The second chess game (2:29) seems to foreshadow how Claudia defeats Lestat in real life, with many parallels: (1) Claudia was attacking and tried to lure Lestat into capturing her bishop. But he didn’t take the bait, saying, “One bishop can be captured, but... I see the trap.” The bishop represents the poisoned twin whom Lestat avoided drinking from. (2) Lestat was on the defensive but was still confident when he said, “Rook protects the king, and your queen has been neutralized.” This refers to Antoinette protecting Lestat and neutralizing Claudia. (3) When Lestat realised he was losing, he muttered, “Queen on one side, rook on the other.” This points to Claudia and Louis teaming up to beat him. (4) Although Claudia had reached a winning position, she refused to finish him off with a checkmate. This resembles how she and Louis failed to actually kill Lestat when he was helpless.
This was my favorite part in the story. When Lestate realized Claudia had become a worthy opponent in Chess and in life. Watching Lestate go off because Claudia refused to finish the game was amazing. He taught her well.
When Lestat yelled, "Finish the game!" at 6:09, I think he knew that Claudia was more calculating and cunning than before and that he should not underestimate her.
Lestat has fear of abandonment and even their miserable exchanges give him something to live for. Claudia exploited this by abandoning the game, sending him into a rage. Similar to how fear of being abandoned by Louis sent him into a violent rage in Ep 5.
Best adaptation? Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
I just watched this episode earlier and I was AMAZED!!! This scene is incredible! Man, Lestat is terrified of Claudia, that is why he gets so angry. He realized she bested him AND he never saw it coming. He thought he was five steps ahead (like always), but Claudia was ten steps ahead of him. Claudia has truly figured him out, and she sees all his weaknesses. That is why Lestat can't stand her. He is terrified of her because she is one of the only people who has ever been able to see through all of his bullshit, and he knows it.
Not exactly, by that time Antoinette was probably listening to claudia and Louis conversation, he got distracted when Claudia said to Louis " you will enjoy killing lestat", then got mad 💢. After watching this clip a 100 time , during the second game lestat respond to the game was directed at the conversation between Louis and Claudia.
@@merlyinyt5700 i do still think they can talk through telepathy, cause Lestat and loius also did it after loius became a vampire, i think he can't read their mind only
I adore these scenes. Claudia is just so fantastic in these scenes with how she interacts with both Lestat and Louis. Her character development from episode 4 to here has been so good 🙌🏽
" Of course who doesn't know who won the Paris Championship of "78", my momma taught me that before I started crawlin" 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂....Love banter like this
@@mightymulatto3000 She wasnt. She didnt know who was the champion she was just being sarcastic to grate on Lestat nerves. Lestat and Claudia were like this.
@@prettynerd4779 The urban legends go that mulatress girls would be sent to school in France and would return women of culture. Given she grew up in a brothel it's not out of the realm of possibility she'd be groomed to provide companionship to males, an artist, conversationalist and provide other "services".
So Louis is like the mother and Lestat is like the father figure. This is actually pretty good. They call him Louis not Louie like they did in 1994 Interview With A Vampire and Claudia wasn't a brat that they made her out to be in Neil Jordan's Interview With A Vampire. 2022 Interview With A Vampire is far better and deeper and connects with the characters. Claudia is much more challenging to Lestat than she is with Louis. Father Mother Daughter realtionship... Chaotic family****
@@satinsolstice Lestat’s father was very abusive both physically and verbally. Lestat absolutely loathed him. He ended up leaving home…lots of things happened, being turned into a vampire…more things happened, coming to NOLA and taking care of his father who was blind by that point. You really should read Interview with The Vampire and/or The Vampire Lestat. I love reading, but I understand not everyone has the patience for it. I believe the audiobooks are on RUclips (the unabridged versions) maybe check those out. Just don’t let them taint your enjoyment of the tv show. We book readers are getting a bad rep…not all of us are unhappy with the tv show. The OP made a great analysis of the chess match between Lestat and Claudia.
“My sister disappointment” - 😂🤣😆😅 Lestat wants to choke the breathe out of Claudia and she wants to watch him burn in the incinerator…their hate is palpable & intoxicating😘 Poor Louis just wants to die😩😂
The chess game on the board is actually a real one, it’s called “The Polish Immortal” played in 1927 - you can find an analysis of it on RUclips. The interesting thing is that Lestat’s King is already in checkmate, Claudia does not have to (nor can she according to chess rules) make any more moves. So it is an intriguing choice by the writers to make Lestat tell her to finish the game. It might mean that Lestat has already lost (and not only the game) without realising it or that maybe that it is not enough to checkmate the King (in chess you do not actually capture the King and take it off the board like other pieces, the game ends when the King is under attack, but has no moves to escape - just like Lestat at the end), but rather that you have to “kill” it - which could be the pawn move (taking the King) that Lestat says her to take at the end of the game, even though it’s unnecessary to do so according to chess rules. Either way, fantastic foreshadowing, since he was outsmarted and defeated, but not killed (the illegal move pawn takes King was never made/Claudia did not kill Lestat)- the King even though defeated, was not killed and stayed on the board, and even though in a coffin in a landfill - still alive.
This whole scene is a master class in writing. That probably why the books are some of the best vamp fiction ever made. In this scene we learn Lestats narcissism knows no bounds. Lestat never wanted an equal companion, he wanted subjects that he deemed he was stronger then, smarter then and ones that loved him the most. Thats why he never told or taught louie how to fly. And he never spoke of his maker or had other vamps around, cuz he wanted Louis to stay weak and in the dark. Claudia was supposed to be something like a pet for louis, but he started to love her more then him, and Lestat despised her, yet tolerated her. When she beat him tho, she proved to be his intellectual equal and he wanted her dead from that moment.
