In This Section
TV Guide Spotlight
Also on TVGuide.com
|
« M00NLIGHTER's Blog
CLICK RECAP for all you DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
Before we get into the recap – OMG!! Beth quit BuzzWire!! Wow! And it appears that next week’s episode will make up for the interrupted MickBeth kiss in Click.
Okay, so here’s where we are:
Holy NASCAR, Batman! Mick is in the passenger seat of a sports car being driven by actress Tierney Taylor as she tries to lose the paparazzi on her tail. Mick appears terrified as she speeds through the streets of Beverly Hills.
Mick: “Okay, this is a one way street.”
Tierney: “I’m only going one way.”
Mick: “Yeah, the wrong way. (Mutters to himself) I can’t die, I can’t die.”
Tierney: “What?”
Mick: “Nothing.”
Meanwhile, cut to ADA Ben Talbot having lunch with Beth at an outdoor café. She wants to know why he asked her to lunch, and he tells her it’s because of their recent shared experience—that they almost died. He has also been reading up on her BuzzWire stories. (What is his interest in our Dear Beth?)
In Mick’s VO, he muses on using his job to live more outside his Vampire world. As he and Tierney arrive at the same restaurant where Ben and Beth are, Mick encounters some of the more aggressive paparazzi, especially a photographer named Dean Foster.
At lunch, Mick and Tierney discuss her sudden accessibility and Mick wonders if her boyfriend, Scott, has anything to do with it. His band is trying to make a name for itself and this publicity sure wouldn’t hurt. Jason Abbott, Tierney’s producer for the movie Lusitania that she is supposed to star in, comes to the table and fawns over her, talking about how the movie can’t be made without her.
When Tierney steps out to the ladies room, Beth approaches Mick and asks him about his hot lunch date. He complains about the sun, then assures Beth it’s not a date. Mick says he’s been meaning to call her and they discuss the kiss.
Mick: “How do you want to do this?”
Beth: “It’s called dating.”
Mick: “So we go out, get to know each other . . .”
Beth: “You’ve known me since I was four.”
Mick: “Okay, it’s weird when you say it like that.”
They both laugh. Tierney comes out, and as Mick leaves with her, Beth gets crushed in the rush of photographers.
Mick goes to see Josef and Josef asks him how his lunch was.
Mick: “What? You following me?”
Josef: “Not me. “Hottie” is.” He shows Mick his photo on the internet. “You should put it on your Facebook page.”
Mick: “You’ve seen my Facebook page?
Josef: “Yeah.”
Mick: “You like it?”
Josef: “Yeah. I was just surprised that ‘Mr. Skulk In The Shadows’ would be all over the internet.”
Mick explains that he wants to expand his business and needs to put himself out there. He assures “Dad” he will be careful. Josef tell Mick not to call him that, because he re-turned Mick; he is not his sire. Mick calls him his "Step-sire."
Josef compares Mick being around Tierney to him dating Jean Harlow and tells Mick to have some fun. Mick is stunned that Josef dated Jean Harlow.
At Beth’s office, the new editor, Grant Lewis, is ranting and raving to the staff that BuzzWire has been scooped by all the other tabloid newspapers and websites. He says he wants stories, whether they are true or not, and if they are not, they will print a retraction later. Beth speaks to him after the meeting, and he salivates over the fact that Beth knows Mick, and encourages her to get the scoop on the curse associated with the Lusitania movie.
On the way to a press party on the Lusitania, Mick’s VO tells us that the last time he was on the Gray Ghost was in 1942 on his way to England during the war. He says they got hit by a wave that almost capsized them and that someone wrote a book about it – it was called the Poseidon Adventure. He would like to think that Gene Hackman’s role was based on him. He runs into Dean Foster again and has words with him about following Tierney.
Inside, Tierney tells Mick that this party is for fun and to go find his friend, meaning Beth. Mick awkwardly says that he “thinks” they’re dating—it’s complicated. Tierney tells him to go “uncomplicate” it. She goes off with Scott.
At the railing outside, Beth complains to Mick how boring Tierney’s producers and investors are. They talk about Mick dating a human, and he admits that he has not dated in 60 years, not since he was turned. Beth is stunned, and he clarifies “not with a human.”
