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A thoroughly entertaining series that lasted just one season,
Moonlight tells the story of a sexy vampire who wants to do good. (Think along the lines of Angel from the Joss Whedon series of the same name.) Mick (Alex O'Loughlin,
August Rush) became a vampire in the 1950s when his beautiful vamp bride Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon,
A Knight's Tale) created his new incarnation. Shunning that lifestyle and turning against his wife when she attempts to add a little girl to their family, Mick creates a new identity for himself as a private detective. The job has its perks. Mick, who normally shuns fresh human blood, doesn't feel as badly partaking from the fluids of a criminal. Though Coraline would actually make a more intriguing ongoing love interest for Mick, he falls in love with Beth (Sophia Myles,
Underworld). The two have a history together, too, though Beth doesn't remember it right away (Mick saved her from Coraline some 20 years ago); now, they're working together. O'Loughin and Myles make a handsome couple, but they don't share the type of chemistry that makes his scenes with Sossamon so intoxicating.
Moonlight originally aired on CBS during the 2007-2008 television season. The season was truncated to just 16 episodes due to the Writers Guild Strike. Because of that, the series at times feels unresolved--especially in the finale. But
Moonlight is well-crafted and has beautiful production value. Mick at times utters groaners like, “Being a vampire sucks,” but the Aussie actor makes it work. The series in some ways is debating the age-old question of whether eternal life is a blessing or a curse. The answer depends on who--or what--you are.
--Jae-Ha Kim
DVD Menu
- Disc #1 -- Moonlight: The Complete Series
- Play
- Episodes
- No Such Thing as Vampires
- Out of the Past
- Dr. Feelgood
- Fever
- Recap: On
- Recap: Off
- Languages
- Subtitles: English (For the Hearing Impaired)
- Subtitles: Franais
- Subtitles: Espaol
- Subtitles: Thai
- Subtitles: Off
- Disc #2 -- Moonlight: The Complete Series
- Play
- Episodes
- Arrested Development
- B.C.
- The Ringer
- 12:04 AM
- Recap: On
- Recap: Off
- Languages
- Subtitles: English (For the Hearing Impaired)
- Subtitles: Franais
- Subtitles: Espaol
- Subtitles: Thai
- Subtitles: Off
- Disc #3 -- Moonlight: The Complete Series
- Play
- Episodes
- Fleur de Lis
- Sleeping Beauty
- Love Lasts Forever
- The Mortal Cure
- Recap: On
- Recap: Off
- Languages
- Subtitles: English (For the Hearing Impaired)
- Subtitles: Franais
- Subtitles: Espaol
- Subtitles: Thai
- Subtitles: Off
- Disc #4 -- Moonlight: The Complete Series
- Play
- Episodes
- Fated to Pretend
- Click
- What's Left Behind
- Sonata
- Recap: On
- Recap: Off
- Languages
- Subtitles: English (For the Hearing Impaired)
- Subtitles: Franais
- Subtitles: Espaol
- Subtitles: Thai
- Subtitles: Off