That's why Lestat fell into complete disgrace. His narcissism made him underestimate both Louis and Claudia. For him, Louis, was the "beautiful wife", fragile and submissive, and he liked to keep it that way, which is why he denied his knowledge (like flying, for example). Claudia was the lap dog, so Louis could be happy and not abandon him (remembering that HE is emotionally dependent on Louis). What Lestat forgets is that Claudia is very intelligent and harbors a visceral hatred for him and is capable of anything to get revenge on him. And Louis, when alive, was a pimp, and never conditioned himself as the "wife" that Lestat wanted, no matter how passionate and depressed he was. He's a rogue, an intellectual, he's a survivor. And Lestat doesn't know how strong Louis is.
Claudia was always tortured by the devastating reality that she would never change. And she truly began to hate and feel betrayed by those who did this. Especially since Lestat basically used her as a weight to trap Louis.
@elliotalderson240 I really wish I read the books before I seen either. Cuz then I would fully understand what the movie was lacking. At first while watching the series all I did was criticize Criticism like, they made Brad Pitt black and gay now, they made Christian slater character hella old, or they moved the timeline up about 50years. As soon as I stopped with criticism, I noticed the positives far outweighed the negatives. Matter of fact I was completely wrong. The story dosent work without the gay love story. and the fact that Louis is black only adds more depth to the period piece portion of the story. I can go on and on but like I said, I can’t enjoy the movie anymore
@elliotalderson240i don’t know if saved in the right. I never the books so whatever. I get what you saying that he did save her but he also doomed her. He doomed into a life when she is stuck. She never going to grow up and she is going to stuck as a minor forever.
@@dimitriesI still think the movie holds up and I love its atmosphere but the sexual chemistry between Sam and Jacob drives this show and Sam’s magnetism is extraordinary
It annoys me so much that she left bc I was so hooked by her performance. She was so good. Season 2 claudia is a ok but she’s a completely different character.
The scary thing about this is when you realize she planned to kill lestat months before all of this ! Remember she knew Antionette had been watching them since the park bench just b4 she “attempted to leave” which is why when she poisoned lestat she says “you should have left that train leave” so the more frightening question is did she intentionally manipulate lestat into coming after her because she needed Louis to empathize with her and that’s why in the book Armand really wanted to get rid of her she was more cunning than vampires twice her age
This was brilliantly written you have to give the writers so much credit for this series and acting is A1 grade all three of them put so much into these characters and it shows you just can't get enough of it Louie was right Claudia is so much like Lestat and that's what usually happen in a family structure a parent can't get along with one kid because they're too much alike just beautifully written.
The true mistake of turning Claudia so young truly starts manifesting when she gets more focused time with Lestat. She hated him for so long that she wound up absorbing one his worst traits in apathy. Couple that with her desperate connectivity to Louise and you have the makings of a monster. Lestat for all his facade really only ever wished to be loved even if he was quite obsessive and callous about it. Louise can't even love himself half the time but Claudia just wants him to love her. She would rather supplant Lestat than be a healthy alternative.
@elliotalderson240I don't think she was just as possessive as Lestat. She loved Louis sure but she was still very much willing to escape and travel on her own. It was when Lestat robbed her of that freedom that she grew more possessive. In the end Lestat just created more competition for himself
Lestat: keeping Claudia and Louis as prisoners because he can't stand being alone, making threats of violence, rape, and murder, beating the shit out of Louis, Claudia referring to her and Louis as his "slaves", Claudia loving Louis and wanting him to be free, letting him stay with Lestat while she would go to Europe alone... Fans: actually it's Claudia that's the real monster here and only wants Louis as a possession, the guy who had her made because he wanted "something". I am very smart.
@@iburnout4853 I agree. Lestat is physically dangerous, but Claudia is dangerous in a much more sinister way. She watches & she learns all while keeping up the appearance of innocence.
I like this scene because its pretty much just Claudia showing Lestat that she can defeat him (in more than just chess) but then leaving to go to bed. So Lestat knows he lost but Claudia refuses to show who will strike the final blow. This keeps Lestat in uncertainty of what move Claudia will make to finish him off. Nice little detail
Even though I'm a sucker for book accuracy, I actually don't mind that they aged the character of Claudia up a few years. I can't imagine it's easy to find a 10-year-old actress who can convincingly act like they have the mind of an adult, and even if they had found one, I still don't think she'd've given a performance as good as this.
Exactly, plus when they return to filming the following seasons she would look way older. Having Claudia a bit older helps with continuity of the overall series.
I thought film Claudia did a great job, but the other comment was right. It would difficult to film multiple seasons with the actress obviously getting older, so it only works for a film.
It was mainly due to child labor laws in New Orleans so they had to use an adult for the role. But I actually like this teenage version for this interpretation. Now that we know part 2 of IWTV won't be released until very late 23 or early 24, using a kid actor would have not worked out all. Bailey currently being 19 is still growing too.
the final chess scene between Claudia and Lestat was so satisfying, the build up, the music during Claudia and Louis' conversation....and then Claudia's sassiness pissing Lestat off *"goodnight Lestat...goodnight Louis"* lmfaoo
When Lestat got up to continue screaming at Claudia for not finishing the game and Louis got up as if to run after him but simply turned up the radio, reminded me of when my father would get so infuriatingly mad at me and my siblings and we’d get chased by him with a belt! 😂 Wonderful acting on Sam’a part, Wonderful!!
Lestat underestimated Claudia. Lestat is the type to try and become a king, while Claudia is the type to be the power behind the power. She watches & she learns. This scenes shows that she’s no longer the student & that terrifies Lestat. Lestat felt that he needed Claudia & Louis to be dependent on him. He feared them being independent, feared they would want to leave him alone. He should have given them the freedom to grow, & them give him the same. The more he squeezed, the more his family slipped from his grasp (Louis & Claudia aren’t innocent either though).