Mick: “It’s not like you’ve ever slept with a Vampire.”
Beth: “Maybe once in college, but I was really drunk.”
They look at each other longingly, and Mick moves in for a kiss, but they are interrupted by Tierney and Scott fighting. Scott accuses her of keeping secrets and storms off. Mick goes to Tierney to see if she is all right. She says yes and tells Mick that he is really nice, and goes to her stateroom. Mick finds Beth back inside, but she says she has to leave to file her fake story for BuzzWire. Mick hears a splash with his vamp-hearing and runs to the railing. People are screaming, and Mick looks down to see Tierney floating in the water below. He jumps in, but it’s too late – she’s dead.
Mick faces the paparazzi again as he goes to Tierney’s room to look for answers. He tells Beth that Tierney wasn’t drunk; he would have smelled it. He blames himself for not protecting her like he promised. As he checks Tierney’s room, he smells blood and traces it to an anchor in a display case. He determines that it was used to kill her and that she was dragged from the room. Talbot arrives and Mick grudgingly tells him about the anchor and leaves.
At BuzzWire, Lewis shows Beth photos that were taken of Tierney moments after her death. She tells him that she will not report on her being drunk, and that it is possible she was murdered, but won’t write the story until she knows more.
At the morgue, Guillermo is happy that Mick is back among the Undead. He confirms Tierney’s head injury and Mick asks him where he got the anchor. Looking at his notes, Guillermo says it was brought in by ADA Talbot. Outside the morgue, Beth shows Mick the photos that were taken of Tierney. They figure they were taken by Foster. As they are leaving, they are accosted by photographers, and Mick tells Beth to save herself and runs in the opposite direction. Once around the corner, he vamp-jumps to the roof, only to be accosted by two more very young photographers. He demands to have their cameras and vamps out on them, and they vamp out right back. He calls them "Lost Boys" (one of Alex’s favorite movies!) and takes the photo card from the camera, telling them they should be ashamed to make a living this way -- “Talk about bloodsuckers.” He asks them about Dean Foster and they tell him that he is more aggressive than most photographers. Mick asks them if they can keep him away from him, but they say even though they would love to for Vampire Solidarity (do I hear a Rah, Rah, Rah?), they can’t because Mick is the hot story.
Beth goes to the studio lot to talk to Abbott about the film being shut down. When she asks about replacing Tierney, Abbott says they can’t--Tierney was the movie.
Mick, who is still suspicious of Scott being Tierney’s killer, talks to him about what he and Tierney argued about at the party the night she died. Scott claims that he is innocent and that they argued about a message he overheard from her manager, Ryan Gold. Apparently, Tierney was paying Dean Foster $50,000 to keep some photos from going public. Scott thought they were photos of Tierney and another guy, maybe even Mick. Mick assures Scott that nothing was going on between them. Scott states that he and Tierney loved each other, and whatever the secret was, they would have worked it out.
Mick and Beth are outside Mick’s building when a car races down the street and appears to be deliberately headed for them. Mick pushes Beth out of the way, but he is hit straight on. The car drives away, and Beth runs to help the completely unhurt Mick get up and they walk into his building. The whole time, someone is in the shadows taking pictures.
Inside the Fortress of Style, Mick and Beth disagree on who the driver was after – her or him. They conclude maybe both of them since his case and her story are tied together. Mick thinks that maybe they are closer to the killer than either of them thought. Beth tells Mick that the investors in Lusitania were insured, so they will get their money back. She asks about Scott’s innocence, and Mick says his only crime is being in an EMO band and slams Dashboard Confessional.
Beth: “I like Dashboard Confessional.”
Mick: “No you don’t.”
Beth makes a move to go home and Mick says she shouldn’t be alone, but he can’t drive her home. She’ll just have to stay at the Fortress of Style with him.
Beth: “Wow. We’ve gone from dating to speed dating.
Mick: “Well, not with me, with me.”
Mick says she can sleep on his couch and he will be upstairs in his freezer (so I guess that answers the question of whether or not she knows he sleeps in a freezer!). As he goes up the stairs, he tells her again that if she needs him, he’ll be in his freezer. (One wonders at this point does he remember he sleeps in the nude? Hehehe)
The next day, Mick goes to Logan’s, and Logan is totally disgusted to find that Tierney spent $1,000 a month on cat grooming. He finds evidence that Tierney’s business manager gave $50,000 to Dean Foster, but also has been cutting checks to himself for $20,000 on the regular.
