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Bloodlines By Sarah Stegall  Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “The Mortal Cure” Written by Chip Johannessen Directed by Eric Laneauville “Maybe love can’t exist without mortality.” — Coraline The search for a “cure” for vampirism is by now a well-honed trope in vampire stories, so it’s no surprise that it is emerging as a driving element in Moonlight. Very little about this series is new or original, so I was not surprised to see this idea introduced early in the series story arc. Nor is it terribly original to have the “cure” turn out to…

The Vampire’s Kiss By Sarah Stegall  Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Fated to Pretend” Written by Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman Directed by David M. Barrett “Oh, it is so on!” — Josef I called it, totally. Back in my review of the pilot for this series, I said, ” I think it will rock. Mightily.” Friday night’s episode, the first after the WGA-strike induced hiatus, bears me out. It’s hard to think of any episode that could have topped this one. If I didn’t know better, I’d wonder if it had been written by…