon parents did,
to take two souls a day
so she could stay in
the same flat-chested,
hairless-crotched
14-year-old baby doll body
as her mind and spirit
turn 19, 20, 25,
63, 358, you dumb, dumb diary,
I bet you'd say to anyone
who'd listen, "Fun? Fun?
How does she even get
up in the morning?"
Well, let me tell you
something, you stuck-up,
flower-covered, three-dollar
fancy fucking paper diary,
I'm doin' just fine.
And how do I know that?
'Cause the first man I
killed called me the devil,
and the last boy I killed,
the last boy I'll ever
love in this world,
called me an angel.
[Breathes sharply]
So, that means I'm
on the right path.
And that means there's so much
more fun out there to have.
I'm just getting started.
[Skin sizzling][Groans, grunts]
[Sizzling continues]
♪
[Screams]
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
Anderson: Every single
one of those corpses
had some soft part
of it lopped off.
You wanted her, you fix her!
♪
Deputy #1: Deputy Habersham!
What is it?
"Dear Diary."
There are four pages torn out.
Grace: This is
how it has to be,
for me.
Lestat: You are a mistake.
♪
♪
You are getting access
to very precious items
from the archives.
An alternative perspective on
the years of your interest.
Episode four
"The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood
With All a Child's Demanding."
Claudia and her diaries.
There's so much beautiful
prose in Anne's work,
and we wanted to
figure out a way
to get some of
that into the show,
so we thought it was a very
interesting way to be able to
get into the interior
life of Claudia.
That was the quickest,
easiest, dirtiest way.
Claudia: I closed my eyes and
waited for the fire to take me too.
That's when the
Black angel came.
I think the room was
very, very excited
to try to switch point of views
and really be the story of the
young girl and let her own it,
so the voice-over changes,
and the perspective changes.
All these half-hour comedies
have a great way of doing it.
They have these fake
documentaries where they can
turn to the camera and tell
you exactly how you're feeling.
That's our equivalent here.
And then I tasted it,
and right away I felt
strong as a streetcar.
[Gasping]
Enough!
I think she's just
trying to figure it out.
"I can leap and I can
kill and I got power."
No! Don't!
Jones: In the novel,
she is without a doubt
the most vampire
out of both of them.
She's a pretty dark killer.
What would it be like to be
trapped in the chemical stew
of puberty for your
entire existence?
Must every night end like this?
Y'all get tired 'fore I do.
Why does she talk to the book?
"I got desires, and I'm
a little out of control,
and I love writing
in my journal."
In our Claudia, I think there's
something precocious about her,
but there's also something
that has been sheltered.
There is a lack of wisdom
and world experience
that goes there that makes
it a very toxic and volcanic
and potentially explosive little
suitcase bomb of a vampire.
You gonna stand there
watching, little girl?
[Screams]
We are looking at the
portrait of the troubled teen.
The idea of a sexual awakening
in the midst of this,
unfortunately, in the
confines of our story,
your first date becomes
your first homicide.
Here comes Charlie.
Think about your
first love, everybody.
And then you ate that person.
You're an angel.
It's pretty pretty rough.
Charlie?
Yeah, that would screw you up
going forward a little bit.
She cannot process
what has happened,
and, like any teen,
just grabs onto all of the
grand operatic drama of it all.
Turn him.
I can't.
You can't?
She's about to act out
like every teen gone wild,
and is gonna start
by harming herself
in a very particular way only
a young vampire could do.
♪
[Screaming]
♪
admitted performance.
This is the premise
of our interview.
♪
A sacrifice is made when
the dark gift is shared.
You can't read my mind anymore?
Florence: You're not
welcome in this home!
[ Children screaming ]
There he is.
[ Gunshots ]
What are you?! I'm a vampire.
[ Screams ]
I could not save the Storyville,
but I could save her.
♪
♪
♪
[Car horn honks,
indistinct chatter]
Daniel: Dubai.[Footsteps]
[Indistinct chatter]
I can't tell you that.
♪
Can't tell you that either.
♪
No.
♪
No. Yeah.
Yeah, look, i-it's
not an article,
it's a book.
I mean, we can do a chapter
in Vanity Fair, but
I-I know it's been 10 years.
