SAVE MOONLIGHT CAMPAIGN CONTINUES FOR ALL DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
Thank you again to twodogs, Mistress of the Animated Banner ^ Let's keep fighting for our fairytale!
The campaign to renew Moonlight still surges on. We recently received word that Joel Silver is bringing another project to television (Joel Silver-Vanderbilt), so hopefully he will stick around until someone is smart enough to partner with him and WB and revive Moonlight. Until then, we will fight on to the best of our abilities. All links below will have complete information on how to help.
Complete mailing addresses for all the networks being contacted can be found on any of the above websites. As always, please feel free to post any new information here.
Just to help remember that we are all in this fight together, here is a video featuring the song The Call by Regina Specktor, which is from the soundtrack of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian:
This is a video you may not have seen before. It is Always By Your Side by Sheryl Crow featuring Sting:
STAY STRONG, KEEP FIGHTING MOONLIGHT FANS!
VAMPIRE SOLIDARITY, RAH, RAH, RAH!!
SAVE MOONLIGHT CAMPAIGN - FOR ALL DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
Thank you to twodogs, Mistress of the Animated Banner ^
Everyday we are still getting new information about Moonlight--some of it good, some of it bad. However, there are still ongoing letter writing campaigns, the upcoming release of the Moonlight DVD of Season One due in September, and plenty of ideas being tossed around for straight-to-DVD sales, feature length movies, and even the possibility of seeing Moonlight again on theWB.com, a “premium, ad-supported, video-on-demand, interactive and personalized network.” No matter what is being written in the news, we still need to let 'The Powers That Be' know that we are still here, and some of us are still willing to fight for the return of Moonlight in some form or fashion. The campaign for a more up-to-date ratings system is still very important as well. All links below will have complete information on how to help.
Complete mailing addresses for all the networks being contacted can be found on any of the above websites. As always, please feel free to post any new information here.
Make sure to tune in to blogtalkradio-Moonlight for interesting interviews and discussions regarding Moonlight.
On a lighter note, here are two of my favorite fan videos for Moonlight. They were both created by Silvervintage, and Taking Chances by Celine Dion was the first Moonlight video I ever saw:
This one is a tribute to our lovely Mick and Beth. May Moonlight live forever in our hearts:
STAY STRONG, KEEP FIGHTING MOONLIGHT FANS!
VAMPIRE SOLIDARITY, RAH, RAH, RAH!!
SAVE MOONLIGHT CAMPAIGN DURING ITS UNDETERMINED HIATUS
(Thank you to Lunalux for the banner^)
The fight for Moonlight continues. Anyone who wants to join the Moonlight Army, please continue to check out any of the following website links for more information. A post on MoonlightLine.com has the latest suggested information on which networks to target next.
Complete mailing addresses for all the networks being contacted can be found on any of the above websites. As always, please feel free to post any new information here as well.
There have been many interesting interviews and discussions on blogtalkradio.com regarding Moonlight. Click here and take a listen: blogtalkradio-Moonlight
The cancellation of Moonlight has prompted a movement to look at the current method of calculating television ratings. It seems the antiquated system does not take a major portion of the population into consideration when tabulating television viewing habits, and does not include many of the alternate ways we watch TV shows now, which include the internet, DVR viewings, downloads, iTunes, etc. If you are interested in seeing these methods changed, check out these websites:
SAVE MOONLIGHT CAMPAIGN, Pt. 3 for all you DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
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The fans of Moonlight continue to fight the good fight to save the show. Anyone who wants to join the Moonlight Army, please check out any of the following website links for more information.
Complete mailing addresses for all the networks being contacted can be found on any of the above websites. As always, please feel free to post any new information here as well.
In an effort to keep things light and fun, here are some additional websites to visit for the show, and for Alex, Sophia, Jason and Shannyn. Go visit and have some fun!
SAVE MOONLIGHT CAMPAIGN, Pt. 2 for all you DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
Thanks to SirenSong on MLL for the banner
The campaign to Save Moonlight and find a new network home for the show continues. Anyone who wants to join the Moonlight Army, please check out any of the following website links for more information.
Please feel free to post any new information here as well. The Sci-Fi network and DirecTV are the two entities where we are concentrating our efforts for a Moonlight pickup. Needless to say, anywhere Moonlight goes, so will its 8 million+ fans.
To write directly to the Sci-Fi Channel:
SCI FI Channel 21st Floor 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112
David Howe, President Mark Stern, Vice President of Programming Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President of Programming
To write directly to DirecTV:
CA Office: DirecTV 2230 East Imperial Highway El Segundo, CA 90245
CA office corporate contacts to address letters to directly:
Mr. Robert Mercer Director, Public Relations
Ms. Jade Ekstedt Manager, Public Relations
NY Office: DirecTV 1211 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor New York, NY 10036
NY office corporate contacts office to address letters to directly:
Mr. Darris Gringeri Vice President, Public Relations
Ms. Caley Cronin Manager, Public Relations
Or email to:
the101@direcTV.com
As always, we are still discussing Moonlight, posting photos from Moonlight; attaching fan videos of Moonlight; posting links to polls, articles, and Moonlight blogs – just basically continuing to bask in the Moonlight! Please join in – all are welcome here!
Vampire Solidarity, Rah, Rah, Rah!!
SAVE MOONLIGHT CAMPAIGN for all you DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
There is an ongoing campaign to SAVE MOONLIGHT and find a new network home for the show. If you are interested in helping, please check out any of the following website links for more information. Please feel free to post any new information here as well. Whatever it takes to get a new network to pick up MOONLIGHT, the legions of fans will do it. Presently, the SCI-FI network and the USA network seem to be in the forefront of our efforts, but contacting any potential network for a MOONLIGHT pickup is still on the table. There is also an effort to negotiate with DirecTV as well.
