I feel like this is one of those moments where you give a subordinate a title without any extra money to keep them, but their status in the company and relationship to the senior management or shareholders hasn't really changed.
For a short while. Love this show but reversing it one scene later wasn't exactly the payoff many had hoped for after 5 seasons of teasing Guillermo as a vampire.
I don't understand why Guillermo didn't just stay like he was before he drank the blood. Has eternal life, can turn into a bat and has 20/20 vision, but can still go in the sun, eat human food yet he doesn't have to kill people to survive. That seems like a much better deal.
Only thing I found disappointing is just how quickly they went back to the status quo. Literally the next scene after this is Guillermo not wanting to be a vampire anymore. 5 seasons of buildup only to immediately go back to how things were was a little disappointing. This scene made it seem like Guillermo might be an especially strong vampire that might even cause some issues for the rest of the cast. Would've been nice to see him let his hair down and run wild for a season before returning him to his human form.
It's tough, because if he stayed a vampire then it would completely change the dynamics of the group and the source of so much humour. You can only change a sitcom so much before the magic is lost. I also don't think that we're going back to the status quo: what's Guillermo's motivation to stay a familiar now? How will he cope with abandoning his life-long dream? But, all that said, it is disappointing just how quickly he did 180 on wanting to be a vampire. Felt like the character was cheated somehow.
imagine the writers thought of this and a huge plot point for the next season is the combo of vampire and van helsing blood alone with the fake ritual where he kills the one who turned him... well then i wonder if the writers will tell a story of a very unusual vampire that is Gizmo lol
I get that. At the same time, I like the idea that the reason Nandor hadn't made Guillermo a vampire all these years is because he knew he wouldn't like it, rather than him just being an oblivious jerk. They could have taken some time to get there and explore him being a vampire though.
I feel like the of this series really shat on his character and his motivations. I can see his friendship with Nandor and Lazlo making him want to keep in touch and be a part of the group but his motivations for being their doormat and servant are gone.
If he ever becomes a vampire again,I'd quite like to see a thing where he juggles being a vampire with not wanting to kill anyone. Like, he could rely on blood donations. Set up a little clinic where he provides stuff he's baked (he's already said he's a really good baker) to get sugar into people to help them recover after they've donated. A sort of "ethical vampire".
Yea idk I think they shot themselves in the foot by backtracking on it. I mean He’s wanted to be a vampire and even helped them kill, and now he has a problem with killing? Idk it seems like they were too afraid to break the established order of things than evolve the story.
"Farm to table sustainability" well organized compensated donation schemes ,or biting the arm to prevent overfeeding from vamp groupie volunteer communes , It's been shown as an "alternative unlifestyle" on other vamp series like Being Human.
Yeah they could have used it to parody all of the other vampires in fiction who have at some point tried to go "vegetarian". We could have had a twilight episode where he hunts for animals, or a vampire diaries stealing-blood-bags or an anne rice Louis eating rats. Or killing only bad people. Or anything. There were so many options to be explored
I love this show so much, but I do agree with the others that the whole buildup to this was very anticlimatic. Everything just goes crazy after he turns into a vampire and then he immediately wants to go back, when you were waiting all the seasons for Guillermo to get his wish. But in the end I've been simping hard for Van Helsing Guillermo the most throughout the show. The vampires still mocking him, when he could end them with a fingersnap but still protecting them because of loyalty and companionship. I hope we'll keep that at least for the next season.
I felt happy that Gizmo finally got his wish of being a vampire but what if instead of drinking fresh human blood could he not have just went into a hospital blood storage area and take as much bag blood as he wanted? Gizmo is smart with technology and he could easily wiped all footage(if there was any) of him being there or in this case if vampires couldn't be on certain cameras only floating objects could be seen. If he needed access like with a key he could have hypnotized a security guard/doctor/nurse to get to areas that are secure so he wouldn't arouse suspicion. If he could have survived on bag human blood or if vampires could tolerate it animal blood(somewhat like twilight) then Guillermo could still be a vampire but he would still have to deal with being immortal and possibly being hunted by his family and if he ever found a boyfriend he would eventually have to tell him(boyfriend) that he was a vampire. If he could do this he would still have to fight the urge not to kill humans in public like everyone else in the house.
Blood banks could have worked logistically but I think it just would have... made vampirism a curse? If that makes sense. Casually murdering random people, having next to zero respect for most life, not having meaningful relationships with mortals - that's all key to being an immortal being who feasts on human blood in this universe. That he couldn't do the killing represents how he wasn't ready to be a vampire in the long-term at all
This whole season was a "not like this" storyline. I think/hope we'll still get Guillermo The Vampire and it will be truly what he wants, and with the right Sire.
I'd quite like to see a thing where he juggles being a vampire with not wanting to kill anyone. Like, he could rely on blood donations. Set up a little clinic where he provides stuff he's baked to get sugar into people to help them recover after they've donated. A sort of "ethical vampire". (He already said he's a really good baker)
@@RenaissanceEarCandy I could really see that. Guillermo becoming a sort of 'no kill vampire' and maybe starting a movement/support group or something and going from there.
Idk why everyone is so upset, considering Gizmo’s personality and the whole occasional bout of catholic guilt he has, are y’all really shocked he chickened out so fast?
He had no problem luring innocent people to their deaths (often young boys and girls) and dismembering their corpses for 10 years. That's arguably worse than having to feed on them to keep yourself alive.
@@esteemedyamsReal talk, he's a monster and Van Helsing would burn him alive. Unless it's Hugh Jackmans Van Helsing, he'll murder him with sick combos and technological gizmos.