I haven't forgotten
what a book is.
This is This is a book.
A-All right? Look, um
Yeah, I gotta call you back.
I'll call you back.
Good morning.
I hope you've passed
a comfortable night.
I never pass a
comfortable night.
You were scheduled to have
your levodopa transfusion
this week. Been
tapping my phone?
Mr. De Pointe du Lac
has arranged a physician
to administer it here tomorrow.
[Sighs]
Well, I'll take care
of it on my own.
Your doctor in New York was
consulted and has given consent.
You'll find a note from him
in your electronic mailbox.
Where's Louis?
Mr. De Point du Lac
will be resting today.
Would you follow me
to the reading room?
[Car horn honks in distance]
[Footsteps echo]
Daniel: Quite the house plant.
Well, the interior designer
hired was a sentimentalist.
Some notion of hers,
he was[Sighs]
missing the natural world.
You are getting access
to[Latch clicks]
very precious items
from the archives,
an alternative perspective on
the years of your interest.
Please, wear these when
handling the materials.
We suggest you
begin on the left.
♪
♪
♪
"The P.O.Ws are malnourished,
nothing but bone and sinew.
Their blood is bitter.
It almost makes you
feel sick to drink it."
♪
Wow.
♪
[Breathes deeply]
♪
Claudia: Auntie
told me to stay put
and keep away from the
door. [People screaming]
I tried to be good and
stay right where I was.
But when Auntie came back, she
got stuck on the other side
and brought the
fire back with her.
[Screaming continues]
I closed my eyes and waited
for the fire to take me, too.
I just prayed it
wouldn't hurt too bad.
[Door thuds][Gasps]
That's when the
Black angel came.
[Grunts]
He was beautiful
and strong and fast,
and he carried me like
I was made of feathers.
Help me!
Gimme some water!
[Breathes heavily]
The Black angel took
me to a fine house
[Groans, breathes heavily]
with gold ceilings,
like the ones in
the picture houses.
And that's when I guessed
I was in Heaven.[Groaning]
So, I waited for the pain to
go away and my mama to join me.
But she didn't come,
and the pain got worse.
[Screams]
The Black angel was crying.
She goin' cold. What do we do?
Lestat: Nothing. We do nothing.
And I remember thinking
She's dying. "Why would an angel
cry in Heaven?"More
human entanglement.
And then, I saw the white angel.
Drain her.
She's only a
kid.[Speaking French]
No, please.
Please!
I don't know where to bite.
Her body's all charred.
You know you can do this.
And she'll be what? A lap dog?
No, not not a dog.
[Breathing heavily]
A daughter. I-I-I don't know.
You were ready to
abandon our home.
Now you want a third.
I-I just need her not to die.
Please.
Claudia: [Strained breathing]
Please.
♪
[Strained breathing]
[Footsteps]
[Strained breathing]
♪
The white angel, he bit me,
right in the neck,
and I thought,
"What a strange thing
for an angel to do."
[Crying][Blood squelches]
[Clears throat]
♪
[Breathes heavily]
♪
[Skin tears]
♪
And then, I tasted it.
And right away, I felt
strong as a street car.
[Gulping]
[Groans lightly]
[Gulping continues]
[Breathes heavily]
Enough!
[Sighs] And I realized,
what I thought was Heaven
was just some nice room.
And what I thought were angels
were really hell demons.
But seeing as Mama
died, and Auntie,
she was burnt up too,
I decided to make
the best of it.
You got some of
your own I can have?
[Chuckles]
Y-You want more?
[Breathing heavily]
Right away, I had
a lot of questions.
So, this is my new house?
It is if you want it to be.
♪
[Gasps] This is my fountain?
That's my
What is that?
Well, that's the incinerator
where we burn the
We'll get to that soon enough.
So where'd you find me?
At my old house?
I heard your cry for help.
We We can hear
people's thoughts.
[Chuckling] What? Mm-hmm.
It's true.
Prove it. What am
I thinking now?
Well, I can't.
I'm your maker.
You're wonderin' if your nails
will be like that forever,
and the answer is yes.
It's a special trick,
only folks like us have,
like the nails and the teeth.