Because in the book, everyone left him alone Was that was a victim of a Narcissistic parent I’m surprised they haven’t mentioned Gabrielle his mother, yet he already explained in the first episode, how his father Kidnapped him from a monastery, tortured him and beat him because he didn’t want him to become a priest and his brothers helped his father do that the reason why he became a vampire is he ran away and went to Paris. His mother gave him money to do so.
I see Claudia as the ungrateful brat in the whole series... Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
To me, this game was a lesson and a foreshadowing of the future...Lestat always thought of himself as powerful and therefore untouchable like a king, queen, knight, or bishop while pawns were of no real threat to him because in his eyes they could never defeat those with power and so he thought her foolish when she started sacrificing her strongest pieces. Claudia knew Lestat only ever saw her as a pawn in his game to keep Louis from leaving and never saw her as a threat to him or the power he had over Louis after so many years but when she outsmarted him and won the game she proved to him that with time and patience, the pawn can easily overthrow those who think themselves to be forever untouchable and in power. "move the pawn finish the game" He wasn't just upset about losing the game but was also trying to dare her into messing around and finding out.
Claudia was more like Lestat than he was willing to admit. Her hatred for her maker stemmed from the fact that she was turned as a kid and that resentment built up over the years.
It’s so refreshing when a show comes out that is so beautifully written that it makes you forget about all the other crap being shoveled to the masses. I truly got lost in this adaptation and cannot wait for part two.
I love how they continue to talk over each other when arguing none backing down waiting for the other to finish and how Claudia’s face and voice changes when she talks to lestat shows how much she hates him love it
5:55 this is when Lestat saw Claudia as a calculated vampire. When he said finish the game, he was annoyed then became outraged when she would not finish the game.
I love Claudia she’s my favorite vampire great scene between Lestat and Claudia but I really loved episode 7 Claudia in control in the office on the porch at Lestat end she was always in control
Lestat reminds me so much of a narcissistic ex I was once engaged with. He hated when I won an argument just like Lestat does. So, this is my fave scene.
So anyone saying Lestat is overpowered by winning against chessmasters, he never said he did. He only said he played against them, probably crashed the tournaments and lost😂
so cool how it’s foreshadowing to his “death” the end. claudia playing into it and making him feel like he had the upperhand, when in reality she was two steps ahead
Yeah, Bailey’s just an amazing actress overall so I genuinely believe her acting season 2 would have made her character more profound since I didn’t care for her anymore due to the second actress’ portrayal
Can we just take a moment & really absorb the insanity of their love for Louis in direct conflict with their hate for each other. Therefore they “endure for his sake.” Yet it just made every “family” interaction something he would dread.
6:16 and 6:21 capture why Louis finally decides to kill Lestat. Louis isn’t able to defend Claudia from Lestat’s verbal abuse and resorts to turning up the radio. He can’t defend himself because Lestat is stronger. He can’t leave because Lestat won’t let him. He can’t even withhold sex without risking sending Lestat into another rage so even his body is not his own, hence Louis describes his own body as “a vessel of acceptance.” The inevitability that Louis and Claudia discuss applies to the violence as well: Lestat will inevitably lose his temper and batter Louis again, and Louis might not survive it next time.
Lestat has never forced Louis to have sex with him. It sounds quite disgusting. Also I guess you are talking about his rage in ep5? It wasn't about sex as well. Never. The other details we'll know in S2 😊 As Jacob said Louis was angry and actually couldn't recognize his great love at that moment. They made a lot of mistakes but ALL of them.
im SOOOO excited to watch how much claudia realizes that she hates louis just as much as she did lestat, or even more. it isnt until lestat is gone that she starts to transfer the hate to louis. i also LOVE how much the show has played with the audience perception of the events, of course we're watching the story from Louis' perspective and an edited version of Claudia's.... can't WAIT until Daniel gets to read the shitshow that is Europe AND Paris from Claudia' pov...
6:00 yasss bissssh yasssss Claudia is goals. I'm getting my life!!!!! I gotta co worker who acts just like Lestat and when Claudia said she was "Tired!" Yassss Bish!!!!! You better work Ms. Claudia! Come through Ms. Vampire Princess Yasssssss!!!!!!
I absolutely love Claudia n both chess scenes are just chefs kiss🤌🏿, also Louis has become so blinded by love it’s disgusting like damn bruh stand up!!!
@Elliot Alderson He’s been “taking a minute” for a long ass time. And you know vampires, they don’t get the excuse of: *“I just need some time”* ; they’ve got plenty of it. EDIT - But you’re right, just because Louis is a vampire it doesn’t change that he still clings onto his humanity and is the more “human” of the trio.
@Elliot Alderson Yeah, your right. But you’d think that he’d get tired of all of the unnecessary drama by now. But that’s just me looking from the outside in as someone who’s never been abused.
Lestat will never die because he is the main character. If you read the books you will understand Lestat has been through it all and always comes out on top. He is much more powerful than other old vamps . That alone tells you he's on another level. This just one of his check list (starting a family).
"Translate all that to mean this: We have no money to launch a real ecclesiastical career for you, to make you a bishop or cardinal as befits our rank, so you have to live out your life here as an illiterate and a beggar. Come in the great hall and play chess with your father." - The Vampire Lestat
lol. It’s more than him losing the game. I think this scene highlights Claudia surpassing Lestat (which, at least for this version of him, isn’t a good thing). She’s 10 steps ahead instead of 5, and she’s got him completely figured out.
Claudia & Lestat is perfect together I love the underlying and boiling anger between these two. They were just alike but Claudia thinks she is not like him but she is just as evil like Lestat. And Louis loved Lestat and the power he had over him but Claudia as a child think she is saving Louis from Lestat when in fact he did not want to be saved. I love these two scenes & Louis listening and watching knowing he can’t control neither one.
