What We Do In The Shadows - 10 Best Episodes So Far

10. Resurrection

Shadows's second season kicked off strongly with erstwhile Sixth Sense kid Haley Joel Osment not so much seeing dead people as being one.

Here Osment is Topher, the latest familiar for Laszlo and Nadja following a string of slapstick deaths for all his predecessors. Having a rival familiar in the house is not good for Guillermo. Especially when Topher, whose resume is full of modern buzzwords that seem impressive to the uncomprehending vamps, gives the illusion of being far more productive around the house. (Even though he's mostly more interested in his side gig in telesales, something so unengaging that it even turns off the supernaturally dull Colin Robinson).

Topher as an irritant to Guillermo is fun, but the episode really kicks into gear when he becomes the latest familiar fatality. A quick trip to a shady shaman (an enjoyably wacky cameo from Benedict Wong) and Topher is back as a brainless, violent zombie.

That the vampires seem completely oblivious to the changes in the revenant Topher despite his monosyllabic responses and violent outbursts has plenty of comedy mileage, as does the fact that his return from the dead has made the obnoxious familiar essentially unkillable. His ending up in a zombie sweatshop may be a fate worse than death, though.