I feel like people who think he’s “back at square one” and that this was all for nothing are completely missing the point. Guillermo has spent all these seasons wanting to be a vampire because he doesn’t want to be himself. In season one he allowed the vampires to constantly treat him like crap because he just wanted to be around them and accepted by them. He even said in this very episode that he thought becoming a vampire would bring him closer to his friends. This episode was HUGE for Guillermo’s character development, and not just that, but for Nandor’s too. We see how Nandor has had his reasons all this time not to turn him before, despite probably wanting to do it sooner (saying “just as I feared” when he hears Guillermo being upset about it). Nandor now undoubtedly still cares for and respects Guillermo as a human. We also got Laszlo and Guillermo developing a friendship like they never have before, still kept strong as he helped him with Derek at the end. Guillermo himself made the choice to stay true to himself instead of picking status and power. He was finally honest with Nandor and the others even if he could’ve been horribly rejected, or even worse, by them. He picked his own thoughts and feelings and was still respected and accepted for it! That’s a HUGE deal! I understand thinking the change and then changing back was abrupt but at its core it’s still a 25(ish) minutes per episode comedy show. I think they’ve done an incredible job with the character developments this season. The whole dynamic between Guillermo and the vampires will now be completely different. Guillermo can’t go back to being just a familiar and the vampires can’t pretend that’s the only reason they’re keeping him around. Guillermo himself said he still wants to become a vampire-he’s just not ready. Plus if it happens it should be done right. This season was fantastic!! I can’t wait to see where they’re taking things in s6. 🦇✨
I think there's also the fact that the whole time there was the conflict between the Van Helsing part and the wanting to be a vampire. He is still a vampire hunter but now he is one that has also been a vampire which might add to that power especially compared to his own family. They may use that in the next seasons
@@jadjason6053 eh, I still think the whole storytelling part of this show has never been the strongest, and so it fit in with that. They can only do so much in one episode while keeping the main focus on its bizarre and comedic tone. If people disagree that’s cool but I thought they did a great job that fit with what I was expecting from this show given its baseline.
What I don’t get is how did Guillermo not realize he’d have to kill humans. Hasn’t he been a familiar to vampires for a decade? Is he just that oblivious to what they do? And now that he went back human, why stay a familiar? I hope they make the story something like the “reversal” didn’t fully take since they did what they did to Derek. Maybe make him a dhampir or something.
I found the writing off in a few places this season, but the ending really annoys me. One of the major, if not the most important story arc in the series is Guillermo's dream to become a vampire, this literally underpins every single season and episode, and when he finally does, it's for a half day and he suddenly has a repulsion for drinking human blood and killing whereas he has killed many vampires and supported the crew to kill countless humans (not to mention the weird creator gets killed offspring survives mess others have pointed out in the comments). For me, the series should have ended with Guillermo becoming a vampire at the end of this season, or could continue with another season where we'd see him explore his identity as a new vampire and the new dynamic with Nandor and the rest of the crew. Instead, this felt like a forced reset that betrayed Guillermo's defining character feature.
" Guillermo drinks the blood " Everyone pauses and looks at him " Guillermo violently pukes blood everywhere " Everyone laughs Nandor : Haha , you'll get used to it. Takes some time to keep it down Then the next season is him retaining his humanity and dealing with being a vampire ultimately reverting back at the end of the season and closing off the show.
I absolutely agree. We got a sixth season, but it would have been nice to get a different season. Like there was 1 - 5 him becoming a vampire and season 6 him becoming a member of the team. Although, I suppose, hard to pull off, because those vampires lived so long that they basically lost their "fire". They are there and they exist, but in a way, they don't DO anything. It's like it doesn't even matter that they are there at all. With Guillerimo becoming a vampire I assume his "fire" would have gone out too at some point. Or at least that would have been the path from there on out and that would have been kinda depressing. Then again, they could have done it like he dragged all the others OUT of their lethargy. Anyways, I certianly wanted something else than what we got with Season 6
Ending felt SUPER lazy to me. Not only does Guillermo last all of five minutes as a vampire, but he did so by continuously screwing with Derek over his own indecisiveness. Felt super out of character that Guillermo would willingly let Derek be killed over his own constant changing of mind. Granted Derek seems happy as an undead but you would think after making Derek turn him and putting himself at risk that Guillermo would feel somewhat bothered with the fact Derek now needs to die because Guillermo, after five seasons of craving to be a vampire, needs "abit more time". Like, tf man.
He was clearly bothered, though? He couldn’t go through with it and Nandor had to do it for him (without waiting for Guillermo to give his okay so he didn’t even say he wanted Nandor to do it). I think they do a great job at adding serious plotlines while keeping it the silly little comedy it is at its core, especially with Guillermo’s arcs. That balance is why they make the “deep” moments so short and change the tone pretty quick... even if I’d also like to see them linger more on the seriousness sometimes, it makes sense and is what it is.
@@ixizn lets be fair, there was enough time in between for Guillermo to say "wait" or "stop" or something. Again the MOST frustrating thing is him screwing with Derek's life in order for him to have a bit more time to MAYBE become a vampire later anyway. I love this show and I get its a silly comedy but it still felt way out of character, didn't think Guillermo was the kind of person to let other people close to him take falls in order to gain what HE wants and be ok with it.
Despite wanting to be a vampire and having a family dynamic with a group of vampires I think it’s pretty obvious Guillermo doesn’t feel as bad killing vampires as he does killing innocent humans. Yes he’s been an accomplice etc but he rationalises these things in his mind, his friends need to survive. We all rationalise things we don’t like about ourselves but when it comes to deliberately taking a human life it’s to much. It also happened pretty fast. If it had been days or weeks and he was starving would he have felt the same. But then he was given a choice to take it back so easily. He still couldn’t kill Derek himself even though it was easy because Derek had been nice to him. Still Derek must have been killing to survive. Nandor taking it out of his hands is a role Guillermo has been in for years, that’s his master. He’s only thirty. Plenty of time for him to still become a vampire if he wants to.