I didn't finish reading Interview with a Vampire. But I read all the other vampire Chronicles I believe that they all said that Louis and Claudia are the weakest of vampires because they were so fast Lee made. I don't believe they had the power of the Mind
Louis was essentially made to be a trophy wife (pretty boy, soft, sensitive) while Claudia was made to be an eternal child. They were inherently made to be weak companions.
I think one of the things thats different than the movie. (Idk about the book) Is that lestat encouraged and taught claudia. He showed that he actually liked claudia and she was part of their family. I loved the scenes in the movies where he would teach her when to kill and take her on parties with different families and show her off and they would kill those families together. Weirdly endearing and i enjoyed the teacher lestat aspect as well. Here in this show i wanted to see that. I know the actor for lestat would kill that aspect of lestats character. As well as i wanted the character to acknowledge claudias genius as well. I love the show though. They are doing such a great job!!!
Lestat sentiu em seu coração que Louis queria matá-lo também ( razão : por estar farto do comportamento de luxúria) . Perdeu a concentração , foi derrotado e ficou louco ( não pela perda , sim porque a Cláudia está conseguindo influenciar seu marido ). Eles estão fortemente ligados pelo coração
![claudia s1 scenepack (iwtv) [1080p]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUhPClWYn8Q/mqdefault.jpg)
The second chess game (2:29) seems to foreshadow how Claudia defeats Lestat in real life, with many parallels:
(1) Claudia was attacking and tried to lure Lestat into capturing her bishop. But he didn’t take the bait, saying, “One bishop can be captured, but... I see the trap.” The bishop represents the poisoned twin whom Lestat avoided drinking from.
(2) Lestat was on the defensive but was still confident when he said, “Rook protects the king, and your queen has been neutralized.” This refers to Antoinette protecting Lestat and neutralizing Claudia.
(3) When Lestat realised he was losing, he muttered, “Queen on one side, rook on the other.” This points to Claudia and Louis teaming up to beat him.
(4) Although Claudia had reached a winning position, she refused to finish him off with a checkmate. This resembles how she and Louis failed to actually kill Lestat when he was helpless.
Love this analysis. I kind of want to see an over head view of the chess moves in the second game.
Wow, this makes me appreciate even more how intricate these writers were with a script.
Love it
Oh man this is a good analysis.
This was my favorite part in the story. When Lestate realized Claudia had become a worthy opponent in Chess and in life. Watching Lestate go off because Claudia refused to finish the game was amazing. He taught her well.
Louis turned that radio up, like "maaan I don't wanna hear that shit"
Fr though ☝️😂🤣
LMFAO THATS why i love this fucking show😭 the way he acts reminds me of my mama hood ways but more classy and subtle😂😂
When Lestat yelled, "Finish the game!" at 6:09, I think he knew that Claudia was more calculating and cunning than before and that he should not underestimate her.
He turned her into phycopath remember when he forced her to watch her first love
He knew claudia had beat him in more ways than one
@Elliot Alderson that part had me dying😭
@Elliot Alderson true, if only he treated her with care just like Louis.
Lestat has fear of abandonment and even their miserable exchanges give him something to live for. Claudia exploited this by abandoning the game, sending him into a rage. Similar to how fear of being abandoned by Louis sent him into a violent rage in Ep 5.
At 6:13 he became so livid and appalled that he gasped in disbelief 😭😂
🤣🤣👌🏽👌🏽
I caught that as well 😂😂😂😂😂
He took a deep breath 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 he couldn’t believe it
I swear, both chess scenes are perhaps the the best adaption of their character dynamics. Pure gold
Agreed.
Best adaptation? Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
Was spectacular how lestst got angry do good in seen Sam ried was legit pissed off lol
@@gauravw6948you don’t have taste
Claudia was so smooth. Lestat was so angry that he was reduced into speaking French. 😃 😀 😄
"Reduced"
HAHA.
I work at a French school, so this makes me laugh.
😂😂😂😂
I just watched this episode earlier and I was AMAZED!!! This scene is incredible! Man, Lestat is terrified of Claudia, that is why he gets so angry. He realized she bested him AND he never saw it coming. He thought he was five steps ahead (like always), but Claudia was ten steps ahead of him. Claudia has truly figured him out, and she sees all his weaknesses. That is why Lestat can't stand her. He is terrified of her because she is one of the only people who has ever been able to see through all of his bullshit, and he knows it.
Yes THIS
Not exactly, by that time Antoinette was probably listening to claudia and Louis conversation, he got distracted when Claudia said to Louis " you will enjoy killing lestat", then got mad 💢.
After watching this clip a 100 time , during the second game lestat respond to the game was directed at the conversation between Louis and Claudia.
@@shenalaurent2730 lestat couldnt speak telepathicly toward Antoinette, he is her maker remember
@@merlyinyt5700 i do still think they can talk through telepathy, cause Lestat and loius also did it after loius became a vampire, i think he can't read their mind only
His bullshit? What bullshit is that?
I adore these scenes. Claudia is just so fantastic in these scenes with how she interacts with both Lestat and Louis. Her character development from episode 4 to here has been so good 🙌🏽
" Of course who doesn't know who won the Paris Championship of "78", my momma taught me that before I started crawlin" 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂....Love banter like this
Seems like she was being groomed to be married off like in the old tropes regarding New Orleans.
@@mightymulatto3000 She wasnt. She didnt know who was the champion she was just being sarcastic to grate on Lestat nerves. Lestat and Claudia were like this.
@@prettynerd4779 The urban legends go that mulatress girls would be sent to school in France and would return women of culture. Given she grew up in a brothel it's not out of the realm of possibility she'd be groomed to provide companionship to males, an artist, conversationalist and provide other "services".
