Crown prosecutor Richard Lambert (Lindsey Merrithew) has a stellar reputation for his relentless fight against the most dangerous organized crime groups in Toronto. His work with the police frequently brings him to visit the station. But one night, on a work-related visit, a felon has stolen a gun off of a cop, a standoff/hostage crisis has broken out and it's resolution leaves Richard very near death. Only one thing can save him.
Richard's sister Dr.Natalie Lambert (Catherine Disher) calls in a marker with a cop she knows. Detective Nick Knight (Geraint Wyn Davies). Nick is a vampire whose secret she helps keep whilst working with him as coroner. She demands Nick turn her brother into a vampire. He resists the idea. Over the course of eight centuries he has turned people before and regreted it. But he certainly owes Natalie and a lot of indications suggest that Richard will be a noble vampire like him.
The mystery of how Natalie knows Nick's secret and why she helps him wasn't adequately dealt with early on in the series. The viewer had to just go with the fact that the coroner had knowledge of the dual identity of a police detective/vampire and was helping him to be a kinder/gentler bloodsucker. She has been seen trying to get Nick to tone down his excesses like a good friend would try to serve as support mechanism for an addict trying to quit.
That she suddenly thinks it is a good idea to have him turn her brother into a vampire might seem contradictory. But the well-being of a loved one can get the most logical of people to contradict the very best of their own wisdom. She also points to the fact she's helped Nick keep it together and can do the same with her brother.
This teleplay serves to troubleshoot the limits of the overarching narrative. If Nick is going to do this thing where he uses the power of vampirism for good then why doesn't he just find a bunch of really altruistic people and turn them into vampires to fight evil and defend humanity for eternity? Richard's arc shows us why, very much including how good intentions can turn into malevolent actions.
Lindsey Merrithew is not the kind of actor one would cast as a a vampire. But he is precisely the kind of actor one would cast as a high-minded lawyer. He never looks right when he is a vampire. The miscasting is thus not entirely miscasting. But the logic of that won't work for everyone particularly in later scenes.
Richard's sister Dr.Natalie Lambert (Catherine Disher) calls in a marker with a cop she knows. Detective Nick Knight (Geraint Wyn Davies). Nick is a vampire whose secret she helps keep whilst working with him as coroner. She demands Nick turn her brother into a vampire. He resists the idea. Over the course of eight centuries he has turned people before and regreted it. But he certainly owes Natalie and a lot of indications suggest that Richard will be a noble vampire like him.
The mystery of how Natalie knows Nick's secret and why she helps him wasn't adequately dealt with early on in the series. The viewer had to just go with the fact that the coroner had knowledge of the dual identity of a police detective/vampire and was helping him to be a kinder/gentler bloodsucker. She has been seen trying to get Nick to tone down his excesses like a good friend would try to serve as support mechanism for an addict trying to quit.
That she suddenly thinks it is a good idea to have him turn her brother into a vampire might seem contradictory. But the well-being of a loved one can get the most logical of people to contradict the very best of their own wisdom. She also points to the fact she's helped Nick keep it together and can do the same with her brother.
This teleplay serves to troubleshoot the limits of the overarching narrative. If Nick is going to do this thing where he uses the power of vampirism for good then why doesn't he just find a bunch of really altruistic people and turn them into vampires to fight evil and defend humanity for eternity? Richard's arc shows us why, very much including how good intentions can turn into malevolent actions.
Lindsey Merrithew is not the kind of actor one would cast as a a vampire. But he is precisely the kind of actor one would cast as a high-minded lawyer. He never looks right when he is a vampire. The miscasting is thus not entirely miscasting. But the logic of that won't work for everyone particularly in later scenes.