So, you can hear
me, but he can't?
That make him the
dumb one?[Laughs]
[Laughs] What's funny?
If he makes you, he can't
hear your thoughts anymore.
Somethin' about the
sacrifice of creation.
Did he make you, too?
He did. What's she saying?
He has to rely on my
words to understand me,
just like a human.
I'm not human no more, am I?
No, you're a vampire.
Well, I can see
where this is going.
Bonjour. [Gasps]
How'd you do that?
Well, you'll do it too, in
time, my little milkweed.
I'll teach you, just
like I taught Louis here.
But not if we're going
to have family secrets.
♪
We're a family?
Yeah, but with no secrets.
All right.
So, what's that for?
That's where we burn bodies.
Why do we burn bodies?
♪
Claudia: Uncle Les and
Daddy Louis were rich.
♪
They had nice clothes
and a nice auto carriage
and a funny way of being
nice to each other.
♪
So, I'm supposed to kill him?
You don't have to.
There's always the
birds and the beasts.
Or you can endeavor
on an experience
that feels like eating syrup
while riding on the wind.
♪
I'm not sure how I feel
about that pleated skirt.
It's chiffon. It has movement.
Hmm.
♪
Looks like she takes after me.
Tremendous.
Fortifying myself for an
evening of swan hunting.
Back in the car, Claudia.
Claudia. Claudia!
Claudia!
Claudia! Hey, no, no.
Get back here, missy.
Claudia: [Humming]
Young girl, where are
your parents at this hour?
[Humming continues]
I asked you a
question, young lady.
I said, where are your parents?
[Humming continues]
Claudia! No!
Don't! [Hisses]
Not a cop!
[Groaning] You're not a girl.
You're a devil.
[Groans]
[Body thuds]
♪
You have to stop
while they're alive.
♪
Who was it that she takes after?
Hm.
You ain't a girl.
You a devil.
♪
Confusion, regret, euphoria.
You gon' wake up
feeling a lot of things.
A little guilt, a bad taste
in your mouth from the cop,
which again, you
should never choose.
Claudia.
I'm sorry.
What did I just say?
Don't eat cops.
You gotta listen to your
elders when they're talkin'.
You're new to this
I'm hungry. Hungry?
You just ate a man
twice your size.
You can't possibly be
An ominous observation.
Her young lady metabolism
is permanent now.
[Sighs]
I'm so hungry.
I think I'm gon' die.
Is that how vampires die?
From starvation?
You don't want to engorge
yourself, ma petite.
More tomorrow, okay?
Please.
Histrionics.
Some sleep is what she
needs.[Footsteps, door opens]
Sedation is what she needs.
She'll settle.[Clattering]
Man: No! Don't, don't,
don't! Claudia: [Shouts]
[Clattering]Claudia.
Claudia! [Sighs]
♪
Claudia: You suck
'em like frog legs
and burn 'em like trash.
And the things I used to eat,
I don't like so much anymore.
Louis: Claudia!
Come on up to bed. Coming!
It's bedtime.[Laughs]
What comes out of humans,
it's just so much sweeter.
[Humming]
Me and Uncle Les have
a nickname for it
"kill juice".
[Metal scrapes, clicks]
[Gasps]
♪
Claudia!
[Groans] Comin'!
Geez Louise, mercy
please.[Metal scrapes, clicks]
I gotta go to bed when the
rest of the world wakes up,
so there's less kids
to play with[Gasps]
but I found ways
to fun it up some.
Lestat: Have you
seen my slippers?
Under the chair by the window.
Must every night end like this?
Y'all get tired 'fore I do.
Why does she talk to the book?
Louis: The sun comes
up, we go down.
That's never gonna change.
We've got rules, Lil Miss.
Rules are for fools, Daddy Lou.
Keeping you safe, little waif.
She talked to the book again.
Why do you talk to the book?
The book is my friend.
The book is her friend.
The book is a book.
Good night.
Night. Night!
[Pen scraping]
Lestat: Put the
pen down, Claudia.
Claudia: Uncle Les,
I got a question.
If you made me and
you made Louis,
who made you?
[Creaking]
When I'm tired, I'm not so kind.
And where are all
the vampires at?
