"I'm not asking this with a sense of preemptive judgment in my heart. I'm a huge Interview With the Vampire (the show) fan, and one who really likes what the show's writers have done by going beyond their source material. Futzing around with Anne Rice's canon (as Talamasca certainly is, considering it's AMC's first Immortal Universe that isn't adapting a series of Rice novels wholesale) has worked pretty well on basic cable before, and I believe it easily could again. I want Talamasca to succeed!"
"I'm also not trying to be glib. I've seen the marketing for this show. It is supposed to be a spy thriller set in the Interview With the Vampire/Mayfair Witches universe that balances occasional pop-ins from those shows' characters with building out its own complex mythology. It has a series of specific tones it's trying to go for, and most of the time it at least hits something adjacent to them."
Talamasca: The Secret Order's two-episode premiere blends spy-thriller elements with the Interview With the Vampire/Mayfair Witches universe. Marketing positions the series as a spy thriller that balances occasional crossover characters with an expanded mythology. The show frequently attains adjacent tones but lacks a compelling central hook that makes viewers care about its characters. The series appears to pursue three simultaneous hooks: secret-family intrigue, campy performative flouncing, and conspicuous fan-service. Those approaches feel underdeveloped and sometimes work at cross-purposes rather than reinforcing one another. The protagonist Guy Anatole begins a quest into his childhood, introduced via a dramatic cold-open chase.
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