Kindred: The Embraced

1996
Kindred: The Embraced

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EP1 Original Saga Apr 02, 1996

War is brewing between rivals gangs in San Francisco and Detective Frank Kohanek is determined to put crime boss Julian Luna behind bars. When his lover is killed after revealing to him, the secrets of the Kindred, Kohanek realizes there is more at stake.

EP2 Prince of the City Apr 03, 1996

Frank tries to catch Fiori using a union leader informant, Paul Boyle. Boyle is wired and tries to get Fiori to talk about the bribes he has been giving to the dockworkers and officials. Fiori finds the wire and kills Boyle, leaving Frank to find his body and the rest of the Police to find Frank holding the weapon that killed Boyle. With Internal Affairs now investigating him Frank realizes that his only help may come from the worst source possible, Julian Luna!

EP3 The Nightstalker Apr 05, 1996

A schizophrenic madman, Starkweather, is embraced and goes on a rampage with his newly discovered powers. Julian wants him stopped before he is captured and the truth about him is discovered. He enlists the aid of Frank and Cash to help him in his hunt for Starkweather.

EP4 Romeo and Juliet Apr 10, 1996

Fiori and the Brujah clan decide to up the ante in their quest for power in the city. They kill one of the Gangrel clan openly in the street. Trying to start a war between the two clans. Cash and Sasha's relationship grows, they know they want to be together forever and Cash wants permission from Julian to embrace her and make her one of the Kindred.

EP5 Live Fast, Die Young and Leave A Good Looking Corpse Apr 17, 1996

Zane, and up and coming rock superstar, plays Lillie's club, Haven. He is also one of the Kindred, of the Toreador Clan, and a reckless one at that! He later embraces a groupie that leaves the club with him, against her will. Julian is not happy with his actions and tells Lillie, his sire, to get control of her child before he causes trouble for all the clans.

EP6 The Rise and Fall of Eddie Fiori Apr 24, 1996

Lillie hires the best private eye in San Francisco to follow Julian and get pictures of him with Caitlin. Cyrus, the prince of LA, visits Julian, they are not friends and Cyrus does not like the way that Julian operates. He wants Eddie to be the new prince of San Francisco and brings in an Assamite, a shape changing assassin, to kill him.

EP7 Bad Moon Rising May 01, 1996

An exiled member of the Nosferatu Clan, Goth, returns to San Francisco and grabs a baby from a young woman in Golden Gate Park. Julian begins a major search for him and any accomplices that he may have. At the same time he has to try and stop Caitlin from sensationalizing the story too much in her paper.

EP8 Cabin In The Woods May 08, 1996

Caitlin takes Julian out of the city, the first time he has left for seven years, to a cabin in the woods. The cabin is near to the town where Julian's family came from. Is this by design or just an accident? An old Brujah clan still survives there, a clan Julian nearly wiped out under orders from Archon. They want revenge on them both and mean to take advantage of the current situation to make sure they get it.
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Released: 02 April 1996 Canceled
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Country: United States of America
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Kindred: The Embraced is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May 9, 1996. The series focused on San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek who discovers his city is home to numerous vampires while investigating alleged mobster, Julian Luna. Julian is the "prince" of the city, ruler of five groups of vampires in the city, collectively called "The Kindred". The vampires survive through the "masquerade", disguising themselves as humans, and Julian strictly enforces the laws that govern them to protect their anonymity. Julian and Frank form an uneasy bond as they work together to try to prevent a vampire war and Julian struggles with his romantic feelings for human reporter Caitlin Byrne. The eight episodes of the series have been released on VHS and DVD.

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lycan2005 When I first saw this series I had to be around 14 or 15 years old. It was what got me into the whole White Wolf Role-playing game. It had a good storyline. C. Thomas Howell as the detective on the trail of his kindred lover's killer, Julian trying to keep control of his city, the Brujah trying to take over the city and dethrone him, and one of his human relatives being embraced by the Brujah. These are some of the underlying stories that made the series fun to watch. I was upset that it was taken off the air, but it ended too open ended with the death of Julian's Sire. Well, hopefully someone will resurrect this oldy but goody. Thanks for listening to my comment.
annettemyers I was so sad when this show ended. I LOVED it! The name of the lead actor was Mark Frankel, the young dark-haired guy. He was killed in a motorcycle accident in England. Another actor I remember from this show is Patrick Bauchau. He also starred on "The Pretender"...another great show. Stacy Haiduk was also on it, she used to be on Seaquest DSV. Kelly Rutherford who I believe played a reporter, most recently from E-Ring. And let's not forget C. Thomas Howell aka Ponyboy from The Outsiders! Since I've given up hope that the show will ever come back, they should at least put it on DVD for posterity sake. I would buy it in a heartbeat!
Tsujigiri This series could actually have been a big hit, although based on the Roleplaying game 'Vampire - The Masquerade' it has potential both for fans of the game and for Joe public.However it manages to fall somewhere between the two groups never managing to ensnare fans from either.The acting is all fairly good, no outstanding performances but generally believable and the actors all manage to take the established game jargon in their stride.Quite watchable, but if you're not a Vampire -TM fan, then it will probably leave you cold, then again if you are a Vampire TM fan...it will leave you very frustrated at what it could have been.
vampire77 I just want to set the record straight about the shows cancellation and an anonymous comment posted in Novenber of 1998The show was cancelled because the main actor Mark Frankel who played Julian Luna died in a motorcycle accident on September 24th, 1996.--vampire