What We Do in the Shadows 5x1

1. Something is wrong with Gizmo lately.

2. He's morose, distracted.

3. Like a man with a secret.

4. I mean, he's still a perfectly adequate familiar.

5. But there's just something not right about him.

6. What it is, I don't know,

7. but I intend to find out.

8. So we're all here. That's good.

9. - If I can have your undivided attention - What?

10. - for a few minutes - Absolutely not.

11. No.

12. So, aren't you actually a vampire now?

13. - Hmm? - Didn't you pay your friend Derek

14. - to turn you into a— - We're not talking about that right now.

15. He's behaving unusually.

16. If there's anyone that can get

17. to the bottom of this kind of thing, it's me.

18. Why? 'Cause I'm the king of bottoms.

19. - As I was saying— - Couple of questions. First one:

20. - Why? And also, - Okay, you know what?

21. - who gives you the right? - Okay, I was just—

22. I have a follow-up to that.

23. Okay.

24. Yeah.

25. Nadja, Laszlo, Colin Robinson, please.

26. I would like to hear what Guillermo has to say.

27. A lot has changed

28. since you last saw me.

29. I'm in a really good place.

30. And it is all thanks to an ancient book of wisdom

31. I discovered that laid buried in Laszlo's

32. library of precious volumes for years and years.

33. This book has

34. taught me to focus on what is really important,

35. like who is okay and who is not okay.

36. Thank you for sharing, Guillermo.

37. You are okay.

38. - I didn't say anything yet. - Then that is okay.

39. Okay. I want to talk about something very important.

40. If this about my sexual intercourse,

41. I saw the doctor and took the test.

42. No, that was a Cosmo quiz that you took

43. called "Which Sex and the City Icon Are You?"

44. - And I was Kim Cattrall. - Ooh.

45. - Ooh. - Now, I haven't got a clue who

46. that is, but as long as she's sexy

47. and down to fuck, bingo.

48. Fine diagnosis.

49. Okay, the thing I want to talk about is

50. - vampire safety. - Go on.

51. You're all becoming very sloppy

52. covering your vampirisms in public, okay?

53. It's becoming very dangerous.

54. What is the big deal?

55. If anyone notices, we just hypnotize them

56. - like we always do. - No,

57. you've been doing that way too much lately.

58. Yes, but I have getting really okay at it.

59. - You okay? - I am fine.

60. No, no, no. No, no.

61. You will all forget

62. that someone tripped and who it was.

63. I just fear that the hypnosis is making

64. the borough dumber and dumber.

65. We live in Staten Island. Nobody will notice.

66. There are just some things you will never understand

67. - because you're not a vampire. - Yeah.

68. Precisely.

69. But even if I was a vampire, I—

70. We are not laughing with you, we are laughing at you.

71. You know what? Enough, okay?

72. Don't count on me to always be here to protect you.

73. I'm not gonna be around forever.

74. Really? Where will you go, David Attenborough?

75. - Right now? - Yes.

76. - Out of this room. - Oh, finally.

77. And that is okay.

78. Look, guys, please, can I just have, like, a minute?

79. Please, can— You know what, fine.

80. Fine. Let's get this over with.

81. Lock the door.

82. Lock the— Please look the door.

83. So, yeah, 16 days ago,

84. I made an impulsive decision to have Derek...

85. Make me a vampire.

86. Sure, man.

87. - Oh. Whoa. Not yet, sorry. - Just a...

88. I know, but just gonna take my...

89. - cardigan off. - Yeah, of course, of course.

90. Just don't want anything on it.

91. - My grandma gave it to me. - Mm.

92. And...

93. I was a little nervous at first,

94. and your first time I guess always... is?

95. Uh... Okay.

96. - Here we are. - Yes.

97. - Yeah. - Yeah.

98. I'm ready.

99. Derek,

100. customer toilet is clogged again.

101. You know what? I got to take care of this.

102. Wait, what? Now?

103. If I don't do it now, people just go

104. on top of what's already there, and believe me,

105. - then no one's happy. - Derek,

106. later. After...

