In 2019, FX released “What We Do in the Shadows,” an ongoing comedy horror mockumentary series created by Jemaine Clement. While it builds upon the world first introduced in the 2014 film of the same name, and carries on in much the same way, it is not a direct continuance like CBS’s “Limitless” is for its movie counterpart. The story follows a group of (mostly) old-school vampires as they share a home in modern-day Staten Island.
Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, and Natasia Demetriou star as Nandor, Lazlo, and Nadja, a trio of vampires from a bygone age. And then there’s Mark Proksch, who plays Colin Robinson — an energy vampire that everyone hates but who pays the whole of the rent with his office job. Rounding out this bizarre situational comedy is Harvey Guillén, who plays Guillermo, Nandor’s familiar. It’s basically the same toxic relationship at the heart of “Renfield.”
Jake McDorman portrays Jeff. He seems to be a regular human, but he’s actually the latest reincarnation of Nadja’s human lover, Gregor. This poor guy keeps finding Nadja, then keeps getting decapitated, in every iteration of life — but that’s what he gets for being the object of a married vampire’s affection.
Jeff doesn’t stick around long, on account of him getting decapitated again, but when he’s onscreen … he’s not the brightest. And that problem only worsens when Nadja uses mind control to force Jeff to recall all of his previous lives at once. Some people just can’t catch a break.