[Conversing in French]
Uh-oh. They speakin' French.
They gon' fight
now. [Chuckles]
Fighting sounds funny in French.
[Chuckles]
[Creaking]
♪
Climb in, ma cherie, best
see if it's a good fit.
Ooh! [Chuckles]
Undertaker: Good
evening, sirs.
A loss in the family?
[Gasps]
Nah.
A heart condition.
Yeah, she gon' pass r-real soon.
♪
[Sighs] Poor child.
Can't nothin' be done?
We tryna accustom her
to the thought of
[breathes deeply]
going home to God.
I-I-I could take
her measurements
so as not to distress her any
further than she already is.
♪
It's so soft!
[Giggles]
Somethin' Somethin'
ain't right here.
[Sighs]
I love it, Daddy Lou. I
think you two gentlemen
Can I get this one,
please?ought to leave
[Blood squelches]Please? Can I?
[Screams, groans][Body thuds]
[Pen scraping]
A girl vampire
needs her own space
if she's gonna find herself
in this no-day world.
And, diary, you
can already tell,
the words come easier when
you're locked in tight,
wrapped in pink satin
and Daddy Lou's feet
ain't in your face.
It's just me, my pen,
my brain, my heart,
and the blood of the
street car conductor
I drained after he got off work.
Thank you, street car driver.
I hope they got more
of you at your company
to fill in for you.
It's never great
waiting for the car,
especially when the
weather gets hot.
[Wood creaks, scraping stops]
♪
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
[Footsteps]
[Sighs]
Don't you shush me.
I missed you. Hm.
You missed me?
[Chuckles]
[Indistinct whispering]
Mm. [Kisses]
♪
[Crickets chirping]
♪
[Water splashes]
♪
Uncle Les got secrets.
How you figure?
He don't give good
answers to questions,
sits on the truth like it's
his chair or somethin'.
♪
I thought we weren't
supposed to keep secrets.
[Chirping continues]
Les got a few years on us.
♪
Sometimes, old people don't like
talkin' much about the past.
♪
Sometimes, you gotta be careful
where you dig, you understand?
I guess.
[Chirping continues, lid turns]
♪
[Firefly buzzes]
[Chuckles]
How does it work,
love between two men?
[Water splashes]
It works like[Oar thuds]
[Chirping continues]
I don't know.
Works like love.
You ever liked girls?
I used to.
Uh, I used to pretend to.
Can't say I do anymore.
Uncle Les does, sometimes.
Is that what he's up to
when he goes out alone?
[Sighs] Nah, he is, um
[Chirping continues]
Sometimes, his kills
get What's the word?
[Clicks tongue]
Extravagant.
And I don't like seeing it.
Mm. [Sniffs]
[Blood squelching]
[Groans] I don't
know how you do that.
You can't like
the taste.[Grunts]
[Water splashes]I try to.
And, Claudia, it It's
not just what you eat.
You can kill quick and painless,
or you can get extravagant.
There've been times I gone
a little too far myself.
[Chirping continues]
Some killing has consequence.
The fire in your house
was a consequence.
It came about 'cause
of one of my kills.
I-I used to get a little
caught up in human affairs.
Then what?
Then you.
[Chuckles] [Chuckles]
[Chirping continues]
[Chuckles] Got one.
[Man singing in native language]
♪
[Sighs]
♪
Rashid: [Praying indistinctly]
♪
[Praying continues]
[Footsteps]
♪
[Speaking Arabic]
I thought Louis was your god.
How does Muhammad
feel about vampires?
Is it Ashura every day
here in the penthouse?
Do you have what you
need, Mr. Molloy?
A cure for Parkinson's?
How is your reading
coming along?
For a killing machine,
I kinda like her.
♪
I interrupted.
You were praying.
Asr namozi.
"Asr namozi."
What is that?
That's not Arabic.
What is it, Kazak?
Somewhere in the Crimea?
♪
You're not from Dubai.
I thought you were a native.
Dubai is a child, Mr. Molloy.
No one's a native.
Hmm.
♪
[Keyboard clacks]
♪
[Keyboard clacking]
♪
♪
[Pages flap]
♪
[Singing ends]
[Light jazz music plays]
♪
[Pen scrapes]Claudia:
Dear new diary
Nice to meet you.
