Interview with the Vampire
In Throes of Increasing Wonder
TV Flash files “In Throes of Increasing Wonder” as a desk essential hour — Interview with the Vampire (2022–) on AMC, season 1, episode 1, aired 2022-09-29, 72 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 15 in the Interview with the Vampire guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2022-09-29 (72 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “After the Phantoms of Your Former Self” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “In Throes of Increasing Wonder”. In Throes of Increasing Wonder as the Rice reboot contract: toxic immortal marriage, New Orleans heat, Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid eating scenery productively.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Louis de Pointe du Lac lives in 1910 New Orleans as executor-in-charge of his family's fortune; when he meets the vampire Lestat, Louis' life begins to unravel in otherworldly ways; in 2020, Louis tells his story to journalist Daniel Molloy.
Viewer FAQ
Where does In Throes of Increasing Wonder sit in the Interview with the Vampire guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 15 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Interview with the Vampire S01E01 air?
In Throes of Increasing Wonder aired 2022-09-29 and is listed at 72 minutes.
Do I need the novel first?
No. It adapts Rice's core relationship and interview frame while making structural and character updates. Book-faithful arguments exist; the series is built to seduce on its own.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid eat the scenery productively in Rolin Jones's Anne Rice reboot: toxic immortal marriage, New Orleans heat, queer romance without camp apology. A reinvention that respects the book while updating the pulse. Horror romance with sentence-level style.
The work is a confession with sentence-level style. Rolin Jones's AMC series premiered October 2, 2022, from Anne Rice, and made Jacob Anderson's Louis and Sam Reid's Lestat a toxic immortal marriage for the prestige age — New Orleans heat, queer romance, vampire politics without camp apology. Assad Zaman's Armand complicates every confession. The interview frame is reimagined across timelines with modern thematic emphasis, part of AMC's Anne Rice universe expansion. Fifteen episodes, two seasons, renewed after…
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- Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac
Jacob Anderson’s Louis de Pointe du Lac eats the scenery productively in Interview with the Vampire — toxic immortal marriage, New Orleans heat, queer romance without camp apology. Rolin Jones’s Anne Rice reboot with sentence-level style.…
- Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt
Sam Reid's Lestat de Lioncourt ate the scenery productively on Interview with the Vampire — Rolin Jones's Anne Rice reboot, toxic immortal marriage, New Orleans heat, queer romance without camp apology. Jacob Anderson as the other half of…
- Assad Zaman as Armand
Assad Zaman’s Armand entered Interview with the Vampire as immortal manners with a blade — Rolin Jones’s Anne Rice reboot, Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid eating the scenery productively, toxic marriage, New Orleans heat, queer romance…