lind Faith
lind Faith
Well, I'm not sure what to say about that last episode. I noticed that they changed the opening a little and now Vachon isn't in it. I liked it better the way it was before.
As for the episode, well, I liked the flashback scenes where LaCroix was torturing Nick again. They do have a sick relationship. :) I especially liked when Nick threw the stake at LaCroix. And now we know where the story idea for The Hounds of the Baskervilles came from.
I wonder if the actress that plays Nat is having personal problems with the other actors. She didn't have much to say or do in that episode but when she was around she was kind of harsh. It seems that Nick is getting on pretty well with Tracy, although he treats her like she's his daughter, not his partner. I know she hasn't been a detective for that long, but Nick should show more faith in her.
What I didn't like was the whole ending. It seems to me that Nick didn't "take care of" anything. I hope he at least talked to that woman about what she had become. I guess all it takes to be turned into a vampire is one bite, although earlier episodes seemed to indicate that you had to drink vampire blood too. I liked the way Nick was casually checking out the cop who was attacked by the dog to see if he'd been bitten. What would Nick have done if he had?
I felt it important to critique, as one blind woman, to "Blind Faith". I think that it is wonderful that this show discussed some of the social prejudices towords persons who are blind without being "sappy". However, I am very disappointed that Jody could see once she was brought over. What is wrong with a blind vampire? I guess I shouldn't have expected even Forever Knight to be so "enlighted".
-- A.E. Perry
I still didn't like this episode. I still think that not knowing what happened to the dog really ruined it. Well, that and the lack of character interaction... If Tracy is just going to be an annoying pansy I hope they get rid of her character.
I find it ironic that they get rid of all Nick's friends at the beginning of the season, and, lo! Nick is emotionally detached from everyone. He stops being close to Nat, he doesn't make friends with his new partner, he argues with the captain who doesn't have his respect, Janette is gone, LaCroix is busy with his strip bar. Reminds me of that Arby's commercial "where did everybody go??", except this time the guy standing alone doesn't find them, and there is no announcer explaining things.
-- Shelly Pracht
I questioned the dog bringing Jody across too. A better ending would have been to stop with Nick "fixing the problem". Jody and Tracy were just getting to know one another again and that was taken away. Is being a vampire really better than living with ms?
-- Karen Landers
In "Blind Faith", I saw Nick thinking about several things dealing with the carouche -- first, he's a gentleman from birth so he and Screed aren't in the same class, but Nick has chosen to feed on the blood of deer and cattle, so he's also feeding lower on the food chain, though not so low as Screed. (Incidentally, the Screed character, a Cockney nosferatu speaking rhyming cant, is a hoot.)
-- Anne Winters
I take it you are not familair with the White Wolf game, Vampire. In the game, which I think the writers may have read, there are several distinct classes of vampires. Their seems to be a class stucture evolving on FK. I think that's great. I'd also like to see episodes with other "mythological " characters. Witches, psychics, tarot readers, maybe even someone who thinks he's a werewolf. That would be cool.
-- Heather Bradstreet
I still don't get why Nick said "I am not your kind". I believe this has something to do with intelligence. Yes, and why were all the other officers in the room looking at Nick when he was supposedly trying to sense a vampire of some sort. But all in all, good episode just like every other.
Although I liked the dealing with a physically handicapped character, and some more background on Tracy's past, I could tell by the end of Nick's conversation with Jody ("I didn't know MS could cause blindness." "MS can do anything it wants to do."), and particularly after his clinical discussion with Natalie (who, BTW, should theoretically not have said as much about Jody's case, as it sounds like it's violating professional confidence), that Jody would be brought across by the end of the episode. (Sorry, although Nick is too much a gentleman to have problems with Jody's disabilities, he is also too much of a humanist to want to see her suffer).
That it was Perry, in the end, who brought Jody across, was an interesting touch: not only did it save Nick from having to break a vow (is it still a vow if it is necessary to the preservation of the one being brought across, or if it helps someone who is suffering and cannot die make the transition across to death?), but it showed even more than his attacking Jody's would-be attacker (and the clumsy cop) how devoted he is to her. It saved the episode from being totally predictable.
I suspect that Nick did instruct Jody in the basics of vampirism "off-camera", and that it might have had something to do with her decision to break with the Police Department and everyone she once knew (and say she was moving to the States). It would be interesting to see what would happen if Tracy and Jody should by chance reencounter each other now.
-- Brenda Bell
I really liked this episode. I have heard of lower life forms being vampires. I also think Screed is a vampire that feeds off lower life forms right now. In some of Vachon's flash backs Screed is with so you have to assume that he drank human blood at one time. I think what Nick meant by "I'm not one of your kind" is that he does not take pleasure in killing anymore. Having Perry bring over his master was an unexpected twist that keeps me watching Forever Knight. Perry's master is a vampire now. She might have not killed a human but, when she does she will be stronger. I think the writers are going to brimg her back for another episode, so that is why they were so vague in the ending.
