[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Mayfair Witches Season 2 Episode 3, “Cover the Mirrors.”]
The primary official crossover of AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe reveals passed off in Mayfair Witches Season 2 Episode 3 by means of Felix (Gabriel Freilich), the vampire scholar of Lestat (Sam Reid, not current within the episode) seen in Interview With the Vampire‘s Season 2 finale. Mayfair Witches was extra so borrowing a vamp from IWTV than it was offering any narrative replace to the franchise’s flagship present with this crossover, however showrunner Esta Spalding tells TV Insider that there shall be some basis laid for the upcoming Talamasca sequence later this season.
Felix’s run-in with Lasher (Jack Huston) opened the episode. The bloodsucker (recognized merely as Pale Younger Vamp in Interview With the Vampire earlier than Mayfair Witches gave him a reputation) was fascinated by Lasher’s distinctive scent. He may instantly inform that Lasher wasn’t human, so he informed him to not play by human guidelines when imparting knowledge from his “good instructor,” Lestat. Reid’s character isn’t talked about by identify within the scene, however Spalding confirmed that Felix is speaking about Lestat in our interview in addition to within the behind-the-scenes featurette for the episode.
However there’s extra to return with these colliding worlds in Mayfair Witches‘ second season. Spalding tells TV Insider that Season 2 Episode 7, airing on Sunday, February 23 on AMC (streaming on AMC+), was a serious collaboration with the creators of The Talamasca (not one of the Immortal Universe reveals are run by the identical groups, however they’re all involved with one another).
[OFFICIAL #THETALAMASCA COMMUNIQUÉ INCOMING] pic.twitter.com/eM7CFkyq0D
— Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (@AnneRiceAMC) January 6, 2025
“Episode 207, which is by far our wildest, wackiest, and form of funnest episode, was written by Mark Lafferty, who’s the showrunner on Talamasca,” Spalding says. “So he was with us breaking that story as he was getting into on this planet of fascinated about Talamasca with [The Talamasca series creator] John Lee Hancock.”
Spalding additionally tells us that there shall be a direct reference to a Talamasca Motherhouse on this episode, the penultimate of the season.
Lafferty and Hancock are co-showrunners of The Talamasca, premiering in 2025 on AMC. It facilities on the enigmatic supernatural watchdog company for which Sip (Tongayi Chirisa) and Albrecht (Dennis Boutsikaris) work, specializing in the New York and London divisions as an alternative of New Orleans. It stars Nicholas Denton, Downton Abbey‘s Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner, and Maisie Richardson-Sellers.
Mayfair Witches Season 2 trailers have proven Sip assembly new Talamasca brokers, so his work world is increasing this season. The Immortal Universe social media accounts have additionally been teasing Talamasca characters throughout Mayfair Witches‘ weekly releases.
The primary teaser, an “official Talamasca communiqué,” was shared on January 5 and featured the primary have a look at McGovern as Helen, head of the Talamasca’s New York Motherhouse (see above). “We watch the witches,” she says.
[OFFICIAL #TALAMASCA MESSAGE RECEIVED] pic.twitter.com/PymzExWn3r
— Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (@AnneRiceAMC) January 20, 2025
The second video (above) reveals the primary have a look at Fichtner’s Jasper, “a mysterious American who has quietly assumed management and affect over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse,” AMC describes of the character. “Although his motives and strategies are cloaked in shadow, his attraction and righteous sense of function are as harmful as the ability he’s pursuing.”
Helen is “a seasoned veteran of the Talamasca and the chief of its New York Motherhouse. She has lengthy suspected that London’s Motherhouse has fallen below the affect of traitorous components, and a mysterious demise prompts her to recruit Man Anatole (Denton), who will change into her protégé.”
Will a communication from Man be subsequent?
Mayfair Witches, Sundays, 9/8c, AMC, Streaming Sundays on AMC+