I can't stop thinking about the way they framed the end of that episode, the way they clearly wanted us to wonder if Lestat had been texting Louis, but then Gabi comes in, and when she is revealed Lestat begins to stutter again...
Children who have been severely abused can often develop a stutter. I have seen this in my own family. This show is telling us exactly what this is right from the very start. The framing and the reveal make this clear Lestat/Gabi is meant to juxtapose Louis/Lestat. And more clearly, how bad Gabi clearly is for Lestat. And I have to assume the show will be juxtaposing this with how good Louis actually is for Lestat later on in the season...
Lestat cannot even speak her name at first, that's how immediate and awful the stutter is. He looked like a child early on in the episode when he was texting her, begging her to come to him. How many times had he begged her before? How many times had she denied him? Oh this is going to hurt so so good...