CA Office: 2230 East Imperial Highway El Segundo, CA 90245
NY Office: 1211 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor New York, NY 10036
Or email to:
the101@direcTV.com
To write directly to the FX network:
FX Networks LLC 10201 W Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Most importantly, though -- We are still having fun with MOONLIGHT, so any discussions about any of the excellent 16 episodes that aired before the unwarranted cancellation are more than welcome here! We will keep the MOONLIGHT shining as long as we can!
VAMPIRE SOLIDARITY, RAH, RAH, RAH!!
SONATA RECAP for all you DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
“Because I love you.” Is that a line you will ever forget being spoken by Mick St. John?
I will write this recap and try not to convey the immense sadness I feel that this was the last episode of Moonlight that we know of. I will do my best to capture the best lines to make us all feel better!
Josef Kostan is being honored for donating millions of dollars to Hearst College for the Sara Whitley Memorial Sports Arena, and they are retiring #24, the jersey of Dominic Michaels, the college’s favorite son.
Mick’s VO explains that this honor for Josef is worth putting on his “monkey suit,” as well as getting to spend the evening with Beth. Beth meets Josef’s date, Simone, who she finds out is his lawyer, as well as his “Freshie.” After introductions, they duck out of the ballroom.
Josef: “Time for a drink, and the champagne just ain’t cutting it.”
After they leave, Mick explains to Beth about human donors, or “Freshies,” and Beth tries to understand it all.
A fight breaks out between Dominic and a fellow player, Hank Bishop. Mick identifies the couple who breaks them apart – Dominic’s managers, Emma and Jackson Monaghan, Vampires who have been married for 150 years. Then Mick asks Beth to dance, and while they are dancing, she states that this is their fourth official date. When he asks what constitutes an “official date,” she says one that doesn’t involve dead bodies. They hear a scream, and run to find Dominic dead in a whirlpool in the gym. Simone is sitting by in the room. She says she didn’t do it.
Mick's VO: “I guess this won’t be our fourth date after all.”
Simone is questioned by Beth and admits her alibi is lame, but refuses to involve Josef. She states that keeping the secret is the number one rule. Beth asks about Simone being Josef’s Freshie and if she is ever afraid he’ll go too far and turn her. Simone admits that sometimes she is.
Talbot calls Beth out of the room to ask her if she found out anything new. Beth suggests they interview Hank Bishop since he fought with Dominic. Talbot says he thinks Simone and Dominic were sleeping together.
At the Fortress of Style, Josef is irritated that he donated $100,000,000 worth of architecture and all the papers can talk about is Dominic’s death.
Beth questions Emma at her office, and Emma tells Beth she understands that Beth is a “friend of the family.” She relates how she was turned while coming from Ireland on a ship and never knew who turned her. She found her brother, a boxer, and met her husband Jackson at one of his fights.
Emma: “The moment I saw him, he felt like home.” Beth: “He made you feel safe.” (hmm, remind you of anyone? Hint: MICK!)
Emma explains that Jackson agreed to let her turn him.
Beth: “You don’t have any regrets?” Emma: “No, not one. Even 150 years later, I can still remember exactly what Jackson was wearing the night we first met.”
Beth asks if Emma thinks that Hank is capable of murder, and Emma explains that there was bad blood between Hank and Dominic because Hank felt he deserved the same opportunities Dominic had.
At the morgue, Guillermo is handling Dominic’s body with great care and Mick teases him about it. Guillermo claims that Dominic helped him win his March Madness pool.
Guillermo: “Can’t a man grieve?”
He tells Mick that the blood found on Dominic was B positive.
Back at the Fortress of Style, Mick comes in to find Josef and Simone and asks what they’re celebrating. They say Simone’s release. Mick asks Simone point blank what her relationship with Dominic was, and she says she did work for the family and that Dominic was a huge flirt. When Mick tells them the blood type found on Dominic, Josef states that it can’t be Simone – she is B negative. They decide to get a sample, and Josef vamps out and bites Simone’s wrist. This affects Mick a great deal, and Josef offers Simone’s arm – “for professional purposes only, of course.” Mick takes great delight and licks and sucks on Simone – just as Beth walks into the apartment. Uh-oh! She looks at them, stunned.
Mick and Josef unvamp, and Josef and Simone leave because of the obvious awkwardness. Mick tries to explain they were just trying to rule out Simone because of her blood type and Beth counters that they have laboratories for that. (Mick can’t talk his way out of this one!) Beth, clearly upset, says she has a lead and asks if he’s coming with her.
They go to Hank Bishop’s frat house, but outside they get into an argument over what happened at Mick’s loft. Beth accuses him of making out with Simone and Mick says it was not a big deal; he wasn’t feeding on her.
Mick: “We were not making out. I only want to make out with you.” (Aww, how cute! How old are you again?)
Inside, they ask one of Hank’s frat brothers if he has seen him. When he says no, Mick knows the guy is lying and grabs him after fratboy hits Mick with a paddle and yells for Hank to run. Then Mick catches up with Hank on the front lawn as Beth comes out.
Beth: “You okay?” Mick: “Yeah, well I got hit in the face with the sacred ass-paddle.” Beth: “Karma.”
Back at the morgue, Guillermo tells Mick he scored the blood sample they found and it wasn’t contaminated, it’s Vampire blood. Guillermo accurately detects Mick’s mood and asks him if there is trouble with Beth. Mick discusses the latest trouble and Guillermo tries to commiserate.
Guillermo: “Vampires got needs.”
Mick accuses him of blocking out memories of what human women are like.
Guillermo: “I need all the brain power to figure out Vampire women.”
Mick meets with Jackson at the college gym to ask about the company Dominic was keeping. They discuss a blond cheerleader, Lisa, who was known to date him a couple of times. Dominic did not know anything about her being a Vampire.