What adventures we will have.
You've joined a happy home,
even if we're an odd one.
I have my own room
now, which is good,
'cause Daddy Lou
can be smotherin',
just as Uncle Les
can get crotchety.
And, well, sometimes a door
can be your best friend.
You have to knock first!
Out! Out!
Out! [Thud]
-Happy birthday to you
-Happy birthday to you
♪
[Laughs]
Still, you wouldn't
believe how time flies
when there's people to
eat and money to spend.
This was given to me by a
marquis who was beheaded
by a mob 10 years after
he gave it to me. Oh!
I love it. Oh!
How old are you
again, Uncle Les?
Louis: Hundred and sixty 159.
♪
Daddy Lou, when am I gonna
grow into this, though?
We We'll find
one in your size.
Kill, spend.
Kill, spend.
Then the next thing you
know, the leaves are turnin'.
Of course, Daddy and Uncle
have problems, plenty of 'em,
but they figure 'em
out quick most times.
And when they can't, I
can always get in between
and make it right.[Claudia
and Louis chuckling]
Woman: Stop.
Louis: Stop laughin'.
Claudia: [Chuckles] Shh.
We do like mortals do.[Laughs]
We fight, we eat
Woman: Hush, now.
[Laughter]
we laugh
- Oh.
- Oh, there.
We sleep, we love.
[Laughter]
Aah! [Laughs]
Louis: I prefer you like that.
[Laughter][Telephone rings]
[Gasps]
[Laughter]
And then the phone
rang last night,
and all the easy times stopped.
Hello?[Laughs, gasps]
Say again.
[Indistinct chatter]
- Oh. I'll take one. Oh.
- And for you?
- Thank you, dear.
- Yes.
I'd never been to a wake.
Hadn't even known
Daddy Lou was Catholic.
I didn't know he had a
mama till he lost her.
♪
Hello, sweetie.
Everything all right?
Never seen a dead
one look so peaceful.
♪
You know what her
last words were?
Grace: Who are you
here with, honey?
My dad and uncle.
Who are you?
This your Aunt Grace
and her husband Levi.
♪
How 'bout you go to your uncle?
He could use someone to talk to.
♪
You have a kid?
The girl is an
orphan, adopted her
off of Liberty Street,
did right by it.
Do you think you and her uncle
are the right people
to adopt an orphan?
Maybe don't bring them
to the funeral tomorrow.
Not sure I'm gonna
be able to ma
To make it?
Heard that plenty.
Your nieces and
nephews' christenings,
Grace's 30th. Watch
yourself, Levi.
We need to talk about the house.
[Scoffs]
Over the cold body of our mama.
♪
Was wonderin' why I got
an invite this time.
You don't need it.
♪
You haven't needed it for years.
Well, good we've got
each other's backs.
Make you proud, you hear?
We can pay you in installments.
You and your white daddy are
doing fine in the Quarter.
We can't pay you
what it's worth,
and you don't need the money.
♪
You forget what I did
to that door, Grace?
[Footsteps approach]
You should measure yourself.
Claudia has expressed an
interest in going home.
It is late for y'all
The smell is awful.
Hmm. Wakes were invented
in places where it snows.
♪
[Smooches]
♪
I'll have the papers drawn up.
♪
Daddy Lou said I had been
away from people too long.
I didn't know how to
behave right anymore.
But Uncle Les said,
I behaved just fine.
[Swears in French]
Just steer, steer.
Ugh! But we're immortal!
Well, you can still smash
your pretty little head
and then take long,
dull months to recover.
Eyes on the road.[Thud,
animal cries]
[Chuckles] There ain't no doubt
Daddy Lou is my favorite.
Pull over. Right.
But sometimes, Uncle Les
and I have a lot in common.
[Engine shuts off]
Now, here's a treat I
think you're ready for.
This is what the meat
calls a "lover's lane",
and by my estimation,
no blood is sweeter.
♪
Young people,
swollen with passion,
denied spirits by this
senseless prohibition,
park along this lonely
stretch to contemplate
that most mysterious of
mathematical equations
How one plus one
[Groaning][Metal creaking]
becomes one.
