...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self

"...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self" is the second episode of the first season of the American gothic horror television series Interview with the Vampire, an adaptation of Anne Rice's novel of the same name.

Written by Jonathan Ceniceroz and Dave Harris and directed by executive producer Alan Taylor, the episode first aired on October 9, 2022, on AMC.

The plot follows Daniel Molloy's second interview session with vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac.

In the present, Louis (Jacob Anderson) and Molloy (Eric Bogosian) begin the second session of their interview while having dinner together.

Louis' story continues with Lestat (Sam Reid) disposing of the priests that he killed in the previous episode in the church graveyard.

They then visit Du Lac's family house where Louis reunites with his mother (Rae Dawn Chong) and sister, Grace (Kalyne Coleman).

He practices his abilities on them and, while hugging Grace, he feels two other heartbeats, sensing that she is pregnant, and tells her that she is carrying twins.

The recurring cast includes Kalyne Coleman as Louis' sister Grace and Assad Zaman as Rashid.

[5] On linear television, an estimated 0.525 million viewers watched "...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self" during its first broadcast on AMC, with a 0.09 ratings share.

[13] Concluding his review, Sean T. Collins of Decider said, "This is heady, funny, nasty, sexy, cutting, opulent stuff — again, exactly what you'd want from an Anne Rice adaptation and more.

While it often takes itself deadly seriously, as the melodramatic material demands, it's also shot through with that strain of actually funny comedy, letting just a little bit of daylight in to enhance the shadows.