Beth goes to Talbot to ask him to run the plates of the car that she says almost hit her. She suspects it belongs to Foster, and Talbot confirms that Foster is a suspect in Tierney's death because he has a record of stalkings in the past. Talbot says he’ll run the plates.
Mick then goes to talk to Tierney’s business manager and he comes clean about paying Foster. It seems that Tierney changed her name because her abusive father knocked her mom around one time too many and she killed him. Now that her mom was out of jail, Tierney had been trying to keep her on the down-low, but Foster found out and blackmailed her. Gold says that Tierney also paid most of the costs on the Lusitania movie, and spills the beans that the studio didn’t shut the movie down; Abbott did. Mick calls Beth and tells her to go see Logan and have him research Abbott. Just as she finishes her call with Mick, she gets an email from Foster. It is several pictures from the night Mick was hit by the car. Foster calls Beth and says that unless he is given BuzzWire exclusives, Mick St. John will be his first priority.
Mick and Beth confront Abbott coming out of the studio. He tries to run from them, but Mick chases him -- and enjoys it. When he catches him, Abbott confesses to killing Tierney, saying that the investors were going to kill him for losing their money, and he needed to get rid of Tierney to collect the insurance. He had tried to get her to quit, but she wouldn’t. Mick takes him down to the street where the paparazzi go after Abbott, asking him why did he kill Tierney. Talbot shows up and Mick tells Talbot that Abbott confessed, and he is sure he will again.
Now that the paparazzi are gone, Beth asks Mick about what happens when a Vampire faces exposure. He says they move on, but luckily he’s never had to because he’s been careful. Mick says his 15 minutes of fame are over, and asks Beth to dinner at the Arbor Bistro.
Beth: “You are going to get so tired of watching me eat."
Mick: “I hope so.”
Beth: “It’s a date.”
At Beth’s apartment, she shows Josef the pictures of Mick being hit. Josef says that digital photography is bad for Vampires. He confesses to a rowdy night at Garbo’s that he wouldn’t have wanted documented.
Beth: “Don’t tell me – you’re the reason she wanted to be alone?”
Josef: “Now, Beth, you wouldn’t want me to kiss and tell, would you?”
They discuss how to handle Foster. Beth suggests paying him off; Josef implies something more permanent. Beth tells Josef that Mick has protected her, saved her more times that she can count. Josef guesses correctly that she is trying to return the favor. However, she doesn’t want Josef to tell Mick what they are doing (awww, they are both so protective of Mick!). Josef tells her that as long as she’s involved with Mick and works at BuzzWire, his secret will always be in danger.
At the Arbor Bistro, Beth drops a bombshell on Mick: she quit BuzzWire.
Beth: “Without Maureen, there is no respectability. And I’m not going to make a living feeding off people like some kind of . . . “
Mick: “Yes, well, I guess we’re all Vampires in one form or another.”
Beth: (lifts her glass) “To Vampires.”
Mick: (lifts his) “To us.” (AWWWWW!!!)
Outside the restaurant window, that roach Foster is busy snapping pictures. He hears someone behind him and tells them to get lost. He is soon confronted by those “Lost Boys” and has snapped his last photo as the two teen vamps drain him.
Then we see Talbot in his office, watching Beth sign off of her last BuzzWire report. Then he picks up his copies of the photos of Mick being hit by the car. He tucks them into a file labeled Mick St. John and puts the file into his desk drawer. (Oh, crap!)
(Stay tuned for scenes from the next Moonlight.)
This is for all the DEVOTED FANS OF MOONLIGHT -- VAMPIRE SOLIDARITY, RAH, RAH, RAH!
Until next week . . .
|
|
|
|
May 3, 2008 3:49 AM
|
HEY THERE GIRL! Where the hey were you last night? I kept inviting and inviting and you weren't there.
