While I love WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, there are a few episodes that donât quite stick the landing. Unfortunately, I think THE CASINO is one of them.
The episode starts strong â I mean, casinos are the best possible place for vampires! Yet somehow, I feel like this episode fell a bit short. Coming off of the excellent GAIL last week, which fully leaned into the satirizing vampire mythos, I was expecting another home run.
The vampires seemed a little too mean, and it wasnât particularly interesting seeing them âwithout their powersâ â I mean, theyâre vampires! While it was sort of funny, it got old, quick. Also, the episode wasnât even that interesting before the power-loss debacle. Nadjaâs bit about knowing The Rat Pack was pushed a little too far (I mean, canât she do the math?), plus Nandorâs Big Band Theory obsession felt a little forced. Thereâs also some randomly shocking gore that feels so out of place, even for a show about blood-sucking creatures of the night.
There are some great bits though, and they all came from Colin Robinson. While I complained a lot above, there are still some great one-liners, and Guillermoâs trip collecting ancestral soil from across the world was fun to watch.
The new episode of WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is available to stream on Hulu.