Watching these first episodes you have to remember that these are bits of lestat's story that he wanted to share, edited and filtered by his lens, he DOESN'T want to actually dig in the past. The rushed pace is intentional. Lestat never want to give the proper weight to things he's been through, he is always moving foward. I'm in awe how his season is adapting so well how is lestat's phyche as a narrator, the constant pompous classical music in the backgroud cut through flashbacks of his past to the present. He doesn't want to revisit those memories. Next episode he is going to sit and eventually being interviewed and I bet the rhythm is going to slow down, because he is not gonna be the one conducting the story anymore.