The most captivating scene in the first episode of Anne Rice's interview with The Vampire is around a poker table.

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It was in 1910, the setting was New Orleans, and fearing Louis du Lac (Jacob Anderson)

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his newfound knowledge that Leoncourt (Sam Reeds) was part of a game with the most powerful men in town.

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As these white aristocrats are good for Louis, a wealthy young Creele owner of heritage

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Lestat actually stops time, freezing everyone, except by both speaking telepathy and repairing it to racists.

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To maintain the fine. Black man whom they clearly consider inferior.

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The painting is breathtaking – Rudy's face turned to a stone, frozen poker chips in frozen hands and a green tableau in the middle.

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It is also a pivotal moment in the series' illustrious history

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Lestat has not yet told Louis that she was a vampire, and this is the first open display of her powers that Louis has seen.

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Lestat believed in that, but there is something else.

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