
Scripted series · FX
What We Do in the Shadows
Don't ask what they do outside the shadows.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How What We Do in the Shadows actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
What We Do in the Shadows reads strongest on World Building, Humour and Character Depth.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 61 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
202110 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201910 episodes
7.7IMDbAfter an unexpected visit from their dark lord and leader, Baron Afanas, the vampires are reminded of what they were initially tasked with upon their arrival in Staten Island over a hundred years ago – total and complete domination of the New World. But what exactly is the best way to go about achieving said domination? Our vérité camera crew follows along as the vampires set out to answer this query.
Best episode · S01E07 The Trial

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202010 episodes
8.0IMDbThe vampires try to find their way in a world of human Super Bowl parties, internet trolls, an energy vampire who gets a promotion and becomes drunk on power and of course, all the ghosts, witches, necromancers, zombies and shadowy cloaked assassins who roam freely in the Tri-State area.
Best episode · S02E04 The Curse

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202110 episodes
7.6IMDbThe vampires are elevated to a new level of power and will encounter the vampire from which all vampires have descended, a tempting Siren, gargoyles, werewolf kickball, Atlantic City casinos, wellness cults, ex-girlfriends, gyms and supernatural curiosities galore. Plus, Colin Robinson is turning 100. And Nandor, faced with his own eternal-life crisis, tries to inject his life with more meaning.
Best episode · S03E06 The Escape

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202210 episodes
7.6IMDbThe vampires return to Staten Island to find their mansion on the verge of total structural collapse — and with no money to repair it. While Nandor’s eternal search for love finally yields results, Nadja finally realizes her dream of opening the hottest vampire nightclub in the Tri-State Area. Laszlo struggles with the question of nature versus nurture as he tries raising Baby Colin to be anything other than an energy vampire. And even Guillermo finds himself on a powerful emotional track that touches on his love for his family, and for others.
Best episode · S04E08 Go Flip Yourself

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202310 episodes
7.9IMDbNandor feels his familiar (and sometimes friend) Guillermo slipping away as he seems to be spending much more time with Laszlo, whose skills as a gentleman scientist are put to the test as he tries to solve the mystery of the strange and very secret changes Guillermo is going through. Nadja, suffering the effects of a previously-undiagnosed supernatural hex, reconnects with her family - or at least, a family - from the Old Country, Colin pursues the path of so many energy vampires before him by running for political office and The Guide tries to figure out where she fits in as the relative newcomer to this tightly-knit group who've known each other for centuries.
Best episode · S05E06 Urgent Care

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
202411 episodes
7.2IMDbAfter a very brief stint as a full-blown vampire, Guillermo is re-evaluating his life. Who is he if not a familiar who will do anything to please his Master in hopes of one day being turned into a vampire? Meanwhile, the vampires are reevaluating, too. When their former roommate reappears after a 50-year nap, they realize how little they’ve done in half a century — not one goal accomplished, not one dream pursued, not one part of the New World conquered (except for their street and part of Ashley Street).
Best episode · S06E09 Come Out and Play
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S05E06
Urgent Care
When Guillermo is injured, Nadja takes him to Urgent Care. Colin has trouble feeding.
- Directed by Yana Gorskaya
- Written by Chris Marcil, Sam Johnson

S02E10
Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires
As they prepare to attend the most exclusive event on the vampiric social calendar, the vampires try to survive without Guillermo.
- Directed by Kyle Newacheck
- Written by Stefani Robinson, Sam Johnson

S02E04
The Curse
While the vampires fear they've been electronically cursed, Guillermo tries to thwart a deadly threat to his masters.
- Directed by Liza Johnson
- Written by Sarah Naftalis

S01E07
The Trial
The vampires must defend themselves as an international vampire tribunal gathers to judge them for their transgressions.
- Directed by Taika Waititi
- Written by Jemaine Clement

S02E06
On the Run
After a vengeful enemy from the past appears without warning, Laszlo flees his home and goes into hiding to avoid certain death.
- Directed by Yana Gorskaya
- Written by Stefani Robinson

S02E05
Colin's Promotion
Colin Robinson gets promoted at work, and his new power threatens the balance of power in the vampire house.
- Directed by Jemaine Clement
- Written by Shana Gohd
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S00E10
Deep Hypnosis

S06E11
The Finale
- Directed by Yana Gorskaya
- Written by Sam Johnson, Paul Simms

S06E10
The Promotion
- Directed by Kyle Newacheck
- Written by Lauren Wells, Jake Bender

S06E09
Come Out and Play
- Directed by DJ Stipsen
- Written by Shana Gohd, Paul Simms

S06E08
P.I. Undercover: New York
- Directed by Kyle Newacheck
- Written by Max Brockman

S06E07
March Madness
- Directed by Yana Gorskaya
- Written by Jeremy Levick, Rajat Suresh
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Jemaine Clement
Showrunner

Taika Waititi
Executive producer

Kyle Newacheck
Executive producer

Garrett Basch
Executive producer

Stefani Robinson
Executive producer

Eli Bush
Executive producer
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Sam Johnson
Executive producer
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Yana Gorskaya
Executive producer

Paul Simms
Executive producer

Scott Rudin
Executive producer
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Sarah Naftalis
Executive producer
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Shana Gohd
Writer

Aasia LaShay Bullock
Writer
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Lauren Wells
Writer

Jeremy Levick
Writer
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Chris Marcil
Writer
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Rajat Suresh
Writer

Marika Sawyer
Writer

Wally Baram
Writer

Tom Scharpling
Writer
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Jake Bender
Writer
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Max Brockman
Writer

Ayo Edebiri
Writer
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Duncan Sarkies
Writer
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Zach Dunn
Writer
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William Meny
Writer
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Josh Lieb
Writer
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Amelia Haller
Writer

Iain Morris
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shana GohdProducer
- Taika WaititiExecutive Producer
- Kyle NewacheckExecutive Producer
- Garrett BaschExecutive Producer
- Derek RappaportProducer
- Jake BenderProducer
Writing
- Shana GohdWriter
- Aasia LaShay BullockWriter
- Lauren WellsWriter
- Jeremy LevickWriter
- Chris MarcilWriter
- Rajat SureshWriter
Direction
- Taika WaititiDirector
- Jackie van BeekDirector
- Kyle NewacheckDirector
- DJ StipsenDirector
- Tig FongDirector
- Liza JohnsonDirector
Cinematography
- Michael StoreyDirector of Photography
- DJ StipsenDirector of Photography
- Kim DerkoDirector of Photography
- Bevan CrothersDirector of Photography
- Christian SprengerDirector of Photography
- David A. MakinDirector of Photography
Music
- Albert FoxOriginal Music Composer
- John EnrothOriginal Music Composer
- Mark MothersbaughOriginal Music Composer
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