I haven't read the whole recap yet, but was laughing hysterically at the first sentence! Catch ya later, after I read it!
|
|
May 3, 2008 9:34 AM
|
FANTABULOUS, GIRL! Wonderful recap. How did you like the episode? I'm so excited... a lot feels different, and improved! Beth looks smashing! Talbot is so much better than Josh, it isn't even funny. Mick's angst appears to be gone! He has to keep from vamping out a few times! The special effects are improved. The writing's improved! The budget must be bigger AEB the car chase, the clothes, the sets....
IT'S SO EXCITING!
HOWEVER, I could've stood a kiss.... or even a hand hold, or a hug!
|
|
May 3, 2008 9:42 AM
|
M00NLIGHTER - even tho I've already watched CLICK 3 times, your recap is "right on".
I did want M/B to hold hands or something in that dark alley after the bad guy was captured. AND, AND, he could have given Beth a little 'Goodnight Kiss" before being frozen. Beth sure would have been surprised if she snuck up to the burrrrr freezer and as they say in romance novels, "my loins were aching, etc." and of course he would be waiting for her....but then perhaps that's for another episode.
GOD I LOVED THIS EPISODE.....I've already FEEDBACK to CBS about how fab it was and congrats to Joel Silver and crew.
Two more to go....boo-hoo
"maybe once in college, but I was really drunk"
|
|
May 3, 2008 9:52 AM
|
WOW! Another amazing Recap. Thank you so much!
What I loved about "CLICK" is all the MICKBETH moments throughout the whole Ep. On FTP I sort of rewatched from the "TURNING" to the "KISS" over and over. In this one I loved the whole thing. I also liked that it was one case - one focus.
I loved the Josef - Mick - "Dad" conversation. The writer's are brilliant. There are surprising little gems throughout the episodes. The "how are we going to do this?" conversation ending with how long Mick has known Beth - that was so cute!
On the west coast here I got to watch it a 2nd time on CBS.com last night. I was surprised that it was available at 10:30.
Waiting for the numbers and your imput. See you later.
|
|
May 3, 2008 9:58 AM
|
|
Since I only watch the show once and review it...I opted to have fun with the episode. I'll leave the details to you.
|
|
May 3, 2008 10:01 AM
|
|
Thanks for the great recap. Did anyone else have a technical glitch in the lunch scene between Beth and Talbot? I knew I wasn't going to be home from dinner in time to watch, so I DVR'd the show. The recording froze, and I had to fast forward to continue the scene. The rest of the program seemed fine. Could have been worse--at least it didn't freeze in a scene with Beth and Mick.
|
|
May 3, 2008 11:21 AM
|
|
Moonbeam: I also had the glitch! I thought I'd done something wrong as I'm new at this recording business, but if you had it too, then it must've been a network thing?
|
|
May 3, 2008 11:35 AM
|
|
Actually the scene froze and my heart almost skipped a beat as I thought that my CBS was going to go on the fritz. It happened with B.C. and so I wondered if I'd be able to review it but it straightened out.
|
|
May 3, 2008 12:05 PM
|
Hi Everybody –
I don’t know about you, but the last two shows have felt “lighter” to me, how about you? Even Mick’s VO last week was downright chipper. I guess it all stems from Mick’s attitude—if he’s miserable and angsty, it’s dark; if not the show is “light.” I could go for both ways, but I like the lighthearted Mick.
sjacob – I don’t know what’s going on with my gmail connection. I can get to my email, but not the chat feature. I am bummed! I sent everyone an email.
I was mad, mad, MAD that the MickBeth kiss got interrupted (although I just knew it would), but did you see the previews for next week? It looks like he lays another hot one on her. I hope someone puts it on YouTube – with a quickness!
Cobby – yeah, a good night kiss before he went upstairs would have been nice. Hell, offering her a blanket, a pillow, a rolled up towel would have been nice, too. Mick, you need to work on your host skills, man. I liked the kind of exasperated look Beth gave when he went up the stairs. hee-hee!
Laceym – I read your recap and yours was “fun” like you said. I didn’t leave a comment yet because as you can see, I posted at an ungodly hour and had to go to bed! I was cracking up that you “satisfied the legal department.” Always important!
moonbeam – I got the glitch during the Ben/Beth lunch, too. I was cursing at the TV. I tell you, of all times, right?