The parallels with Lestat/Claudia and Lestat/his father are awesome. This show IS 5 steps ahead, I love it.
Very interesting... can you please explain the relationship Lestat had with his father?
@@satinsolstice Read the Vampire Lestat.
So Louis is like the mother and Lestat is like the father figure. This is actually pretty good. They call him Louis not Louie like they did in 1994 Interview With A Vampire and Claudia wasn't a brat that they made her out to be in Neil Jordan's Interview With A Vampire. 2022 Interview With A Vampire is far better and deeper and connects with the characters.
Claudia is much more challenging to Lestat than she is with Louis. Father Mother Daughter realtionship... Chaotic family****
@@satinsolstice Lestat’s father was very abusive both physically and verbally. Lestat absolutely loathed him. He ended up leaving home…lots of things happened, being turned into a vampire…more things happened, coming to NOLA and taking care of his father who was blind by that point. You really should read Interview with The Vampire and/or The Vampire Lestat. I love reading, but I understand not everyone has the patience for it. I believe the audiobooks are on RUclips (the unabridged versions) maybe check those out. Just don’t let them taint your enjoyment of the tv show. We book readers are getting a bad rep…not all of us are unhappy with the tv show.
The OP made a great analysis of the chess match between Lestat and Claudia.
Show is a weak imitation of the books. You don't love it. You love the marxists erasure.
“My sister disappointment” - 😂🤣😆😅 Lestat wants to choke the breathe out of Claudia and she wants to watch him burn in the incinerator…their hate is palpable & intoxicating😘 Poor Louis just wants to die😩😂
In a twisted sort of way Claudia & Lestat love each other too. There’s a saying that there’s a thin line between love & hate though.
Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
The chess game on the board is actually a real one, it’s called “The Polish Immortal” played in 1927 - you can find an analysis of it on RUclips. The interesting thing is that Lestat’s King is already in checkmate, Claudia does not have to (nor can she according to chess rules) make any more moves. So it is an intriguing choice by the writers to make Lestat tell her to finish the game. It might mean that Lestat has already lost (and not only the game) without realising it or that maybe that it is not enough to checkmate the King (in chess you do not actually capture the King and take it off the board like other pieces, the game ends when the King is under attack, but has no moves to escape - just like Lestat at the end), but rather that you have to “kill” it - which could be the pawn move (taking the King) that Lestat says her to take at the end of the game, even though it’s unnecessary to do so according to chess rules. Either way, fantastic foreshadowing, since he was outsmarted and defeated, but not killed (the illegal move pawn takes King was never made/Claudia did not kill Lestat)- the King even though defeated, was not killed and stayed on the board, and even though in a coffin in a landfill - still alive.
Najdorf played that blindfolded.
Damn. Ima check that out thanks
Thats an amazing analysis
This whole scene is a master class in writing. That probably why the books are some of the best vamp fiction ever made. In this scene we learn Lestats narcissism knows no bounds. Lestat never wanted an equal companion, he wanted subjects that he deemed he was stronger then, smarter then and ones that loved him the most. Thats why he never told or taught louie how to fly. And he never spoke of his maker or had other vamps around, cuz he wanted Louis to stay weak and in the dark. Claudia was supposed to be something like a pet for louis, but he started to love her more then him, and Lestat despised her, yet tolerated her. When she beat him tho, she proved to be his intellectual equal and he wanted her dead from that moment.
That's why Lestat fell into complete disgrace. His narcissism made him underestimate both Louis and Claudia. For him, Louis, was the "beautiful wife", fragile and submissive, and he liked to keep it that way, which is why he denied his knowledge (like flying, for example). Claudia was the lap dog, so Louis could be happy and not abandon him (remembering that HE is emotionally dependent on Louis). What Lestat forgets is that Claudia is very intelligent and harbors a visceral hatred for him and is capable of anything to get revenge on him. And Louis, when alive, was a pimp, and never conditioned himself as the "wife" that Lestat wanted, no matter how passionate and depressed he was. He's a rogue, an intellectual, he's a survivor. And Lestat doesn't know how strong Louis is.
Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
@@gauravw6948TOO YOU
@@fernandalopez5489 so true
The way you wrote this transported back to a summer in my grandparents home when I was reading these thoughts the felt so heavy then
Claudia was always tortured by the devastating reality that she would never change. And she truly began to hate and feel betrayed by those who did this. Especially since Lestat basically used her as a weight to trap Louis.
@elliotalderson240I tried watching the movie after I watched this series. You can’t even compare the 2. The movie sucks for me now
@elliotalderson240 I really wish I read the books before I seen either. Cuz then I would fully understand what the movie was lacking. At first while watching the series all I did was criticize Criticism like, they made Brad Pitt black and gay now, they made Christian slater character hella old, or they moved the timeline up about 50years. As soon as I stopped with criticism, I noticed the positives far outweighed the negatives. Matter of fact I was completely wrong. The story dosent work without the gay love story. and the fact that Louis is black only adds more depth to the period piece portion of the story. I can go on and on but like I said, I can’t enjoy the movie anymore
@elliotalderson240i don’t know if saved in the right. I never the books so whatever. I get what you saying that he did save her but he also doomed her. He doomed into a life when she is stuck. She never going to grow up and she is going to stuck as a minor forever.
@@dimitriesI still think the movie holds up and I love its atmosphere but the sexual chemistry between Sam and Jacob drives this show and Sam’s magnetism is extraordinary
Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
This scene is so good, i forgot how good the first actress was as Claudia
I could never forget how good Bailey bass was she’s amazing second actress was awesome too I liked both
@jon_ovo3653 second actress was mid but season 1 was far superior than 2!!!!
It annoys me so much that she left bc I was so hooked by her performance. She was so good. Season 2 claudia is a ok but she’s a completely different character.
