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Moonlight: “Click”

Re-Vamp By Sarah Stegall  Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Click” Written by Erin Maher & Kathryn Reindl Directed by Scott Lautenan “For someone who’s finally decided to join the 21st century, you’re going from zero to sixty in about half a second.” —Josef This is so not last year’s vamp. Whereas Mick St. John started out last fall as a brooding, emo vampire with a chip on his shoulder, angry at having been Turned against his will, starting with this episode Mick is a new, er, man. Confident, sassy, and competent, he’s revving up his…

Moonlight: “What’s Left Behind”

Family Values By Sarah Stegall  Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “What’s Left Behind” Written by  Jill Blotevogel Directed by Chris Fisher. One unfailing way to kill the sublimated sexual tension on a TV show is to have the characters discuss it openly. Nothing kills that heady brew of magic and lust faster than taking the mystery out of it. I was very disappointed to see Beth Turner teasing Mick St. John about having a family together, complete with not-so-sly innuendo about whether sex between them would be any good. Note to writers: show,…