Mick crashes a cheerleading practice and Lisa comes over to him. He shows off a couple of smooth basketball moves before they discuss Dominic’s murder investigation. Lisa claims that she is into jocks this semester – she’s been in college for 40 years. She says it’s the perfect life for a Vampire—no one asks why you sleep all day, and there is a steady rotation of drunk frat boys to feed on.
As Lisa is telling Mick that the blood found is not hers, Hank is questioned by Talbot and swears he saw the woman who killed Dominic. Then Lisa casually drops Emma’s name as the woman Dominic was sleeping with, just as Hank describes Emma to Talbot.
Beth calls Mick to tell him that Talbot is headed to arrest Emma and Mick tells Beth to stop him. She can’t, and by the time they all arrive at Emma’s office, she is having a fit. Mick tries to calm her down, telling her that her behavior will expose them all, and what about Jackson? Emma wants to know whose side Mick is on. When she calms down and the police lead her away, Talbot asks how could she have destroyed her office so bad and both Mick and Beth say she had a psychotic break. After Talbot leaves the room, Beth says it’s not so bad.
Mick: “There is a homicidal, desperate Vampire in custody who needs to feed soon. It’s very bad.”
At Emma and Jackson’s home, Mick and Beth look around the living room. Beth comments on how romantic it is how long they’ve been together, and how they change their names about every 20 years. Mick surmises that they must have a double-wide freezer. (Does Maytag make those??) When Beth talks about Jackson asking Emma to turn him, Mick says bitterly, “At least Jackson had a choice.” Jackson comes from the kitchen and tells them he never suspected Emma of having an affair with Dominic. He thought they were happy. Mick asks Beth if she thinks she can get him in to see Emma and she says yes.
In the holding cell, Emma apologizes for everything, but although Jackson tells her Josef has a lawyer working on the case, she insists that Mick should be the one to get her out of jail because he chose the humans over the Vampires. She’s pretty ticked at Mick and threatens to expose the entire Vampire nation if Mick doesn't free her.
At the Fortress of Style once again, Mick and Josef discuss the judge denying Emma bail and how Simone looked afraid, like Josef might blame her – as in, have her killed. Josef says he would not, and after Mick tells him that Simone really likes him, he picks up that Josef really likes her, too, even thought it goes against Josef's "rules." Meanwhile at Beth’s apartment, Simone shows up to apologize for the other night at Mick’s loft. They discuss the intimacy of feeding on Freshies, but Simone explains that to humans, it feels intimate, but not to Vampires. When Simone asks if Mick has brought up turning her, Beth says that Mick would never turn her – he is an anti-Vampire Vampire. At the FoS, Mick and Josef discuss relationships and turning. Mick asks Josef if he is going to break it off with Simone. Josef says he doesn’t know yet. He tells Mick that Simone has considered being turned, but he has not turned anyone since Sara (okay – does the Mick re-turning mean nothing to you, Josef? Really?) They both admit to having commitment issues.
That night, Beth goes to Mick’s loft and asks if they can talk. Mick seems nervous and says it’s not a good time. Beth is irritated and makes a smart remark about “Vampire business” and Mick tells her she can’t be involved. She leaves. Inside, there is a Vampire meeting in progress, and in attendance are Josef, Guillermo, Logan, Mick and about six Cleaners. (Okay, raise your hand if you knew there was a whole Federal Bureau of Cleaners – Vampire Branch?) They are arguing over Emma’s arrest and what this means to the Vampire community. Logan says he sent emails out, but they will not be received in enough time for all the Vampires to get out of town. Everyone looks to Mick regarding breaking Emma out of jail, and he tells them, “I’m not breaking her out. We are.”
The Vampires review the plans of the District Processing Facility. Logan will fix the traffic lights on the transport route, and Guillermo will arrange for an ambulance and a stretcher to be available. The Cleaners, instead of cleaning an accident, will create one to stop Emma’s transport van. Once it has stopped, Mick and Josef will grab Emma.
Logan: “Can my Code name be Landau Calrissian?” They all look at him in complete silence. Mick: “Let’s go.”
They execute their plan, only in the van, Emma says her restraints are too tight and she’s feeling sick. The police escort comments that she is cold and she says, “And very thirsty,” and comes close to vamping out on him. Just as Logan realizes there is a firewall on the traffic light system, Mick tells him to hurry and get around it, calling him Logan. Logan tries getting around the firewall, while responding, “Calrissian, out!” while the transport driver avoids the fake accident scene by heading toward the hospital. Josef calls for Plan B, and Mick informs him there is no Plan B. (C’mon, everyone has a Plan B!) Logan then runs right in front of the transport van, causing it to flip over.
Josef: “Quite a Plan B.” Mick: “I’ll say.”
They retrieve Emma from the wreckage and leave.
The Cleaners are then seen conducting what I conclude to be a Vampire Trial? They definitely do things differently in the Underworld. They state that Emma endangered the entire Vampire community. Jackson comes in and tries to defend her, but the Head Cleaner says it’s not about the human, it’s about their secrecy. Emma’s crime was treason; her punishment: death. Jackson moves to talk to Emma and a Cleaner stops him. Mick asks the Cleaners to give them one minute.
Emma again apologizes, saying she just wanted to start over. Jackson says they will do this together, meaning he will die with her. (Now that is some powerful love, people!) Jackson turns to the Cleaners and says they’re ready. The Cleaners burn them with fire torches.
Josef: “We don’t have to watch this.” Mick: “Yeah, we do.”
In Talbot’s office, he is on the phone trying to explain Emma’s escape. When he hangs up, he finds an envelope at his door with a document listing hundreds of names. He gets another call, and a man tells him the document is for his eyes only and they will stay in touch. (What kind of mailing list is this man on? First the pictures of Mick being hit by the car, now the 2008 Vampire Roster? Wha--?)
