# What We Do in the Shadows season 5 (not to be confused with the WWDitS4, WWDitS3 or WWDitS threads) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 14, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049 "2023-07-14T23:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/21 "2023-08-18T16:02:22Z")
Yeah, this one was out there. This episode is following a couple of highlights of the series so rates a little lower in comparison, but the quality of the show on average remains quite high. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/22 "2023-08-22T01:10:24Z")
I found Season 4 quite boring and unfunny, and the first episode of Season 5 was more of the same. But after that, it’s has gone completely crazy, and I’m loving it. The pride one was way out there, but the local news, and campaign ones solid funny ones. I was fading as a fan before this season, but fully back in now. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/23 "2023-08-25T14:26:43Z")
I was worried that 5x08 was going to be a bad episode, completely about that terrible roast. But then it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/24 "2023-08-26T14:44:06Z")
I love the double meaning with the title. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/25 "2023-08-27T01:38:37Z")
I remain perplexed as to why Kristen Schaal has gotten an opening credit and been in the marketing material this season, yet her character has been sparingly used. Possibly it was a negotiated contractual thing? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/26 "2023-08-27T02:00:29Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I remain perplexed as to why Kristen Schaal has gotten an opening credit and been in the marketing material this season, yet her character has been sparingly used. Possibly it was a negotiated contractual thing?. I’m not sure, but I do not really want her featuring all that much. I love Schaal, but her character in this show is not that great. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/27 "2023-09-01T11:46:34Z")
The final two episodes of the season released at the same time. They are _okay_, but don’t really have the humor or zaniness of the best episodes of the season. It settled the question of what happens when a vampire sire dies. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/28 "2023-09-01T20:37:51Z")
Good season. Ending okay? Gizmo really hadn’t thought things out and Derek deserved a better friend. The series could end here fine. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/29 "2023-12-29T18:56:03Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > I remain perplexed as to why Kristen Schaal has gotten an opening credit and been in the marketing material this season, yet her character has been sparingly used. Possibly it was a negotiated contractual thing? I kind of like it as a meta commentary in the show. The Guide (who the characters and _we_ don’t even know their actual name) has wormed her way into the credits and into their lives and should be more important but none of the characters think about her as being anything other than…just around. During the roast episode, I really thought it was building to have been a kind of test/lesson for Nandor. I thought the Count knew Guillermo had been turned by Derreck. I guess I had misremembered the episode where he and Derrick went to the Count for advice? I thought Nandor would be willing to sacrifice himself to save Guillermo and the big reveal would be The Count revealing it was all an act and that since Nandor would sacrifice himself for Guillermo, he must care enough to forgive him for getting turned by another vampire… I have to say I liked the idea of the weird hybrid animals…but I did not like seeing them…too creepy for me. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/30 "2024-06-06T21:34:12Z")
I just finished binge-watching seasons 3, 4 and 5 and I enjoyed them all (although some episodes were funnier than others, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049/31 "2024-10-20T22:34:12Z")
Bumping this thread because the sixth season starts tomorrow, October 21, with three episodes scheduled to air. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-5-not-to-be-confused-with-the-wwdits4-wwdits3-or-wwdits-threads/987049.md?page=1)