‘Emmys Watch 2025’ showcases critical responses to the series nominated for Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Comedy, and Outstanding Limited Series at that 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Contributions to this theme explore critical understandings of some series nominated in these categories. This article considers the FX mockumentary sitcom What We Do in the Shadows (2019-2025) at the end of its six-season run. It argues that the show made novel contributions to the development of the sitcom and mockumentary forms in ways that enrich narrative, character and theme, particularly in light of its comic approach to vampire media and lore.