Nandor's mind-control game may have improved to the point where he can hypnotize thousands of people at one go, but as a 1,000-year-old undead warrior who's spent almost his entire existence either pillaging or firmly inside his cozy vampire bubble, he still has the social skills of a potato. Because of his inability to take social cues, he also doesn't quite understand when using his vampire superpowers is appropriate — except when it's time to convince a store to honor expired coupons that may or may not be just magazine cutouts of Ryan Seacrest.
Enter Lazslo, then. The younger vampire has spent hundreds of years socializing and has consistently shown that he has charisma to spare, even when he's disguised as a completely regular human bartender. He and Nandor have a somewhat strained friendship, but when they cooperate, they're a massively effective team. In Episode 2, the bickering pair's night out goes increasingly awry as their human friends get into more and more trouble, and when they finally land in jail, they have a heart-to-heart that leads to a truce. After this point, Lazslo cues Nandor in on the correct moment to whip out the old hypnosis skills. With some "Blue Bloods"-themed mind control, the vampires proceed to acquire a massive, wildly loyal police convoy.
"What We Do in the Shadows" Season 5, Episode 1 gives us a perfect reminder that when Lazslo combines his social skills and evil genius tendencies with Nandor's hypnosis powers, the two are truly terrifying ... and when you remember that they also have a whole host of other vampire powers at their disposal, there's no denying how dangerous they can be when they want to.
