Maybe she won't give Tara Hep V, but Syph V, Herpes V, and Clymidia V all seem like possibilities. With her past, she's probably not someone who should be donating blood for anyone.

Yes, natural diseases work like that. A disease designed as a biological weapon specifically to bring down vampires should not be leaving so many survivors.

Crais really only became interesting with Talyn in the picture, and that was his transition from foe to frenemy.

@avclub-76a67a02dfd51c3ff692aaf693b91039:disqus I always though Stark was kind of a snake handler or  Jesus Freak to Zhaan's Jesuit, but with a kind of mutual respect that doesn't fit that analogy. His mysticism comes from a more earthy, organic place than Zhaan's, which is earned through discipline and contemplation,…

I don't think we are supposed to like Jothee, and I think it was a bold move on the part of the writers to make him unlikable.

Given that the vault survives the attack, mayhem turned out to be an effective robbery strategy.

And according to Wikipedia the last time before that was "The Highlanders". Pure historicals is one part of the original conception of the show that didn't last.

Most addicts don't kill other people to feed their addictions; that's all that vampires do.

It's not really necessary either. Better to have Feathersmith end up with a lifetime of frustration, incompetence and penury to look forward to.

Robert Abernathy's 1954 story "Axolotl" also known as "Deep Space" has an interesting take on the "space reallychanges a person" trope.

So has there been a shift in the meaning of jerk since then? Isn't he more of a putz or a dork?

I didn't completely buy that the "wealthy philanthropist" couldn't have worked out just as well for him. That was a bit of a stretch. There's no shortage of good causes that really help people and need money.

When was the last time that happened? "Black Orchid"?

Time travel makes this possible! See also Wheeler's theory that every electron(positron) is the same electron(positron) travelling forward(backward) in time.

The Brits lost that one. :-)

wrt to why go after the Depository instead of the slavers—any operation that deals with slaves in lots of 10.000 has got to have a huge security set up.

I chalk that up to wish fulfillment. There are so many great artists that were unappreciated in their own time, who wouldn't want to take them to visit a time and place where they are truly appreciated and give them a moment of affirmation.

For the vampires, at least, the goal of living as normal people seems fundamentally ill conceived.

Sure, and I'm overthinking this I know. But does Ryan conveniently forget to fix the door, or does he sand a refinish a door with no scratches? Or did Ryan make the scratches in the first place and Kristen just didn't see them?

At first that's what Ryan did. I think it would have bothered Wilfred more, the testicle didn't seem to bother his that much.