At Beth’s apartment, Mick shows up and they talk about what has just occurred. He explains that Emma was a liability to the Vampire community. Beth, quite upset and teary-eyed, tells Mick that maybe he was right: he can’t fit into her world and she can’t fit into his. They finally come around to the issue of turning Beth. She tells him she doesn’t think she can do this anymore, and he leaves.
Totally torn up, Mick stops in Beth’s hallway, while Beth cries in her apartment.
Mick’s VO: I spent the last 55 years trying to close the door on forever. But I can’t anymore. I can’t close the door on Beth.
He walks back to her door and knocks. When she doesn’t answer, he walks right in.
Mick: “You want to know what Emma and Jackson made me realize? That you were right. You were right all along. This isn’t about being a Vampire or being a human. This is about us. How we feel about one another right here, right now.”
Beth asks him what she was wearing the night they met. He tells her in full detail, including the fact that she wasn’t wearing any shoes – she was barefoot.
Beth: “How can you remember that?” Mick: “Because I love you.”
They kiss each other and she pushes the door closed.
Okay, can someone please pass me another tissue? I’m dying here!
Well, those words that we love to hear: “Stay tuned for scenes from the next Moonlight” were not spoken this evening. If there is any justice in the world of television, Warner Brothers will succeed in getting our show onto another network, and perhaps then, and only then, we will be able to “Stay tuned for scenes from the next Moonlight.” Until then, my world is a little darker.
This is for all the DEVOTED FANS OF MOONLIGHT -- VAMPIRE SOLIDARITY, RAH, RAH, RAH!
Until . . . ??
WHAT'S LEFT BEHIND RECAP for all you DEVOTED MOONLIGHT FANS
“I didn’t realize how much I wanted a family until I almost had one.” Poor Mick! Well, let’s go back and see what led up to this revelation.
We start out with little Jacob, scared out of his mind in his bedroom, because he hears scratching and creaking all around him and above him. He bravely gets out of bed to shut the door, but no sooner does he get back in bed, than someone drops from the ceiling and snatches him. (I hope no youngsters were watching – they will be awake for weeks!)
Beth and Ben Talbot are on the steps of the courthouse having coffee and Talbot asks her how unemployment has been treating her. She jokes that she’s been doing a lot of baking. They talk about the kidnapping case, and Beth says it sounds a lot like the ones she covered for BuzzWire before she left. Talbot admits that he saw her research on the similar cases, and she says how the boys in those cases were found dead and they never caught the guy. Talbot asks Beth if she wants to help him with this case.
At the Fortress of Style, Mick and Josef are arguing – apparently when Josef asked Mick to go for a night out on the town, Mick thought he meant jazz, smoking cigars, and fresh-from-the-vein pitchers of sangria, not window shopping for sofas for Josef’s new office. Josef complains about having to fire his “boneheaded” decorators and Mick asks if they will be found in the tar pits.
Josef: “Mick, please! I don’t have the energy to kill everyone who pisses me off. I’ll have to hire some people.”
They both see a news report on the television where the father of a kidnapped boy is begging for his return. Beth is in the background of the shot, and as Mick looks on, Josef can’t resist ribbing him.
Josef: “You’re positively Pavlovian where that girl is concerned.”
That obvious, huh?
Mick is standing outside of the house of the kidnapped boy’s family when Beth sees him. She asks what he’s doing there and he tells her he grew up in this neighborhood. She asks him if he’s okay just as Talbot calls her away. He says he’s fine, but has a flashback to the day he and his friend, Ray, left to fight in World War II. He remembers how Ray’s wife, Lila, asked Mick to take care of him while they were gone. Then Mick’s VO states that he loved them both, but he betrayed them, and we are treated to a scene of Mick about to get busy with Lila on the porch of the same house (I hope it was the back porch, because the neighbors will talk!)
Inside the house, detectives are going over the case with Robert Fordham and his wife. Mick sees a photo on a shelf of Ray and Lila. When Robert comes out, Mick asks if they were his parents and he says yes. One of the detectives tries to kick Mick out, but (say what?) Talbot says it’s okay if he stays. The detective interviews Jacob’s parents and they admit that Jacob had nightmares and told them he had heard tapping in the walls.
While the interview is going on, Beth asks Mick again if he is okay.
Beth comments that the MO for this kidnapping is the same as the others, but that the perp is a ghost. Mick says “Or a Vampire.” He thinks he knows a possible suspect.
Mick has another flashback of him with his patrol in Italy, sitting around eating rations. While he and Ray reminisce about Lila’s cooking and joke around, someone starts shooting at them. Ray goes after the shooter and saves Mick.
Back at the house, Talbot tells Beth that he didn’t issue an open invitation, and comments on how Mick and Beth always seem to end up at the same place. Beth is looking into Jacob’s room and notices his toys lined up. She thinks it is a perimeter Jacob built to keep the monsters out. Talbot lets on that he knows about Beth’s kidnapping.
Talbot: “Is that what you did after you were taken as a child?” Beth: “How do you know about that?” Talbot: “It’s my job to know. Come on, tell me you didn’t Google me after we first met?”
Mick shows up at a children’s playground and confronts another Vampire, Leo, who is watching the children playing there. Leo is a nervous type, always tapping his fingers. Mick asks him point blank if he took Jacob. He says no and tells Mick he just likes their (children’s) blood. Mick asks him where he gets it and he says he takes it from runaways and then leaves them money. Mick vamps out a little and tells Leo to leave the runaways alone. And then Leo runs away.
Back at the Fordham’s, Beth asks Robert if Jacob could have been scared of anyone from real life – a housekeeper that was fired, an angry ex-wife (think about Coraline much, Beth?). While she’s talking to Robert, she sees a photo on the shelf of Mick with his patrol.
Meanwhile, Mick is looking up Robert’s birth records. Robert was born only 7 months after Ray’s return home and Mick has another flashback of him and Lila on the porch (again, the neighbors, Mick!) Beth shows up and says she saw his photo at the Fordham’s.