@@jinx-1 I feel you on that
The writing is just so good!!! They go there in aspects of how race, family, city, etc affects these characters
These are my favorite scenes. Good Lord. The way they are shot, dialogue, and the subtle acting.
I swear this shit I was so awesome
Just came here because of Bailey Bass from Avatar and holy crap, she's an incredible actress!!
@@Chief yesssir and she’s hot ofc🫡
The scary thing about this is when you realize she planned to kill lestat months before all of this ! Remember she knew Antionette had been watching them since the park bench just b4 she “attempted to leave” which is why when she poisoned lestat she says “you should have left that train leave” so the more frightening question is did she intentionally manipulate lestat into coming after her because she needed Louis to empathize with her and that’s why in the book Armand really wanted to get rid of her she was more cunning than vampires twice her age
Such a great scene. The Lestat actor is really good.
Lol, the show sucks. And the actors to do. Race baiting bigots raping literature for big tech commies.
I think he captured Lestat in looks and personality exceptionally well.
I just love Claudia's voice
Same especially helps since I’m from Louisiana
Me too
Her accent is perfect. The actress is a southern Black American gal. The new actress is British. She is trying but it is not the same
This was brilliantly written you have to give the writers so much credit for this series and acting is A1 grade all three of them put so much into these characters and it shows you just can't get enough of it Louie was right Claudia is so much like Lestat and that's what usually happen in a family structure a parent can't get along with one kid because they're too much alike just beautifully written.
Agreed.🎉🎉🎉
Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
The true mistake of turning Claudia so young truly starts manifesting when she gets more focused time with Lestat. She hated him for so long that she wound up absorbing one his worst traits in apathy. Couple that with her desperate connectivity to Louise and you have the makings of a monster. Lestat for all his facade really only ever wished to be loved even if he was quite obsessive and callous about it. Louise can't even love himself half the time but Claudia just wants him to love her. She would rather supplant Lestat than be a healthy alternative.
Why do you hate the books and defend this race baiting bs?
@elliotalderson240I don't think she was just as possessive as Lestat. She loved Louis sure but she was still very much willing to escape and travel on her own. It was when Lestat robbed her of that freedom that she grew more possessive. In the end Lestat just created more competition for himself
@elliotalderson240 Louis never stood a chance in his life, did he?
Claudia was only five in the book.
This show sucks.
Lestat: keeping Claudia and Louis as prisoners because he can't stand being alone, making threats of violence, rape, and murder, beating the shit out of Louis, Claudia referring to her and Louis as his "slaves", Claudia loving Louis and wanting him to be free, letting him stay with Lestat while she would go to Europe alone...
Fans: actually it's Claudia that's the real monster here and only wants Louis as a possession, the guy who had her made because he wanted "something". I am very smart.
Love this scene. This remake has elevated the books for me.
Let’s give it up for Bailey Bass!
I would NOT want to piss off Lestat. He is SO SCARY when he's mad!
I think Claudia is more scary though. With or without her anger
@@iburnout4853 I agree. Lestat is physically dangerous, but Claudia is dangerous in a much more sinister way. She watches & she learns all while keeping up the appearance of innocence.
@@miraafloyd Yes and that's the worst kind of scary 😭
Where can I watch this ?
They beat him, he's not scary
I like this scene because its pretty much just Claudia showing Lestat that she can defeat him (in more than just chess) but then leaving to go to bed. So Lestat knows he lost but Claudia refuses to show who will strike the final blow. This keeps Lestat in uncertainty of what move Claudia will make to finish him off. Nice little detail
Even though I'm a sucker for book accuracy, I actually don't mind that they aged the character of Claudia up a few years. I can't imagine it's easy to find a 10-year-old actress who can convincingly act like they have the mind of an adult, and even if they had found one, I still don't think she'd've given a performance as good as this.
Exactly, plus when they return to filming the following seasons she would look way older. Having Claudia a bit older helps with continuity of the overall series.
I thought film Claudia did a great job, but the other comment was right. It would difficult to film multiple seasons with the actress obviously getting older, so it only works for a film.
It was mainly due to child labor laws in New Orleans so they had to use an adult for the role. But I actually like this teenage version for this interpretation. Now that we know part 2 of IWTV won't be released until very late 23 or early 24, using a kid actor would have not worked out all. Bailey currently being 19 is still growing too.
Plus it would be unethical. There were some intimate scenes
Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
Love this scene so much. I come back to rewatch this once in the a while. It's hard to choose a favorite episode, but episode 6 is currently my top.
the final chess scene between Claudia and Lestat was so satisfying, the build up, the music during Claudia and Louis' conversation....and then Claudia's sassiness pissing Lestat off *"goodnight Lestat...goodnight Louis"* lmfaoo
When Lestat got up to continue screaming at Claudia for not finishing the game and Louis got up as if to run after him but simply turned up the radio, reminded me of when my father would get so infuriatingly mad at me and my siblings and we’d get chased by him with a belt! 😂 Wonderful acting on Sam’a part, Wonderful!!
Lestat underestimated Claudia. Lestat is the type to try and become a king, while Claudia is the type to be the power behind the power. She watches & she learns. This scenes shows that she’s no longer the student & that terrifies Lestat. Lestat felt that he needed Claudia & Louis to be dependent on him. He feared them being independent, feared they would want to leave him alone. He should have given them the freedom to grow, & them give him the same. The more he squeezed, the more his family slipped from his grasp (Louis & Claudia aren’t innocent either though).
Lestat wanted Louis loved him, he wanted to see him strong. Louis actually needed to be dependent on someone. Lestat, Claudia, Armand...
