A friend and colleague's suicide causes Natalie to reexamine her life and her feelings for Nick. Nick, too, is dealing with the loss of a friend, and his own feelings and reactions. When Natalie confronts him, Nick makes some decisions that will have far-reaching implications on all of their lives.
In 1992, CBS premiered Forever Knight, a stylish and sexy television series. An immediate cult sensation, the series chronicled the journeys of Nicholas Knight, an ancient vampire from the thirteenth century living in present-day Toronto, Canada (Nigel Bennett voice-over of theme music) … More He was brought across in 1228. Preyed on humans for their blood. Now he wants to be mortal again. To repay society for his sins. To emerge from his world of darkness. From his endless ... forever night. After centuries of bloodshed, Nicholas Knight has forsaken immortality and is determined to reclaim his humanity. He now spends his nights as a homicide detective with his smug partner, Donald Schanke, fighting the city's most brutal crimes. Joining in Nicholas' quest is Dr. Natalie Lambert, a brilliant forensic scientist, who is inching closer to the cure for his supernatural condition. The master vampire Lucien LaCroix, however, will stop at nothing to ensure that Nicholas remains a vampire. In his darkest moments, Nicholas turns to the lovely vampire Janette, who offers him unconditional loyalty despite her prominent standing in the vampire underworld.
Without a show like this the vampire culture may not have been as good as it's been. We've seen shows like Angel and Moonlight which are very close in premise to Forever Knight. Aren't we all looking for a little redemption.
Love him or loathe 'im, he was a good cop at heart. Share your love, hate, or love-hate right here!
That ranks up there as one of the worst series finales I've ever seen. Terrible.
Oh how I wish vampires could age!... hide show
...then they could bring back these wonderful series that were canceled well before their time.
Forever Knight hooked me on the genre. This was a really well done story, again with a cast that gelled and played off each other with exciting and suspenseful performances.
I like that is survived for three years against the odds too, because its three seasons were not back-to-back: there were breaks in between but it just would not die, and for good reason.
I loved Geraint Wyn Davies as "Nick Knight" and he does still does guest appearances on TV here in Canada (latest, "Murdoch Mysteries") as well as stage in Stratford Ont. Nigel Bennett was deliciously chilling as "Lacroix", and its nice to see him in a steady role on Canada's "Border". Deborah Duchene was the perfect "middle vamp" between the two main characters; "Janette" was just cool as ice as a character.
Must pull out these DVD's this weekend and have myself a marathon, and wish on a star for some other network(s) with vision!
For your information Nick Knight works the police beat in Toronto. Not Montreal. hide show
I very much enjoy "Forever Knight" and all the characters have a good grasp on the series. My favorite character in the series is "Lucien La Croix" played by "Nigel Bennett". The thing that is very annoying to me is that when there is a serious vampire series that is brought to television the broadcasting companies axes it. But when a silly or unrealistic series like "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" "Angel" or such they keep going on and on and on. But shows like "Forever Knight" "Moonlight" and "Kindred: The Embraced" that portray vampires in a serious role they get terminated. I hate that.
Detective Nick Knight prowls the streets of Montreal late at night to protect the peace and stop things from going bump in the night. Unfortunately he is one of those things being a Vampire himself. He is trying to repay society for his mortal sins. hide show
This show that came out in the early 90's was brilliant in the way it dealt with what had been a very poorly handle subject on TV in the past. This is a show that was before Buffy and before many of the more modern vampire tales like Moonlight that was clever, well written, and well acted. In a way Moonlight was sort of a offshoot of this show in a lot of ways with a lot more production value and money thrown at it. The makeup and effects were good for their time and the overall feel of the show was solid.
If I had any criticism it would be that the lighting was a little dark, but considering the subject matter I won't hold that against them.
This series is a classic and can be watched over and over again. I think I have gone back and seen it on VHS (need to buy the DVD's) a few times since it was first on. The cast was great especially Detective Donald Schanke played by character actor John Kapelos, Dr, Natalie Lambert Nick's human love interest played by Catherine Disher, and of course Detective Nick Knight played by Geraint Wyn Davies. Of special note was Lucien LaCroix played by Nigel Bennett who played both Nick's friend and his nemesis depending on the circumstance. I always loved his voice over and the music at the beginning of the episodes.
