Spoilers follow for the Interview With the Vampire episode “I Could Not Prevent It,” which premiered on AMC June 23.
Vampires are supposed to live forever. And in all versions of Interview With the Vampire, from Anne Rice’s 1976 novel to the 1994 film to the AMC TV adaptation, the death of the young vampire Claudia is a tragedy. Trapped in the body of a child as she ages and punished for breaking edicts she was never taught, Claudia shoulders...