People kept telling me to watch this s how, how much I'd love it. I finally sat down and binged the whole thing. Just about the time I was wondering what the hell Colin was doing on the show, he got funny. The Superb Owl party... Anyway, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for such a wonderful show. And I know Doug Jones is a recurring role, but he looks like he's having SO much fun with the character.
Ending was a bit of a let down but also understandable and leaves some great content for the future! SPOILERS AHEAD: Was letdown for obvious reasons but now I think there is room for Guillermo to grow into being a vampire and finally get turned by Nandor in the future seasons. I am excited to see what the group dynamic will be for S6! WIth G and Nadja also having bonded, maybe he will be respected more! Very excited. Binged this show in like 2 weeks and finished like a week ago! I will soon watch the movie when I get the time!
At least theyre making one more season. I feel like for S5 they teased us with the promise that Guillermo will become a vampire. He just simply wasnt ready for his first time but maybe later down the line, Nandor will make him a true vampire and he will be more prepared next time around.
I think a funnier story line would be to have Guillermo being the most hyped up, over the top vampire, and doing all the campest Hammer House stuff. Going crazy wanting to prey on lots of humans and having outlandish sexual fetishes etc. Then the others could react with distaste and be shocked by his antics, and rein him in. It would be funny if they were seen to be prudish by comparison.
Part of me hopes that after Guillermo will realize that none of this is worth it all Vampires are assholes and he becomes a full time Slayer…..and maybe probably finally let his feelings out for Nandor
I felt like the ending of season 5 was not great, there was the major reckon when killing a vampire kills their line when before that was just a fun rumor and was proven wrong in the actual movie which this show was based on. And the idea of just kind of resetting the series back to the status quote after the ending. Honestly was not idea. Also I thought there was going to be more Colin in this season after the whole library he had but no he was just kind of in the back ground. I'm willing to try the next season but I need something more than what we already had with the dynamics of the first 3.
I love this show but I hate the ending. Five seasons of build-up for Guillermo to become a vampire and the payoff lasts all of five minutes before Guillermo inexplicably grows a conscience and the status quo is reset by a lazy nonsensical plot twist. I know this sort of thing happens with a lot of shows these days, but come on; we KNOW this show's writers are smarter than that.
@@lukebarnes8097Guillermo has strange logic: 1. He lives with the vampires almost 15 years. 2. He knows vampires kill people and he even helps them to do it. 3. He is shocked that as a vampire he has to kill people. What did he expect?
@VixenMice I'm rewatching the show right now and in regards to him not wanting to kill people, there are multiple points in the show where he seems to express how he seperates himself from the victims, especially the episode where one of his friends was going to be dinner for an entire vampire orgy, so there is a semblance of morality. So I think that he's made it easier for himself by separating himself from what he's done by reasoning that he himself is not doing the killing. And throughout the series, there does seem to be a growing theme that he wants to be a vampire but also seen as an equal and close friend by nandor and the other vamps. But I agree a 100 percent that the ending could have been done better or that guillermo could have been a vamp for much longer, then change back to human.
Guillermo’s had an issue with killing people since forever. The first season played it up for jokes but like with many things from that season his character has been more fleshed out and now his character traits tend to get prioritized over the comedic effects. He’s okay with cleaning up after the vampires because they have to eat, he’s okay with ending other vampires because they threaten his friends... his issue has been all season that he doesn’t want to hurt people for his OWN selfish reasons (=to feed himself). Guillermo has always been bad at prioritizing his own needs and do things for himself, so I don’t think it’s out of character or surprising at all.
Spoilerssssss I would think Guillermo would be smart enough to think ahead…”would I be okay with and be able to handle feeding off humans as a vampire?” He had at least 10 years to think about that and that thought never crossed his mind? What was he expecting to live like as a vampire??
The thought did cross his mind, but he convinced himself that the willingness to kill would come with being a vampire. He already chose victims for his masters, disposed of the bodies, he said in an earlier season he'd turned off the emotional side of his brain. I think in order to cope with all that he just left no room for anything in his head except his desire to be a vampire. He just pushed his doubts away.
I always thought they should have saved Guillermo turning into a vampire for the final show. So it went out with a bang. Maybe he could have gotten some sort of spin off after but it was definitely too soon then kind of wasted.
I cannot believe that this showing is ending. In this world of chaos, it was nice to watch a show that made me laugh and now it is ending. I am really sad about this.
I really hope Nandor turns Guillermo back into a half vampire, at the very least. But yes, thank GOD we finally saw him become a full-fledged vampire, and I quite enjoyed his slow-turning journey. And the fact that it showed that the vamps really do care about him was really sweet. I think the most disappointing thing for me was learning that if your sire dies, you just turn back into a human. Idk, made it a little less special to me, that they could give up vampirism at any time. :/ But still, great show!
If the sire bites the dust, all the vampires older than 100 years will instantly age and die, kind of like Black Adam shouting "Shazam!" and turning into ashes. So technically..they still die.
@daredevillad3224 Ah, good, I'm glad to hear that. Well, not, but for the sake of the show lol. Ooohhhh, and that's why Gizmo suddenly had a beard! Okay, okay.
For like, three minutes. I’m sorry, but the ending bugs me like hell. I know this isn’t a serious show, but when Derek died, Guillermo should’ve right then and there too. More or less the writers’ way of trying to return to square one.
But Deacon didn't die or turn back to a human when Petyr was killed. The whole if your sire dies something happens to you, sounds like just an asspull in general to me. Nothing should have happened to him.
The reason a vampire dies too when the vampire who transformed them dies is not because if your master's existence ends then yours does too, is because as Nandor said your body suddenly reverses through all the years it has been "frozen" in time. If you've been a vampire for, say, 400 hundred years, your body suddenly catching up with those 400 years would literally turn into dust. The only reason Guillermo didn't die was because he had only been transformed for like a month, and the only thing that happened to him was that his hair and beard grew how they would've grown in that "lost" month. If the Baron really had died in the first season but for example, and hypothetically Nadja had only been a vampire for a month or two, she wouldn't have died. You don't die because your master's life ends, you die because you've been a vampire for centuries and your body can't catch up with all that time (as humans' lifespan is way less than X centuries).