One more non-ML thing (gulp!) I watched GW (which is just a time killer now to get to ML!) and Melinda was telling her husband Jim that she wanted to find out who this masked man was she saw in her dream. Jim asked her if he wanted him to talk to Carl, his “P.I. friend.”
Jim: “You know, he moonlights.”
Well I just about fell over. Carl? P.I. friend that moonlights? Huh. Interesting references there, GW!!
VS, R, R, R!!!
|
|
May 3, 2008 12:08 PM
|
|
moonbeam84 - yes the same glitch happened to me. Damn there's always something funky when I record ML???
|
|
May 3, 2008 12:08 PM
|
M00NLIGHTER - I too noticed it "lighter", but I'm not sure I like ALL THAT LIGHT, it is a vampire show and I like the "darkness". The only darkness was when Mick visited Guillermo and Mick has his MickClothes on, etc. I want that dark to continue, and they can make it lighter when he's with Beth.
I also liked Mick's hesitation when going up the stairs and stated again if she needed anything he would be upstairs.
I know some of you caught the "Lost Boys" remark on the roof with the teenage vamps (that's Alex's fav movie & he gave accolades to Keifer about it)...right..but did you notice one of the young ones lit a cigar and Mick made a comment about it...do you guys know Alex smokes cigars...seems like they're picking up these types of hidden agendas from "Lost". Lost is famous for that stuff.
gotta watch the ep again but first the preview for the next 2 coming up.
talk later.
|
|
May 3, 2008 12:20 PM
|
Wow! What an episode. I loved the "Dad" line. I also loved all the MB interaction. My heart stopped on the last scene. Will Talbot found out the truth? Will he be a friend or foe?  "> It's a little scary.
|
|
May 3, 2008 12:44 PM
|
MOONLIGHTER, you rock!!
I woke up around 2:30 a.m. & I decided to check CBS.COM to see if they have "Click" on, & once again, I was not disappointed. So far, I have seen it three times. I loved it because there were plenty of Mick/Beth moments.
Thanks for putting the dialogue in with most of the Mick/Beth scenes. I also loved when Mick said "About the other night" Beth said "You mean the kiss" (something like that). Our Beth goes straight to the point. Ha! Ha!
I was disappointed that there was no kiss, no hands holding or some kind of touchy, touchy gestures between Mick/Beth in this episode. I am hoping we will be rewarded for some Mick/Beth passionate kisses in episodes 15 & 16.
Beth should have made up some excuses to go upstairs to check out Mick's freezer while he was in it. He! He!
I am glad to see that Mick/Beth are dating. They are truly in love & that they are very happy together. Mike finally has accepted his vampirism because he knows that Beth loves him & doesn't think of him as a monster.
Was it me? I thought Alex looked more handsome in this episode. Sophia looked lovely, too. These two actors really have tremendous chemistry.
I read somewhere before I saw "Click" that Beth & Josef will have a secret together. After I viewed "Click", I now know what that secret is. I wonder will Mike find out.
I haven't been able to figure out what Tierney said to Mick after he said "I think we are dating. It's complicated"
What did she say to Mick before she told him "then un-complicate it" Will someone help me?
What did you think of the promo video about the last two episodes? I thought the last two episodes will be better than ep. 13 & 14. But I didn't care to read "If you miss them, they will be gone" (something like that). I hope not gone for good!! I am praying for good news from CBS on 5/14.
I am going to let CBS know how much I had enjoyed last night's episode now. If you have not done so, please do so. Also, do visit CBS.COM periodically to watch the repeats. CBS does check these visits on their site.
|
|
May 3, 2008 1:39 PM
|
moonstruck -- Tierney said something like: Are you able to be yourself with her? and when Mick said "Most of the time, yes" Tierney said, "Then go "uncomplicate" it."
I also think it was kind of cute (but she better get over it quick) that Beth was a little bit jealous seeing Mick with Tierney. She was very sarcastic when she asked about his "hot lunch date," and he spouts off about the sun being hot before he tells her it's not a date. But did she forget that she was there having lunch with Ben? Mick didn't ask her about her hot lunch date! Oh, these two kids are going to make me crazy(er)!
|
|
May 3, 2008 1:56 PM
|
|
|