Beth: “Why didn’t you tell me you knew the family?” Mick: “Because they may be my family.”
Beth asks him how, and he tells her about his time in Italy during the war. He flashes back to an attack where Ray was hit and asks Mick to take care of Lila. Another explosive falls and Mick is knocked out, only to wake up a week later and is told that he was the only survivor of the attack. When he gets back home, he goes to see Lila and they are both devastated. Mick tells Beth that soon after that, the war was over, and people were celebrating and starting over. He flashes back to when he was helping Lila around the house (anyone notice he’s with a dark haired beauty in a red dress? A sign of things to come, maybe?) They talk about Ray, and Mick admits that Ray asked him to take care of her. They look at each other and are drawn into a kiss.
Beth asks how could he not know Robert was his son, and Mick says he didn’t know Lila was pregnant when he left. When Beth asks why he left, he says that Ray was actually alive – he’d been in a coma and had lost his dog tags. When Ray came home, Mick made himself scarce; after all, he’d left his friend for dead, then stole his wife. Beth tells Mick it wasn’t wrong if it was love.
Beth: “Was it love?” Mick: “Yeah, I think so.”
Back at the Fordham’s, Mick’s VO observes that Robert looks old enough to be his father. Robert looks at Mick strangely and asks if he knew any of Mick’s family. Mick and Beth thank Robert for letting them come back to look around. Mick sniffs and determines that this kidnapping was a human crime, not a Vampire one. Beth asks Mick if he can smell if Robert is his son. Then she asks about Mick getting a DNA test performed, and he says that his DNA was permanently changed when he became a Vampire. As they go over Jacob’s room, Mick finds residue of powdered metal. Up in the attic, they find an opening in the ceiling right over Jacob’s bed. Then in a move that would make Cirque de Soleil proud, Mick swings down through the opening, demonstrating how the kidnapper snatched Jacob from his bed.
Downstairs, Mick asks Robert for the names of all the contractors that were in the house during the renovation project. They find all kinds of access into the house – through coal chutes and through the basement. Beth and Mick agree that Jacob was right – there were monsters in the walls, floors and ceilings. While they are searching the Fordham’s house, someone sits in a pickup truck at the curb watching their every move.
Back inside, Talbot asks Mick how he knew about the coal chute. Mick explains that he grew up in a house like this one.
Talbot: “Here in LA?” Mick: “Yeah.” Talbot: “What school did you go to?” Mick: “What, are you investigating me now?” Talbot: “Depends. You got something to hide?” Mick: “No, not anymore. The paparazzi exposed my deepest secrets: shoe size 10 1/2, favorite color blue . . .” Beth: “Boxers, not briefs.” (!! And you know this how??) How did we get onto this delightful subject?” Talbot: “We digressed.”
Fordham brings in a file of all the contractors from the renovation project. Beth suggests they look into the other homes of the kidnapped children because they were Victorian homes as well. Mick tells Robert to go get some rest and puts his hand on his shoulder. As Robert walks away, he is able to get a few strands of Robert’s hair for a DNA sample. Beth tells Mick that they will get to the bottom of this case, because Ben’s office is good.
Mick: “’Ben?’ Wow. Should I be jealous?” Beth: “Of course. Even if I have no romantic interest in him, your jealousy makes me feel desirable.” (Raowr!)
Back at the Fortress of Style, Mick brings out his army footlocker, looking for something that he can use for a pre-Vampire DNA sample of his own.
Talbot speaks to Beth about becoming a civilian investigator after discussing the fact that the Victorian houses all had access like she said. She asks him if he is offering her a job because she’s not a cop, and he says that she doesn’t have to be; she will be working for him.
Again at the Fortress, Josef walks in on Mick looking through his footlocker.
Mick: “To what do I owe this pleasure?” Josef: “I left my cell phone here yesterday. I spent 400 years without one, now I can’t go a day . . . (seeing Mick’s footlocker) So, G.I. – Mick. Why the trip down memory lane?”
Mick tells Josef about the possibility of fathering a child with his best friend’s wife after the war. He waits for Josef to make a smart remark, but Josef says he’s actually jealous. He never had children and he regrets it, and he doesn’t do regrets. Mick tells Josef that the kidnapped boy may be his (Mick’s) grandson. Josef consoles him by saying it’s his last contribution to the human gene pool unless he and Beth can rewrite the rules of Vampire love and procreate. Just as he says this, he turns around to find Beth standing there.
Josef: “Hi Beth. (whispers to Mick) Beth’s here.” He hightails it out of Mick’s loft.
Beth tells Mick that the kidnapper probably had the original blueprints of the house, but can’t get them on the internet – he can only physically sign them out. Mick offers to drive Beth to the Hall of Records.
Outside the Hall of Records, Mick approaches the subject of Josef’s statement back at his house.
Beth: “What? That we can’t have a baby?” Mick: “You want to have my baby?” Beth: “How about Elliott for a boy?” Mick looks at her, shocked. Beth: “I’m just kidding.”
Mick starts to say he understands if being unable to have children is a deal breaker, but Beth protests that they’re getting ahead of themselves.
Beth: “We haven’t even slept with each other yet. It might not be any good.” Mick looks at her like Are you kidding me?
Beth smiles and tells him they should focus on finding Jacob, and will worry about their children when the time comes. She gets out of his car and goes into the building.
