Beware, reader! There are spoilers ahead for the series finale of What We Do in the Shadows, blah blah blah!

Much like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fargo and M*A*S*X, it didn't take long for the TV series What We Do in the Shadows to justify its existence, to step out of the shadow of its film counterpart and turned into one of the best comedies on television. For six seasons, the series follows the misadventures of a group of hot and angry vampires who have long since given up on their mission to conquer the new world and simply lead a static life of hijinks, as well as the search for their familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillen) to become a vampire. despite discovering that he had the blood of Van Helsing in him. In season 5 Guillermo finally turned into a creature of the night, only to realize that it wasn't for him and turn back into a human.

That last part is significant, because Guillermo's Vampire Story in Season 5 (read our review) definitely felt like the best place to thematically end the show. Once you expand beyond the main goal of one character in the cast who actually had something to accomplish in life, where do you go? Well, the series finale of "What We Do in the Shadows" goes to the obvious answer that, frankly, I completely forgot about - the end of a documentary production that has been filming vampire mansions for years.

The series finale of "What We Do in the Shadows" not only makes for a poignant episode, but also serves as a meta-commentary on the end of the series, with Guillermo going through a bit of a crisis after learning the documentary is coming to an end and doing his best to keep the cameras down the longer they roll. Ultimately, as he points out, there is still no proper conclusion to their story. The characters of the series have not really learned anything, much less achieved anything that deserves a conclusion. The episode itself reinforces the idea that, yes, these are vampires with immortal lifespans, so they have no reason to change or make many observations that would make a good stopping point.

Realizing that there is no way to make a perfect ending, however, our favorite vampire girl Nadia (Natasia Demetriou) has a fantastic idea. The result? What We Do in the Shadows ends by going the way of the 1985 film Clue and giving the audience alternate endings to choose from.

The whole thing starts with our energy vampire, Colin Robinson (Mark Proksh), who thinks about the challenges of creating a satisfying TV series finale. Only then Nadia has the idea to hypnotize the audience of the documentary to watch a finale that will satisfy them the most. As it turns out, the vampires and the documentary crew are actually capable of pulling this off, too, giving multiple (and randomly different) endings along the way.

One of these endings takes the form of a direct parody of the infamous Newhart finale, with Guillermo's former master Nandor (Kayvan Novak) serving as Emily Hartley's Dick Loudon to Guillermo and waking up in the bed next door to find that he he dreamed the whole show. There's also an ending that parodies the big twist from The Usual Suspects, as well as one that pokes fun at the ending of Rosemary's Baby. In fact, you can find them all on Hulu by clicking on the "Hypnosis Extra Features" tab next to the What We Do in the Shadows finale.

The whole thing is absolutely brilliant. Season 6 alone already gave us perfect parodies of both Apocalypse Now and Warriors , so the finale includes not one but three multiple parodies of famous endings is impressive and funny. Except it's not just that the parody endings are funny, or that the very idea of ​​having multiple endings works as a fantastic joke about not being able to appeal to everyone. More than that, the rest of the episode also has multiple endings to help cater to different types of audiences.

In addition to the endings of the hypnosis, there is also a beautiful scene where Guillermo says goodbye to Nandor and decides to move away forever. Only that's not quite the conclusion, as the episode then cuts to another scene where Guillermo returns, admitting that he was just acting for the cameras to give the documentary crew a good ending. He then proceeds to have another bonding moment with Nandor before the vampire pulls a lever in his coffin and the pair fall down an elevator shaft to Nandor's secret superhero lair, with Nandor becoming Batman. Basically, no matter what aspect of the show you enjoyed the most, there's something for you in the What We Do in the Shadows finale.

What We Do in the Shadows is now streaming in its entirety on Hulu.