Because in the book, everyone left him alone Was that was a victim of a Narcissistic parent I’m surprised they haven’t mentioned Gabrielle his mother, yet he already explained in the first episode, how his father Kidnapped him from a monastery, tortured him and beat him because he didn’t want him to become a priest and his brothers helped his father do that the reason why he became a vampire is he ran away and went to Paris. His mother gave him money to do so.
Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
The look on his face when she leaves that last move. Brat Prince
I see Claudia as the ungrateful brat in the whole series... Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
@@gauravw6948 have you read the books?
@gauravw6948 How many times are you gonna post this comment hater?
6:14 the way he gasped
That part always kills me
Her gaze and concentration is like that of a Vipers lol.
To me, this game was a lesson and a foreshadowing of the future...Lestat always thought of himself as powerful and therefore untouchable like a king, queen, knight, or bishop while pawns were of no real threat to him because in his eyes they could never defeat those with power and so he thought her foolish when she started sacrificing her strongest pieces. Claudia knew Lestat only ever saw her as a pawn in his game to keep Louis from leaving and never saw her as a threat to him or the power he had over Louis after so many years but when she outsmarted him and won the game she proved to him that with time and patience, the pawn can easily overthrow those who think themselves to be forever untouchable and in power.
"move the pawn finish the game"
He wasn't just upset about losing the game but was also trying to dare her into messing around and finding out.
Claudia ate Lestat up in this scene omg. Such a powerful queen 😍👑
She won 1 game😅
@@supercolorful5878 often it only takes winning 1 war.
Lestat and Louis look great together, but it is until Claudia came that this show was brought to a whole another level.
Claudia ruins it in every adaptation.
@@theredmistiscoming609 what?
@@theredmistiscoming609that’s cap
@@theredmistiscoming609she is a complex character but yes she makes things more complicated.. that make the story better 😂
I love how Lestat gets so angry at the end he starts shouting in French lol
Such a brilliant scene in a brilliant show.
I cannot wait for season 2!!
1:43 her reply to him gets me every time
claudia was so intelligent and calculated i LOVEEE her!!!!!
Claudia was more like Lestat than he was willing to admit. Her hatred for her maker stemmed from the fact that she was turned as a kid and that resentment built up over the years.
Claudia is an unappealing, irritating character in the tv series... Louise teaming up with Claudia and turning against Lestat was badly written...
@@gauravw6948cry and cope.
@@zhyheimful LOL... So says the weeping troll like you, who can't cope up with my criticism of the show...
Show is soooooo good
had something like this happen with my older brother, it feels amazing to win and walk away and have them be boiling angry lol
I was shocked at good this show is…I love how it included actually Creoles..
6:35-6:36 Lestat looks more sad and afraid than he does angry.
Agree. This displayed that Claudia had learned all she needed to learn from Lestat in order to not only survive, but thrive as a vampire.
Absolutely amazing work on the subtitles btw!
She was so good in these chess game scenes! These actors brought their A-game to this series.
It’s so refreshing when a show comes out that is so beautifully written that it makes you forget about all the other crap being shoveled to the masses. I truly got lost in this adaptation and cannot wait for part two.
I love how they continue to talk over each other when arguing none backing down waiting for the other to finish and how Claudia’s face and voice changes when she talks to lestat shows how much she hates him love it
Claudia was definitely playing chess.
5:55 this is when Lestat saw Claudia as a calculated vampire. When he said finish the game, he was annoyed then became outraged when she would not finish the game.
Claudia is the kind of daughter doomed to realize she's become her father far too late.
She ate that scene TF UP! She is the show period, but so is lestat
Claudia is amazing..I give the same look when I checkmate …I love the facial responses 😂😂😂😂😂
Hows your look when you get check mated
I love Claudia she’s my favorite vampire great scene between Lestat and Claudia but I really loved episode 7 Claudia in control in the office on the porch at Lestat end she was always in control
I actually jump when lestat slam his hand 😅
Lestat reminds me so much of a narcissistic ex I was once engaged with. He hated when I won an argument just like Lestat does. So, this is my fave scene.
For the first time there's a representation of Loui that I like
Exactly!
So anyone saying Lestat is overpowered by winning against chessmasters, he never said he did. He only said he played against them, probably crashed the tournaments and lost😂
so cool how it’s foreshadowing to his “death” the end. claudia playing into it and making him feel like he had the upperhand, when in reality she was two steps ahead
I like this Claudia more than second season Claudia
Both are great but I really did love this one but upside is we don’t have to see her die which is awesome cause I would’ve lost my shit if I seen it
Yeah, Bailey’s just an amazing actress overall so I genuinely believe her acting season 2 would have made her character more profound since I didn’t care for her anymore due to the second actress’ portrayal
Can we just take a moment & really absorb the insanity of their love for Louis in direct conflict with their hate for each other. Therefore they “endure for his sake.” Yet it just made every “family” interaction something he would dread.
6:16 and 6:21 capture why Louis finally decides to kill Lestat. Louis isn’t able to defend Claudia from Lestat’s verbal abuse and resorts to turning up the radio. He can’t defend himself because Lestat is stronger. He can’t leave because Lestat won’t let him. He can’t even withhold sex without risking sending Lestat into another rage so even his body is not his own, hence Louis describes his own body as “a vessel of acceptance.” The inevitability that Louis and Claudia discuss applies to the violence as well: Lestat will inevitably lose his temper and batter Louis again, and Louis might not survive it next time.
Lestat has never forced Louis to have sex with him. It sounds quite disgusting. Also I guess you are talking about his rage in ep5? It wasn't about sex as well. Never. The other details we'll know in S2 😊
As Jacob said Louis was angry and actually couldn't recognize his great love at that moment. They made a lot of mistakes but ALL of them.
