Goof: The paper Danny uses to develop the pictures is actually HP inkjet photo paper, as can be seen by the special markings on the back of the paper that are used to select the optimal printer settings and prevent wasted prints, and not photo paper.
Goof: Danny couldn't have turned the lights on after just putting the developed film in the film washer. It would need to sit in the washer for 10 minutes before it could even be taken out let alone exposed to lighting.
Goof: The camera that the dead girl had was found at her feet but we are looking through that camera after she is killed and its up near her head and facing her face.
Carmine Giovinazzo (of Italian descent) gives one of the main characters in the episode he pens and Italian last name: Borgese.
Some of the vampire themed books that are found at Estelle Christensen's house are The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories edited by Alan Ryan, The Awakening, Confessions of a Vampire by B. Daniels (two different editions) and Bite Marks by Terence Taylor.
Mac: What about this injury to her ear? We found her in the park. Tell me it's from animal activity. Sid: Unfortunately, I can't do that.
Stella: How's it going? Danny: Feeling old. Stella: I'd say it was the cold weather, but you're too young for aches and pains like that. Danny: Well, Mac asked Adam to develop our vic's roll of film. Kid had no idea what he was talking about. Digital generation. Stella: I hope you hit him. Danny: Oh, I did.
(About some pictures of the victim after being attacked) Danny: Found these at the end of the roll. Stella: Imagine recording the last moments of your life on film. Danny: Talk about a self-portrait.
Flack: She was British? Jimmy Duncan: Oh, yeah, right down to the afternoon tea. Stella: Any other visitors? Jimmy Duncan: Nah, just the boyfriend... pretty much. Flack: What do you mean, 'pretty much?' Jimmy Duncan: Pretty much, pretty much.
Mac: I understand you two walked in the park every day at sunset. Keith Borgese: Yeah. Mac: Why was last night different? Keith Borgese: We had an argument a few days ago. Mac: Was the argument about another man? Keith Borgese: No. Why would you say that? Mac: A witness described an older gentleman Estelle may have had a relationship with. Keith Borgese: I have no idea what you're talking about. My girlfriend just died and you ask me that?
Flack: Billy James? Billy James: I take it you guys don't want 'NYPD' tattooed on your forearms?
Sid: This particular scar is the result of a cutting ceremony shared by... a certain cult. Mac: Cult? Sid: Look, I'll just say it straight. I think our vic may have been killed by a vampire.
Sid: I believe they're called Sanguine Vampires, or, simply, Real Vampires, as opposed to Lifestyle Vampires, which are more about the Gothic style and so on. But Real or Sanguine Vampires can get very philosophical and see it basically as their religion. And one way they discover that higher place is through blood exchange. Which, apparently, is a consensual act. Mac: All right. And, erm... you know this how? Sid: (Giggling) Oh, don't give me that look. I mean, you know, my eccentricities only go so far. I promise you, I'm no vampire.
Sid: You said the father was from Europe? Mac: England. Sid: Perhaps the family has Romanian roots. Maybe they're descendants of Vlad the Impaler.
Sid: It's just fascinating to me, from a purely scientific perspective, of course. With everything that's out there right now, the idea of ingesting another person's unscreened blood is... you know, quite frightening. Mac: Well, this whole theory, Sid, is a bit frightening.
Sid: It appears Estelle Christensen had a dark side. Mac: Which I intend to shed some light on.
Flack: Well, that's a relief. Danny: What? Flack: She's got a bed. Danny: What'd you think? She'd have a coffin?
Danny: How does one get involved in this? I mean, when do you have that moment of deciding, 'I want to suck someone else's blood'? Flack: I don't know. Whatever happened to kids playing Stickball or Manhunt?
Joseph Vance: (While performing the vampire scar ritual) Test everything. Believe nothing.
Joseph Vance: You have no right to be in here! Flack: Not gonna bite me, are you?
Mac: Take a seat, Mr. Vance. You own a cord blood bank and in your spare time, you slit people's wrists. You a bloodthirsty man? Joseph Vance: Despite what you think, I have never harmed a human being. Mac: Then what do you call that party my men broke up in your living room? Joseph Vance: Such a sad world you live in. Fear of what you don't know.
Joseph Vance: I am deeply disturbed by Estelle's death. Mac: You are deeply disturbed. I'll give you that much.
Stella: We might just have enough to put Mr. Vance away. Hawkes: That wouldn't suck.
Hawkes: Even though DNA results found all their blood on the blade, doesn't definitively put any of them at the scene. Stella: How about Dracula? Can we put him on there, too? Danny: Should I add him to the list of our suspects?
Mac: I won't pretend to understand what these people believe in, but from everything we've seen and heard, this sect, haven, whatever you want to call it, is nonviolent. Hawkes: Mac's right. Just because we're not followers of Joseph Vance doesn't mean the evidence supports him killing our vic. Mac: And biting an ear or a neck, for that matter, isn't a part of their ritual.
(About Keith Borgese) Stella: If he wasn't involved in the ceremony, his blood shouldn't have been on that blade. Danny: No. Mac: Which means this kid could have spilled more blood than anyone else.
Keith Borgese: I swear to god I'm not like those other people. Mac: No, you're not. However disgusted you are with them, they didn't kill anyone. Keith Borgese: I just didn't understand it. Mac: There are a lot of things in this world we don't understand, but it's never a reason to take a life.
Michael Graziadei, who plays Keith Borgese, also appears in the C.S.I. episode Blood Moon.
Music featured: Fallen Souls by Ours. How Do You Feel by Ceesau. Tear to Spare by Ceesau. Fliers by Leaves.
Carmine Giovinazzo is the third main cast member to pen an episode after Gary Sinise's script for episode 5x03 Turbulence and Melina Kanakaredes' script for episode 5x24 Grounds for Deception. The rough idea for this episode came from Carmine's cop brother inspired on the case of a disturbed man who vandalized and killed people in Brooklyn dress up as a vampire. This episode is Carmine's favourite because having written it, he learned about and was involved in all aspects of the show. He spent two months writing and then prepping pre-production aspects such as the set designs, wardrobe, props and cast. He also was required to be every day on set for every scene, discussing the filming with the director. Also, Carmine's band Ceesau can be heard during the episode.
Despite featured in the opening credits, Anna Belknap and A.J. Buckley do not appear in this episode.
Original International Air Dates: Canada: February 3, 2010 on CTV. Czech Republic: May 29, 2010 on AXN. Turkey: May 31, 2010 on CNBC-e. Spain: June 15, 2010 on AXN. Sweden: August 9, 2010 on Kanal 5. Norway: September 8, 2010 on TVNorge. Slovakia: December 6, 2010 on JOJ. Germany: December 13, 2010 on Vox. Finland: May 11, 2011 on MTV3.
Sid: Perhaps the family has Romanian roots. Maybe they're descendants of Vlad the Impaler. Stella: How about Dracula? Can we put him on there, too? Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), commonly known as the Impaler or Dracula was a Romanian figure who fought against the Ottoman Empire and imposed cruel punishments on his enemies. He inspired the name of the vampire in Bram Stoker's Dracula novel, published in 1897.
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