Back at the Fordham’s, Mick tries to get Robert to recall any of the contractors that might have been behaving strangely, especially around Jacob. Robert is overcome with emotion thinking about Jacob and tells Mick that Jacob was a “late-in-life” child for them, a miracle like he himself was for his parents. Mick asks him why and Robert explains that his father was partially paralyzed when he returned from the war. He was born 7 months later, and was one of the biggest preemies anyone had seen. Mick takes that to mean that Robert really is his son. He debates on whether or not to share this news with Robert, but decides against it. Robert says he thought he’d never know what it would be like to have a son. Mick silently agrees. Finally, Robert remembers one construction worker who liked to work at night. He identifies Ken Verdolino. Just then, Verdolino calls Mick and asks him if he knows him. Mick wants to talk, but Verdolino spills the beans that he knows Mick, knows the car he drives, and knows Beth and that she’s alone at the moment at the Hall of Records. A shot of Beth alone at the Hall of Records confirms this. Verdolino threatens Mick by saying that he always liked the smart girls.
Beth is concentrating on her research and doesn’t hear her phone, which she has set on vibrate. (That thing was jumping all over the table! Beth, Beth, Beth!) Suddenly, the lights go out and Beth calls out that she is still in there. She gets her flashlight (she must have been a Girl Scout in her youth: Always Be Prepared) and sees someone through the bookshelves. She takes off running and runs right into Mick coming in from the doorway. He tells her who the kidnapper is and tells her to stay right there.
Verdolino gets away, but Mick startles Beth when he comes back into the room.
Beth: “If you keep sneaking up on me, I’m gonna mace you one of these days.” Mick: “It’s only a matter of time.”
Beth shows Mick the blueprints she has found and tells him Verdolino’s address, which Talbot has managed to dig up. Mick immediately starts to leave to go find Jacob, but Beth tries to stop him to wait for the warrant. Mick says he knows what he’s doing and leaves anyway.
Mick’s VO: Verdolino knows I’m onto him. He’s out of time. So is Jacob.
Mick finds the old neighborhood under the freeway where only the basement access is still left. He searches for Verdolino and tries to reason with him. Meanwhile, above ground, the police arrive at Verdolino’s house and break the door down. They search the house for him, but come up empty-handed. Mick is telling Verdolino he knows how he feels – isolated and cut off from society – but Verdolino says he’s trying to help Jacob get over his fears. Mick catches him using his super vamp skills, and Verdolino shoots at Mick. When Mick doesn’t fall, Verdolino says he’ll never find Jacob and shoots himself. Back inside Verdolino’s house, at the sound of gunshots, Talbot pulls Beth down out of the way of gunfire. The police all run outside to follow the sounds.
Down in the basement, Mick calls out for Jacob. He hears a heartbeat through a brick wall. While Talbot, Beth and the police team run to find the basement access, Mick starts tearing into the brick wall to get to Jacob. He finds him and carries him out. The paramedics check him and say he will be okay.
Later, Mick and Beth are sitting in Mick’s car outside the Fordham’s house, which is decorated with balloons to celebrate Jacob’s homecoming. Beth has the results of Mick’s DNA test. He opens the envelope – Robert is not his son. Mick is glad for his friend Ray, but Beth says she is sorry with tears in her eyes.
Mick: “I didn’t know how much I wanted a family until I almost had one.” Beth: “Family’s not only about DNA.” She lovingly strokes Mick’s hair.
Inside the Fordham house, Jacob tells his father that he sees Mick. Robert thinks he means outside in the car, but Jacob corrects him. “No, in the picture.”
Robert looks disbelievingly at the photo and runs outside just as Mick and Beth pull off. He drops the photo on the ground and as it flips over, the names of all the soldiers written on the back are revealed – including one Mick St. John!
OOPS!
(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 . . .
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 . . .
Fated To Pretend Recap for all you Devoted Moonlight Fans
The new episode begins with Mick’s VO telling us all the human things he has been experiencing: sleeping in a bed, drinking fresh squeezed orange juice, and coffee. He has been a human for 6 days, 8 hours and 42 minutes. He gets to drive his vintage Mercedes with the top down in the sun, gets to eat a hotdog at the beach. He doesn’t care what’s in it—he used to be a Vampire!
Mick checks out the girls on the pier and they check him out (wouldn’t you?) and then he walks along the beach, declaring that he has “so much living to do.” He walks toward Beth, (looking mighty sexy with his shirt open!) who has prepared a picnic for them. Mick comments on the spread and Beth says she got a little bit of everything because she doesn’t know what he likes. He says it looks good and that she looks good. She tells him mortality suits him and they talk about how long he has before he changes back (he guesses 6 months, maybe less) and his scars ("maybe I’ll need a plastic surgeon. Good thing we live in LA, right?") Beth apologizes for asking Mick to turn Josh. He asks about her wearing Josh’s ring at his funeral, and Beth quickly explains that even if Josh had asked her to marry him, she wouldn’t have been able to say yes – there’s someone else and has been for a while. She cares for him. He just has to figure out what to do about it. (Uh, Mick – that’s your cue, man!) He smiles.
Mick goes to visit his buddy, Josef, who is busy arguing with his office redecorating team.
Josef: “Are you tan?” Mick: “Am I? I just had lunch on the beach with Beth. That’s something you won’t be doing any time soon.”
Josef asks Mick if he has “sealed the deal.” Mick says it’s not that simple.
Josef: “Sure it is. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy. Didn’t your dad explain all this?”
Mick ticks off his no-no list: He’s 58 years older than Beth, he sleeps in a freezer, buys blood from the morgue and has a “tendency to bite down” which Josef interrupts him and says some women like that. He tells Mick that he isn’t afraid Beth will get hurt, he’s afraid he (Mick) will get hurt. Mick starts to protest, but then stops.
Mick: “I . . . am in love with her.” Josef: “Yeah, you are. Now go do something about it before it’s too late.”
Relationship encouragement from Josef? Could it be true?
Back at Beth’s apartment, while she is looking at Mick’s photo on her iPhone, her editor Maureen calls and tells Beth to come to BuzzWire—she’s got a hot story. When Beth arrives, the place is in shambles and she finds Maureen on the floor of her office, killed by a bullet to the head. Beth screams for help.