They come out here to do math?
You've been too sheltered,
my belladonnic beauty.
[Crickets chirping]
Yours.
Mine.
[Groaning]
Young, strong, and
likely to fight back.
You must be most ferocious, hmm?
Mm-hmm.[Car doors open, shut]
[Moans]
Mmm, that's nice.
Where'd you learn that?
The kissin' or the down below?
[Chuckles]
[Smooching]
[Moans]
That's nice.
[Breathing heavily]
[Moaning]
♪
Jesus, Mary![Grunts]
What? Oh.
You gonna stand there
watchin', little girl?
Where's your momma?
She just crawl out of
the swamp or somethin'?
[Giggles] Oh!
[Screams][Blood squelches]
[Muffled screaming][Screaming]
[Screaming]
There's something back
there, something evil.
Ah, yes.
She's with me.
[Screams]
[Blood squelches]
♪
[Gasps]
[Vehicle rocking]
Uncle Les says I
gotta practice killin'
both the one and the plus
one at the same time,
but I came away understanding
something else tonight.
Louis: You took her where?
Lestat: She's a
prodigious killer.
Why you'd want to limit her
is beyond comprehension.
[Feet stomp, door slams]
I can't quite put it into words,
but it's like somethin' opened
up in my head, in my body.
I've been 18 for
seven months now,
and it's time I
started actin' like it.
♪
Well, look at you.
I don't recall
buying that outfit
I jumped a girl in
between speakeasies.
I wear it better, though.
Don't do something he would do.
I'm gon' tell Uncle Les
you talkin' to me this way.
Happy hunting.
♪
[Door closes]
♪
[Man speaking indistinctly]
[Indistinct chatter]
♪
[Indistinct chatter]
Woman: Hey, I think you're drinking
too much of that moonshine.
[Man speaking indistinctly]
Thank you, sir.
[Car horn honks]
Girl #1: Isn't he so cute?
Oh, my He's so handsome.
Girl #2: He's
adorable. [Chuckles]
Look who fell into
her momma's closet.
♪
Darkie playing
dress-up in the dark.
[Laughter]
♪
Man: Hey, easy.
Watch it. Easy.[Horse whinnies]
Whoa.
Stop it. What's
gotten into you?
[Horse whinnies]
Calm down, Bella.
You all right?[Breathing
heavily]
You look a little sick there.
Sorry about my horse, miss.
♪
I'm sorry.
I got so scared,
I almost fainted.
I thought the flowers
might bring me back a bit.
Well, I'm glad you're back.
♪
[Pen scraping] Diary,
his name is Charlie.
He's got veins like rivers.
They flow right down his arms.
Doin' a'ight back there?
I'm good. [Chuckles]
I just wanted to say
thank you for Mm-hmm.
For driving me home,
for jumping in front
of me like that.
[Chuckles]
Well, I had to make sure
you wouldn't faint again.
I tell you, I don't
I don't know what
spooked old Jonesy, here.
You said 1132 Rue Royale?
I wanna know what
his laugh sounds like
when it's all the way.
Drive by that house
almost every night,
takin' Mr. Sloane home.
Never imagined a colored family
lived in one of them houses.
I wanna know how tight he
holds you when he dances.
Yeah, I'm surprised your fancy
parents let you out at night.
They know I can take
care of myself. Whoa!
[Horse neighs]You almost
got trampled by a horse.
I wanna know what his
tongue tastes like.
I've lost my appetite.
I can't sleep[Sighs]
which is borin' as all get out
when you're stuck in a coffin,
waiting for the big
hand to hit nine
[Bell dings] and
the little hand
to hit three.
Ahh![Laughs]
Louis: No runnin'
in the house!
[Humming]Lestat: What did we say
about skipping?[Sighs]
♪
Ooh!
I'm not gon' say
it again, missy.
[Humming]
[Sighs]
[Hoofbeats]
♪
Look up. Look up.
♪
If he looks up, he likes you.
If he doesn't
[Hoofbeats continue]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Chuckles]
♪
[Thud][Gasps]
[Giggles]
[Indistinct chatter]
No running, young lady.[Laughs]
I met Victor once
♪
[Gasps]
♪
[Laughs]
Well, hello there again, diary.