From a budgetary standpoint you got the feeling they cut costs here and there at times, but the acting was excellent and the scripts pretty good in general. The show dealt with a vampire and humans in a world where vampires didn't exist from the humans standpoint, but the main female character and later Nick's 3rd season partner Tracy Vetter played by Lisa Ryder were aware of vampires existence. Sort of similar to Moonlight in that sense, but Nick's a Police Detective with an "aversion to sunlight illness" and Mick was a Private Investigator so he didn't have to explain himself.
Overall I would recommend this show as one to pick up and view from the very start. I think you will be pleased and surprised by the show in general and enjoy it.
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The writing wasn't really at fault but the plotting was. They lacked the power it could have had. Heck the slash was better than the show. hide show
I was disappointed almost every week because the situations and the plot itself could have carried so much more in the writing. It was as if they were simply always missing the boat by the last second and it didn't get carried far enough. The set up was there. The emotions could have been there but instead of a complex show that it could have been it was rather like a comic book based for 5 year olds when it should have been playing to teens. The changes to the original movie reminded me of the Star Trek commentary by Roddenberry when he said they told him to Get rid of the woman, no one would believe she was in charge of anything and while he was at it, get rid of the guy with the ears. They took a complex plot and instead of playing it so it could be read complex or simple, they turned it into a bad comic book. I have to keep remembering exactly how smart Networks think the viewer really is.
Nick Knight is a vampire cop trying to deal with his temptations of being a vampire while trying to make up for his sins by doing good human deeds as a cop. hide show
This was a great show still blows my mind that this was on CBS this was back when CBS was still willing to take changes on a new different series especially with the supernatural. Nowadays, their lineup consists of the routine comedy sitcom and of crime drama like NCIS and CSI.
First got to disagree with the last review, the special effects weren't awful they were what they had at the time. Actually I think the effects were good given the budget. There are not that many differences here. You can still see Knight hover the sky and locate his victims or villains accomplished by slick movie editing. You also see him crashing through windows and other obstacles. In light of this you have to give credit for them doing the best they had with what they had..
The flashbacks were good too before there was LOST, shows like Highlander The Series and Forever Knight did many flashbacks. These flashbacks weren't cheap and I'am venturing to guess this is what ate up a lot of the budget: Lavish sets, expensive costumes and props. In fact this show reminds me of Highlander Series more than Buffy and Angel many years ahead so Forever Knight did a lot of things that does didn't do with the big difference being that it was directed from my view at a more adult audience. Buffy was definitely aimed at a younger audience while Angel having the success of Buffy could do a much more Adult show although both did have their fair share of adult episode. We see Nick adapting to the way of being a mortal and him fighting of the temptation to revert back to his old ways.
There was no failure as far as the storyline goes as the story itself was enough to get you and those great flashback. Nick is faced with many dilemnas: Should he kill those that deserved to be killed or should he having vampire powers exact his own vengeance?
The guy is madly in love with Natalie the medical examiner but since she is a mortal that poses a big problem. Natalie tries her best to find a scientific cure for Nick (while Angel tried more of a supernatural force). Also the changes in captain didn't hurt the show, the captains were at best, secondary captains with limited influence. One or times the cases got personal but mainly this was Nick Knight's show.
The vampire change was good, again remember that this was 1992, so I don't know what other who criticize the show were expecting. The guy showed his fangs and his face changed, that's all it takes for a transformation and they did that right.
Of course, you'd wish they had a bigger budget so Nick's full power could be shown more but you learn to accept it.
However, the stories are always entertaining and intense: My favorites have to be "Be My Valentine", "Blind Faith",
"False Witness", "The Fix", and "Unreality Tv" to name a few.
We also got great stars like Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), and David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis) way before they became famous here in the states.
It does have the reputation for having one of the worst endings for a good series in history but once you read the story behind the scenes it's not surprising that the ending they eventually went is what we got.
Still "Forever Knight" will remain a cult classic.
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