Draft:Like Angels Put in Hell by God

"Like Angels Put in Hell by God" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American gothic horror television series Interview with the Vampire, an adaptation of Anne Rice's novel of the same name. Written by series writer Coline Abert, and directed by Levan Akin, the episode first aired on November 6, 2022, on AMC, and received highly positive critical reviews.

Plot
Lestat has disappeared in shame, and Claudia nurses Louis back to health. A remorseful Lestat eventually makes overtures to reunite with Louis, who ignores the apologies and gifts for six years. But Louis cannot let go of his connection to Lestat, and he and Claudia consider allowing their maker back into a new version of their family where Claudia is an equal. They give Lestat a list of conditions for his return, but ultimately nothing changes. Lestat relates how as a human he was kidnapped by the vampire Magnus, kept in a room full of corpses that looked like him, and eventually made a vampire, after which Magnus immolated himself. Louis tries to broker peace between Lestat and Claudia but to no avail. Claudia decides to leave for Europe, stowing away on a train, but Lestat locates Claudia and threatens her into returning home, insisting that Louis needs both of them. Claudia decides that she and Louis need to kill Lestat to finally be free of him, and Louis agrees. In the present, Daniel dreams of his first encounter as a young man with Louis and remembers that Louis's young familiar Rashid was also there.

Release
"Like Angels Put in Hell by God" aired on AMC, on November 6, 2022, but was released a week earlier on the network's streaming service AMC+.

Ratings
On linear television, an estimated 0.473 million viewers watched "Like Angels Put in Hell by God" during its first broadcast on AMC, with a 0.10 ratings share. This was an increase from the previous episode, which was watched by 0.465 million viewers, with a 0.07 ratings share.

Critical reception
The episode was met with highly positive critical reviews. TV Guide ranked it as the eleventh best TV episode of 2022 in its "20 Best TV Episodes" list.