107. Oh, yes, of course, yes.

108. You know what? Trevor's always telling me

109. I have bad task management skills, you know?

110. First, turn you into a vampire.

111. - Yes. - Then I'll clean the toilets.

112. I'm ready.

113. Derek moved in,

114. and finally—

115. What are you doing?

116. Just... showing off your... your sound machine.

117. Why do you have it on

118. "rainy night at the leaky castle" setting?

119. Ah...

120. The creatures of the night.

121. Such beautiful music they make.

122. It also has a setting for "banshee wail"

123. - It's white noise. - and "abandoned orphanage."

124. "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."

125. - Very creepy. - Master, is there something that

126. you needed to discuss with me?

127. Yes.

128. There is.

129. Guillermo...

130. we know why you have been acting so

131. oddly lately.

132. - You do? - Mm.

133. Are you-are you mad?

134. Yes.

135. We are mad at ourselves

136. for forgetting your birthday.

137. I am okay and you are okay, but this is not okay.

138. For a human,

139. a birthday is a terrible day.

140. - We have forgotten his birthday. - Oh, yes.

141. No, I really don't think it's about his birthday.

142. And if it is, what a bitch.

143. - When is his birthday? - Uh...

144. I don't know, to be honest.

145. Poor creatures only live for, like,

146. two, 300 years, tops.

147. So we are taking you out for a birthday dinner.

148. Change into your nicest shitty sweater

149. - and we will see you at the restaurant. - What...

150. What restaurant?

151. So, full disclosure:

152. I am back in the workforce.

153. I'm Colin Robinson. I'll be taking your order today.

154. So, what are we thinking about munching on?

155. I decided to take a break from the office life.

156. How about we set you two up with some pro-sexy?

157. It's a fun way of saying prosecco.

158. Prosecco is...

159. Simply because the opportunities to feed

160. in the service industry are so incredible.

161. Dressing on the side. Ugh.

162. Uh, I can ask the chef,

163. but it's probably a no go.

164. - I hate to see you cry. - I'm not crying.

165. I just... I want...

166. Pardon my reach.

167. Oops.

168. Just wanted to check in on you two,

169. see how everything's tasting.

170. Think about desert.

171. - Strip steak. - Uh-huh.

172. Medium-well.

173. The Caesar salad but with no croutons.

174. Are you sure you're getting all this?

175. Yeah, I-I never write anything down.

176. I got it. I think I know you want.

177. Bon appétit.

178. Hey, folks, my name is Colin.

179. I'll be your server this evening.

180. Has your whole party arrived?

181. No. Tonight, Gizmo arrives upon an Uber.

182. Mm-hmm.

183. Okay. They're really not supposed to

184. seat you until your entire party has arrived.

185. Can I ask you to go stand in the crowded alcove

186. where the cigarette smoke comes in?

187. Fuck off. Just get us anything

188. so it looks like we're eating.

189. Okey dokey, jalapeño poppers, jalapeño poppers,

190. jalapeño poppers,

191. and one more per la tavola.

192. Koúkla mou, do you want to come up and join us?

193. No, I hate you and I want to die.

194. When I was running the vampire nightclub

195. I may have got a little bit

196. too much into the old, uh,

197. liquor blood.

198. And then, one night, I got so shit off my faced...

199. that I sat on my dolly

200. and I minced her legs with my wagon.

201. Don't be such a Debbie Downer.

202. Come and join in the human birthday party.

203. Yes, eh?

204. What you've done to my legs is unforgivable.

205. Nadja absolutely crushed my lower body.

206. There's nothing wrong with my butt.

207. Eh, I'll be the judge of that.

208. And Colin Robinson's solution

209. is something I very much do not like.

210. Come on, you can be the queen of the restaurant, huh?

211. - Push the button, my darling. - Don't you dare

212. press the button on my toe.

213. Oh, come on, it's so fun.

214. No! I don't actually feel good at all!

215. Wow! Peekaboo! Queen of Soul in the house.

216. I think so.

217. Ow! Stop!

218. Put me back under the table.

219. - Oh, what have I done? - You know what you did.

220. You're never going to forgive me, are you?

221. Colin Robinson.

222. - Yes, sir? - Are those

223. "yalapeño" whatevers— are they coming any time soon?