-- Michelle Mantion
What an utterly awful episode. The base concept is just unbearably stupid (a vampire dog?!? Puhleaze!). Tracy continues to act as though the peroxide in her hair has leaked through to her brain. Would a rapist really make nasty, nearly violent sexual overtures in the middle of a crowded city bus?!? The Baskervilles flashback, while showing some nice character development, was hokey and contrived (I wanted to slap someone when Arthur Conan Doyle showed up, proclaiming that he loved a "ripping good mystery"). Why did there seem to be no real adjustment made in the workplace for Jody's condition? Nice to know that not only can you be brought across in less than ten seconds, but that being a vampire can cure multiple sclerosis!!! The only good thing about this episode was the rather acid exchange between Nick and Tracy in re: dogs("Sparky?" "What's wrong with that?" "Nothing. That's just what i'd expect you to name a dog."). But when you only like three minutes of an hour long show, something's gotta be wrong.
I love the FK episode "Blind Faith." The addition of another female vampire, especially one who doesn't look like she stepped out of a "Frederick's of Hollywood" catalog, is a refreshing break from the "same old same old." Not that there is anything wrong with the glamorous women vamps, it just is a nice change of pace.
For those of us who are dog lovers, the addition of Perry as the "Vampire Dog Extraordinaire" increased the appeal of this episode. Many of us dog lovers hope that Perry will be a recurring vampire FK character. I was clueless as to how this episode would end, all too often animals are just killed off in TV shows and in movies, imagine my surprise when Perry turns Jody into a vampire too. Jody accepts her being brought over very well, and with the realization that she can see again, she looks at Perry and utters the line that sums it up: "Good dog." The thought of the two of them happy and together forever left me smiling.
Here's hoping to see more of Jody and Perry in future episodes.
People, living with a physical "DISability," no matter how painful, is far better than coping with the struggles of being a vampire. there were alot of problems with this episode. one of the biggest was assuming that being "brought across" is a desireable "cure." i hope fk brings on more "DISabled" people and treats them much more respectfully.
-- A physically disAbled person
I cannot believe what they expect us to believe with this one! Dogs turning humans into vampires and vice versa? I hope other episodes don't start to sink so low into the B-movie plot archives.
-- Lisa Knust
I just read your critique of this. A comment: I have seen this episode a number of times on tape. I do not think that Perry is a Carouche, but rather a vampire like Nick. Screed said there was another one like him. That is who brought over Perry in the park. Perry's powers are limited because he is a dog - not a Carouche. (He cannot hypnotize people because of the physical limitations of his brain.) Perry did sense Nick at the police station (a Carouche cannot sense a full vampire), and Perry did bite his master on the neck, and it did appear that she was a full vampire at the end.
-- Elena Plotkin
This was my favorite FK episode ever! In your critique of Perry's ability to sense evil in the rapist as well as in a vampire I think you overlook the fact that Perry doesn't have to be a "wonder dog" (although he ends up being one truly) in order to sense evil. Lots of animals really do have this ability, and will try to protect those they care about. Perry has now become my favorite non-Nick vampire on the show, and I hope we see more of him. His mistress could also become an interesting recurrent character in terms of her relationship with Nick. I also disagree that his mistress is a carouche -- it seems that Perry as well as she are both normal vampires like Nick, as opposed to Screed.
Zzzzzzzzzz. Oh sorry when there isn't enough Nick and Natalie together in a episode I fall asleep. The only part that I wish to comment on was the last scene with Nick and Natalie when he said "I took care of it". No matter how many times I watch that scene I still laugh at it. The smile Nick gave Nat and the look Natalie gave Nick were both so cute.
-- Meaghen Capello
I liked this episode despite Tracy's increasing stupidity as a character. That's because as a dog lover, the ending, in which Perry doesn't turn against his human, but instead brings her across, was wonderful, and dog-like. (Although I do understand the concerns of those who say the ending demeans people living with disabilities)
-- S. T. Shimi
Loved "Blind Faith"! I was standing up and whooping at the ending! It was especially touching for me because at the time, a friend of mine was dying quite painfully from stomach cancer. It gave me a tiny little rush of hope for her. Forever Knight is such a great trip. Blind Faith introduced concept of having non-traditional (ie non stereotypical) characters becoming vampires. How about an old newsman? Or a yuppie child with a skateboard? Or a rat that has been brought over by Screed liberating the other test rats at Revlon Laboratories and then has great conversations with Screed on the ourskirts of town?
-- John Chatham
A very very cute episode. Though I understand why some people didn't like it (the corny A.C. Doyle flashback, all the Tracy stuff), as yet another dog lover, I found the concept quite charming. And the acting by the dog was truly inspired! The enhanced physical abilities tempered by the compassion Perry obviously possesses make for one of the most sympathetic vampires we've seen to date. Alas, now that the show's over we'll never see either of them again, barring a very silly spin-off series....I did find that one camera shot odd, when Nick walks into the office for the first time and it looks like he's "sensing" the presence of other vampires in the room; obviously that was not the case, but an uninitiated person I showed this episode to was moved to ask, "Are all the people in that room vampires?" so I'm not the only one. As to the nature of a carouche, the concept was a little vague (probably intentionally so), and as far as I can see, Screed is the only carouche we've ever actually seen, and, as someone pointed out, he has certainly had his share of human blood in the past. I think the issue was better explained in "Fever", when Vachon says something like, "After you're brought across and feel the first hunger, whatever you taste first after that is what you mainly crave from then on." So if all that was available to Screed was a wandering rat, that's why he turned out like he did. It seems odd, though, since bringing someone across is a fairly deliberate process; where was Screed's master when he woke up? Surely he didn't want him to be a carouche. Couldn't he have provided him with a human?
-- Ed Ducayet
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