Get your tissues and notebooks out: we're here to heal from the hurt from episode 7 while also being positively SCHOOLED on all things Lestat, Interview with the Vampire, and The Vampire Chronicles at large by Dr. Sam Reid. I hope you've got your fans ready; we're going to vampire church in this one.

Chapter Descriptions:
00:00 Intro
01:19 Dr. Sam, how do we heal?
02:17 my TDV background
4:05 Light Fare: Pearl Jam Karaoke
05:28 Light Fare: Hair & Identity Crises
08:06 The Lestat Map for season 2 and who is he playing this episode
11:41 "come to me" scene discussion
16:36 "Lestat is here to f*%$ with everyone"
17:42 Rehearsing the play with Ben and Emma
18:55 Reunited with Emma Freeman & he "mega-block" shooting style for the trial
22:52 What was most challenging for Sam in shooting this episode
23:52 This IS Lester's world [the TDV]
24:52 Lestat & vanity
26:27 Confronting Corporal Donny Chaffin and shame
27:29 Lestat's apology to Louis & his internal battle with his monstrousness
30:07 What is Lestat's goal in coming to the trial?
32:26 Lestat's backstory and how his life STARTS when he becomes a vampire
34:15 Loustat me and the beauty of their violence and hatred
37:51 Why Lestat needs toxic male rage for Akasha storyline to work (QotD mention; we're ALL FINE!!!)
39:24 Lestat was originally scripted to tell Louis about The Sacred Fount
42:29 Claudia's transformation & Nicki parallels for Lestat
46:17 Claudia haunting Lestat??
47:06 Memnoch (!!!!) & how evil Lestat must feel he has become to get there
48:50 Louis & Lestat each needing to teach the other how to embrace their vampiredom and humanity
50:17 Lestat & Claudia during the trial
51:48 Lestat & Claudia before the trial// the failure of Lestat's parenting
54:04 What could have been between Lestat and Claudia
58:22 Doing an adaptation, making changes from the book, & KEEPING LOUIS AROUND (so stop saying he's going away guys; we can breathe)
1:00:48 Louis, Lestat, & Gabrielle
1:01:21 Words of encouragement and praise for episode 8
1:03:05 Shot thru the Heart
1:04:09 Finish the lyric "come to me..." & the conception of the remix
1:05:42 The only time Sam added a line in the show


Music:
"Madeleine" by Daniel Hart
"Parisian" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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