I finally got a few
secrets of my own.
Louis: Who's Charlie? [Gasps]
♪
Claudia, are you blockin' me?
♪
This is your father speaking.
♪
[Indistinct chatter]
♪
Do you not like it?
No, I-I love it.
I'm just tryna make it last.
♪
I guess you're probably
used to having ice cream
anytime you want.
No. [Chuckles]
I promise.
I never have it.
♪
So, is this what you
always do for a first date?
Take a girl out
for some ice cream?
Whoa, whoa, Claudia,
this isn't
What?
A boy sends flowers, asks
a girl to go somewhere fun.
[Sighs] I You're
a cutie, but
I'm what?
Young.
I'm 19. [Scoffs]
No way you're older
than me, Claudia.
Everyone in my family
looks young for their age.
♪
You live round here?
♪
I used to, too.
I remember there
used to be a toy shop
a few doors down by there.
They used to keep stray cats
in boxes for people to take.
That shop must have closed
down when you were but a baby.
♪
I wasn't a baby.
♪
Claudia: [Chuckles]
[Moans]
Charlie: [Moans][Horse grunts]
♪
[Moans]
Mmm. [Chuckles]
[Horse whinnies]
[Chuckles] [Chuckles]
♪
[Moans]
♪
Wait, wait, wait,
wait. Wait for me.
I'm tired of waiting.
Claudia. Yeah?
You're real forward. What?
It's making me
Kiss you a little longer?
♪
[Heartbeat]
Claudia, you don't
even look like a girl.
[Heartbeat continues]
[Horse neighs]
You're an angel.
[Horse neighs]
[Heartbeat continues]
[Grunts]
[Horse whinnies]
[Breathes heavily]
[Blood squelches]
[Grunts][Horse whinnies]
[Exhales sharply] [Moaning]
[Horse whinnying]
[Moaning continues]
[Whinnying continues]
[Moaning continues]
♪
[Breathes heavily][Thud]
I feel loose.
[Horse grunts]
Charlie?
[Horse whinnies]
♪
Charlie?[Horse neighs]
[Cries]
Charlie?
[Horse neighs][Thud]
[Sobbing] Charlie?
♪
I was and he And
I bit him, and now he
It's easy to get carried away
when you're young and in love.
♪
Please, save him.
Turn him.
I can't.
You can.
You did it to me.
♪
[Thud]He's dead.
You didn't half-kill him,
you killed him completely.
Lestat.
Just try, please.
You drained him dry.
Now, go on, clean
up after yourself.
[Sobbing]
♪
[Gasps]
Stop squirming
and watch.[Crying]
♪
Remember this, his
face as it melts.
♪
This is why we never
get close to mortals.
[Crying continues]
Because sooner or
later, they end up dead.
[Crying continues]Louis:
It'll be all right.
It'll pass. You got us.
I don't want you.
♪
Vivid writer, isn't she?
A singular style.
Anne Frank meets Stephen King.
Session four, Louis
De Pointe du Lac,
and the child vampire, Claudia.
So, it begs the question,
where were all these
diaries in 1973?
Scattered.
One in New Orleans,
another in Paris.
Bullshit.
Claudia was
everything.
♪
I loved her unconditionally.
All the noise, the chaos,
the crisis of my former
existence, silenced.
♪
The simple joy of
her hand in mine.
You had a daughter.
I had a daughter.
I've got two.
The love is kind of
♪
And if you were to come across
their diaries and learn,
in detail, how and
when you failed them,
would you share those failures
with a brash young reporter
you met at Polynesian Mary's?
[Chuckles]
It's funny.
I've been dreaming
about old Mary's
ever since you
sent me the tapes.
♪
Where have you reached?
1923-ish.
Her date with Charlie.
♪
Ah.
♪
"And his
bones""cracked black
and his face turned to soup."
Charlie's death ushered in
one of the darkest
eras in our lives.
The oh-so-delicate balance
of our oh-so-delicate
household was shattered.
The fantasy of happiness burst.
Claudia was
A Band-Aid for a
shitty marriage?
♪
I was going to say
♪
Something else.
