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I didn't think much of the last episode (the plot was dull and predictable), but I enjoyed the episode this week.
I do get kind of tired of Nick always looking for an easy way out and Nat always lecturing him. But this time she didn't beat around the bush at all. She told him flat out to think about how she would feel if he died. Then she just left him to think about it.
I also liked the way LaCroix reacted to the virus and it's threat to the vampires. He really pored his heart out durring his Night Crawler show and for once I didn't feel like he was just talking to Nick. It was more like the way he was in Be My Valentine. I was kind of touched by the way he talked about "his people" and "his children".
Plus the Vachon/Tracy and Nick/Nat scenes where the vampires looked like they were going to feed on their friends were great scenes. Tracy seemed like she wanted to give in but Nat looked a little worried (but then if Nick didn't hurt her when the devil was in control, then I guess a little fever wouldn't do the trick either).
Of course my favorite part was the at the end when LaCroix showed up at Nat's work with the doctor's corpse. I wasn't quite sure what his motivation was, but he was very angry and I actually thought that Nat might be in danger.
I love the fact that LaCroix and Nat are getting to interact more this season.
This, along with "Night in Question", are my favorite episodes. Vachon and Screed were wonderful; the first (and now last--unless we continue to get flashbacks!) to see this great relationship. Watching Vachon protect Tracy from himself was great too. I wish Nat and LaCroix could have gone at it more... although I understand in the Canadian version they did. (I hate it when they do that!) All in all: Fabulous!
-- Alora Chistiakoff
I liked this episode of Forever Knight. But I am not sure how LaCroix got infected with the virus, maybe it was because he drank the blood after Nick? But the way the other vampires got it was direct contact with the blood of an infected rat or vampire. And whenever the vampire got infected, they showed that little virus trasfer picture. This one put me on the edge of my seat, I knew about the cancellation, so I wasn't sure if he would really die or not! I think that every time I see this show it gets better and better, they are evolving into a more rounded show than before. I was plesently surprized when LaCroix found the cure, even if he did have to drink that guys blood. But I think in the long run it was better that he did.
-- Jacqueline Lindblom
I had earlier commented that "My Boyfriend is a Vampire", had been the best episode of the year. I now move that episode to second best. This one showed the devastating effects of an illness on an entire community. I had always wondered how AIDS would affect vampires. It brought home the helplessness of a horrible disease, and of watching those close to you die. I will however miss Screed. In this episode his character was fully developed and now he is gone. Also impressive was LaCroix becoming protective of his kind and eventually avenging his kind.
The loss of Skreed will greatly effect the show. He was a marvelous character. But what am I saying. The show is OVER! The interaction between Nick and Natalie once again shows how he is truly protective of her, and she is unafraid of him.
-- Kim Bowen
This episode was my favorite because it developed more fully the relationships between some of my favorite characters. The touching scene with Vachon and Screed at Screed's death showed a "human" side to their long friendship and gave a little insight to just how lonely it must be to never have a tomorrow. I think the series never developed the Tracy-Vachon thing. I loved the way they handled the "love" scene between them. It seemed Tracy was more than willing to succumb to Vachon. The way she stayed with him was touching. They had a winner there. The attraction, humor and sex appeal could have brought in a whole new set of fans to join those of us who already are waiting to see what will happen to Nick and Natalie.
-- Marian
I liked this episode, especially the Vachon and Tracy parts, but I have one problem. Did Tracy know that he was alive at the end, or did she think he had died?
-- Amanda Sullivan
"Fever" was by far my favorite episode of this season. The writers began to use Vachon and Tracy with some passion. They really began to do more than hint at a possible relationship. It deepened Vachon's character and he genuinelly grieved over the loss of a friend he shouldn't have lost. I mean, vampires aren't supposed to die of "human" illnesses. I also thought Natalie showed much passion when Nick was being morose. She underlined in her own way the why behind her quest to restore Nick's mortality. This episode was definitly a character-shaper that should have been developed more fully.
-- Richard Gross
I did want to let you know that in the flashback Nick has been a vampire for almost 350 years -- it's set during the Great Plague of London, in 1664, not during the Black Death.
