After a bloody night out, a vampire and a werewolf decide to become roommates to look out for each other, and they find a townhouse that's haunted by the ghost of their landlord's fiancée in the opener of the series following three supernatural beings who try to live like humans.I've only caught parts of 1 or 2 episodes of the Original on BBC America, so I won't be able to make any comparisons between the 2 versions, but I'll be back after the show with my thoughts.
So far so good! I'll definitely be tuning in next week.
Decent effects, much better than the CGI work that goes into Syfy's original movies. Josh's transformation at the beginning of the episode wasn't the best werewolf transformation that I've ever seen (That honor still belongs to the transformation in An American Werewolf in London), but it was very nicely done.
Seems we have some mysteries to unravel with this show, which is always a good thing in my opinion. As long as the show runners don't drag the mysteries out too long, it should work out just fine.
We don't yet know how Josh and Aidan met and we don't know how Josh came to be a werewolf. We do know, however, that it happened about 2 years ago and he was so freaked out that he ran away from his family and hasn't had any contact with any of them until his sister ends up at the hospital that both Josh and Aidan work at.
Seems that Bishop is some kind of Vampire boss in some sort of Vampire Mafia. Bishop was responsible for turning Aidan. Sometime in the recent past, Aidan decided to leave "the Family" and try to run away from his true nature.
It's always great to see Mark Pellegrino back on television. He seems to have beefed up a little bit from his time playing Jacob on Lost and Lucifer on Supernatural.
We know that Sally died sometime recently (of course she did, duh...that's why she's a ghost), but we don't yet know how she died and neither does she. All she can remember is going to bed and waking up a ghost.
Sally can't leave the place where she died (although from the promo for upcoming episodes, it seems that she learns how to leave the house), and she's really upset about the whole deal. She'd love to be able to leave and be with her fiancée, but she can't. Very easy to sympathize with her. When she's not brimming over with excitement that someone can finally see her and that she has other people to talk to, you can damn near feel her sadness coming right through the television.
Near the end of the episode, we see Bishop take Aidan to some kind of Vampire groupie whorehouse type place, where the women let the vampires drink from them. Bishop believes that he has Aidan back under his power again, but things aren't always what they seem.
Also near the end of the episode, Josh leaves the hospital, but his sister Emily follows him wanting answers. Josh makes it to his "cage" and both he and his sister end up locked in moments before the transformation.
As I said earlier, I've only seen parts of 1 or 2 episodes of the BBC series, so I look at this show with a fresh pair of eyes. It's nice to watch something without always sub-consciously comparing it with the original.
Until next time,
-Bill-
Main Cast:
Sam Witwer (Smallville, Star Wars:The Force Unleashed I & II) - Aidan (The Vampire)
Meaghan Rath (The Assistants) - Sally (The Ghost)
Sam Huntington (Superman Returns) - Josh (The Werewolf)
Mark Pellegrino (Lost, Supernatural) - Bishop
Alison Louder (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor) - Emily
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