Though I felt the first season of "What We Do In The Shadows" took a while to really get going, once it was up and running it was an excellent show. This second season doesn't have that problem, and although - if I'm honest, it's never really producing massive belly laughs from me, it's a consistently amusing and well plotted show.
Our trio of traditional vampires are back with Laszlo (Matt Berry) and Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) unable to secure a decent familiar of their own. Nandor's (Kayvan Novak) familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillen) is still trying to comes to terms with the idea that he might be descended from Van Helsing, but the consistent way he's dealing with the Vampire assassins that the council send for his masters, is pushing him in that direction. Meanwhile Colin (Mark Proksch) is attempting to integrate himself more into the group.
As I say, this is a much more even and consistent season than the first and though it doesn't exactly have me in fits of laughter each and every episode, I am constantly amused and entertained by it. Our five leads have their characters down now, and are joined by a cast of returning or debuting cameos, including Haley Joel Osment, Benedict Wong, Craig Robinson, Madeline Martin, Nick Kroll and Lucy Punch. Above them all though stands Mark Hamill, with a memorable turn as an aging Vampire, to whom Laszlo owes money, which sets up the strangest episode of the run, as Laszlo heads away to run a small town bar and finance the women's volleyball team.
Though not perhaps top top tier television, I really enjoy "WWDITS" and look forward to the third season.