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The Emmy-winning mockumentary sitcom “What We Do in the Shadows” premieres its sixth and final season Monday, Oct. 21, on FX.
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Harvey Guillén stars in “What We Do in the Shadows”
Cover Story ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ returns for a final fang-filled season By Sarah Passingham Break out the creepy paper, because everyone’s favorite immortal roommates ignore one last spin of the household chore chart as the Emmy-winning mockumentary sitcom “What We Do In the Shadows” nears its end. The show’s sixth and final season premiere airs Monday, Oct. 21, on FX. Vampires Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak, “Cruella,” 2021), Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry, “Toast of London”), Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou, “Stath Lets Flats”), day-walker Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch, “The Office”) and their human familiar-turned-vampire-turned-human friend Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) are back to cause chaos on New York’s Staten Island. There to lend
a hand, as always, is The Guide, portrayed by Kristen Schaal (“The Last Man on Earth”). For five seasons, the vampires and their loyal familiar have learned lessons and changed forms while sharing a decrepit home just across the bay from New York City. Together they have encountered rivals, whether they are supernatural — like the coven of witches who run a Brooklyn shop — or a more human evil, such as the bureaucratic local city council. With so many lifetimes’ worth of lived experiences between them, the roommates always manage to get out of danger alive — or undead — but oftentimes just barely. This season, all of the housemates are questioning the direction of their lives. The vampires reflect on half a century spent not accom-
plishing much after their former roommate reappears after a 50-year-long nap, while Guillermo considers who he is if he isn’t a vampire or a familiar devoted to his master any longer. What is waiting out there for the members of Staten Island’s eeriest household with a new zest for life? In the upcoming episodes, everyone joins the workforce and travels to New Hampshire, the vampires attend a human dinner party, throw a party for the Baron, conjure a demon and more. The “What We Do in the Shadows” gang hit San Diego Comic-Con in July, and writer and executive producer Paul Simms (“English Teacher”) revealed that the upcoming season includes some cameos from “the people that we just loved and thought were super funny,” just as past seasons have.
One of those cameos is Michael Patrick O’Brien, creator of the NBC sitcom “A.P. Bio,” who you may have seen in the 2019 comedy “Booksmart.” O’Brien joins the cast as Jerry, the vampires’ beloved former roommate. While they all remember loving Jerry, they have forgotten over the years that they forgot to wake him in 1976 when he laid down for what was meant to be a quick rest. At the Comic-Con panel, Simms also shared how the creative team behind the show put together the final season. “We wanted to make a really funny season that was not too sentimental or trying to tie up too many loose threads,” Simms said, noting that they tried to avoid a formulaic, tidy ending to the series.
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