Elewis1195 TV series' changed in the 21st century, going from episode centered to season centered, where a story can take several episodes to tell. Some might disagree, but I think that's a good thing. It makes TV shows more engaging.Forever Knight, obviously, was written during the episode centered era, and while there are consistent themes in this show, each episode is meant to be a unit unto itself, and inevitably there's some kind of corny plots and mediocre stories in there (like the vampire pet episode).But I remember this show fondly. I used to catch it on late at night after work, when I worked the evening shift and it was a great late night show. A bit of spookiness, a bit of heart and the occasional bit of comedy. The acting was overall very good and the actors played well off each other.Geraint Wyn Davies played the tortured vampire hero who's basically "Angel", before Angel. A guy who tries to do right to make up for years of blood-lust. Unlike Angel, he didn't get his soul back from a spell. They don't say how it happened and I think that actually works better, cause you get the sense he earned his humanity back over time. Where Angel is brooding, Davies plays the role with a hint of sadness and a ton of regret. Where Angel is always ready to fight, Davies plays the role very cautious of his strength and always willing to talk first. Between the two, I find Davies silently tortured Vampire vastly superior to Angel's stoic/brooding one. While the story telling is better in Angel, the heart and depth of character goes to Davies. He played this role brilliantly, which is interesting cause I've never been much impressed with Davies' other performances but this he did very well.Nigel Bennett (Lacroix) is brilliant in this show as the old vampire with more strength than anyone else. To say why he's great would give spoilers, but he's a Shakespearean level actor with a talent for being intimidating in a quiet way. He's a favorite of mine. John Kapelos plays Davies (Nick Knight's) partner for the first two seasons and he's a well known "everyman" actor who plays his role well as the straight man to the difficult to explain things he sees. He played the janitor in breakfast club, and while Bennett is dark and a little scary and Knight (Davies) is haunted, regretful and sad, Kapelos is likable, skeptical, sensible and a straight cop. They make a perfect triangle as 3 vastly different characters. Kapelos & Bennett are almost never on screen at the same time, but they both spend time with Knight and the differences in the roles those 3 play is part of what makes this show work as well as it does. Catherine Disher was the 4th main character and I found her to be the weakest of the four. She wasn't bad, but she didn't wow me either.Season one, at least early on, the show seems to not really know where it's going. It was spun off a TV movie and the characters take a while to set, so there are some inconsistencies and if you start with Episode one, you might think it's just a cheesy formula show, and, it was, for a bunch of the first season, but as the characters come into their own it gets better.For season 3 they changed everything around. Kapelos is replaced by Lisa Ryder (Blond ship captain from Andromeda) and she plays the cop role well enough, though she doesn't have Kapelos' heart, nor his ability to play the straight man.Pretty boy Ben Bass is also added in the 3rd season as another Vampire who Knight kind of takes under his wing as a guy who doesn't kill people anymore. Bass isn't haunted the way Knight is, and I found his role a little pointless but not unwatchable. The show has some solid episodes in season 3, but I think she show was best in season 2 and the 2nd half of season 1. The finally was a little disappointing, and, I gather, rushed through production, but the show is still worth checking out. Angel and Twilight both seemed to borrow aspects from this show. It's hard to be original these days. Forever Knight is one of the few original shows.

Jahfet After all the rave reviews I decided to give Forever Knight a try. I liked the concept and the actors, but after five episodes into the first season, I couldn't get one thing out of my head: how dd Nick become a cop if he's a vampire? I mean, don't cops have to undergo training of some sort? How could he have accomplish all of this if he's "allergic to the sun"? I understand them making him work the night-shift as a result, but to become a cop means undergoing certain physical and educational procedures (not sure the sunlight excuse would fly in this case). I know this is fiction, but the story needs to be believable to some degree for me to keep watching. Maybe it was explained later on, but after five episodes, I had enough. Shame, because I really liked Nick.

usbooks1234 Does anyone know why Schanke left the show? I have tried to research this on the internet but could not find anything. I was just curious and thought maybe someone else knew something else about it. I just started watching this show recently and am up to the part where Det. Schanke is leaving. Anyone else think this show is similar to Moonlight? I like them both. I especially like the way Nick remembers times past and it shoots back and forth. But I do wish there had been more episodes of Forever Knight. Perhaps there is a web site dedicated to this show, I will have to check it out. If anyone is interested, there is a pretty good one for Moonlight, it has entries from Beth's journal.

mazalhamidbar I never even knew about this show until after it was long gone from network. Since then I have seen most if not all of the episodes on SciFi as re-runs. It was an excellent show, particularly with its rigid structure which almost always exhibited a nuanced parallel between the present and the past (usually, but not always, Nick's past).Many have said that this show was the inspiration for a lot of "Angel" (which I also loved) and they are correct.One thing that Forever Knight had that Angel didn't was having the title character kissing and even having sex with numerous women. Finally ... I realize this is terribly shallow of me, but virtually all of the women Nick was with had brown eyes and long brown hair. Being a woman with brown eyes and long brown hair, I loved that!