Posts Tagged‘moonlight’

Moonlight: “Love Lasts Forever”

Blood Bath By Sarah Stegall  Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Love Lasts Forever” Written by Josh Pate Directed by Paul Holahan It’s nice to see my faith in a series rewarded once in a while. Moonlight‘s January 11 episode was far and away the best yet in this, its freshman year. A surprise like this episode is doubly welcome, coming as it does at what is almost the end of this “season” of Moonlight. After a very shaky start, a complete recasting of the series (except for lead Alex O’Loughlin), and a revolving door of…

Moonlight: “The Mortal Cure”

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…