Yeah, the whole storyline bugged me. Things need to be internally consistent. But its a big retcon to decide that bloodlines die with progenitor of the bloodline. It just makes the first series entirely nonsensical as our heroes MUST have known the Baron wasnt actually dead because they were still alive. So its just stupid writing. Why not just leave Gizmo has a half vampire (a Fat Blade helping out vamps) could have been interesting. But no, back to zero. I thought the show was better than that.
Yeah, I suspected they were always going to keep Guillermo human, but I at least hoped for it to last for a little while, maybe ending sometime in season 6. After wanting to be a vampire for 5 seasons, immediately returning to the status quo was a big mistake IMO.
Not sure why you'd want to be a vampire in this universe. Just like in the Buffy verse, you're not "you" when you turn. When you die, that's it. Your soul either goes to Heaven or Hell. Your body is walking around, possessed by a demon that thinks it's you, but it's not you. That's the lamest way to be a vampire ever. It makes the most sense with the whole undead thing, but it's still the lamest.
@@TheCandiceWang Yeah, Angel wasn't exactly a good guy when he was alive. So being pulled out of Hell might have been a blessing. It gave him a chance to redeem his soul. And William, he was a good guy when he was alive, so much so that even the demon that thought it was him, eventually redeemed itself and fought for it's own soul back. He's the actual hero.
All the nitwits complaining about Gizmo's sudden desire to be human again are people who DON'T understand the character or his role in the show, and their lack of understanding shows. "Why didn't he enjoy being a vampire longer?" is the issue with them. Um, WHY would he need or want to be something he is experiencing revulsion and nausea from? Just how long do YOU need to decide if something wasn't what you expected or you don't like something you thought you might? Does it take YOU weeks and months to figure out if you have changed your mind? If anything, the timeline IS more true to Gizmo than not so shut it with the bogus complaints. The writers know what they're doing or they'd not have had a show for nearly a decade. Do people even THINK anymore??
It's a cop out and everyone can see it even casual viewers that don't have your "gift" of knowing exactly what characters are thinking every single second. He doesn't want to do the killing blow on a human, despite killing multitudes of vampires and assisting in hundreds if not thousands of human deaths for the vampires to feed, they could have easily killed everything for him and just gave him blood in cups and he would have been fine. Do you stop watching a tv series because you aren't too into one aspect in the first 30 min episode? He had options of remaining a vampire and never killing directly. People don't want a status quo after all the build up, heck they've already done it with Colins death to then completely have him be exactly the same like nothing happened, that was funny though, and this is just 5 seasons of jerking off the audience.
This was so dumb. After more than a decade of going through hell on a daily basis he finally gets what he always wanted, but then he just gives it up because "boohoo i don't want to kill people 😭" He had no problem luring teenagers to their deaths and disposing of their dead bodies for 10 years. Now he's suddenly too squeamish to drink blood.
Great job guys, you managed to ruin the entire plot of a show that kept going for 5 seasons within just 2 minutes. The entire reason for Guillermo's journey was to become a vampire himself, suddenly growing a moral and screwing Derek over and turning back into a human was absolutely out of character and straight up lazy writing.
guillermo es el personaje que se fue haciendo mas desagradable en cada temporada, casi dejo de ver la serie por el, soy latina y puedo decir lo que quiera sobre ese gordo
Anyone else feel like a proud parent? 🥹
I feel like this is one of those moments where you give a subordinate a title without any extra money to keep them, but their status in the company and relationship to the senior management or shareholders hasn't really changed.
For a short while. Love this show but reversing it one scene later wasn't exactly the payoff many had hoped for after 5 seasons of teasing Guillermo as a vampire.
We’ll he better become a daywalker bc we need to see him in his full power!!!
While this scene was really cool, 5 seasons build up to this only to have him change his mind a few mins later, was kinda a let down :/
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If Guillermo was stuck between human and vampire, he could’ve had the best of both worlds.
I think they should have gone for one now season as a half vampire..
Or, the worst of both worlds.
A Daywalker
Daywalker is a rare and particularly prized and useful status.
No powers and still dies, it was like the worst of both worlds
I don't understand why Guillermo didn't just stay like he was before he drank the blood. Has eternal life, can turn into a bat and has 20/20 vision, but can still go in the sun, eat human food yet he doesn't have to kill people to survive. That seems like a much better deal.
He was basically a dhampir
agreed. WRITING DECLINED. I honestly just didn't care for the show's characters, they did too many things that made no sense.
Because he wanted to be a full-fledged vampire. That was his whole thing from the beginning.
Half vampire, so he is not in any faction, neither a complete person nor a complete vampire. Moreover, Gilmore's deepest wish is to become a vampire.
Because it's comedy. It's meant to be funny, not to make sense.
"What do we do next?"
"You can get a broom"
I never thought I'd vibe with Colin Robinson so mucn.
So relatable
Only thing I found disappointing is just how quickly they went back to the status quo. Literally the next scene after this is Guillermo not wanting to be a vampire anymore. 5 seasons of buildup only to immediately go back to how things were was a little disappointing. This scene made it seem like Guillermo might be an especially strong vampire that might even cause some issues for the rest of the cast. Would've been nice to see him let his hair down and run wild for a season before returning him to his human form.
What they should do is have him start to spontaneously turn back into a vampire....
It's tough, because if he stayed a vampire then it would completely change the dynamics of the group and the source of so much humour. You can only change a sitcom so much before the magic is lost. I also don't think that we're going back to the status quo: what's Guillermo's motivation to stay a familiar now? How will he cope with abandoning his life-long dream?