♪
But, yes
that's almost certainly
what she felt like.
♪
[Pen scraping]
Lestat: And what
should I have done?
Tucked him into the
coffin with her?
She was already broken-hearted,
and you burned her
first boyfriend.
She's the one who
killed him.[Door slams]
Claudia: It's funnier
when they fight in French.
And, diary, you'd think
a girl whose mama died in
childbirth[Crying, laughing]
whose daddy gave her
away to a mean old auntie
who beat her 'cause no
one said she couldn't,
who died in a fire
but came back by the
blood magic of two demons,
well, you'd think that girl
wouldn't know what funny was.
But you'd be wrong, diary.
And if I told you, dumb diary,
that that same girl was
being raised to kill
like her demon parents did,
to take two souls a day
so she could stay in
the same flat-chested,
hairless-crotched
14-year-old baby doll body
as her mind and spirit
turn 19, 20, 25,
63, 358, you dumb, dumb diary,
I bet you'd say to anyone
who'd listen, "Fun? Fun?
How does she even get
up in the morning?"
Well, let me tell you
something, you stuck-up,
flower-covered, three-dollar
fancy fucking paper diary,
I'm doin' just fine.
And how do I know that?
'Cause the first man I
killed called me the devil,
and the last boy I killed,
the last boy I'll ever
love in this world,
called me an angel.
[Breathes sharply]
So, that means I'm
on the right path.
And that means there's so much
more fun out there to have.
I'm just getting started.
[Skin sizzling][Groans, grunts]
[Sizzling continues]
♪
[Screams]
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
Anderson: Every single
one of those corpses
had some soft part
of it lopped off.
You wanted her, you fix her!
♪
Deputy #1: Deputy Habersham!
What is it?
"Dear Diary."
There are four pages torn out.
Grace: This is
how it has to be,
for me.
Lestat: You are a mistake.
♪
♪
You are getting access
to very precious items
from the archives.
An alternative perspective on
the years of your interest.
Episode four
"The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood
With All a Child's Demanding."
Claudia and her diaries.
There's so much beautiful
prose in Anne's work,
and we wanted to
figure out a way
to get some of
that into the show,
so we thought it was a very
interesting way to be able to
get into the interior
life of Claudia.
That was the quickest,
easiest, dirtiest way.
Claudia: I closed my eyes and
waited for the fire to take me too.
That's when the
Black angel came.
I think the room was
very, very excited
to try to switch point of views
and really be the story of the
young girl and let her own it,
so the voice-over changes,
and the perspective changes.
All these half-hour comedies
have a great way of doing it.
They have these fake
documentaries where they can
turn to the camera and tell
you exactly how you're feeling.
That's our equivalent here.
And then I tasted it,
and right away I felt
strong as a streetcar.
[Gasping]
Enough!
I think she's just
trying to figure it out.
"I can leap and I can
kill and I got power."
No! Don't!
Jones: In the novel,
she is without a doubt
the most vampire
out of both of them.
She's a pretty dark killer.
What would it be like to be
trapped in the chemical stew
of puberty for your
entire existence?
Must every night end like this?
Y'all get tired 'fore I do.
Why does she talk to the book?
"I got desires, and I'm
a little out of control,
and I love writing
in my journal."
In our Claudia, I think there's
something precocious about her,
but there's also something
that has been sheltered.
There is a lack of wisdom
and world experience
that goes there that makes
it a very toxic and volcanic
and potentially explosive little
suitcase bomb of a vampire.
You gonna stand there
watching, little girl?
[Screams]
We are looking at the
portrait of the troubled teen.
The idea of a sexual awakening
in the midst of this,
unfortunately, in the
confines of our story,
your first date becomes
your first homicide.
Here comes Charlie.
Think about your
first love, everybody.
And then you ate that person.
You're an angel.
It's pretty pretty rough.
Charlie?
Yeah, that would screw you up
going forward a little bit.
She cannot process
what has happened,
and, like any teen,
just grabs onto all of the
grand operatic drama of it all.
Turn him.
I can't.
You can't?
She's about to act out
like every teen gone wild,
and is gonna start
by harming herself
in a very particular way only
a young vampire could do.
♪
[Screaming]
♪