224. Oh, I'll ask your server to check on those.

225. I thought you were our server.

226. I'm on break.

227. - My darling, what is on your mind? - Yes.

228. It's nothing, I just...

229. I can't get something out of my mind that

230. that little pipsqueak Gizmo said about

231. not being around forever.

232. I mean, he could mean that he's gonna die soon.

233. - Right. - That's something that, uh,

234. - humans do. - All the time.

235. Or he could get his old job

236. at Panera Bread back.

237. That's another thing all humans do

238. - at some point. Or... - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

239. I suppose eventually, perhaps, he could...

240. become a vampire himself.

241. Fuck, no.

242. - What an idiot. - It could happen. It could happen.

243. I don't understand why. Why do you keep asking that?

244. You were there, you saw what happened. Why are we going to—

245. Guillermo, we're just trying to

246. understand it from your point of view.

247. Derek leaned in...

248. Wait, stop!

249. - Oh, what? - Sorry.

250. Have you done this before?

251. Yeah. Tons of ti—

252. Like, many dozens of times.

253. - Derek. - I'm— No.

254. I haven't. No. Um, have you?

255. Why doesn't Andy just do this?

256. - Who? - Your master.

257. You mean Nandor?

258. Oh— Okay.

259. That clears up so much for me.

260. I mean, I kept thinking,

261. "A vampire named Andy? That's so random."

262. It's not like he doesn't want to.

263. It's, like, he always says

264. he's gonna get around to it, you know?

265. He actually cares about me a lot,

266. and he does a lot of

267. - really nice things for me. - Oh.

268. Oh, sorry, I'm just pausing.

269. It's for the editors.

270. They insert, probably, like, a cute montage or something,

271. of all the stuff he's done for me

272. - over the years, so, might take a second. - Okay.

273. - Oh, okay. - Yeah.

274. Are you sure you want to do this?

275. Yes.

276. No, I still absolutely want to be a vampire.

277. I just didn't think it would

278. - happen like this. - Mm.

279. I don't know, maybe it's, like, deep down inside,

280. my psyche is just telling me that

281. I'm really not ready to, like—

282. Oh, shit! What the fuck are you doing?

283. Oh, oh, oh.

284. I'm sorry, I-I thought you said you were ready.

285. I wasn't ready!

286. I heard "ready!" I just heard "ready!"

287. I think he hit an artery.

288. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

289. ¡Puta madre!

290. Oh!

291. And it was just like...

292. Aah! Fucking shit! Oh!

293. Be honest with me. Is it bad?

294. Hold still, let me look.

295. Uh, yeah, it's bad.

296. Oh! ¡Puta madre!

297. Okay, I got to drink your blood.

298. Ooh. That is gonna be a sticking point for me.

299. - Why is that? - Because I'm a bit of a fainter.

300. - I have low blood pressure. - What?

301. If I'm being honest, you people can be real parasites.

302. I mean, why do I need to repeat myself?

303. You were there, you saw the blood.

304. Thank you so much, and I will be giving you five stars.

305. Yeah.

306. And you know what? I'm done. I'm off to my birthday dinner

307. when it's not really my birthday.

308. Imagine Guillermo

309. flying around in his little short legs.

310. - I enjoy that joke. - That's made my night.

311. What's so funny? What'd I miss?

312. Hey, gang.

313. Hi. Do you mind if I borrow? Thank you so much.

314. - That's me. - What's so funny?

315. Oh, nothing.

316. We were doing the joke where we imagine

317. that you have become a vampire.

318. I don't know why that's so laughable.

319. - Could you imagine Grahame as a vampire? - I know!

320. He would be just a little bat with diarrhea, like...

321. Flying and then...

322. Why do I always shit in your scenarios?

323. Guillermo, I'm sorry. Eventually, of course,

324. I will definitely be turning you into a vampire

325. when the time is right.

326. But you got to admit, it's a funny image.

327. With the big glasses.

328. Or a shitty woolen cape.

329. What if-what if I didn't wait

330. till I felt like you thought the time was right?

