Moonlight Episode 11

Spoilerific Again:

No Josef in this episode so it gets a one point demerit to start. I was thinking they forgot about the non-vampire boyfriend until he showed up at some point last episode so Beth could break up with him. Then all of a sudden we have this episode were they reconcile and are perfectly happy within the span of 3 minutes.

The death of any recurring character should be a major blow to the audience in any series. The death of Josh was no such blow. It did, however, serve to remind me of how inept Mick is at being a vampire. He beats up the humans so quick that he forgets to knock them out. Also, when Mick has all of Josh’s blood on his hands he sad that Josh is dead. He should be craving the blood to eat especially considering that he’s been in the sun all day (which in this universe makes him hungry). That being said Mick does get some credit for following up on the Coralline lead, even if he did not actually make much progress.

Unfortunately the show insulted the audience’s intelligence twice in a big way this episode. First off, in El Salvador there is no such thing as a “Sweet 16”. The custom is the quinceanera which by all accounts is the type of party the big bad in the episode was celebrating for his daughter. The fact they the writers, producer, or network felt the need to Americanize this festivity was extremely annoying. Secondly and more exasperating to my tech savvy self was the scene where Mick and Beth are tailing kidnapped Josh and Beth explained to the audience that a ringing cell phone means it is still on.