But, all that said, it is disappointing just how quickly he did 180 on wanting to be a vampire. Felt like the character was cheated somehow.
imagine the writers thought of this and a huge plot point for the next season is the combo of vampire and van helsing blood alone with the fake ritual where he kills the one who turned him... well then i wonder if the writers will tell a story of a very unusual vampire that is Gizmo lol
@cliffarroyo9554 wow, thats such a cool concept omg, i want a fic about that
I get that. At the same time, I like the idea that the reason Nandor hadn't made Guillermo a vampire all these years is because he knew he wouldn't like it, rather than him just being an oblivious jerk. They could have taken some time to get there and explore him being a vampire though.
I feel like the of this series really shat on his character and his motivations. I can see his friendship with Nandor and Lazlo making him want to keep in touch and be a part of the group but his motivations for being their doormat and servant are gone.
"Fomo" LMAO. This show is so good
The cornholio line was underrated
Quite so.
If he ever becomes a vampire again,I'd quite like to see a thing where he juggles being a vampire with not wanting to kill anyone. Like, he could rely on blood donations. Set up a little clinic where he provides stuff he's baked (he's already said he's a really good baker) to get sugar into people to help them recover after they've donated. A sort of "ethical vampire".
Yea idk I think they shot themselves in the foot by backtracking on it. I mean He’s wanted to be a vampire and even helped them kill, and now he has a problem with killing? Idk it seems like they were too afraid to break the established order of things than evolve the story.
Ethical vampire who bakes sugar! I love that 😅😊😊
"Farm to table sustainability" well organized compensated donation schemes ,or biting the arm to prevent overfeeding from vamp groupie volunteer communes ,
It's been shown as an "alternative unlifestyle" on other vamp series like Being Human.
Yeah they could have used it to parody all of the other vampires in fiction who have at some point tried to go "vegetarian". We could have had a twilight episode where he hunts for animals, or a vampire diaries stealing-blood-bags or an anne rice Louis eating rats. Or killing only bad people. Or anything. There were so many options to be explored
I love this show so much, but I do agree with the others that the whole buildup to this was very anticlimatic. Everything just goes crazy after he turns into a vampire and then he immediately wants to go back, when you were waiting all the seasons for Guillermo to get his wish.
But in the end I've been simping hard for Van Helsing Guillermo the most throughout the show. The vampires still mocking him, when he could end them with a fingersnap but still protecting them because of loyalty and companionship. I hope we'll keep that at least for the next season.
@Luneshade
*anticlimactic.
He's having the time of his life but everyone around don't give a f and Laszlo is like just mildly intrigued 🤣
I love this show so much. Great lines - ‘you must or else you will be eternally frozen in this painful unending Limbo’ 🦇🦇❤️🦇
It is hard to explain to non viewers that Colin Robinson is the most powerful entity in this scene
Love Colin’s little “yep” 😂
I felt happy that Gizmo finally got his wish of being a vampire but what if instead of drinking fresh human blood could he not have just went into a hospital blood storage area and take as much bag blood as he wanted? Gizmo is smart with technology and he could easily wiped all footage(if there was any) of him being there or in this case if vampires couldn't be on certain cameras only floating objects could be seen. If he needed access like with a key he could have hypnotized a security guard/doctor/nurse to get to areas that are secure so he wouldn't arouse suspicion. If he could have survived on bag human blood or if vampires could tolerate it animal blood(somewhat like twilight) then Guillermo could still be a vampire but he would still have to deal with being immortal and possibly being hunted by his family and if he ever found a boyfriend he would eventually have to tell him(boyfriend) that he was a vampire. If he could do this he would still have to fight the urge not to kill humans in public like everyone else in the house.
Blood banks could have worked logistically but I think it just would have... made vampirism a curse? If that makes sense. Casually murdering random people, having next to zero respect for most life, not having meaningful relationships with mortals - that's all key to being an immortal being who feasts on human blood in this universe. That he couldn't do the killing represents how he wasn't ready to be a vampire in the long-term at all
This whole season was a "not like this" storyline. I think/hope we'll still get Guillermo The Vampire and it will be truly what he wants, and with the right Sire.
I'd quite like to see a thing where he juggles being a vampire with not wanting to kill anyone. Like, he could rely on blood donations. Set up a little clinic where he provides stuff he's baked to get sugar into people to help them recover after they've donated. A sort of "ethical vampire". (He already said he's a really good baker)
Now I think of it, I would quite like it if the guide ended up being Guillermo's sire.
@@RenaissanceEarCandy I could really see that. Guillermo becoming a sort of 'no kill vampire' and maybe starting a movement/support group or something and going from there.
I was waiting for this for a looooooong time!
Idk why everyone is so upset, considering Gizmo’s personality and the whole occasional bout of catholic guilt he has, are y’all really shocked he chickened out so fast?
He had no problem luring innocent people to their deaths (often young boys and girls) and dismembering their corpses for 10 years.
That's arguably worse than having to feed on them to keep yourself alive.
@@esteemedyamsReal talk, he's a monster and Van Helsing would burn him alive.
Unless it's Hugh Jackmans Van Helsing, he'll murder him with sick combos and technological gizmos.
Fair point
I feel like people who think he’s “back at square one” and that this was all for nothing are completely missing the point. Guillermo has spent all these seasons wanting to be a vampire because he doesn’t want to be himself. In season one he allowed the vampires to constantly treat him like crap because he just wanted to be around them and accepted by them. He even said in this very episode that he thought becoming a vampire would bring him closer to his friends.
This episode was HUGE for Guillermo’s character development, and not just that, but for Nandor’s too. We see how Nandor has had his reasons all this time not to turn him before, despite probably wanting to do it sooner (saying “just as I feared” when he hears Guillermo being upset about it). Nandor now undoubtedly still cares for and respects Guillermo as a human. We also got Laszlo and Guillermo developing a friendship like they never have before, still kept strong as he helped him with Derek at the end.
