Moonlight: Arrested Development

Status:	Available on DVD
Film/TV:	TV series
Genre:	Drama/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller
Episode:	1.05
Original Air Date:	October 26, 2007
Director:	Michael Fields
Writers:	Trevor Munson (creator), Ron Koslow (creator), Chip Johannessen
Approx. Running Time:	39:33
Image Gallery:	Stills
Related Links:	Official Site ~ Purchase “Moonlight”

Cast:

Alex O’Loughlin …	Mick St. John
Sophia Myles …	Beth Turner
Jason Dohring …	Josef Kostan
Brian J. White …	Lt. Carl Davis
Jordan Belfi …	Josh Lindsey
Tami Roman …	Maureen ‘Mo’ Williams
Nate Mooney …	Rider England
Wes Robinson …	Mineo
Casey LaBow …	Cherish
Janelle Giumarra …	Marissa
Asia De Marcos …	Fed #1
Charly Emery …	Yuppie Mom
David Haley …	Fed #2
Tom Ohmer …	Dad
Eduardo Ortiz …	David
Christine Romeo …	Mom
Deanna Smith …	Natalie
Roy Vongtama …	Morgue Attendant

Summary:

After avoiding Beth since their encounter in the desert, Mick teams up with her to stop a 200-year-old vampire who was turned as a teenager from killing incessantly.

Alex O’Loughlin on this episode:

“This one’s not my favorite. I felt like I could have cared about the kid more. I’m not sure if as the lead or the voice of the show I should be this honest, but there was just something missing. I’m not entirely sure why. It was more of a ‘vampire-of-the-week’ episode to me. People ask about this show being a purist of the genre, but I’m a purist of drama and its importance has been burned into my frontal lobe. Drama is life with the boring bits cut out and that episode was a little pedestrian. It didn’t feel like an organic Mick/Beth storyline.”

Source: SFX

Trivia:

Moonlight Trivia

Memorable Quotes:

Beth:	So, what are you doing here?
Mick:	The same, blood… work. I have to get some blood work done.
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Josef:	Well, a lot has changed in 400 years.
Mick:	Yeah, there’s no regular cathouses anymore.
Josef:	Yeah, another casualty of the digital age. Categories: blonds, Asians, busty, mature, equestrian. Choice, choice, choice. It’s very efficient, very… American.
Mick:	You sound almost nostalgic.
Josef:	I wonder what happened to the good old days of four girls on the corner undercutting each other?
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Mick:	Everybody’s gone now, you can get up. What are you doing here?
Beth:	I was just about to ask you the same thing.
Mick:	No, the person hiding around the corner in the other room gets to go first.
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Mick:	He’s a kid. Maybe he’s sixteen years old.
Beth:	Sixteen?
Mick:	Well, going on two hundred, I saw a picture.
Beth:	Awkward age.
Mick:	You’re not kidding. Do you know boys his age think about sex 20 times a minute, that’s a scientific fact. Times two centuries, that’s gotta take a toll.
Beth:	Shouldn’t we tell the police?
Mick:	Well, he’s a vampire, it’s probably healthier all around if we don’t.
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Beth:	So, how does it work anyway?
Mick:	What?
Beth:	Just, you know, the sex thing.
Mick:	Your parents never told you?
Beth:	They somehow skipped the part involving vampires. Vampires and humans, I mean. [At Mick's stare] Oh, I’m talking totally hypothetically, believe me.

IMDb Rating:

7/10

IMDb ID:

1077038

Filming Locations*:

Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, CA
Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA
Big Dean’s Oceanfront Cafe, Santa Monica, CA

*Source: MickStJohn.net

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