Judging from the surfeit of reporting about polyamory, it has been "going mainstream" for more than a decade, lending the casual action and partner-swapping in "What We Do In the Shadows" a whiff of having been there and done that long before its 2019 debut. Admittedly that's the jaded impression of someone who views the concept of ethical non-monogamy as profoundly exhausting.
"Shadows" does nothing to change my mind on that. The show has never been coy about Laszlo's (Matt Berry), Nadja's (Natasia Demetriou), and Nandor's (Kayvan Novak) pansexuality, as if that were possible. The vampire trio is also preternaturally tireless, which is essential to putting up with other people. You really need to be a people person to pull off polyamory, which explains why Laszlo takes to it with enthusiasm.
