From the beginning of the vampire comedy What we do in the shadowsthe well-known loyal vampire Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén) wanted one thing: to become a full-fledged vampire himself. After much stress from Nandor and the other vampires, Guillermo took matters into his own hands at the end of season 4 and had another vampire turn him, with season 5 being about dealing with its ramifications. that. While it started out as an interesting conflict, the back and forth between Guillermo and the rest of the vampires got a little tired.

But luckily, in his final season, What we do in the shadows decided to bury that plot point and introduce Guillermo to new bloodthirsty ambitions: climbing the corporate ladder at a Wall Street financial firm.

What we do in the shadows it’s now a workplace comedy. And rule.

The show has always been at its best when vampires clash wildly with Regular Normal Human Things, whether they’re attending Super Bowl parties or attending a home improvement show. But the last few seasons have started to become a little too in the weeds with supernatural shenanigans to the point where all the characters began to feel too out of touch. And it all came to a head with Guillermo in particular, who had always been the gang’s point of contact for Regular Normal Things; pushing him to the forefront of the supernatural ends up undermining what makes his character so funny.

The show needed a bit of a revamp (ba-dum tss).

Season 6 isn’t a total departure. Certainly, there are more of the same supernatural threads, such as Laszlo’s attempt to reanimate the dead. But the best parts of this season focused on Guillermo’s new path as a venture capitalist at Cannon Capital after he gets promoted from a job in the mailroom (thanks in part to Nadja’s meddling). Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and Nandor (Kayvan Novak) both take jobs at Cannon Capital to keep an eye on Guillermo (what they insist is that he doesn’t go into a rage at home life and kill them, but it’s probably also because they care). Throwing everyone into an ecosystem of finance bros was the funniest route the show could have taken.

Few people bat an eye (ha ha) at Nadja, who approaches the business world with her ruthlessness. But Nandor, who has decided to take a custodial job, stands out—partly because he’s just plain weird, but also because his idea of ​​cleaning up involves soaking up spills with a fully intact roll of paper towels. We are familiar with Guillermo apologizing for vampires; but now he’s doing it while trying to climb the corporate ladder. It’s the same dynamic in a fresh new setting – and it’s just satisfying to watch it play out.

The best example of this is Guillermo himself. On the surface, he seems very different from the Guillermo we know, now that he’s talking clubs and dining at fancy steakhouses with shareholders. But it’s actually not much of a surprise that he takes to the world of finance with alarming enthusiasm, defending his boss’s morally dubious capitalist enterprises without a second thought. After all, he’s spent the last 15 years doing the same thing for killer vampires, hoping to be one in the future. He’s a follower, not a leader – exactly the kind of guy a finance bro would latch on to, and vice versa. And just because Guillermo is ready to swim in a new pond doesn’t mean he’s lost his natural tendencies.

His cast What we do in the shadows it is full of great personalities. And they shine best when thrust into mundane situations, so we can see them ricochet wildly. Their little corner of Staten Island had already been explored to death (OK, last one I swear). They might not be able to conquer the new world (and to be honest, I’m so thankful that the plot with their longtime friend Jerry wanting to get them back on the path to conquest kind of died down). What we do in the shadows did some soft resets, like when Nadja decided to open a vampire nightclub and how it turned into more of a hangout show in later seasons. But the newest venture they’ve branched out into is their strongest pivot yet, anchoring the show to what it does best.

New episodes from What we do in the shadows air Mondays on FX at 10pm EST and air on Hulu the following day.