… cracking wise AND giving impromptu lectures on real estate history. That was so gratuitous (not required by plot) that I loved it.

The scene with the mother and son—the one in which she was looking through the family photo album—was so odd. There was NO chance of tension, since the vamps had no reason to attack her specifically. It was almost admirable, that the show would stop everything for a quiet, go-nowhere moment.

Corporate Vampire is the Vera-like never-seen character; we just keep finding ears and stuff all over the place.

@Vorpal Socks: It's the _Terra Nova_ fallacy. We came for the dinosaurs/vampires—we don't give a shit about generic family stuff.

Stop that coffin!

Trait 3: My phone rings a lot, at inopportune times.

He was scary in _Borderland_ and completely different on _Alphas_; he has a pretty good range. And _Toy Soldiers_ is awesome.

They have no traits!

Too soon?

The exterminator and the old man are the best candidates for characters who could be the protagonists of their own show.

[Master-and-Commander alert]

I'm so looking forward to seeing the old man kick ass.

I laughed when the show had Stoll describe someone as "bald." I think they're having some meta fun again.

Regarding the characters' genre-cluelessness mentioned in the review: It might just be a convention. Characters know everything that is common knowledge IRL except the thing that the book/movie is about.

His face when he said he was a widower was priceless. Of course we are thinking of the heart in the jar.

At least the custody hearing was short! But it's a little heartbreaking (though only theoretically; the visceral wallop wasn't there) that the kid, who wants to spend tons of time with his father, chose not to, even though his father wants to as well, to spare HIM the stress of having to keep the appointments and the…

I thought Sean Astin gave a nicely internal performance: not too showy, honest, with the emotions as subtext rather than overtly advertised.

Re: the now-smooth rocker:

I very much enjoyed the exterminator subplot. The dude's quiet, amused confidence and unflappability are very engaging. The way he silently acknowledged the receptionist's crush on him; the way he interacted with the stockbroker dad. ("A client paid me in cubans once. HINT HINT.")

At least the show treated the line ironically. I do hate all this nonsense in real life—everything happens for a reason, etc.