"Sleep Hypnosis" is the third 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.
He believes that with the dynamics changing with Guillermo moving out, the other three vampires will eventually either kill Colin Robinson or force him to find a new place to live.
However, the hypnosis causes Nandor, Nadja, Laszlo, and Colin Robinson to forget they had ever met each other, and they once again begin arguing about the room under the stairs.
However, while sleeping, Guillermo accidentally listens to the Baron's recording on loop, causing him to forget everything that happened to him in the past fifteen years.
"[5] Alan Sepinwall wrote, "The third episode, “Sleep Hypnosis,” was a spectacular bit of farce, with the basic idea — each vampire discovers that they can hypnotize one or more of their housemates while they slumber — escalating and escalating, and going into hilariously weird places, like Colin Robinson turning Nandor into a Richard Nixon impersonator.
"[6] Katie Rife of Vulture gave the 3-episode premiere a 3 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "What We Do in the Shadows has done this itself several times, in the form of Guillermo's journey to become (and un-become) a vampire over the course of the series.
The last reset is actually quite poignant: Guillermo accidentally sleep-hypnotizes himself into forgetting everything that's happened to him over the past couple of decades and arrives at the mansion to “apply” for a “job” as Nandor's familiar.
"[7] Proma Khosla of IndieWire wrote, "Episode 3 traps them all in the kind of cyclical sitcom goof that is just infinitely more delightful with this particular group of immortal bloodsuckers.
"[8] Melody McCune of Telltale TV gave the 3-episode premiere a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Everyone brings their A-game for these first three episodes, but Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, and Matt Berry really shine.
Then he topped himself when Colin sleep-hypnotized Nandor into thinking he's Richard Nixon, with Novak employing a surprisingly spot-on Tricky Dick impression.
The actors on Shadows are so consistently funny that it's easy to take them for granted, but we want to make sure to shine a bright light (though not sunlight, of course) on Novak's inspired slice of comic lunacy.