Season Two Preview | Mayfair Witches | Premieres January 5 | AMC+

[@kiana960]

I’m genuinely very curious about this season has in store. Unlike some people in the comments section. I’m actually willing to give them a second chance. Even though I don’t think season 1 was terrible except that the ending felt rushed but otherwise I thought that it was ok

[@rachreid8746]

AMC said - I will ignore the entire book series that has influenced so many other their works and make incoherent trash.

[@aaronhoosiershrm-cpphr8362]

Yep..... All I got from this whole thing was once again we're not really going to follow the book. And we're so proud of ourselves. Look how smart are writers are there so much smarter than Anne Rice.

[@rachreid8746]

@ they are doing everything they can to avoid Mona Mayfair. I love Mona.

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Were the Mayfair books really *_that_* influential, though?

[@shippendales8543]

The Mayfair books were not that huge though

[@rachreid8746]

@ maybe to you. I can think of so many books that are highly influenced off of this one example is Fairydale

[@shannondonnelly8846]

If you wanted to write an original, then you should have done THAT. Such a missed opportunity to adapt Anne’ actual story, I was very dissapointed.

[@hanyoplays6141]

How can Interview With The Vampire be so good and this look so lame. interview turned out to be a fun alternate take on the story, THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE BOOK OR FEEL LIKE THE BOOK.

[@teresabaker4050]

You do realize you are only seeing very small clips from the new season probably not even in order done purposely to throw us off .....So my advice is to maybe watch Season 1 before Season 2 starts and then watch it as the New Episodes are released weekly on AMC and then after you've actually seen it then make your judgement because I watched all of Season 1 and it was amazing it sucked having to wait this long for Season 2..... Sorry not being rude I was just sharing my opinion😂

[@hanyoplays6141]

@@teresabaker4050 I did watch season one, multiple times. Except for a few moments, I thought the show was mid at best. At worst it felt like a complete insult to what Rice wrote. I don't need the series to be a one-to-one of the novels. But I want the basic story and tone to be the same. With how season one went, it felt like they only read the cliff notes of the first book. You're fine. I'm glad there are people who enjoy the show. Can I ask you, what you liked about season one? I mostly see people expressing negative feelings about it.

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

I feel like, because people compare it to IWTV, Mayfair gets such a bad rep....I don't think it's that Mayfair was actually bad, I think it was good-it's just that IWTV is even more than just a good show, because IWTV is actually a _great_ show several cuts above just good, so that makes Mayfair seem worse than it is(and then on top of that you throw in the fact that Mayfair [or so I've heard ]also made even more significant alterations and deviations from its original book source materials for less narratively obvious reasons than IWTV did, so you get many people that also don't differentiate between a bad show versus a poor or disloyal adaptation, too). But maybe that's just me. 🤷 😊

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

​@@hanyoplays6141 I've read several of the Vampire Chronicles' books, but I never got around to reading any of the Mayfair books(yet) myself, so whether or not the Mayfair tv series was anything like the Mayfair books or not really just didn't even factor in to whether I liked the (AMC)Mayfair series at all or not. I think what I personally liked best about the Mayfair tv series was Ciprien, and/or Lasher. But I also really liked Rowan and Rowan's powers and her search for the answers that had been withheld from her regarding who her birth family was and why she'd been kept separate from them and where her powers come from or not and her complex/complicated relationship with Lasher, and the twists and turns as various things were slowly revealed or various layers peeled back about everybody's various goals/agendas and the tangled metaphorical-webs that people can weave sometimes and the lengths they're willing to go to achieve them and/or to keep their secrets and such, and the way thay various characters' goals/agendas intersected and interwove or clashed or contrasted or played off each other. It's also a bit of a novelty, for me, sort of getting to see Rowan's actress grow up as I myself have grown up from the Percy Jackson movies to now(and I think she also acts well). And it was interesting finally watching something of Jack Huston's work specifically, after having believed for a time that he would be in that new 'The Crow' movie before that stage in production unfortunately didn't end up panning out after all and the whole script was rewritten and the lead role recast yet again and all, I think if that particular iteration of 'The Crow' had actually moved forward successfully Huston likely would've handled the role wonderfully because I thought his work in Mayfair was really great.

