AIR-DATE: 12/07/06

Written by:
Adam Targum

Director:
John Fawcett

Starring:
Ry🦄an Robbins, Wi🐬lliam MacDonald, Larry Poindexter, P Lynn Johnson

Rating: 2/5

Synopsis
Through a vampire nameജd Sands – one of Van Sciver’s test vampires who managed to escape – Blade tracks down Doctor Vonner, who worked on the Aurora project. Van Sciver asks Krista to deliver a mysterious package to a waitress at a wedding. The😼 waitress – Vanessa – tells Krista to “thank the Doctor”.

Later, Chase takes Krista to an AA meeting, where she scours the members for that night&rsquo♎;s meal. Krista manages to avoid feasting, but is raising Chase’s suspicions. Krista attempts to steal some Aurora vaccine, but fails.

A detective, Ray Collins, is ജon the trail of Boone (the bent🐭 excop “turned” by Krista in the pilot), without realising that he’s now a vampire. He’s beginning to put the clues together, though.

Review
Lots happens, but not much that advances the plot, and key scenes merely fall flat. The AA meeting could have been a delicious slice of black comedy, but is just overlong and unfunny. It’s also becoming rapidly tedious watching Krista trying to avoid feasting without making it obvious. There’s also a supposedly “emotional” scene between Krista and her mum that’s about as touching as a Bar🍌ry Scott sales pitch.

The Blade stuff this week (what there is of it) is moderatel🐷y interesting thanks to the mildly amusing Sands and a half decent fight scene. But overall, this is another disappointingly bland, plodding and vapid 45 minutes.

Blade screen time: 16 mins.

Dialogue
Sands: “Are you gonna sunglass me to dღeath?”

Dave Golder