The Vampire Lestat, Episode 5 'New York' debuts Akasha, Sheila Atim praised

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Episode 5 New York introduces Akasha, played by Sheila Atim, with a monologue and presence many posts called terrifying and beautiful. Critics and viewers singled out Sheila Atim as delivering one of the best new character introductions on television, and an interview published at Gold Derby explored how she found Akasha’s voice. The episode features a prominent ballad titled Stained Glass Eyes that Sam Reid and series composer Daniel Hart said was the hardest song to bring to life, and both spoke about the extensive process behind it. Viewers highlighted a chilling I am the answer scene and described the episode as a high quality rock opera and the series at its best. Recaps noted the episode continues Louis’s tangled mess with Regina and includes a messy recording session in New York. Several posts called Sam Reid’s performance striking and said the episode left them still processing its emotional impact.

yaoi gagarin

@mel.bzky.team

the vampire lestat is proof that "gay people having a prolonged monthlong crashout" is just engaging television by itself

9945d ago

Minovsky

@minovskyarticle.bsky.social

Fell into The Vampire Lestat somewhere in the middle and I have to admit: this is a high-quality rock opera.

6644d ago

Lidi 🥀

@heylidi.bsky.social

Let’s all hold hands and sing our songs of praise for a problematic female monster has finally arrived and she is serious business. She is not a joke. She is not ridiculous. She is terrifying and in that terror is her beauty. Long live the Queen, she is the answer.

Sheila Atim as Akasha, Queen of the Damned, from episode 5 of the vampire Lestat. She is yelling, her mouth open wide, her eyes open wide, her braided hair falling across her forehead.

3345d ago

Lucky McKee

@luckymckee.bsky.social

The Vampire Lestat. Goddamn. Best vampire thing in quite some time.

3045d ago

Danielle Ryan5

it's so very very very good

Emily vS5

I'm over here screaming. It's SO! FUCKING! GOOD!

Alan Sepinwall

@sepinwall.bsky.social

The Vampire Lestat headed to New York this week for a very messy recording session. My review:

3145d ago

Rei Gorrei

@gorrei-vc.bsky.social

Well now…..I have stumbled upon the most heartbreaking photo in the series 😞😞😞 #tvl #thevampirelestat

Lestat and Claudia playing piano together as ash falls upon them

2645d ago

Mel Gillman

@mgillman.bsky.social

amc+ I will be DEAD before I hit skip on the full musical intro to The Vampire Lestat

3045d ago

Thee Green Witch 🇵🇷🎮💚

@snarkbreathing.bsky.social

I have to lock in and watch The Vampire Lestat. Akasha’s monologue was both beautiful and haunting

2744d ago

pull up in the pirogue1

It was a whole slam poem and I was locked in. Chills and tears welling in my eyes. She DID that wow

itsnicnite.bsky.social1

Baybeeee she has me mesmerized!! I love Akasha!

Matt Aytch Taylor

@matthtaylor.com

the "i am the answer" scene in Vampire Lestat gave me actual chills tonight

2245d ago

Jill Weinberger

@jillybobww.bsky.social

They should have ads for BetterHelp during The Vampire Lestat because every episode is basically like, "See, this is what happens if YOU DON'T GET THERAPY. Shit doesn't just go away. Even if you live hundreds of years. YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH YOUR SHIT OR REALLY BAD THINGS HAPPEN AND KEEP HAPPENING."

2045d ago

Jill Weinberger11

We need a Lestat/Lucifer crossover, because Rachael Harris' character from Lucifer is the only one equipped to straighten these motherfuckers out.

Sahar🍉1

Dearest Jill Please support my pinned post

Delilah S. Dawson

@delilahsdawson.bsky.social

Me watching Episode 1 of The Vampire Lestat, pausing in the bookstore scenes to look for Delivrées, the French version of The Violence:

2244d ago

Jason

@jxsxpx.bsky.social

Noah Reid is hot in The Vampire Lestat in a completely different way than he was hot in Schitt's Creek

2445d ago

Carly Lane-Perry

@carlylane.bsky.social

Also, this week's episode of #TheVampireLestat brings with it the song that both Sam Reid and series composer Daniel Hart said was the hardest to bring to life. I spoke with both of them about the extensive process behind making "Stained Glass Eyes":

1445d ago

Fansplaining

@fansplaining.bsky.social

Our Vampire Lestat episode 5 recap is live! 🩸✨ @gavia.bsky.social writes about Lestat's memories of Akasha, the continuation of Louis's tangled mess with Regina, and the episode additional fuel for the Devil's Minion fire. Read or listen to an audio version:

1045d ago

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw29

the louis/regina dinner scene this week was so excruciating i had to get up and take a walk mid-episode BOTH times i watched it.

Elizabeth Minkel4

Can't believe we're nearing the end of the season! I'll note that when I was editing this, I highlighted the phrase re: Armand/Daniel "two lonely halves of a maker/fledgling bond" with the comment, "you are so devil's minion pilled." @gavia.bsky.social, of course, cannot (and would not) deny it.

Molly Templeton

@mollytempleton.com

thank you yes this is actually pretty much exactly what Lestat looked like in my head when I was 16, how is this show real and how are there only two more episodes this season!!!!!

Sam Reid as the vampire Lestat, wearing a sort of lacy scoop-necked goth top and leather pants, with a bitchy, judgmental expression on his perfect face

1844d ago

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