Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

[tintorera]

I spent my whole Sunday on this. Vidding is fun.

Moonlight, Season 1, Episode 7: "The Ringer" (2007)
Music: David Bowie - Cat People (Inglourious Basterds OST)

Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin) meets his former wife, Coraline (Shannyn Sossamon), who turned him into a vampire.

Comments

[mrs_tribble]

Moonlight is one of my favourite shows - I was so sad when they axed it!

Also, welcome to geek_girls_anon :)

[tintorera]

Thanks for accepting my request. Just made an intro post there. :)

[mrs_tribble]

I see you've used the Moonlight video for your intro! I've always wondered how it would have ended if the show hadn't been axed; the last thing I remember (and I'll need to double-check on my DVD set) Beth had staked Coraline, not realising that she was no longer a vampire but remembering that it was Coraline who kidnapped her as a child, then Coraline's hospital bed is empty - so what happened and where did she go? My guess is that - whatever she took to make herself human again - once she died she reverted to Vampire?

We were seriously left hanging on that one!

[tintorera]

Actually, as far as I remember, Coraline gives Mick the "remedy" and is punished by her medival brother - you know - the one with the black eye. Not sure if that execution is terminal this time. Mick becomes human, but is turned back by his friend Josef to save Beth and that new cop from a vampire surgeon. Or was he a dentist? Must watch again. ;)

Sounds like you only watched the first 12 episodes that aired before the writers' strike brought the show to a halt? The last four episodes were produced a little later, I think.

[mrs_tribble]

I remember Coraline giving Mick the "remedy", and then Mick begging Josef to turn him again to save Beth... and I remember Beth staking Coraline for kidnapping her as a child. I remember coraline on life support and then an empty bed (which looked as though it had been abandoned rather than have someone die in it).

The last episode we got to see in the UK was of Beth and Mick giving in to their feelings for each other. If there were more episodes after that then I'd love to get my vampire-obsessed hands on them!

[tintorera]

Beth and Mick giving in to each other is definitely the end. Well, better than nothing.

But Coraline is hunted down by her brother Lance (looked that name up) and taken back to France. Which means she could have returned for a second season...

[mrs_tribble]

Ahhh.... so Lance took her from the hospital? That makes sense, as he most likely turned her back as well (and I've always suspected that she somehow became Vampire again). I was really hoping to learn more about Coraline and then the axe fell - just as it always seems to do on my favourite shows (such as Firefly).

I have a Moonlight-addicted friend on LJ, and she and I have speculated about Mick and Coraline's "marriage". We both think that a human/vampire marriage wouldn't be valid as - technically - the vampire isn't human. Thoughts?

[tintorera]

I guess that is why she turned him on their wedding night.

But their's was an unhealthy und obsessive relationship anyway.

[tintorera]

Or do you mean that technically Mick is still married (I mean, they never got divorced) to her, even after she's been taken back to France? As they've both changed their identities I guess the marriage papers are no longer valid. Neither is the wedding oath. ;)

[mrs_tribble]

I'm not sure. From Buffy to True Blood and every other supernatural/undead show in between, it seems that a Vampire cannot legally marry a living human. My theory (since she hid her Vamp side to lure him in) is that she staged the wedding under false pretences, knowing that it wasn't legit - but Mick would believe it was the real deal. Possibly the only way she could get him close enough to turn him in those days of high morals etc. If I remember correctly he was horrified when he realised what she'd done to him and he left her - so she kidnapped Beth knowing that he could never ignore the safety of a child because he still retained too much humanity. Instead of coming back to her he rescued Beth and set the house on fire, but Coraline somehow escaped (I remember that she does tell Mick how she survived but I can't remember what she told him).

You have no idea how happy I am to be discussing this show with somebody again :D

[tintorera]

I think she could have turned him anytime if she had wanted to. But for some reason she wanted to be with him and have a "family". Remember the room she decorated for little Beth?
Maybe that was her twisted human side.

And then there was this vampire couple in one episode, who had been faithful for several hundred years and got burned together. Remember?

Despite the legal or religious implications, marriage must be a fascinating concept, even for vampires. Maybe because it's almost impossible to stay together "till death do us part".

[tintorera]

Oh, as for the legal thing: In shows like True Blood vampires fight for equal rights and are widely accepted.
But in Moonlight their existence is still kept a secret. So if they legally don't even exist, they cannot get married legally, can they?

[mrs_tribble]

There are so very many different possibilities aren't there? Mick had no idea that Coraline was a Vampire until their wedding night - and I don't think that turning him would make their marriage legal.

I do remember, as you said, that Coraline was desperate for a child. She was desperately twisted. Perhaps she never wanted to be a Vampire in the first place and it drove her mad? A bit like Dru from Buffy?

[tintorera]

Okay, shoot me. I never watched Buffy. ;)

[mrs_tribble]

Don't worry; I only watched it for Spike ;)

[tintorera]

Going offline now. Have a good night and see you around.

It's been a pleasure.