Nadya and Nadya Doll visit a store where stuffed animal carcasses can be filled and dressed in trendy styles. The season premiere, titled “The Mall,” takes the gang to a world of mortal sensory overload.

The show works best when these eccentric characters are forced to interact with the modern human world. And with each actor knowing their character’s inside and out, the cast routinely pulls comedy out of moments that would’ve been mundane in lesser hands. The writing is sharp, setting up plot points that continuously pay off by the final act of each episode. What We Do in the Shadows’ sense of identity has never been stronger.

And energy vampire Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch, The Great North) is once again a grown man and going where he can constantly feast – public office. Laszlo (Matt Berry, Great Expectations) is unexpectedly brought closer to Guillermo, which ignites feelings of FOMO in Nandor (Kayvan Novak, Cruella), who is otherwise dismissive of his loyal familiar.

Nadja (Natasia Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats) not only lost her nightclub but also crushed the legs of Nadja Doll and displaced The Guide (Kristen Schaal, Bob’s Burgers).

Did Guillermo (Harvey Guillén, Mickey Mouse Funhouse) get transformed into a vampire at the end of Season 4? That’s the lingering question in the air as Season 5 begins.

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