Exit Interview (What We Do in the Shadows)

After fleeing the manor, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) is hiding out in a motel room, while Derek (Chris Sandiford) helps him with supplies. Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) drops by and it becomes apparent that Derek is not the best at keeping secrets. Guillermo angrily kicks out Derek, prompting Nadja to warn that he must be more considerate to Derek, as Derek is his Sire.

Nandor (Kayvan Novak) is searching for Guillermo across New York, planning to capture him at his favorite spot: a Panera Bread store. He attacks a pedestrian whom he believes is Guillermo, but finds that he is actually actor Patton Oswalt. He tries to build a friendship with Oswalt, but throws him off a building to his death, when it is suggested that he try reconciling with Guillermo. However, he is shaken from having committed the deed.

Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) visits Guillermo at the motel, conducting an exit interview from his duties as familiar. He is also visited by Laszlo (Matt Berry), who gets distracted by a porno playing on the television. Later, Guillermo is visited by the Guide (Kristen Schaal), who has brought the hybrids to bid farewell to Guillermo. Guillermo is then called by Nandor, who reveals he has visited Guillermo's mother, telling him to meet him at her apartment. Guillermo hurriedly arrives, where Nandor surprises him by saying he won't kill him, as Oswalt's death made him reconsider. Guillermo initially does not believe him, but changes his mind upon finding that Nandor wants him to stake him if he is lying.

Nandor and Guillermo return to the house, with Nandor proclaiming he is now one of them. When Laszlo states that Guillermo is still not a full vampire, Nandor gives Guillermo a glass of human blood to drink, something that Laszlo never considered. Guillermo drinks it, finally becoming a vampire by proudly displaying his powers. The vampires then go to a restaurant where they slaughter the patrons and drink on their blood. However, Guillermo doesn't take part in the massacre, telling the documentary crew that he is shaken up about the idea of actually killing people. After he leaves, it is revealed that Nandor overheard everything, revealing this was why he was not ready to turn him. Realizing that Guillermo is not cut out to be a vampire, he summons the Djinn (Anoop Desai) to make a wish, only to find that he ran out of wishes a long time ago.

Guillermo is led to a ceremony attended by the vampires, Derek, the Baron (Doug Jones) and the Sire, where he must proclaim himself as either a human or a vampire. When Guillermo decides that he wants to be human, Nandor has everyone wear hoods, but everyone removes theirs, except Derek who is the only one to have his face covered. Nandor instructs Guillermo that he must kill Derek to become human. When Guillermo cannot bring himself to do it, Nandor does it instead, staking Derek and causing Guillermo to revert to being a human. After everyone leaves, Guillermo and Laszlo take Derek's corpse to Wallace (Benedict Wong), the necromancer. Derek is resurrected as a zombie, and Topher (Haley Joel Osment) states that he will eventually learn to talk just like he did. Topher then takes Derek to join them in the basement.

In August 2023, FX confirmed that the tenth and final episode of the season would be titled "Exit Interview", and that it would be written by producer Jake Bender, producer Zach Dunn, executive producer Sam Johnson, supervising producer Sarah Naftalis and executive producer Paul Simms, and directed by Tig Fong. This was Bender's fifth writing credit, Dunn's fifth writing credit, Johnson's ninth writing credit, Naftalis' seventh writing credit, Simms' 14th writing credit, and Fong's fourth directing credit.^[1]

The episode featured an appearance by Patton Oswalt as himself. For the role, they needed an actor with comedic skills, who somewhat resembled Guillermo, or had enough of a resemblance, that it was plausible that Nandor would mistake him for Guillermo. Panera Bread allowed the series to film at one of its stores.^[2]