[MOVIE SUMMARY] Blade - TV Series (2006)

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2006
BLADE: THE SERIES

Cast
Blade ......... Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones
Shen .......................... Nelson Lee
Krista Starr ................. Jill Wagner
Zachary Starr ................. David Kopp
Danny Milano ............. G. Michael Gray
Professor Melvin Caylo ....... Randy Quaid
Marcus Van Sciver ........... Neil Jackson
Chase ...................... Jessica Gower
Fritz ....................... David Palffy


Comments
"Blade: The Series" picks up sometime after "Blade:
Trinity." Blade has moved back to Detroit, Michigan, the city
where he was born. Whistler has been replaced by Shen. The
vampires in Detroit have now organized themselves into "Houses".
There are the Houses of Chthon, Armaya, Erebus, Leichen, and
Saggara. The vampires themselves are separated into two "bloods."
The purebloods are the ruling vampire class, and the turnbloods
are vampires who were human before they were turned.

Summary
1.01 Series Pilot
Part 1. Krista Starr returns home from her stint as a
sergeant in the US army only to learn within minutes of walking
through the front door that her twin brother Zachary has been
shot and killed. The police chalk it up to drug and gang activity
because of the tattoo on Zack's neck [anyone who has seen the
Blade movies will immediately recognize the tattoo as the sign of
a vampire's familiar], but Krista maintains that Zack was not in
a gang and decides to conduct her own investigation. Krista
steals Zack's police file and learns that he and Danny Milano
were previously arrested together. She confronts Danny, who
provides no information but does drop a vial containing some
druglike substance that Krista pockets. She googles glyphs until
she finds the one on Zack's neck; the description directs her to
Professor Melvin Caylo. Caylo identifies the stuff in the vial as
Hominus nocturna (vampire) ash, worth thousands of dollars on the
street. Kids use it for the vampire powers it gives them for a
few hours. He identifies the glyph as the mark of a familiar
belonging to the House of Chthon.

Vampires? There are no such things, Krista tells herself. On
her way home, her car is rear-ended. When she gets out of her car
to check on the other driver, someone steals her car. Then a
voice whispers to her from inside a building, saying that he
knows who killed her brother. When she follows the voice, she is
attacked by two vampires. Fortunately, Blade jumps in to ash the
vampires after having followed Krista ever since he saw her
snooping in Zack's apartment. Krista's disbelief in vampires is
now a bit shaken, but she returns to the professor who tells her
about Blade, the vampire hunter. Krista decides that she wants to
get in touch with Blade, so the professor gives her Blade's only
known address. When Krista goes snooping there, Blade confronts
her again. He advises her to leave town before the vampires get
her, but Krista refuses. She wants to hunt down the killer of her
brother, and she won't leave. So Blade takes her in his
confidence.

Blade has also been following the doings of Marcus Van
Scriver, a high-profile developer who has been pumping his energy
and money into redevelopment of historic buildings in Detroit.
Scriver was pointed out to Blade as a member of the Vampire House
of Chthon, and Blade wants to know where Chthon is located and
what Scriver is up to. When Blade learns that Scriver will be
present at an opening for the Scriver House Art Gallery, he asks
Krista to attend the opening and plant a transponder on Scriver.

Part 2. Krista is dolled up and looking fine (and in voice
contact with Blade) when she walks into the reception room at
Scriver Gallery. She attempts to plant the transponder on Scriver
but he is too protected by his current girlfriend Chase and his
bodyguard Fritz, so Krista walks up and introduces herself
instead. When Scriver asks her name, she replies, "Katherine,"
but he recognizes her immediately as Krista Starr, sister of
Zachary. Krista escapes to her car and has an earphone delivered
to Scriver so as to communicate with him. Scriver admits that he
killed her brother; Zack was nosing around too much for a
familiar, he says. Krista aims a sniper rifle at his head, but
Scriver keeps moving and ducking behind humans. Concerned that
Krista has screwed up, Blade hops on his motorcycle and heads
over to the gallery. Unfortunately, before Blade can get there or
Krista can fire a bullet, Chase sneaks up on Krista and captures
her.

Scriver takes Krista to the House of Chthon. Without
permission from the elders to create a new vampire, he injects
his blood into Krista. Now, all she has to do is to die, so he
tosses her off a 15-story building. Krista awakens several hours
later to find herself in a bodybag in the morgue. She rips it
open and runs outside where she is met by Fritz and Scriver, who
take her back to the House to sleep it off. The next night, Chase
is ordered to take Krista out and show her the ropes. Chase shows
Krista how to find the safehouses of Chthon, warns her to stay
away from House of Leichen, and takes her to the Chthon abbatoir
for her first drink of blood.

Meanwhile, Blade is searching for Krista. He wants to find
her before she accomplishes her first kill so that he can inject
her with the same serum that helps him deal with his own blood
thirst. First stop is to talk with Danny Milano. Just before
Blade eliminates him, Danny gives him the name of a cop,
Detective Brian Boone, who might know where to find Krista. Blade
hides a transponder on Boone's car and follows him to the
abbatoir. Boone is a familiar who has a deal with the vampires.
He picks up prostitutes, robs them, and then gives them to the
vampires for food. Unfortunately for Boone, Scriver is displeased
with him and gives him to Krista for her first kill.

So what has Scriver and the House of Chthon been up to?
They're researching a vaccine that they hope will render vampires
immune to the effects of garlic. So far, it hasn't been
successful. All the vampires on whom they have tested it end up
ashing when sprayed with garlic. When Blade shows up at the
abbatoir, Fritz begs Scriver to inject him with the newest serum
so that he can fight Blade. Scriver is reluctant but agrees. This
time it works. Blade is surprised when his silver bullets don't
stop Fritz. Shen, who is waiting outside, helps out by emitting a
high frequency hum that hurts everyone's ears. Scriver calls
Fritz off, and Chase and Krista attack Blade. Blade stabs Chase
with a silver stake, putting her out of action. Shen emits a
second round of high frequency whine, allowing Blade to hold
Krista down long enough to inject her with his serum.

Blade drives off on his motorcycle with Shen following.
Weakened from his fight with Fritz, Blade has a hard time staying
on his cycle and eventually falls off. Shen picks him up. Krista
goes back to her apartment. She tries jumping from her window to
a distant rooftop and finds that she has the power. The serum is
making her think more clearly. She goes to the cemetery to visit
her brother's grave. Blade meets her there. He explains how the
serum works and invites Krista to work with him, just like her
brother was doing.
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