Sanctuary

Sleepers

Season 2, Episode 10, Aired 12/18/09

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Magnus and Will investigate the disappearances of teenagers with links to them spending time at a rehab clinic in Mexico. Magnus and Will are shocked to see Nikola Tesla as the program director. Tesla reveals the treatment he has been using on the teens for their addictions. Tesla eventually shows his true motive of turning his patients into Vampires.moreless

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Amanda Tapping

Dr. Helen Magnus
Robin Dunne

Dr. Will Zimmerman
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Sleepers

9.5

"Superb"

By TrueTvWatcher, Apr 09, 2011 Report Abuse

Sleepers was a really great episode of Sanctuary as some rich college kids disappear, all having a mysterious drug rehab in Mexico in common. It was neat to see Magnus discover Tesla was behind the rehab center, but more shocking was it's true purpose. There was action, drama, intrigue, character and plot development in this episode. I wish we learned more about the ancient vampire culture. I liked seeing how these vampires were played, which was done pretty well for the characters. It was sad to see the outcome for Tesla. I look forward to watching the next episode of Sanctuary!!!!!moreless

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Nikolai attempts to breed new vampires using a special serum he invented.

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By marvelfan89, Nov 20, 2010 Report Abuse

This was a straightforward vampire story but it had Nikolai whose one of my favorite characters in the show, so I had to review this episode. Nikolai along with Druitt is one of the more entertaining characters in the show. Nikolai is an egomaniac vampire who loves who he is and makes no apologies. Here he starts a business where he's taken a couple of meth and drug addicted spoiled brats and presents a rehab solution with a side effect - It turns them into vampires.

Helen and Will are on the case when Nikolai's "kids" can't behave. Nikolai tries to act like he was doing this for their benefit but then tells Helen and Will all the details.

Like I said, it's a fairly straightforward vampire story but it does have a couple of differences, along with a twist ending that I didn't see coming.

The episode has a couple of action scenes and is filled with a lot of funny lines of sarcasm and jokes:

Helen looking at Nikolai's vampires: "This must be your graduating class." or Nikolai's name fir his vampire machine the "re-vamper".

It was an entertaining episode. The Nikolai character is a really fun character, don't know how long they'll keep him around but this episode didn't disappoint.moreless

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The Sanctuary personell get called in when a car accident seems to have strange implications. An accident that should have a dead driver. Two Good Samaritans who turn up slashed to death? All of this seems to point at something very abnormal.moreless

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By jyarter, Nov 20, 2010 Report Abuse

Nikola is at it again with trying to produce offspring to bring his idea of vampire world dominance back to the planet. In this case though he makes a few mistakes in his planning and the 30 year plan turns into a few months. Obviously much before he was ready to deal with it.

Of course Magnus and Will intervene as they seem to recognize something out of the ordinary is going on. When they find out Nikola is involved it seems to all fall into place.

A very good story dealing with the genetics of vampire-ism and maybe what might be more of a reality if it was true. Not the claws and weird looks, but additional strength and stamina. In this case like in most controlled environments there is no such thing as control. Nature has a way of overcoming even the strictest overrides. Nikola seems to find that out and we see something interesting at the end which we'll obviously have to see dealt with in the future.

An enjoyable episode and well worth seeing. No Henry and the "big guy" as they were at ComicCon, but we see Kate, Will, and Magnus in action together. Thanks for reading...moreless

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If you have seen this episode, did anyone recognize, or could anyone tell me the soundtrack (song) is in the background at > 5:44 and 10:51 in the episode ????? any help would be appreciated :-D ?? OliverJones1983@googlemail.commoreless

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By OLIVERJONES1983, Nov 20, 2010 Report Abuse

If you have seen this episode, did anyone recognize, or could anyone tell me the soundtrack (song) is in the background at > 5:44 and 10:51 in the episode ????? any help would be appreciated :-D ?? OliverJones1983@googlemail.com

Tesla has setup a drug addicts hospital for rich children, he claims he can cure their cravings in 10 days, suddenly teenagers who were there go missing, and tesla admits he may have accidentally turned them into vampires. A very good episode.

Loved this episode thought it was well made, as soon as i saw the synopsis i wanted to see it. Defiantly worth watching, and it ends in a shock though, ut a chance for something new. This episode also shows the strength and relationship between the characters. Also Teslas (Dr Boomslaga) facility looks pretty nice, i'd like to stay there a week.moreless

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Tesla does what he does best - tries to take over the world, again..

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By Parricida, Aug 01, 2010 Report Abuse

I am glad to have Tesla back. To be honest, he really was the shining char and those episodes at the start of this season and at the end of last season, were amazing. So.. to have him back, is great plus and the funny way the story develops (sorry, I did not expected to see Tesla there), is enjoyable. Even they reusing of idea of Tesla trying to have his vampire race reborn, is good.. but.. I did not liked those vampire youth so much. I do not know, they seemed shallow, empty and so.. mm.. overused topic. Usually Sanctuary comes up with very original ideas, so that was little disappointment, but not big.. I mean, all the good was there.. much humor, much action.. great sequence and the ending was intriguing. So, next time we will have Druit back and that sounds even bettermoreless

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Trivia
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- When Will inquires as to why Henry and the Big Guy cannot help, he's told that Magnus agreed to let them go to Comic-Con. This is a bit of an inside joke as, in real life, Amanda Tapping is a regular guest at Comic-Con. Edit
Notes
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- Christopher Heyerdahl and Ryan Robbins are credited but do not appear. Edit
- Original International Air Dates
  Canada : December 18, 2009 on Space
  U.K. : December 21, 2009 on ITV4
  Australia : April 8, 2010 on SciFi Australia
  Czech Republic : March 24, 2010 on AXN Sci-fi
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- The final credits read: "In memory of Azra Young and Phoebe and Fergus Conway". Azra, 14, was the daughter of Jonathon Young, who plays Nikola Tesla, and his wife Kim Collier. Azra, along with her cousins Fergus, 14, and Phoebe, 10, died in a cabin fire on the shores of Shuswap Lake, on July 23th, 2009. Edit
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- Helen: The attack was fierce, frenzied. Will: Yeah, doesn't look like she had much time to put up a fight. Helen: Do you think we could spin this as a wild animal attack? Edit
- Will: (to Magnus) Who walks away from a crash like that? Actually, what am I saying? We know a lotta people who walk away from a crash like that. Edit
- Helen: He's on a mission of utmost importance. I was sworn to absolute secrecy. Will: Wait a second … San Diego comic-con? That's the mission of utmost importance? Helen: You did not hear it from me. Will: (scoffs) Where's the big guy? He's with him? Helen: It's one of the few places he actually blends in. Will: Okay, great, so they're fan-boys. Working with fan-boys … Edit
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- Steve: What's with the eyes? They don't do that on True Blood. Steve is alluding to True Blood, the popular vampire show created by Alan Ball for HBO. Edit
- Kate: What about all those movies like "Buffy" or … Kate is alluding to the movie Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992) which also became a hit television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). In the show, Buffy dispatches vampires using the "traditional" methods Kate is mentioning. Edit
- Kate: Not to be a Debbie Downer, but isn't this one hell of a long shot? Kate is alluding to the name of Rachel Dratch's fictional Saturday Night Live character, who was a frequent fount of bad news and negativity, bringing everybody down. In a 2005 episode, Debbie fell in love with Steve Carell's character, Bob Bummer. Edit