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

​​@@hanyoplays6141 I haven't read the Mayfair books, so how same or different the Mayfair tv series was or not didn't factor in to whether I liked it or not. (Although I have read and loved several of the Vampire Chronicles' books.) I liked Ciprien, and Lasher, and Rowan-I liked discovering their powers and exploring their past/histories and all, and I liked seeing their various goals/etcetera intersect and such. And I have personal reasons for taking particular interest in the acting works of both Rowan's actress and Lasher's actor, also, so... I just liked getting to see those two on screen, generally, too. 😂 😊💖

[@CharmedMoon91]

If the writers had followed Lasher, then there would have felt like the Species 2 movie: Lasher raping all of the Mayfair women, constant miscarriages, underage rape from Mona, and walking taltos babies who are physically adults and mentally infants with an instictual sex drive. It wouldn't have been a good visual adaptation. I think a slow burn suits Mayfair Witches better than matching the book.

[@Witchy_Cheree1982]

I agree. I hated that storyline and I didn’t even keep reading the books after the first one.

[@marzin0mbk]

I haven't read the novels so i'm unaware of how the story should go but I've liked whatever I've seen so far! 🙂

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Same!!! 💖🤍💖

[@60asteroid]

@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 If you've read the books you'd probably be very disappointed like me. I've read all of Anne Rice's books in the vampire/witches series. Lead actress Daddario was shocking...totally the wrong choice.

[@daniebeth]

I loved this show so I don’t know either 🤷‍♀️

[@CuriosityRocks]

I do not recognise the book in any of this tbh

[@guynyu]

I feel like it should have been as historical as iwtv because it's the way Anne writes everything, going back a millennia to add a new layer to the story. How they've just ignored these huge plotlines is beyond me :/

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

But even Anne's books were set during then-contemporaneous times. IWTV was written in 1973 and published in 1976, the fictional interview featured within that book also took place during the 1970s, and it makes sense that the IWTV tv series rolled things forward so the fictional interview that's featured in the tv series also takes place now in the 2020s same as the tv series is airing-and since some of the characters from the Mayfair trilogy + some characters from the Vampire Chronicles are all alive and physically meet during the same non-historical/modern time-frame, it makes sense that the Mayfair tv series should have been brought forward in time into the 2020s, too. (And with only 8 eps per season, unfortunately, there is just only so much family history or such you can cram into it; you just inevitably have to pick and choose what is the absolute most important/essential to keep or not.) It's not as if there are absolutely zero flashbacks into more historical periods within the Mayfair tv series at all, because there actually are, we do get to see some of the Mayfair family's history even if it is undoubtedly much more abbreviated than it likely was in the books. There are plenty of things that got significantly abbreviated even in the IWTV tv series as well, and that got fortunate enough to have been given twice as many episodes to work with per book.

[@guynyu]

@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 The difference is in the work put into those flashbacks. Visuals especially, costume, set design etc. It's not the level of detail I find satisfying. Good for you if you do :)

[@guynyu]

@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 I don't envy Mayfair crew tbh, because they're just being normal about it and iwtv is run by crazy people that will rather do their thing than get a normal sleep. But they knew they'll be compared, it's impossible not to when they claim it's the same universe.

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

@@guynyu No, don't get me wrong-(although I don't outright dislike the Mayfair tv series)I personally prefer the IWTV tv series, myself, too. I just think a lot of people tend to make the Mayfair tv series out like it's a far far worse tv series than it actually is just because it's not as good a tv series as IWTV and/or just because it's (so I've heard) not the most loyal adaptation that it could have been. I just thought your comment sounded like it was trying to say the Mayfair tv series should've been a period piece / historical drama or something, and that IWTV is one. But neither tv series is, even though IWTV does of course have exponentially lengthier flashback sequences, and neither were any of the Mayfair or Vampire Chronicles books either. That's all I meant. Lol (Sorry, if I misunderstood, forgive me!🙏🙂)

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

@@guynyu (I mean, it IS the same universe. But it's a different storyline, following different characters, and not required to be the exact same ambiance or genre or anything. Lol But, true true, it was/is certainly some very big shoes / big expectations and undoubtedly difficult to live up to by comparison for sure. It's a shame they couldn't have found a bunch of passionate/dedicated Mayfair nerds to work on the tv series, much like they did manage to find a buncha Chronicles nerds for IWTV cast & crew. But, then again, I suppose Mayfair has always been considerably even more niche. But I think it definitely could've been much much worse, as a tv series in its own rights without regard for how it is or not as an adaptation overall[ and even as an adaptation from what I've heard it probably could've been even worse than it is too even though it's maybe still not the greatest adaptation it ever could've been], for whatever that might or not be worth.)