The police are going over the crime scene and a female officer tells Beth that if she remembers anything, not to hesitate to call her. (Anyone recognize her? She was one of the suspected “leaks” in Josh’s office in “Fever” -- the one that didn’t do it. Nice continuity there.)
The new ADA, Ben Talbot, comes in and introduces himself to Beth. He immediately belittles the internet news site, which Beth defends by stating that one of the stories is what got Maureen killed. Just then, Mick shows up and he meets Talbot. Talbot says he’s heard of Mick, but not good things and walks away. Mick comforts an obviously shaken Beth.
Mick and Beth meet Guillermo in the morgue to view Maureen’s body. Guillermo asks if Mick can “smell it.”
Mick (sniffing): “No, what is it?” Guillermo: “It starts with a “V.” You used to be one.”
Beth is surprised a Vampire would use a gun, and Mick says it’s to make it look like a human crime. Guillermo tells Mick that he is creeping him out, that his being human is unnatural, and wants to know what to do with the gallon of A+ blood that Mick used to like so much.
Mick and Beth then sneak into Maureen’s apartment and Beth says she misses Mick doing the “sexy Vampire jumping thing.” They look for a back-up for Maureen’s missing computer and in a flash of inspiration, Beth says she thinks Maureen hid it in a box of tampons, because that’s what she does with her good jewelry. Mick is skeptical, (“Yeah, okay. I’ll admit that’s the last place I’d look.”), but Beth comes out with the USB drive. As she plugs it into her laptop, Maureen’s cat, Travis, comes out. Beth comments to Mick about losing the people you love and hands the cat to Mick. He says it’s not a good idea because cats don’t like vamps, but Travis is content with Mick (shout out to Alex O’Loughlin’s Libra tampon commercial, ya think?). Beth can’t open the files because she doesn’t have a password, but Mick says he knows a guy.
They go to Logan’s, who is, as usual, playing Guitar Hero. Mick is carrying Travis and Logan thinks he is “lunch.” Mick tells him they need to crack Maureen’s password, and after Logan tries all his techie tricks, he almost gives up. Mick tells him to try “Travis” and it works, much to Logan’s embarrassment. He says they will never speak of this again.
Some of the top stories stored on Maureen’s computer are the death of Jill Button, a spokesmodel for a donut diet who died of an apparent heart attack; Kent Morrow, a candidate running for mayor who’s wife’s death appears to be suspicious according to an anonymous email Maureen received from a Luis Perez; and a charity scam linked to none other than Josef Kostan. Logan cannot believe Mick knows Josef, the richest Vampire around, and wants to know why Mick has never introduced them. Mick flatly states that it’s because Logan never leaves his basement. Beth thinks Maureen’s hot story was Josef, but Mick claims Josef “murders every day,” but this is not his style.
Mick and Beth go to confront Josef and tell him about Maureen’s death. Josef, who admits to having committed a murder that week—mentioning the La Brea tar pits—but that it wasn’t Maureen. Josef explains the charity scam, saying his PR guy sets up all his charitable events,
Mick: “We’ll talk to your PR guy.” Josef: “Remember the tar pits?”
Poor PR guy!
Mick goes to the Morrow campaign headquarters to talk to him about his wife’s death. As Morrow gives an impassioned speech, his daughter, Bonnie, sits by, bored to death. Mick strikes up a conversation with her before confronting Morrow. Mick asks Morrow if he knows Luis Perez and Morrow says no. Mick pushes by saying that the email claims that his wife’s death was not accidental.
Meanwhile, Beth confronts Dee Dee, the owner of the Donut Diet business. She denies that her donuts were the cause of Jill Button’s death. Logan later confirms that the buyout of Dee Dee’s company is legitimate. Beth tastes the foul donuts, but Mick sees them and flips over them, scarfing one down.
Mick: “Donuts! Not bad.” Beth: “How long since you’ve had a donut?” Mick: “1952.” Beth: “Two words--Krispy Kreme.”
Logan tries to find background info on Luis, but comes up empty. He will have to do more research. Mick and Beth go back to the morgue to look at Jill Button’s body. (Lots of morgue scenes – creepy!) They find scars on her—after Beth ogles Jill’s obvious boob job—and Beth identifies them as liposuction scars. They all wonder why they were not noted in the coroner’s report. Mick gets a message from Logan that he found Luis in Burbank. Mick goes to talk to him and sends Beth to find out about the coroner’s report. She runs into Talbot in the hallway who warns her not to circumvent his office and possibly get Maureen’s murder investigation kicked out over a technicality.
At Luis’s house, Mick knocks then hears Luis run.
Mick VO: “I’m actually going to have to chase this guy? Crap!”
Off he goes, swearing off hotdogs and donuts. He catches Luis (a hottie in his own right, dontcha know!), who says he thought Mick was INS. He tells Mick that he was the valet at the restaurant the night Morrow’s wife was killed. He says he gave the keys to Morrow, not his wife, even though Morrow was drunk and angry. Mick asks why he decided to come forward now and Luis says he didn’t—he knows nothing about the emails or BuzzWire. Mick has Logan track an email from Luis’s computer and it tracks back to Morrow’s campaign headquarters. Morrow’s campaign manager, Ellen, denies having anything to do with the emails, stating that plenty of people have access to her computer. Beth and Talbot arrive while Morrow threatens a lawsuit. Bonnie is sitting nearby, and as she hears the exchanges, she bolts from the room. Mick follows her to the rooftop where she is at the edge, about to jump. Mick talks to her, trying to get her to tell him what’s wrong. He goes near the edge with her.
Bonnie: “What, are you gonna jump too?” Mick: “I’d rather not. I’ve never even had a Krispy Kreme donut.”