Guillermo himself made the choice to stay true to himself instead of picking status and power. He was finally honest with Nandor and the others even if he could’ve been horribly rejected, or even worse, by them. He picked his own thoughts and feelings and was still respected and accepted for it! That’s a HUGE deal!
I understand thinking the change and then changing back was abrupt but at its core it’s still a 25(ish) minutes per episode comedy show. I think they’ve done an incredible job with the character developments this season. The whole dynamic between Guillermo and the vampires will now be completely different. Guillermo can’t go back to being just a familiar and the vampires can’t pretend that’s the only reason they’re keeping him around. Guillermo himself said he still wants to become a vampire-he’s just not ready. Plus if it happens it should be done right.
This season was fantastic!! I can’t wait to see where they’re taking things in s6. 🦇✨
I think there's also the fact that the whole time there was the conflict between the Van Helsing part and the wanting to be a vampire. He is still a vampire hunter but now he is one that has also been a vampire which might add to that power especially compared to his own family. They may use that in the next seasons
Thank you for reminding why Guillermo's development is one of the best in the show
I think people don‘t have a problem with the thing itself as much as they do with the rushed execution of it.
@@jadjason6053 eh, I still think the whole storytelling part of this show has never been the strongest, and so it fit in with that. They can only do so much in one episode while keeping the main focus on its bizarre and comedic tone. If people disagree that’s cool but I thought they did a great job that fit with what I was expecting from this show given its baseline.
@@ixiznyou wrote all this so well! Thank u for making me think 😊
What I don’t get is how did Guillermo not realize he’d have to kill humans. Hasn’t he been a familiar to vampires for a decade? Is he just that oblivious to what they do? And now that he went back human, why stay a familiar? I hope they make the story something like the “reversal” didn’t fully take since they did what they did to Derek. Maybe make him a dhampir or something.
Different picking them than when they're screaming for their lives and bleeding.
I like burgers but I doubt I would be able to kill a cow. There's quite a bit of distance between the idea and the act of killing, I think.
I found the writing off in a few places this season, but the ending really annoys me. One of the major, if not the most important story arc in the series is Guillermo's dream to become a vampire, this literally underpins every single season and episode, and when he finally does, it's for a half day and he suddenly has a repulsion for drinking human blood and killing whereas he has killed many vampires and supported the crew to kill countless humans (not to mention the weird creator gets killed offspring survives mess others have pointed out in the comments). For me, the series should have ended with Guillermo becoming a vampire at the end of this season, or could continue with another season where we'd see him explore his identity as a new vampire and the new dynamic with Nandor and the rest of the crew. Instead, this felt like a forced reset that betrayed Guillermo's defining character feature.
Couldn't agree more. This half-assed ending makes me worry for season 6.
" Guillermo drinks the blood "
Everyone pauses and looks at him
" Guillermo violently pukes blood everywhere "
Everyone laughs
Nandor : Haha , you'll get used to it. Takes some time to keep it down
Then the next season is him retaining his humanity and dealing with being a vampire ultimately reverting back at the end of the season and closing off the show.
@@esteemedyams Well, you were right.
I absolutely agree. We got a sixth season, but it would have been nice to get a different season. Like there was 1 - 5 him becoming a vampire and season 6 him becoming a member of the team. Although, I suppose, hard to pull off, because those vampires lived so long that they basically lost their "fire". They are there and they exist, but in a way, they don't DO anything. It's like it doesn't even matter that they are there at all. With Guillerimo becoming a vampire I assume his "fire" would have gone out too at some point. Or at least that would have been the path from there on out and that would have been kinda depressing. Then again, they could have done it like he dragged all the others OUT of their lethargy.
Anyways, I certianly wanted something else than what we got with Season 6
Guillermo finally did it. Now they're gonna need a new familiar to take his place
Not really actually
Ending felt SUPER lazy to me. Not only does Guillermo last all of five minutes as a vampire, but he did so by continuously screwing with Derek over his own indecisiveness. Felt super out of character that Guillermo would willingly let Derek be killed over his own constant changing of mind. Granted Derek seems happy as an undead but you would think after making Derek turn him and putting himself at risk that Guillermo would feel somewhat bothered with the fact Derek now needs to die because Guillermo, after five seasons of craving to be a vampire, needs "abit more time". Like, tf man.
He was clearly bothered, though? He couldn’t go through with it and Nandor had to do it for him (without waiting for Guillermo to give his okay so he didn’t even say he wanted Nandor to do it).
I think they do a great job at adding serious plotlines while keeping it the silly little comedy it is at its core, especially with Guillermo’s arcs. That balance is why they make the “deep” moments so short and change the tone pretty quick... even if I’d also like to see them linger more on the seriousness sometimes, it makes sense and is what it is.
@@ixizn lets be fair, there was enough time in between for Guillermo to say "wait" or "stop" or something. Again the MOST frustrating thing is him screwing with Derek's life in order for him to have a bit more time to MAYBE become a vampire later anyway. I love this show and I get its a silly comedy but it still felt way out of character, didn't think Guillermo was the kind of person to let other people close to him take falls in order to gain what HE wants and be ok with it.
Despite wanting to be a vampire and having a family dynamic with a group of vampires I think it’s pretty obvious Guillermo doesn’t feel as bad killing vampires as he does killing innocent humans. Yes he’s been an accomplice etc but he rationalises these things in his mind, his friends need to survive. We all rationalise things we don’t like about ourselves but when it comes to deliberately taking a human life it’s to much. It also happened pretty fast. If it had been days or weeks and he was starving would he have felt the same. But then he was given a choice to take it back so easily. He still couldn’t kill Derek himself even though it was easy because Derek had been nice to him. Still Derek must have been killing to survive. Nandor taking it out of his hands is a role Guillermo has been in for years, that’s his master. He’s only thirty. Plenty of time for him to still become a vampire if he wants to.