[@tonfarias9301]

I just want to see Merrick and his transformation into a witch-vampire, this will be the best of the two series when they finally introduce a hybrid that is a Mayfair witch and a vampire made by Louis and Lestat, she will be very powerful.

[@StormTheeOmega]

Ok I’ve been curious ate witch vampire hybrids in this show like uber powerful do they just have a few extra gifts or can they do spells also?

[@CamReeds]

first season was painfully slow but i hope they use that set up and really go beyond the books

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Most people say it was too rushed. Lol It's funny/interesting how different viewers can feel so differently even about the same series sometimes. 🤭😂 😊 💖

[@KTBEverlasting]

It does look better than the first but that's it: looks.

[@crapreact5989]

He gave her the basics of mainstream witch power her og power was way better then all of them

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Who? 🤔 (and what were they? 😁)

[@StormTheeOmega]

Really wasn’t,it was unique but and creative to look at but it’d get boring to see just that imo.

[@CthRage8946]

Still, furious how they excluded Michel Curry from the story. Outrageous!

[@alexmontrose8004]

Couldn't have two white leads. Are you joking? Look what they did to Arthur Talbot.

[@crapreact5989]

3:45 that's the vampire lestat made

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Technically... Lestat said that was "some fledgling" but never specified it was actually Lestat's fledgling specifically? Lol

[@cullenarthur8879]

Yeah, I noticed that. I wonder how they are going to incorporate the vampires into this story.

[@ravenrose5712]

No shit? I'm really interested in how they might build a larger universe here.

[@rudolphj08ify]

I'm Hella excited about this! 1st season was super dope!

[@janejane-tk3wx]

rest in peace anne you were loved

[@nikodemus59]

you need to read the books, AMC LOL

[@ChrisstineLynnn]

A-FUCKING-MEN, NIKO!! The whole time I'm sitting here going (as I did for what I could stomach of season 1) WHAT THE ALL-HOLY FUCK IS THIS?? Have these people ever even opened any of the Witching Hour books????

[@nikodemus59]

@@ChrisstineLynnn If AMC hadn't had the copyright, they might as well have released the series like that, it's so different from the original material. no one would have suspected them of plagiarism

[@sakurapablo671]

That why it went in a different direction. Don’t get me wrong, the first 150 pages is there, even though I didn’t finish reading it, I felt like it went so different afterwards.

[@MekareP]

Yeah idek wtf this is....

[@ChrisstineLynnn]

@mekareP Agreed. (And nice username, btw…! Thanks for being the Sacred Core) 😶🤐

[@jantine1987]

Looks amazing and hope I will becable to Watch It in the Netherlands

[@jacobyesiwant]

I get why people are angry about reading the books and seeing things not turn out the same way. However, this is a tv show, with a limited set of scenes and time to film those scenes. I say this for every single tv show/movie adaptation from anime to live action, if you do not like, just don’t watch it. I watched the first season, I thoroughly enjoyed it because I am watching as a VIEWER, not a tv show critic. What happened to just watching a show and enjoying the show?

[@fabioalexworld]

and where the taltos?

[@joshdisbennett8370]

Isn’t that the baby? Lasher reborn?

[@teresabaker4050]

​@@joshdisbennett8370yes it is

[@jujub4553]

I wanted to love this show and was looking forward to it SO MUCH. But season one was terrible and boring. It didn’t help that Interview with a Vampire blew this show out the water

[@jedodedo]

I am not seeing Anne Rice's novel lol but I'd still watch it... I guess they scrapped the Rowan/Cip (thank god) romance angle and introduced Larkin. So they are going with THE ORIGINAL Rowan/Micheal/Aaron trio but with Larkin and Ciprian. Still hate they dropped Michael Curry and Aaron Lightner. And Moira Mayfair is Mona Mayfair. And the baby is already born?!

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

I thought Mona was actually IN the first season of the Mayfair tv series, though? 🤔🤔😅👀

[@drunkpekka4284]

It just aint the same without Michael and Aaron.

