Brief Synopsis: When a sci-fi author is found dead,
drained of blood, with bite marks on his neck, Nigel tells Woody that he
suspects a vampire.
I like the story of the dead hiker. Jordan and Seely had
some great exchanges as did Devan and Seely. The scenes with Devan and Seely
were actually the most successful of the entire episode. They’re two total
opposites in personality. Devan is obsessive, pushy, driven and sometimes
intolerable. Where Seely is almost more laid back, rude, arrogant, chauvinistic
and thinks he’s God’s gift to mankind. Put those two personalities together and
sparks are bound to fly.
Devan’s personality is starting to blossom. When we first
met here we knew she was going to be a hard worker, maybe a bit more obsessive.
I still think she’s very similar to Jordan in her quest for justice and her
ability to get her way. I think she’s starting to come across as much more
forceful and with a little less tack than Jordan though. Jordan is sweet and
has people hooked around her finger. Devan doesn’t have that loyal support from
the rest of the coroner’s crew yet. I like the dynamic her character has
brought to the coroner’s crew so far. Judgment on whether I like her as a
person is still out. (though I have to say I think I’m going to like her)
Jordan had some great one liners and she obviously was just
as annoyed with Seely and Devan was. However she
(unlike her typical self) ignored Seely and went about her job. She basically
minimized her interaction with Seely, instead sending Devan to deal with him.
Jordan stayed true to herself—being a champion for the
underdog. Her quest to find out who this man was and whether he had family out
there never wavered. And her reaction in the end when the caught the man—I
swore she was going to throw her best punch. You can never doubt Jordan’s
commitment to cases.
Nigel and Woody’s case left me dry. I usually love
anything supernatural, but this whole vampire story left me feeling kind of dry
and not too satisfied. Maybe because it broke my hold on my imagination of my
belief that vampires (and witches and warlocks and demons) were real. The one
thing about the super natural is that when we watch it we put reality aside and
let ourselves be pulled into this wonderful world.
Obviously that wasn’t going to happen with this episode,
because in science there always has to be an explanation. And so we learned it
was all a hoax. It was really about people wanting to be someone or something
they couldn’t be.
Nigel and Woody work well together. They played their
parts perfectly. The cop who believes there’s a rational explanation behind the
crime scene and the slightly odd coroner who’s willing to believe in the
possibility that things in our imagination could possibly really exist. There
interaction was more fun than the case itself.
2 1/2 out of 5 Dead Bodies. (I give Devan's story a 3 and
Nigel's a 2)