331. - What do you mean? - What if, hypothetically,

332. walking down the street, and then Dracula—

333. Dracula?

334. He says,

335. "Do you want me to make you into a vampire?"

336. And I said yes?

337. A familiar going to a vampire who is not his master

338. and asking him to turn him?

339. Now, I am a fan of edgy comedy,

340. but that is no laughing matter.

341. I'm not entirely sure we should be

342. talking about any of this out loud.

343. But it's okay.

344. I was just saying hypothetically.

345. Hypothetically,

346. what you are talking about

347. is the greatest humiliation

348. a familiar could bestow upon his master.

349. If that were to happen, Guillermo...

350. then I will kill you.

351. I would not like to do it, but I would have to do it.

352. And then I would kill myself,

353. which I would not like either.

354. There are some things about which

355. we do not joke.

356. Obee-kaybee.

357. I have six plates of veggie dumplings

358. and a chocolate pudding.

359. - That looks... - Mm, brown.

360. - Thank you. - ... like shit.

361. Well, it was a nice dinner, so you have had a happy birthday

362. to distract you from the fact you will soon die.

363. - You are welcome. - Hear, hear. Well said.

364. And, for your birthday wish,

365. we all promise to do a much better job

366. of blending in, as you requested.

367. I guess I'll see you back at the hou—

368. Okay. I'm just gonna get some stuff at the mall.

369. What is "mawrl?"

370. - I have heard - Oh, ho!

371. about this thing called mall.

372. But I thought it was a myth, a rumor,

373. a fairy tale made up by an insane child.

374. - This, I have to see. - Maybe I shouldn't

375. have mentioned anything about the mall. That's on me.

376. I take responsibility for that.

377. Okay, this is the mall.

378. Just sit down and people-watch, do whatever you want

379. while sitting down.

380. I'm gonna get some new glasses and a footlocker

381. - and then we can go home. - It is rising!

382. - That's an elevator. - Ah.

383. So just stay here.

384. - Great. - Yes, we understand.

385. Okay, great.

386. - I'll be right back. - All right. Yeah.

387. I'm gonna get you some new knickers.

388. What is Sephora?

389. Gilly's Gifts. Very nice.

390. This mall has a Guillermo's Gifts?

391. Uh, I'm not sure.

392. That is fine. I will explore.

393. I would like you to tell me more about this product.

394. - Well, that's Shrek. - Great.

395. Ring me up.

396. And also...

397. I would like you to honor these special coupons.

398. I will honor this coupon

399. for a free oil change

400. that expired 18 years ago,

401. - Yes. - and this one that's

402. just a cut-out photo of Ryan Seacrest from a magazine.

403. - Will it work? - Yes, of course it will work.

404. We are going to fix this, and this is how we do it.

405. Sorry about that.

406. - So, did we make a selection? - Yes.

407. I am looking for the exact proportions of

408. Venus herself when her pussy was serving witches tea,

409. nipples so sharp they're on the most wanted list,

410. and a taint that can sign its own checks.

411. Uh... I meant more like, which hat did you want?

412. Oh, yes. Rainbow sombrero for sure.

413. Okay.

414. What is wrong now?

415. You didn't even ask for my opinion.

416. What the hell are you talking about?

417. Did you not hear what I said about the taint?

418. Malls are fascinating places full of fascinating things.

419. That's a baby village.

420. Makes sense to keep them all in one place.

421. That's called London Shoes.

422. Now, if those shoes were really from London,

423. they'd be covered in shit.

424. Bikini Warehouse.

425. - Must be a front for a brothel. - Excuse me.

426. Hi. Would you like to sample our new scent, Noir?

427. No, fuck off.

428. Can't be sidetracked with cheap sex potions.

429. Question still remains.

430. What is Gizmo up to?

431. Hyah!

432. Prepare to be pillaged!

433. - Laszlo! - Shut up.

434. - I found John! - Idiot.

435. - It's John! - Fucking idiot.

436. Make this thing go faster!

437. That was, uh, some pretty heavy stuff at dinner, huh?

438. Just stuff I did not even, I didn't even...

439. know.

440. Sorry.

441. Where was I? Um...

442. I was hemorrhaging profusely, uh, about to die.

443. - You good? - Yeah.