1:40 What do we do next?
Colin Robinson: get a broom. 😂
*Nadja: "Drink B1. tch!".* 😂
People kept telling me to watch this s how, how much I'd love it. I finally sat down and binged the whole thing. Just about the time I was wondering what the hell Colin was doing on the show, he got funny. The Superb Owl party... Anyway, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for such a wonderful show. And I know Doug Jones is a recurring role, but he looks like he's having SO much fun with the character.
"What do we do next?" "Get a broom!"
Ending was a bit of a let down but also understandable and leaves some great content for the future! SPOILERS AHEAD:
Was letdown for obvious reasons but now I think there is room for Guillermo to grow into being a vampire and finally get turned by Nandor in the future seasons. I am excited to see what the group dynamic will be for S6! WIth G and Nadja also having bonded, maybe he will be respected more! Very excited. Binged this show in like 2 weeks and finished like a week ago! I will soon watch the movie when I get the time!
At least theyre making one more season. I feel like for S5 they teased us with the promise that Guillermo will become a vampire. He just simply wasnt ready for his first time but maybe later down the line, Nandor will make him a true vampire and he will be more prepared next time around.
I think a funnier story line would be to have Guillermo being the most hyped up, over the top vampire, and doing all the campest Hammer House stuff. Going crazy wanting to prey on lots of humans and having outlandish sexual fetishes etc. Then the others could react with distaste and be shocked by his antics, and rein him in. It would be funny if they were seen to be prudish by comparison.
Couldn’t even get a full episode let alone a season as Gizmo the vampire? Super disappointing
The twist is, does he keep all his vampire killing ability?
That's not a twist. He's still a Van Helsing, vampire or not.
Part of me hopes that after Guillermo will realize that none of this is worth it all Vampires are assholes and he becomes a full time Slayer…..and maybe probably finally let his feelings out for Nandor
im so happy for him omg
I felt like the ending of season 5 was not great, there was the major reckon when killing a vampire kills their line when before that was just a fun rumor and was proven wrong in the actual movie which this show was based on. And the idea of just kind of resetting the series back to the status quote after the ending. Honestly was not idea. Also I thought there was going to be more Colin in this season after the whole library he had but no he was just kind of in the back ground.
I'm willing to try the next season but I need something more than what we already had with the dynamics of the first 3.
I should definitely watch it!
I love this show but I hate the ending. Five seasons of build-up for Guillermo to become a vampire and the payoff lasts all of five minutes before Guillermo inexplicably grows a conscience and the status quo is reset by a lazy nonsensical plot twist.
I know this sort of thing happens with a lot of shows these days, but come on; we KNOW this show's writers are smarter than that.
100%. He changes his mind literally in the next scene.
@@lukebarnes8097Guillermo has strange logic:
1. He lives with the vampires almost 15 years.
2. He knows vampires kill people and he even helps them to do it.
3. He is shocked that as a vampire he has to kill people.
What did he expect?
@VixenMice I'm rewatching the show right now and in regards to him not wanting to kill people, there are multiple points in the show where he seems to express how he seperates himself from the victims, especially the episode where one of his friends was going to be dinner for an entire vampire orgy, so there is a semblance of morality. So I think that he's made it easier for himself by separating himself from what he's done by reasoning that he himself is not doing the killing. And throughout the series, there does seem to be a growing theme that he wants to be a vampire but also seen as an equal and close friend by nandor and the other vamps.
But I agree a 100 percent that the ending could have been done better or that guillermo could have been a vamp for much longer, then change back to human.
Guillermo’s had an issue with killing people since forever. The first season played it up for jokes but like with many things from that season his character has been more fleshed out and now his character traits tend to get prioritized over the comedic effects. He’s okay with cleaning up after the vampires because they have to eat, he’s okay with ending other vampires because they threaten his friends... his issue has been all season that he doesn’t want to hurt people for his OWN selfish reasons (=to feed himself). Guillermo has always been bad at prioritizing his own needs and do things for himself, so I don’t think it’s out of character or surprising at all.
You're right. But still this is ridiculous that Guillermo didn't realise he would kill people after transformation.
Spoilerssssss
I would think Guillermo would be smart enough to think ahead…”would I be okay with and be able to handle feeding off humans as a vampire?” He had at least 10 years to think about that and that thought never crossed his mind? What was he expecting to live like as a vampire??
The thought did cross his mind, but he convinced himself that the willingness to kill would come with being a vampire. He already chose victims for his masters, disposed of the bodies, he said in an earlier season he'd turned off the emotional side of his brain. I think in order to cope with all that he just left no room for anything in his head except his desire to be a vampire. He just pushed his doubts away.
This show is definitely a VtM game made into a TV show
Ya'll wish he'd have stayed a vampire. It's nice to see his dreams come true.
Amazing accent😊
100% should have kept him a vampire. Feel like they fucked up
I always thought they should have saved Guillermo turning into a vampire for the final show. So it went out with a bang. Maybe he could have gotten some sort of spin off after but it was definitely too soon then kind of wasted.
I have FOMO too!
I cannot believe that this showing is ending. In this world of chaos, it was nice to watch a show that made me laugh and now it is ending. I am really sad about this.
U get a broom lmao
when you smoke weed for the first time but all your friends have been doing it for years.
I really hope Nandor turns Guillermo back into a half vampire, at the very least. But yes, thank GOD we finally saw him become a full-fledged vampire, and I quite enjoyed his slow-turning journey. And the fact that it showed that the vamps really do care about him was really sweet.
I think the most disappointing thing for me was learning that if your sire dies, you just turn back into a human. Idk, made it a little less special to me, that they could give up vampirism at any time. :/ But still, great show!
If the sire bites the dust, all the vampires older than 100 years will instantly age and die, kind of like Black Adam shouting "Shazam!" and turning into ashes.
So technically..they still die.
