"Nandor's Army" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of the American mockumentary comedy horror television series What We Do in the Shadows, set in the franchise of the same name.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.183 million household viewers and gained a 0.02 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
After being fired from Cannon Capital by Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), Nandor (Kayvan Novak) has disappeared for weeks.
Guillermo leads the vampires to New Hampshire, finding that Nandor stays at an abandoned factory, Hancock & Sons, which was bought out by Cannon Capital.
Wanting to help him with the delusion, Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) "enlist" in his army.
Fed up, Nadja ties Nandor with silver chains and drops him in the van, and they drive back to New York.
As Nadja hypnotizes the officer in letting them go, they see that a group of people are following them, realizing that Nandor's Army was actually real and the mannequins were just for practice.
Nandor releases himself and resigns from his position as leader, although he instructs the Army to invade Dartmouth College, as the students are more likely to work in Wall Street.
[4] This was a 39% increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 0.131 million household viewers with a 0.03 in the 18-49 demographics[5] "Nandor's Army" received critical acclaim.
"[6] Alan Sepinwall wrote, "Among the many achievements of this week's marvelous Apocalypse Now parody episode of What We Do in the Shadows is that it took “Fortunate Son,” a song that should by law never be allowed to be played in another movie or TV show after decades of overuse, and made its placement feel absolutely perfect and hilarious.
"[7] Katie Rife of Vulture gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "I haven't talked much about Colin, but all the bad vibes and hurt feelings going around seem to have created the exact type of environment in which he thrives.