- The Baron goes for a night on the modern town and neither he or the town are ready for each other
- The vamp housemates decide he needs to die…
- Wait, no! He can’t die!
- Crap…
- Spoilers!
The Baron Has Awakened
Photo credit: FX
Baron Afanas(Doug Jones) is up, out of the attic, and ready to taste the New World. Nandor(Kayvan Novak) wants noses roses to celebrate the occasion. The housemates don’t want the Baron making a big deal about it, or wearing ruffed collars, so they rely on Colin Robinson(Mark Proksch) to dress him. Colin tells them that he can sense the Baron’s anger, and it is pretty dark. Worried about this, the vamps plan to take the Baron out while, you know, taking him out. But they must be careful, his creepy familiar, Vasillika(Alexandra Henrikson) is lurking pretty much everywhere.
Tasting the City
The Baron enjoys drinking in the delights of the modern world-and by this I mean drinking the blood of pedestrians indiscriminately. He also tells everyone he meets that he is a vampire. This does not please the housemates, especially when he keeps terrorizing their neighbor, and Laszlo(Matt Berry) has to keep hypnotizing him to forget.
Photo credit: FX
The Baron drains a drunk, and becomes intoxicated. He admits that he isn’t a Baron, but that was a nickname because he has no genitalia, therefore he is barren. After taking shots(you have to see it to believe it), he also insists on eating a pizza pie, garlic and all, and projectile vomits so fiercely that he is propelled high enough to leap tall buildings in a single bound-if her were in any condition to leap. He insists it was all worth it, though. The gang decides they will be the Baron’s children and call off the plans to kill him.
The E in Vampire
The gang goes clubbing, and along with the Baron, all three experience the drug e. The drugggs, they are drugged out. Nandor becomes a wizard! There is grinding and neon! Dirty porta potties!
Karaoke Fright Night
The Baron croons a song or two, but gets jealous of Nadja(Natasia Demetriou), and stops her singing. Did I mention the song he croons is not a song that is crooned? You have to watch, because I’m not telling you what he sings. He admits that he was going to kill them all, and Nandor admits that they were going to kill the baron. There is a tense moment, then they all laugh. Good times. Good times.
Welcome to Guillermo, He Has Lots of Roses
But morning is fast approaching, and the vamps must head home. The Baron, still stoned on e tainted blood, dances around a beam of sunshine coming through the attic window. He burns his hand, but laughs it off. He falls back down the stairs, then breaks the wooden banister, narrowly avoiding getting staked as he falls to the main floor. The vamp housemates applaud from above with relief as he bows.
Guillermo(Harvey Guillen) then comes in, dozens of roses in each arm. The sunlight is dazzling as he opens the door. It roasts the Baron, who just so happens to be in its path.
I don’t think that’s a good thing for the housemates…
Thoughts on “The Baron’s Night Out”
There are so many laugh out loud moments, but the funniest to me is the second the e hits the baron’s system. His pupils dilate, and Doug Jones does a beautiful job of acting stoned so much so that you can see it in full face makeup. Nadja is a close second with her incoherent babbling and her choice of karaoke.
Nice Colin jacket callback to last week’s episode.
Vasillika gives off a Frau Blucher vibe, amiright?
I can’t decide if Guillermo is a hero or not for his deed…
What We Do in the Shadows airs Wednesdays at 10:00 on FX. It is rated for mature audiences!
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