After a couple of shaky episodes at the start of the first season, "What We Do In The Shadows" has been a delight. The fourth season re-established the status quo amongst the characters, with Colin Robinson being back as he was. This season shakes things up a little with a bigger role for Nadia's doll spirit and by promoting Kristen Schall to a series regular.
Guillermo (Harvey Gullien) has committed the ultimate sin within the Vampire world and gone to a different Vampire, other than his master, to turn him. However, the transformation has, for some reason not completed properly. He confides in Laszlo (Matt Berry) who looks into it whilst they desperately try not to let Nandor (Kayvan Novak) find out. The Guide (Kristen Schall) joins the gang more frequently, but is often ignored or forgotten about by the rest of them.
So, the big season long storylines this time are the arrival of The Guide into the house and Guillermo's betrayal, which everyone except Nandor learns about pretty early on. I do think it's a shame how that Guillermo storyline ends up, as, similar to the previous seasons Colin Robinson plot, it would have been a way to change and refresh the show that it's passed up on. I do like that, unlike other shows that took this documentary approach - "WWDITS" not only remembers to stick to the concept, but also uses it - with it being a key point, as well as an opportunity for some meta humour, in resolving The Guides plotline.
Whilst the show has been of high quality for several seasons now, I do think that this run is perhaps the best that they've done. We're not quite as cameo heavy, as we have been in some other runs, but both John Slattery and Patton Oswalt appear as themselves and Hannibal Buress and Robert Smigel as characters. It's probably the most consistently funny the series has been. Looking forward to season six.
