WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Castlevania Season 3, streaming now on Netflix.

A show like Castlevania is all set to appeal to some of the basest desires a person can want from a show. And whether it's sex or violence or just good old-fashioned action, the show makes sure to deliver on those promises. But in its latest season, the Netflix series manages to delight with something not all viewers may have expected: dialogue.

While the first two seasons primarily dealt with Dracula as an antagonist, with the Vampire Lord swearing an oath of vengeance against all humanity, the latest season picks up in the absence of that threat and takes time to slow down. There is still action -- there's no doubt about that -- but there's far more dialogue than ever before as the audience really gets familiar with the characters, their philosophies, and the way those beliefs grow over time.

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Trevor And Sypha Castlevania

Two of the main characters, Sypha and Trevor, start the show off happier than they have ever been. In the wake of Dracula's death in the previous season's climax, the two monster-hunters enjoy a life of adventure going from town to town across the countryside and slaying where they're needed. The two feel like they have a genuine relationship, and there's far more time spent with them face-to-face in conversation than back-to-back in a fight.

The main characters aren't even where the dialogue truly shines, however. The spotlight ends up shining brightest on two of the former secondary antagonists from the show's second season: Hector and Isaac. Both served as Devil Forgemasters to Dracula, converting corpses into monstrous Night Creatures to fight in Dracula's ghoulish horde, but in their master's absence they're both left in intrinsically interesting situations they need to talk their ways through.

For Hector, he needs his words more than ever as he finds himself prisoner to the vampire Carmilla and her Council of Sisters. The vampiric femme fatales subject Hector to disgusting and helpless conditions as a prisoner, and only one of their number, Lenore, offers him salvation. Over the course of the season, the scenes between Lenore and Hector rarely consist of more than talking, but as their relationship evolves you can't help but become enraptured in the game of cat and mouse... and the question of which of them is which.

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Even more so than Hector, the dialogue between Isaac and the various people he meets along his travels prove to be the absolute best parts of the series to date. Isaac grows into his own as a leader, and along the way, questions himself and his philosophy and tests it against those he comes across. Whether it's a blind shopkeeper who wants to buy their way out of hell, a bold ship captain looking to make a buck, the resurrected soul of a Greek philosopher, or a dying witch drained of her power... there seems to be no limit to the fascination Isaac's travels bring.

It's only when the action in the show really pops off in the penultimate episode that the viewer may realize just how little actual fighting there's been throughout the show. The dialogue alone proves riveting enough that the action wasn't missed, and makes the action itself all the more rewarding by building up the tension it manages to release. For a show about soulless creatures, Castlevania has a surprising amount of heart.

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