MOONLIGHT~~A second look

Ok, I will admit my eyes rolled a lot the first few episodes, I found Sophia Myles wooden as 'Beth' the reporter. I stuck it out because I am shameless in my visual enjoyment in watching Alex O'Loughlin in full vampire mode, even if some of the story lines were predicable and even lame, I stuck with it. (I would do my manicure during the dull bits)

Now, I am glad I did. The last 4-5 episodes have been much better, I love the plot with Mick St. John's wife (and the one who turned him) showing up,(is she human, is she vamp?) and the subplot with his friend Josef (Jason Dohring) the 400 year old cynical partying vampire who does not believe in love, who it turns out, DID love someone, a human from 1955, and in trying to 'turn' her it went horribly wrong, now she lies in vamp twilight, not aging, but deep in a coma 50+ years later.

I was convinced this show would have Beth getting into some sort of trouble every week and Mick having to 'rescue' her. YAWN. It does still occasionally happen, but if the show sticks to the vampires and their backstory, it is far more gripping than the 'rescue of the week'.

Sophia Myles has improved a bit, I read somewhere she had a real problem adjusting to an American accent, that may explain her 'woodenness'. I just saw her in 'Colditz' with Damien Lewis and she was much better than in this series.

So for now, I say Moonlight is OK and I can see it has potential to get better...and there have been more episodes ordered, so if the writer's ever settle and get back to work, who knows?

Cheers~~and have a great week...