VampireLove By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Out of the Past” Written by David Greenwalt Directed by Frederick E. O. Toye Only two scenes from the second episode of CBS’s vampire-detective series Moonlight stood out: a conversation between Mick St. John and his vampire pal Josef (Alex O’Laughlin and Jason Dohring), and the final scene between Mick and Beth Turner (Sophia Myles). Neither scene had much to do with the plot, and everything to do with character development. Which says something about the state of vampire detective stories nowadays. Are we burned out…
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Moonlight: “No Such Thing as Vampires”
Vampires in the City of Angels By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “No Such Thing as Vampires” Written by Trevor Munson and Ron Koslow Directed by Gerard Bocaccio and Rod Holcomb Well, of course you begin a pilot about a vampire with… an interview. How else would people know you’re honoring/ripping off Anne Rice? CBS’s Moonlight introduces Mick St. John (are you kidding me with this name?) as he poses in full-on GQ mode for his half of a TV interview, answering questions from an off-camera interviewer. In the first two minutes, we learn what distinguishes him…