Why What We Do In The Shadows Season 6 Is Avoiding Sad Storylines Explained By Showrunner

With What We Do In The Shadows set to say farewell to the Staten Island vampires in its final season, showrunner Paul Simms reveals that the season will send off its cast on a happy note. The television spin-off of Taika Waititi’s 2014 horror comedy focuses on a group of vampires and their long-suffering but loyal familiar, Guillermo. Season 5 finally gave Guillermo (Harvey Guillen) the vampire conversion he’d always dreamed of, though the transformation into an undead creature of the night was more than he could bear.

Ahead of What We Do In The Shadows season 6’s premiere, Screen Rant caught up with the cast and crew at New York Comic Con about what the final batch of episodes has for Staten Island’s undead residents. Simms stated that they chose to focus more on the comedy above a sad story, knowing viewers will be emotional about the ending already.

Because looking at the whole season, we set out to make a season that was not heavy or emotional. We definitely didn’t want to do something where it was like, “Okay, you’ve laughed for five seasons, and here in season six, you’re gonna cry because the show is over.”

Instead, season 6 continues with its mix of comedic and standalone episodes, but will still have a sense of finality that, while not overbearing, would give audiences a satisfying conclusion to the past five years of misadventures. Read Simms’ comment below:

We wanted it to be as funny as the other seasons, and have standalone episodes, and have some sense of an ending, but not beat people over the head with it. But I’m very satisfied.

How What We Do In The Shadows Season 6 Is Continuing The Character’s Antics?

One Old Friend Returns & Another Reawakens

While What We Do In The Shadows season 6 will end the Emmy-nominated comedy series, trailers have already highlighted that there is plenty of life left in its undead character. While the vampires return to their long-postponed task of conquering the once-new world, an old friend, Jerry (Michael Patrick O’Brien), returns. He is a beloved fellow vampire who was left behind to slumber for almost fifty years.

Meanwhile, Guillermo is moving on from his life as a familiar and into a career in the human world, pushing the entire What We Do In The Shadows cast to look back and figure out what they want with their respective lives. As such, while new challenges may be throwing Nandor and the vampires into all-new situations, there is also a sense of finality as the season prepares to send off the cast.

Our Thoughts On What We Do In The Shadow’s Season 6 Story

Season 6 Will Give Its Undead Cast A Chance To Reflect On Where They Came From

What We Do In The Shadows season 5 seemingly placed the series on a trajectory to bring the story to a close. Guillermo finally realized that he didn’t want to be a vampire and rescinded it. As such, with Guillermo considered the most important protagonist, seeing him achieve his goal ushered the series into its final act.

However, season 6 has seemingly pivoted its view to the vampires, exploring how they grapple with how their lives have changed across the series’ run, especially with the return of an old friend. With this, What We Do In The Shadows ensures it ends as a fun story while still being a fulfilling conclusion for its entire cast.

What We Do in the Shadows is a mockumentary-styled comedy series that follows the exploits of four vampires and a familiar living in Staten Island in the twenty-first century. Unrelated to the film of the same name, the show’s vampires attempt to acclimate to the modern world but tend to find themselves lost often, leaving familiar-hoping-to-become-a-vampire Guillermo de la Cruz to pick up the pieces in the wake of their accidental destruction.

Cast

Doug Jones , Natasia Demetriou , Matt Berry , Mark Proksch , Kayvan Novak , Harvey Guillen , Kristen Schaal

Release Date

March 27, 2019

Seasons

6

Streaming Service(s)

Hulu

Showrunner

Stefani Robinson , Paul Simms

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