444. - Yeah, I think so. - Well, that's good.

445. - 'Cause I haven't done it yet. - Oh, dude.

446. Other people's blood I'm fine with.

447. But the sight of my own? No, thank you.

448. You know, when I think about fainting, I faint.

449. It's really hard to break the skin.

450. - Um... - I'm running out of time here, buddy.

451. Here. Why don't you slice me up with this box cutter?

452. Are you sure? It's gonna hurt.

453. - I'm a vampire. I think I can handle it. - Okay.

454. - Did you do it? - Yeah, I did.

455. - But don't look because— - Don't look at what?

456. - Oh, shit. - No, Derek.

457. No.

458. The deed is done. The die is cast.

459. There's no turning—

460. Derek. Toilet again.

461. Oh...

462. Okay, sorry, dude, I got to go take care of this.

463. Oh, shit. Dude?

464. Dude?

465. So, yeah.

466. That's where we're at.

467. It seems to be a process.

468. I thought the transformation would be faster,

469. but I haven't drank blood.

470. I can still eat human foods.

471. In fact, my appetite for very rare meat is ravenous.

472. My teeth are totally normal and...

473. I don't feel any sexier.

474. I can still go out into the sun.

475. I can't fly or turn into a bat.

476. Yet.

477. Bat!

478. Human form.

479. I thought the transformation

480. would be overnight, but it's been 16 days.

481. Which is why I've been keeping it a secret.

482. I was kind of holding off for that big

483. "wow factor" for the reveal, but at this point,

484. I don't even think I should tell them because—

485. - Mr. de la Corz? - Uh, so sorry about that.

486. De la Cruz? That's me.

487. - De la Cruz. - Hi.

488. How long have you been wearing glasses

489. with this prescription?

490. Oh, since I was three or four?

491. I-I don't know who screwed up here,

492. but you actually don't need glasses at all.

493. According to the eye exam you just did,

494. you have 20/20 vision.

495. It's actually better than 20/20 vision.

496. - Whoa. - Yeah.

497. Well, that is...

498. a super power.

499. - Wow, that's... Wow. - So, right now, you're wearing

500. a very strong prescription for no reason.

501. - Let's stop doing that. - Let's stop doing that.

502. - Yeah. - Yeah, okay.

503. Would it be possible to just get a pair

504. without a prescription?

505. Just, I don't want people to think

506. I look... different.

507. Uh, yeah. Sure. You want the same frames or...

508. Did you enjoy your birthday?

509. It was all right, Master.

510. I guess I wasn't really that hungry.

511. And that is okay.

512. Do the other side.

513. - Master? - Mm-hmm?

514. If I accidentally

515. got made into a vampire...

516. - Mm-hmm? - by somebody else,

517. you wouldn't really...

518. kill me, would you?

519. Accidentally, you say?

520. - Yes. - Not intentionally?

521. No, I guess... not.

522. I'd still have to kill you. What choice would I have?

523. What about "vampire shall not kill other vampire"?

524. Guillermo, I don't like

525. hypothetical brain-ticklers before bedtime.

526. - You know this. - Right.

527. Makes my head heat up.

528. How's about a nice bedtime story?

529. Okay. I did see this very interesting movie

530. the other night.

531. - Oh, tell me. - It was about this guy.

532. And he got turned into a vampire.

533. - Really? - Yeah.

534. But then he realizes that maybe

535. he wasn't ready to be turned into a vampire.

536. Why not?

537. He had his reasons. But then

538. he tries to find a way to

539. stop the process of becoming a vampire and rever—

540. Guillermo, please.

541. I don't like science-fiction stories

542. before bedtime either.

543. - Yeah. - That reminds me.

544. I got you a birthday present.

545. I heard you when you said you wanted a footlocker.

546. So I got you

547. a footlocker.

548. - Thank you, Master. - Yes.

549. You are welcome. Close the lid.

550. Being a vampire is

551. no different than being a human.

552. We're all just doing what it takes to survive.

553. We go on about our day.

554. Blend in.

555. Act like everyone else.

556. But the truth is

557. we're all just hiding in plain sight.