@daredevillad3224 Ah, good, I'm glad to hear that. Well, not, but for the sake of the show lol. Ooohhhh, and that's why Gizmo suddenly had a beard! Okay, okay.
I honestly thought I was going to be rick rolled
❤❤❤
While I do find that LAslo never thought to have him drink human blood is rather funny, this was a bit...meh?
FINALLY
One thing that bugs me now.
When Petyr died in the movie shouldn't Nick and Deacon go back to being humans again?
Petyr is alive thats why
@@The-WandererOnehe's dead
It was a huge disappointment Laszlo didn't make him a vampire
For like, three minutes.
I’m sorry, but the ending bugs me like hell. I know this isn’t a serious show, but when Derek died, Guillermo should’ve right then and there too. More or less the writers’ way of trying to return to square one.
But Deacon didn't die or turn back to a human when Petyr was killed. The whole if your sire dies something happens to you, sounds like just an asspull in general to me. Nothing should have happened to him.
The reason a vampire dies too when the vampire who transformed them dies is not because if your master's existence ends then yours does too, is because as Nandor said your body suddenly reverses through all the years it has been "frozen" in time. If you've been a vampire for, say, 400 hundred years, your body suddenly catching up with those 400 years would literally turn into dust. The only reason Guillermo didn't die was because he had only been transformed for like a month, and the only thing that happened to him was that his hair and beard grew how they would've grown in that "lost" month. If the Baron really had died in the first season but for example, and hypothetically Nadja had only been a vampire for a month or two, she wouldn't have died. You don't die because your master's life ends, you die because you've been a vampire for centuries and your body can't catch up with all that time (as humans' lifespan is way less than X centuries).
Yeah, the whole storyline bugged me. Things need to be internally consistent. But its a big retcon to decide that bloodlines die with progenitor of the bloodline. It just makes the first series entirely nonsensical as our heroes MUST have known the Baron wasnt actually dead because they were still alive. So its just stupid writing. Why not just leave Gizmo has a half vampire (a Fat Blade helping out vamps) could have been interesting. But no, back to zero. I thought the show was better than that.
@@michelle1794I like this. 👏🏻
Yeah, I suspected they were always going to keep Guillermo human, but I at least hoped for it to last for a little while, maybe ending sometime in season 6. After wanting to be a vampire for 5 seasons, immediately returning to the status quo was a big mistake IMO.
I don't consent to vampires attacking me in any way.
Human blood? They should have made him a Vampire The Masquerade style ghoul. He becomes addicted to power and causes problems with the gang.
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Cool spoiler bro.
Do t kill Guillermo
Thanks for the spoiler...
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Not sure why you'd want to be a vampire in this universe. Just like in the Buffy verse, you're not "you" when you turn. When you die, that's it. Your soul either goes to Heaven or Hell. Your body is walking around, possessed by a demon that thinks it's you, but it's not you.
That's the lamest way to be a vampire ever.
It makes the most sense with the whole undead thing, but it's still the lamest.
💯😥
Great post. Did spike's soul go to heaven, when he was William? Did Angel when he was Liam? I think William's went to heaven. Not sure about Liam
@@TheCandiceWang Yeah, Angel wasn't exactly a good guy when he was alive. So being pulled out of Hell might have been a blessing. It gave him a chance to redeem his soul. And William, he was a good guy when he was alive, so much so that even the demon that thought it was him, eventually redeemed itself and fought for it's own soul back. He's the actual hero.
All the nitwits complaining about Gizmo's sudden desire to be human again are people who DON'T understand the character or his role in the show, and their lack of understanding shows.
"Why didn't he enjoy being a vampire longer?" is the issue with them. Um, WHY would he need or want to be something he is experiencing revulsion and nausea from? Just how long do YOU need to decide if something wasn't what you expected or you don't like something you thought you might? Does it take YOU weeks and months to figure out if you have changed your mind?
If anything, the timeline IS more true to Gizmo than not so shut it with the bogus complaints. The writers know what they're doing or they'd not have had a show for nearly a decade.
Do people even THINK anymore??
It's a cop out and everyone can see it even casual viewers that don't have your "gift" of knowing exactly what characters are thinking every single second. He doesn't want to do the killing blow on a human, despite killing multitudes of vampires and assisting in hundreds if not thousands of human deaths for the vampires to feed, they could have easily killed everything for him and just gave him blood in cups and he would have been fine. Do you stop watching a tv series because you aren't too into one aspect in the first 30 min episode? He had options of remaining a vampire and never killing directly.
People don't want a status quo after all the build up, heck they've already done it with Colins death to then completely have him be exactly the same like nothing happened, that was funny though, and this is just 5 seasons of jerking off the audience.
how does that boot taste
Guillermo can I be your familiar please.? I ❤ you.💋💋
This was so dumb. After more than a decade of going through hell on a daily basis he finally gets what he always wanted, but then he just gives it up because "boohoo i don't want to kill people 😭"
He had no problem luring teenagers to their deaths and disposing of their dead bodies for 10 years. Now he's suddenly too squeamish to drink blood.
Does anyone else feel like this was poorly acted?
Great job guys, you managed to ruin the entire plot of a show that kept going for 5 seasons within just 2 minutes. The entire reason for Guillermo's journey was to become a vampire himself, suddenly growing a moral and screwing Derek over and turning back into a human was absolutely out of character and straight up lazy writing.
Well I think Guillermo is funnier as a human, personally
Kinda big let down, like what's the point to going on now??
:D😅
Tbh how this storyline ended was just very poorly written. Season 6 has a lot of work to do to save this
Made me cringe
Nadja was definitely cringing, you can see it on her face first lol
Iam glad he did not stayed vampire, being vampire sucks
guillermo es el personaje que se fue haciendo mas desagradable en cada temporada, casi dejo de ver la serie por el, soy latina y puedo decir lo que quiera sobre ese gordo
This series lost its humor two seasons ago