[@jedodedo]

@@jaginaiaelectrizs6341 she was? Didn't remember. Actually the whole S1 was forgettable lol

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

@@jedodedo I dunno, I thought she was(I could have sworn that one of the other witches in the family when Rowan was trying to give her connection with Lasher up was named Mona), but maybe I'm misremembering? 🤷😅 😆 Lol🫣🤔👀 I was hoping someone else might remember for sure. I only watched the first season of Mayfair once, back as it was first airing. (Unlike with IWTV where I watched every episode of the first season like at least 7 or more times.😁)🤣🤣

[@Dee8Bee]

Looks good. Can’t wait to see the 2nd season.

[@sairaramjit1271]

Season 2 sounds exciting!

[@lilianaarmijo4518]

vi este trailer y aun no reconozco nada del libro aun asi la vere como algo independiente de los libro esta ambientada en new orleans y me encanta esa ciudad y todo lo relacionado con ella

[@jamiefoyers2800]

I can't mind much of these books, I did read them many years ago but preferred the Vampire Chronicles instead. Still...it's a good series and it'll be interesting to see what happens in Season two.

[@ericdwhitmorec]

The 1st season was very slow for me, but it was the 1st, so I gave the Grace. Season 2 needs to pick it up and give some more Magic. We shall see

[@dianeleonard2486]

It would have been quite difficult and somewhat distressing to watch in places if they went off the book. But I would prefer more of the book's actual content and characters that they missed out in this series.

[@user.Chrissyzaurus]

Enjoyable but its definitely nothing like the books

[@darialexander1031]

Finally! I’m glad I haven’t read the books to be disappointed cause this looks awesome!

[@alikhalifeh9139]

This looks incredible, canttt waiiitttt❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@htstevo]

Well i guess it'll all be new and fresh for everyone because only the fans read the books and i have no idea how they can be so creatively disrespectful to such a detailed and fascinating book series. Idk, i just loved the books so much it is frustrating to see that woman, Esta, have the power to make this show and effed off these books cuz she thinks she knows better. Smdh. At least the guy from IWTV carries his book for reference to every interview he does while Esta just wiped her butt with The Witching Hour. Ugh

[@nycplayboy78]

Hopefully they learned their lessons from Season 1 if not then well....... o.O

[@claudiacouto5615]

This tv show is a bit disrespectful of the original material. They use the characters names and that's about it, nothing else feels like the Witching Hour, Lasher or Taltos books. I'm really disappointed as a fan. They don't even seem to include Mona, my favorite character of all time.

[@taintedlife2618]

Seriously I understand Mona is hard to deal with on television but come on.

[@crapreact5989]

She pulled a Wanda

[@diana2063]

Where is Mona you cowards 😂

[@beautifullovable]

Can’t wait to see

[@arielmaria736]

it looks like a bad cw show tbh and honestly idk where they got ANY of this from the books but ok. Sure. go off.

[@nranderson778]

I’m excited!

[@EsetsMagi]

I am very excited

[@QueerlyBeloved386]

This show makes no damn sense. I WISH it did. Its like it fights itself to be good. Damn ...

[@ulk9965]

I still have hope for the second season. I hope they wrote they ass off

[@ОльгаАносова-я5ъ]

Maybe this is a little disrespectful, but why does everything look so... cheap? Is it the budget? A hissing vampire in the trailer...come on! Like a vampire from a high school play. The whole “supernatural” thing is done so cheesy. I can't bring myself to immerse myself in the series. For me, -100 on the authenticity scale:( I'm pretty sure they did their best, but I'm just going to reread the book.

[@MekareP]

What even is this??

[@candyvanityheals7715]

It’s inspired by the Anne Rice books. Just like the vampires. Not the real thing

[@Alexxandme]

The reason to watch this show is Alexandra daddario ❤

[@daniellecowley7922]

Just dont bother with the actual story in the books at all....this feels NOTHING like it and is just made up garbage. I hate this series. Was hoping to see something that took it closer to the book and again got ZERO outside of stolen character names. And why make Moira when Mona is in the actual books and one of the best witches in the family. LIKE WTF? Just do your own story and stop stealing books you have no intention of telling for a grabby title.

[@daniellecowley7922]

They literally shit on Anne Rice with this- why did her son allow this crap to be made?

