1) The Original Saga
A Kindred woman has rebelled against her society and the others are afraid she will bring about their exposure. She must be stopped, but Julian harbors a deep affection for her. As he struggles against his own kind for her benefit he makes a promise to protect the life of a police officer, Frank, even though he is knowledgeable about the masquerade and could expose the Kindred further.
-As I said in the main review, this first show isn’t all that good. Don’t judge the series by it, the rest of them are great. It is necessary to see it to fully understand the following plots, but it may not be one you go back to often.
2) Prince of the City
Frank is trying to tell the world about the vampires he's discovered, but everyone thinks he is nuts even to the point of blaming him for staking an informant through the heart. Plotting evil, Eddie has his hands in all that’s going on even to the point of getting a member of Julian’s own clan to betray him.
3) Nightstalker
Starkweather is a man who was embraced in a mental institution. Now he’s a psychotic serial killer with the super-human powers of the Kindred. It will take Julian and Frank both to catch him.
-This was the only episode I didn’t see on the air because it was never broadcast in the U.S. (due to the especially dark nature of a serial killer vampire I imagine). I was doubly excited to get the DVD’s for this unseen episode. It was worth the excitement and is one of my favorites. It is suspenseful and exciting.
4) Romeo & Juliet
Cash and Sasha badly want to be together despite Julian’s wishes. Eddie wants a clan war so that he can gain power. Julian has managed to keep peace throughout his reign, but Eddie may be able to break him.
-This is one of the most dramatic episodes.
5) Live Hard Die Young & Leave a Good Looking Corpse
Zane has been embraced by Lilly and is the newest rising singing sensation. Ever the rock star he quickly gets out of control leaving a trail of broken girls behind him. Julian has had enough; either Lilly must deal with the situation or Julian will take harsh measures.
-My biggest complaint here is that Sasha’s character seems inconsistent with the person we saw at the end of the last episode with too little explanation as to how she came to this point.
6) The Rise & Fall of Eddie Fiori
Eddie is so ready for leadership of the city that he hires an assassin to kill Julian. Meanwhile, Lilly hires a P.I. to get blackmail photos of Julian and Caitlin together, but the investigator gets more than he bargained for when he crosses paths with the vampire assassin.
-It's arguably the most dramatic episode aside from the last one. My one complaint is the lack of follow up on the P.I. character.
7) Bad Moon Rising
A baby is kidnapped by a Nosferatu, but the story the mother tells is so outlandish that only Frank believes her implicitly. He is determined to find the child, but success means his death. Only Julian stands a chance of success and survival both.
8) Cabin in the Woods
Caitlin takes Julian on a trip that is intended to explore his past. They are unaware of the demons that await them at their destination. In Julian’s absence the city begins to fall apart showing how vital his leadership truly is. Despite his current standing, he has a dark past, and his predecessor has one that is darker still. Their sins may mean the death of all that they know.
-Possibly the most dramatic and without question the most exciting episode of the series it holds out such promise of what the series could have been, yet it shows why the story could not continue without Mark Frankel as Julian. To emphasize his importance then take a completely different route would have destroyed the show’s credibility beyond repair even though it was a choice not theirs to make. The introduction of Julian's rival Cameron makes me long for additional episodes that explore his character, and the cliffhanger with Caitlin begs for further exposition. Though it leaves me wanting more it does not make me feel like I’m left hanging in the middle of the story with no conclusion whatsoever. It’s no more incomplete than the standard series finale and doesn’t make me regret that I spent the time watching the series.