I flinch every time he says 🗣️ “FINISH THE GAME‼️”
im SOOOO excited to watch how much claudia realizes that she hates louis just as much as she did lestat, or even more. it isnt until lestat is gone that she starts to transfer the hate to louis. i also LOVE how much the show has played with the audience perception of the events, of course we're watching the story from Louis' perspective and an edited version of Claudia's.... can't WAIT until Daniel gets to read the shitshow that is Europe AND Paris from Claudia' pov...
why does claudia hate louis? is it because of armond?
6:07 is when you are on GTA Online, and they say i gotta use the bathroom real quick, I'll be right back.
6:00 yasss bissssh yasssss Claudia is goals. I'm getting my life!!!!! I gotta co worker who acts just like Lestat and when Claudia said she was "Tired!" Yassss Bish!!!!! You better work Ms. Claudia! Come through Ms. Vampire Princess Yasssssss!!!!!!
Claudia didn't finish Lestat when she had his ass. Foreshadow of things to come.
I love the questions she asks. She is his match.
00:18 Interesting he sadly corrects Claudia “Nicholas.” He didn’t want Claudia using his nickname
I absolutely love Claudia n both chess scenes are just chefs kiss🤌🏿, also Louis has become so blinded by love it’s disgusting like damn bruh stand up!!!
@Elliot Alderson He’s been “taking a minute” for a long ass time. And you know vampires, they don’t get the excuse of: *“I just need some time”* ; they’ve got plenty of it.
EDIT - But you’re right, just because Louis is a vampire it doesn’t change that he still clings onto his humanity and is the more “human” of the trio.
@Elliot Alderson Yeah, your right. But you’d think that he’d get tired of all of the unnecessary drama by now. But that’s just me looking from the outside in as someone who’s never been abused.
"Sister-Disappointment" 🤣😆
He freaks out because she ABANDONED the game.
Lestat will never die because he is the main character. If you read the books you will understand Lestat has been through it all and always comes out on top. He is much more powerful than other old vamps . That alone tells you he's on another level. This just one of his check list (starting a family).
Yes we know he doesn't actually "die". Louis and Claudia just.. incapacitate him for a bit 😅
He's not the main character and not the most powerful.
@@cherries_cherries226 He would have have dead if louis wanted, they easily out smarted him
same reid displays anger like no other actor i've seen really
This series plays like an anime and I love it
Eh not really
The ending was good 👍 understatement REALLY☕sip*👏👏👏👏👏💯
"Translate all that to mean this: We have no money to launch a real ecclesiastical career for you, to make you a bishop or cardinal as befits our rank, so you have to live out your life here as an illiterate and a beggar. Come in the great hall and play chess with your father." - The Vampire Lestat
I Love how Claudia got into His Head 😂
BOSS BISH, CLAUDIA !!!
This man loses one game of chess out of a hundred and immediately loses his shit. Priceless.
6:17 also Lestat honey…you’re just describing yourself 😂
Well,he is the brat prince😊
It's because she ABANDONED the game.
I like how Lestat convieniently forgets he raised her to be like that.
@@Leomerya12 yeah…a game that he LOST 😂
lol. It’s more than him losing the game. I think this scene highlights Claudia surpassing Lestat (which, at least for this version of him, isn’t a good thing). She’s 10 steps ahead instead of 5, and she’s got him completely figured out.
Lestat can't stand loosing and claudia won't finish the game to show how she doesn't care bout him so good how lestat yelled scared me
I feel so bad for her. Even in the movie version. If you’re gonna turn someone into a vampire, do it when they are 22 lol
Mane I miss her already ...I was crushed when I learned the same actor won't be playing her in season 2
Claudia & Lestat is perfect together I love the underlying and boiling anger between these two. They were just alike but Claudia thinks she is not like him but she is just as evil like Lestat. And Louis loved Lestat and the power he had over him but Claudia as a child think she is saving Louis from Lestat when in fact he did not want to be saved. I love these two scenes & Louis listening and watching knowing he can’t control neither one.
Theres nothing sexier than an enraged Lestat
wtf is this show? Amazing acting, I think I was holding my breath for parts of the second half. Why aren’t clips of this everywhere?
Interview of the Vampire
Interview with the vampire 2022. It's so damn good.
I now want to learn how to play chess but not against a vampire, I would surely lose!
Y'all can hate me but Claudia is Lestat's child. If he had just SEEN this,he would have seen the trap.
5:50 that look though
I didn't finish reading Interview with a Vampire. But I read all the other vampire Chronicles I believe that they all said that Louis and Claudia are the weakest of vampires because they were so fast Lee made. I don't believe they had the power of the Mind
Louis was essentially made to be a trophy wife (pretty boy, soft, sensitive) while Claudia was made to be an eternal child. They were inherently made to be weak companions.
I think one of the things thats different than the movie. (Idk about the book) Is that lestat encouraged and taught claudia. He showed that he actually liked claudia and she was part of their family. I loved the scenes in the movies where he would teach her when to kill and take her on parties with different families and show her off and they would kill those families together. Weirdly endearing and i enjoyed the teacher lestat aspect as well. Here in this show i wanted to see that. I know the actor for lestat would kill that aspect of lestats character. As well as i wanted the character to acknowledge claudias genius as well. I love the show though. They are doing such a great job!!!
Claudia is a true old lady slay
🖖🏾
He did it to himself the moment he said it was never u
Lestat having a fit is great 😊😂
It was the gasp that had me weak 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lestat sentiu em seu coração que Louis queria matá-lo também ( razão : por estar farto do comportamento de luxúria) . Perdeu a concentração , foi derrotado e ficou louco ( não pela perda , sim porque a Cláudia está conseguindo influenciar seu marido ). Eles estão fortemente ligados pelo coração
Anyone know what chess board this is? It's so beautiful!
So lestat was listening to there conversation with help from Antoinette.
I HATE that she has to leave and cant be in the rest of the show. Its killing me. However if its for the Avatar movies then its a smart move.