When the dead body of a college student is found in her dorm room completely drained of blood, Nichols and Stevens are forced to turn to the dark side of "vampire" culture for answers.When the dead body of a college student is found in her dorm room completely drained of blood, Nichols and Stevens are forced to turn to the dark side of "vampire" culture for answers.When the dead body of a college student is found in her dorm room completely drained of blood, Nichols and Stevens are forced to turn to the dark side of "vampire" culture for answers.
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- TriviaWhen Virgil says "I'm a man but I'm not a man I'm a monster," is a direct reference to Jeff goldblum's film the Fly (1986)
- GoofsDetective Nichols opens the fridge in Jeremy Park's, AKA Anton, home. You can clearly see on the top shelf of the door, 3 large bottles containing blood and 2 small tubes, one with a purple top and behind that one with a green top. As they pan in the small tubes have switched places with the green one now in the front and the purple one behind that.
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Detective Zack Nichols: [Zach Nichols to Serena Stevens as they walk through Club Stigmata] Oh, we've been made.
Sanson: You beautiful people.
[to Serena Stevens]
Sanson: Especially you--magnificent. Too beautiful to be in my place. Just please, no badges, bad for business. What do you need? How can I speed your exit?
Detective Zack Nichols: We're looking for people who drink human blood.
Sanson: I see. And this is strange to you?
Detective Zack Nichols: I was a boy scout.
"Lost Children of the Blood" for me is neither one of the best episodes of Season 9 or of 'Criminal Intent' overall, or one of the worst on both counts. It is though pretty good and interesting, if a case of the concept intriguing more than the overall execution. "Lost Children of the Blood" is one of Season 9's darkest and more gruesome (some of the season's best episodes were the dark character study ones), but it is also one of its strangest and not always in a good way.
A lot is great. Production values as ever are slick and with the right amount of muted grit, the photography doesn't try to do anything too fancy or gimmicky while not being claustrophobic and keeping things simple. The music doesn't overbear with the theme tune still memorable and the direction is accommodating yet tight enough. As said above, "Lost Children of the Blood" started off on a very intriguing and atmospheric note with some great ideas present, enough of the story is very clever, the victim is a unique one and how Nichols goes about solving the case fascinates without being too quirky.
Jeff Goldblum carries the episode very well and Saffron Burrows does do her best with weaker material. While their chemistry doesn't entirely ignite, it is not non-existent at the same time. The supporting cast are very good.
However, not everything works in "Lost Children of the Blood". Did feel that the case wasn't quite as strong later on. It did intrigue but wasn't as focused and could have gone into more detail with what is revealed, which made things become muddled.
It also doesn't become as suspenseful and it gets on the bizarre side. More could have been done with the ending, which felt too hasty in explanation and not easy to get the head round.
Concluding, good but not great. 7/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Sep 29, 2021
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