IWtV Episode 7 Season 2

Episode Art by Immortal Universe

*Moved from Come Into My Parlor to this blog with the original air date for each episode as these posts were made at the time.

So, this is vampire justice...and the Court of Public Opinion is allowed a vote because they think it's a show being put on? I think? Well, except for the soldier with the big mouth whom Lestat confronts. Despite having to amend the charge of murder to attempted murder since the victim himself is present to give testimony, that only covers Louis and Claudia.

But Madeleine? Someone who merely wanted companionship and had endured frighteningly graphic attacks herself? I'm going to have to go back and refresh my memory on the character of Madeleine, because that seems...unjust. Guilt by association. With a child vampire who should not have been made a vampire because she was a child. That would have been on Louis and Lestat, yes?

After all of that, only Louis is spared a vampire death, instead being banished. However, "banishment" meant a morgue, and sharing a coffin completely full of gravel WITH the gravel. That...makes me a bit...dizzy...

But...wait. HOW did this come to pass? How is it Louis is spared at all, allowed banishment while Madeleine, whose only "crime" seemed to be wanting to remain a companion to a child vampire who wasn't supposed to have been made in the first place because she was a child? Instead of joining a coven who made her acquaintance by doing all of this to her? Well, let's ask the guy in the back. Armand.

Somehow, Armand was able to sway the audience, the "Court of Public Opinion", to vote for banishment over death for Louis. Despite the audience having voted for death for Claudia and Madeleine both. What.

Behind the Scenes Episode 7
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Did Lestat make a move to help Claudia? Of course not. Did he make a move to help Madeleine? No. And why not? Good question, but let's just pause there for a moment. It was Armand who intervened for Louis. With Lestat right there, watching the entire thing. Including the end of both Claudia and Madeleine. So, of course we want to see the season finale! HOW to explain this mess, and how, even after the side trip to 1973 San Francisco, Daniel is seated before Louis and Armand again, Armand being the love of Louis' life?