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

I've never read the Mayfair books(so far, but I do plan to read them eventually; I've always been slightly more of a werewolves and vampires than witches kinda girlie, personally)-and while I didn't think the Mayfair tv series was quite as phenomenal as the IWTV tv series is, I still liked (AMC's)Mayfair and thought it was pretty good anyway, and I really like the (AMC)Mayfair cast!!. I am wondering why they are introducing yet another love interest for Rowan, though....what was the point of making Cip[ from what I have heard secondhand] basically a composite of the two male characters from the Mayfair books, if they were just going to go ahead and introduce another character in the mix later on anyway? Is this them basically just trying to retroactively walk the decision to take creative liberties there and cave to pressure from book fans?😅 (Or is this something they were always planning on doing, all along? 🤔) I'm genuinely curious. 😊 I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next in the upcoming season! ((But I really liked Cip, and Rowan/Cip as a couple, so..I'm not sure how I feel about another love-interest suddenly coming in, unless they're just going full on open and/or poly relationship, or they do a really really good job at convincing me that Rowan/Cip shouldn't actually be together after all. 😅 Lol 😂))

[@taintedlife2618]

Listen to the audiobook it’s not that hard girlie

[@tiffanypimpton8182]

@AMC, I am very disappointed with yall are handling a majority female casted show. You all need to give this show the same budget as IWAV. This shyt is weak! Fix it now!

[@chrisbelcourt92]

YES!!!!!

[@sabrinae486]

JONAH is that you???

[@rijio7141]

I never read the books and I was so excited for a new witch show. I'm genuinely impressed that this show got a season 2 because I liked elements of season 1 but god was it boring.

[@MrDpigott]

What have you done you have ruined what Anne Rice wrote. I’m so disappointed.

[@taintedlife2618]

Amazing how they could get so many characters wrong 😂

[@alexmontrose8004]

That first season was such an abomination. They literally went out of their way at every turn to shit all over Anne Rice's legacy. I wanted the show to be so good. But it literally disgusted me.

[@DarkVain-o1s]

I’m all for my fantasy show but this one felt like torture. It was lowkey boring I can’t watch season 2 i literally almost cried just trying to finish season 1

[@Fenrispro]

I had gotten the book Blood canticle- at the end rowan really wanted to be w Lestat. She asked to bec vampire

[@AdrenaWest787]

Lets sees looks too good. Lol

[@taintedlife2618]

At the very least amount of shade I can say. Rowan is the most unappealing actress and does not compel one to watch another episode.

[@stephanvanmierlo8760]

Wtf is moira? Is She supposed to Replace Mona?

[@MarcosIsABaritone]

This looks messy AF and NOT in a good way.

[@taintedlife2618]

Anne Rice gave us such a rich world to play with. And we ruined it. I read this book in high school close to when it came out. The first season was an absolute atrocity. They really needed to give this to the team that did Interview. Surprised this garbage even got greenlit for a second season. Lasher really? Maybe get the many stories in the first book first.

[@tilaman3]

Wow I remember when a series was a yearly adventure now apparently a second season might air two years later and frankly I have lost interest in the theatrical vision thankfully for the books.

[@sabrinae486]

I didn't read the books but the pacing of the show lost me szn one. Hands up if you'd be willing for them to cancel this series in place of getting our Lestat IWAV szn like yesterday! Mayfair can cross over periodically but just give the people what they want 😭😭

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

I am also amongst "the people"-and I don't want the Mayfair tv series canceled, I want to see what happens next-so, they _are_ giving me what *I* want! Lol I didn't think there was anything wrong with the pacing of Mayfair S1; although, it didn't seem quite as gripping or compelling or subtle or nuanced overall as the IWTV tv series is. What was it about the Mayfair tv series' pacing exactly that lost you?

[@smiranda9359]

I love Interview with the Vampire, but I detest what AMC did with the Mayfair Witches. Although IWTV deviated from the original story, the essence of the characters were captured perfectly, especially Lestat. MW just has a couple of characters' names thrown in here and there, but the essence of the books are completely lost. The way they made Rowan so much weaker & pathetic is infuriating. Where is Michael Curry? Aaron Lightner? Ugh.

[@RC19786]

season 1 was just pure lame,lets give season 2 a chance

[@FinhaBastos]

Haven't read the book but watched the first season and I'm not watching this... it was bad BAD.

[@angelsmilkyway4352]

Oh this is trash😂

[@arielmaria736]

This show is embarrassing

[@joshuabryant9198]

Yeah..... Big pass. I'll just stick with the good version of this story.

[@luisttriolet8876]

Yawn…

[@pryncebosset]

This better be good the first season was horrible

[@tinab6295]

Anne Rice is rolling in her grave.