What I’m Watching: What We Do in the Shadows (Season Finale)

What We Do in the Shadows: Season 4, Episode 10 “Sunrise, Sunset” (B+)

This episode brought everything full-circle on Baby Colin, with the news broken to him that he was an energy vampire enough to enable him to return to exactly the person he was before Colin died, with no memory of any of what happened this season. That return was quite the shock to Laszlo, who’s surely going to have a tough time adjusting to having lost the son he so desperately wanted to help and couldn’t and is now burdened again with his enthusiasm-draining housemate. Nandor stepping up to try to get through to him before he switched back to being regular Colin was predictably unhelpful, but it was interesting to see him try to take charge and harken back to his days on the battlefield. The Guide revealing that she could bring souls back to life made for a situation that could have been very profitable and effective for the vampire nightclub, but the talks in multiple different languages with podcast sponsorships turned out to be a real bust. I have enjoyed having Kristen Schaal around as the Guide since she does bring her own specific energy to the role, and I hope we’ll get to see more of her. After taking a backseat to other events in this finale, Guillermo’s decision to take all the money to Derek to make him a vampire is a real game-changer, though something tells me it won’t actually happen right away. This has been a fun season, and I’m happy to come back to watch more of this show next year and beyond.

Emmy Catch-Up: Schitt’s Creek

Every year, I watch the six submitted episodes of every series I don’t regularly watch that’s up for one of the Emmy series prizes. This year, I’m getting a jump start to check out the entire season of some of most high-profile shows I didn’t watch when they originally aired.

Schitt’s Creek: Season 6, Episode 10 “Sunrise, Sunset” (B)

It’s clear that calling David a groomzilla would be a colossal understatement, and I assume that Patrick wasn’t present at the tasting because he wanted to leave it to the partner that he knew would care much more than he did. He would probably have realized that Johnny wasn’t too thrilled about the price tag of the extraordinary lavish menu he had selected, but his absence meant that Johnny could only look to Stevie for sympathy as he failed repeatedly to communicate just how over his budget it really was. His enthusiasm for the tenderloin didn’t help since that also prevented him from saying what he really wanted to. It’s nice that, after so much sarcasm and lack of interest from Stevie, she was the one who, after having read his book, suggested that they buy a whole bunch of motels so that they could actually make this enterprise profitable. It’s no surprise that Moira wouldn’t have put together that she was killed off her show in a series of truly humiliating ways, and that it took Alexis drowning in misery and binge-watching the terrible series to open her eyes to it. There were two very notable guest stars both known for plenty of roles, Saul Rubinek from “Hunters” and “Warehouse 13” and Victor Garber from “Legends of Tomorrow” and “Alias.” Both actors, who appeared on the Emmy ballot but didn't get nominated, were a bit over-the-top in their performances here, but it was nice to see familiar faces. Moira’s story of victory wasn’t quite as satisfying given that it didn’t end up happening, but at least she seemed pleased with how it went.