-- Mary Combs
I loved this one and I was amazed at how everything worked out. When Screed died it was awful, and the painful sadness in Vachon's eyes were too much for me. I started sobbing. Did anyone notice Urs was nowhere to be found? I mean, where was she? Did she too get sick? Why didn't she come to visit Screed before he died or help Vachon say goodbye to their friend? I think she should have been around...somewhere. My friend was also quite upset since she liked "The Rat-Sucker", as she often called him.
At the end I was agrivated by Tracy's comments to Vachon and she just leaves, no "I'm gonna miss you", "I love you", "I won't leave you", nothing! She just lets him to die! I sat there, watching, yelling at her to not leave and to 'get with it'. If it were possible, I would have jumped into the television, taken over Tracy's spot, and then held Vachon in my arms.
-- Marie
This must rank as one of the best episodes of the series, and certainly the most clever of the third season. Many people theorize that the current interest (or resurgance of interest) in vampire lore is linked to the AIDS epidemic, and this story puts an interesting twist on that. The idea of a "disease" for vampires is novel and brilliant, and (like the season two episode with the approaching asteroid) it gives the writers a chance to really develop character relationships under extreme circumstances; where normal rules of decorum and formality give way to true feelings and passions, though (because of the illness) these passions were not expressed sexually. Particularly moving was Lacroix's early denial of the problem and then his eventually being forced to accept the destruction of his entire race, which moves him to revenge. While I'm not as big a fan of Screed as others in this forum seem to be, I did find the scenes between him and Vachon touching, and Tracy's loneliness is brought forward to us yet again (she just never gets a break, does she?).
-- Ed Ducayet
I really enjoyed this episode. It really shook the belief of the vampire's superority (in the physical sense anyway) and infallabilty. To fall victim to a "germ" as LaCroix put it had been up to that point not even a possibilty, for vampires are immune to all diseases. Thus LaCroix debunking Nick's theory of a plague among vampires. He was being, as LaCroix always is, arrogant. In his 2,000 years of existence, there was no precedent of a vampire plague. LaCroix has always held the belief that the vampiric state is a "gift". It offers eternal life without illness, eternal youth, and strength, along with other special powers that enable them to be free of the bonds of morality. It is their nature to kill to exist. It is a superior state of existence to be embraced and enjoyed.
This is why the doctor in the flashback abandoned his morality and desired to help the sick and make his mark upon the world. He felt like a god (as indicated by the way he showed no fear to the crowd which threatened him). He came to look upon mortals as "food" and whose existence is so short there are hardly a memory. Nick has never seemed to train his creations to control their carnal natures, except maybe Serena from the episode "Baby, Baby" she seemed to share Nick's morality to a degree. Even Natalie's own brother succumbed to the "beast" nature and had to be destroyed ("I Shall Repay")
When LaCroix showed up at the lab with Calvin's body he was clearly in mood to take his anger out on someone even though he had already avenged the community by killing Calvin. He began attacking Natalie as a scientist by saying, "You purport to help people..." Here he was mocking her attempts and science as well as her faith that science can cure everything. Nat recognized his anger and was smart to keep her wits about her. He was potentially dangerous to her. LaCroix's arrogance resurfaces again here in that he himself has conquered death, that he is strong and a survivor. He did in essence discover the cure by a fluke, but it was Natalie's understanding of the disease process that allowed her to confirm the hypothesis. It was also Natalie who drew up syringes full of Calvin's of HIV+ to distribute quickly among the community (as shown by Nick taking a syringe to Vachon).
In reference to your comments about Nick's question to Nat about helping vampires while they were planting a tree near Calvin's grave, I was under the impression that it was LaCroix who asked that question in the morgue; but this scene must have been cut. I could most truthfully say that Nick said something like "Nat, about what LaCroix asked you,..." and she finished the sentence for him about helping vampires. She in essence told Nick of her outrage that people who believe that those dying of AIDS deserve their fate and that the cure should only be for those deemed worthy. Nat says, "Who are they to decide that?" Then she looks at Nick and says, "Who am I [to judge who is worthy of a cure etc.]. Natalie's answer reflects her compassionate nature as well as her commitment as a doctor to heal all who are in need. Besides as mentioned before she did ask Nick to bring her brother over in order to save his life. So she does not believe vampires are evil and deserve to death.
-- J. Aldred
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