Soon Beth, Talbot, Morrow and Ellen run to the roof, but Mick tells them to stay back and encourages Bonnie to spill her secret, which she does. She says that she woke up in the car, her mother was dead, and her father told her to say her mother was driving, otherwise he’d go to jail and she would be all alone. She goes to jump, but Mick grabs her back just in time. Talbot hauls Morrow off and Ellen comforts Bonnie. Beth tells Mick that he would have died if he fell and that she’s not used to worrying about him like that.
Mick: “It was exhilarating.” Beth: “That’s not exactly the word I would use.”
They decide that if Maureen’s killer wasn’t Morrow, then it must be the Donut Queen. Down on street level, Talbot is on the phone and tells them they found Jill Button’s plastic surgeon, who bribed the coroner to alter her autopsy records. At first he won’t tell them who the plastic surgeon is, but gives in and says he’ll meet them at Dr. Pierce Anders’ office in the morning.
Mick then asks Beth if she would like to come to his place for dinner; he has finally figured out how to work the oven.
Beth: “You’re going to cook me dinner? Mick: “I’m gonna try.” Beth: “Are you asking me out on a date?” Mick: “Isn’t that what humans do?”
Beth smiles and as Mick walks on, then she makes a face like “YESSS!!!"
At the office of Dr. Anders the next morning, Mick, Beth and Talbot question Anders about Jill’s surgery. He claims it was all on the up and up. When Mick asks to see his charts, Anders gets agitated and Talbot threatens to get a warrant. When Anders says he has no grounds, Talbot claims that he knows a judge who is bitter and Anders vamps out on him, throwing him across the room. Mick yells for Beth to run, but Anders attacks her as well, pushing her across the room. When Mick goes after Anders, he smashes Mick into a glass table, knocking him unconscious. Beth grabs Mick’s gun and shoots Anders, which does nothing to him, and Anders stalks over to Beth and licks her cut lip.
Anders: “Type AO negative. Unusual. Tasty.”
How about creepy!
In the morgue, Guillermo cleans Mick up and Mick beats himself up for not knowing Anders was a Vampire. Mick says that right now, being human sucks. Guillermo then says he made a call and found out that Anders’ real business is collecting rare blood types from his patients and selling it to Vampires. Mick asks for the address and at first Guillermo refuses, but Mick insists on the address.
Talbot and Beth are tied and blindfolded in a lab and struggle to get free. Beth assures Talbot that Mick will find them, but Talbot thinks Mick is dead.
At the Fortress of Style, Mick is putting together an arsenal of Vampire fighting tools. He pulls some books off of his bookshelf revealing several hidey-holes. Who knew?! All of a sudden Josef is there, scaring the crap out of Mick.
Josef: “What are you doing?” Mick: “Don’t do that!” Josef: “What? Use my crafty Vampire abilities to sneak up on you? Mick: “Why are you here? Josef: “Guillermo called me. Said you were about to do something extremely stupid. I said, ‘Wait! That can’t be the Mick that I know.’”
Mick invites Josef to join him and Josef says he’s a lover not a fighter, and besides, he might get killed saving Mick. Mick starts to say he can take care of himself, and Josef completely vamps out on Mick, throwing him across the room and attacking him, holding him against the wall.
Josef: “Is this how you’re going to fight them? Is this how you want it to end?"
Mick tells Josef to get off him, and comes to the realization that Josef is right—he can’t save Beth as a human. He tells Josef that he has to turn him back. Josef resists, telling Mick that he is human, that this is what he has wanted for so long. Mick claims he has no choice. When Josef tries to reason with him, Mick says, “He has Beth. He has my Beth. So please. Please, brother.”
Then in an emotional and beautiful scene, Josef asks Mick to forgive him and bites him, therefore turning him into a Vampire once again. Josef feeds Mick his blood, and begs Mick to rise and shine (probably having flashbacks of Sarah’s turning-gone-wrong). Mick’s scars disappear and he wakes up, fully vamped out.
Mick and Josef then burst into Anders’ lab and the boys get down to business.
Anders: “You’re a . . .” Mick: “Oh, yeah.” Josef: “It is so on.”
A fight ensues, with Mick and Josef kicking the vamp crap out of Anders and his goons. Mick says to Beth, “I’m here” and lifts her blindfold. She puts a hand on his face and asks him, “Your face—what happened?” Mick says, “Like they say, life is short.” They leave the lab. Mick tells Josef to keep the blindfold on Talbot. Talbot asks what’s going on and Josef replies, “We’re saving your ass.”
On Mick’s rooftop, Beth relays what happened; that the police went to Anders’ place and it was clean. Mick tells her that the Cleaner is very good at what she does. Beth says she told Talbot she was unconscious and doesn’t remember much. Mick asks her about the dinner.
Beth: “I don’t know what to say about what you did for me. About what you gave up. Part of you must hate me.” Mick: “I could never hate you.”
Mick says he doesn’t have any regrets about being a Vampire again. Beth says this is not how she imagined their date and they rehash that she is human and he is a Vampire. Mick claims that he just doesn’t want Beth to get hurt, and she says she thinks he’s the one who doesn’t want to get hurt. She calls Mick out on losing people you love and he replays his same lines about relationships between humans and Vampires being difficult. Beth cuts him off, saying that if he wasn’t a Vampire, she would have died tonight, and she would have died 23 years ago. She tells him that being a Vampire isn’t all that he is, that it’s not what’s keeping them apart. It’s just him. She stands up to leave and as she walks past him, Mick grabs her and turns her around and kisses the living daylights out of her. I know my toes were curling, were yours?
Mick: “Maybe you’re right. I don’t know. Just give me a chance to figure it out.” Beth: “Just don’t take too long. You may have forever, but I don’t.”
He reluctantly lets go of her hand and puts his thumb to his lip as she leaves. Then he vamp-jumps to a column and looks out over the LA skyline.
(Stay tuned for scenes from the next Moonlight). Don’t you just love that line?
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