What We Do In The Shadows Season 6: Guillermo's Struggle To Move On From Vampires Thoughtfully Detailed By Star

As Guillermo figures out life after serving the undead, Harvey Guillén teases how his character will figure out the next phase of his life inWhat We Do In The Shadows’s sixth and final season. The familiar of Kayvan Novak’s vampire Nandor, and by extension his four other vampire roommates, Guillermo entered their service in hopes of living out his own Anne Rice-inspired fantasy. After learning his hidden family history, coming out, and growing closer to his vampiric friends, Nandor briefly became a vampire himself in season 5, only to forfeit the powers once he wasn’t suited for it.

While audiences may be saying farewell toWhat We Do In The Shadows' undead cast in season 6, Guillén opened up toScreen RantduringNew York Comic-Conabout how the familiar will be making his own way in life in the final season. Noting how Guillermo has finally found the courage to break out on his own and out of toxic habits, even when they come at the hands of his vampiric roommates, Guillén explains that he has taken a major step in improving his life.

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I think it’s hard for people to break habits and change, and to make boundaries. And I think in personal relationships and work relationships, it’s always hard to have those conversations with yourself and say, “This isn’t healthy for me. This isn’t bettering my life. This isn’t going anywhere.” So, those kinds of conversations just in the mirror are hard, sometimes, because we get comfortable, and sometimes we get comfort in knowing the familiar, even though it’s miserable. But we, at least, know what it is, as opposed to the unknown.

So, it’s better to know the misery you’re in than the misery that lies ahead, that we don’t know. I just feel Guillermo is finally comfortable enough, because he’s been breaking out of his cocoon slowly, and now he’s this butterfly that he’s proud of who he is. He’s comfortable in his sexuality, he knows he’s not what he’s been told by society. Even his housemates, who belittle him and treat him like a servant and whatnot. To so many degrees, as an audience member, I would be so upset, because he saved them so many times.

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Despite this, however, Guillermo still holds plenty of compassion for the four vampires, even if his path forward will take him into the unknown, as he takes the many lessons he learned throughout his time as a familiar to give him the strength to take risks. But the thing is that Guillermo is leading with love and empathy, so he could never turn his back on his castmates, or his teammates in the household, because he loves them. Even though they might have cold blood pumping through their hearts, because they’re dead and out of this world, they’re still his family, and they’re his chosen family, and he will protect them at any cost.

And that’s another reason why he even came out to protect his chosen family and his biological family. Both of them were at war, and he chose his sexuality as a shield to protect both of them and stop the chaos. So, it’s stuff like that that looking back, he’s in a journey where he picks up in season 6, it’s like, “Yeah, good for him. Take a risk, take a huge risk, and take swings, because you never know what’s gonna pay off.”

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What We Do In The Shadowsseason 5 brought Guillermo into his endgame storyline, not only giving him the very life he wanted but showing him that it may not be right for him. He was also given a glimpse at how far he came with his undead friends, as they helped him reckon with the potential implications of him being turned behind Nandor’s back, and Nandor himself looked past any potential humiliation to do what he could to help his familiar. As such, while his dream may not have been what he wanted, he witnessed the lengths his flatmates would go to for him.

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While this has given Guillermo the perspective and strength to go forward, the now-reawakened fifth vampire roommate, Jerry (Michael Patrick O’Brien), could threaten to upend these developments, as he once more reminds the vampires of their old ways, both good and bad, unintentionally throwing the group into disarray. Though Guillermo may be putting his life as a familiar behind him, the newfound confidence and bonds he has made may bring him back one last time to aid his undead loved ones.

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Despite this, Guillén’s comments make it apparent that this isn’t a sad ending for the character, but one that will be rewarding. Even though his vampiric acquaintances have gone from cruel, overbearing masters to sometimes inconsiderate but good-natured friends, he cannot live in the dark of the night forever, having already struggled with balancing his familiar life with his personal life for many years. As such,What We Do In The Shadows’s final seasonwill be a bittersweet, but much-earned send-off for this chapter of Guillermo’s life.