The first sign that Talamasca: The Secret Order is not going to pick up the maximalist mantle from sister series Interview With the Vampire is that its main character’s name is … Guy. A guy named Guy. A guy named Guy who was a super-special psychic boy before growing into a super-special psychic man with a shadowy organization following him around and a fate he’s unaware of. The clichés pile up quickly, and Talamasca gets buried under them.

Premiering with two episodes on AMC on Sunday, October 26, Talamasca is the latest entry in the network’s Immortal Universe adaptation of Anne Rice properties, which also includes two seasons of the exceptional Interview With the Vampire ( season three arrives next year) and two seasons of the more formulaic Mayfair Witches (also re

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