Forever Knight
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| Forever Knight | |
|---|---|
| Format | Drama Paranormal |
| Created by | Barney Cohen James D. Parriott |
| Starring | Geraint Wyn Davies Catherine Disher Nigel Bennett Ben Bass Deborah Duchêne Blu Mankuma Natsuko Ohama John Kapelos Lisa Ryder Gary Farmer |
| Country of origin |  Canada United States |
| No. of episodes | 72 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | 1992 – 1996 |
Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a cop on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again.
The series ended on a cliffhanger, with a distraught Nick asking for death after apparently accidentally killing Natalie and LaCroix ready to oblige, standing over him, holding a stake, ready to plunge it into his heart.
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[edit] Cast
- Geraint Wyn Davies—Detective Nick Knight
- Nigel Bennett—Lucien LaCroix
- Deborah Duchêne—Janette
- Catherine Disher—Natalie Lambert
- John Kapelos—Detective Donald Schanke (seasons 1 & 2)
- Gary Farmer—Captain Joe Stonetree (season 1)
- Natsuko Ohama—Captain Amanda Cohen (season 2)
- Ben Bass—Javier Vachon (season 3)
- Lisa Ryder—Detective Tracy Vetter (season 3)
- Blu Mankuma—Captain Joe Reese (season 3)
- Greg Kramer—Screed (season 3)
- Kristin Lehman—Urs (season 3)
[edit] Production
The series originated as a 1989 CBS television movie, Nick Knight, with Rick Springfield playing the title character.[1] In 1992, CBS began broadcasting the series as part of its Crimetime After Primetime lineup, with a new name and with Geraint Wyn Davies now playing Nick Knight.
[edit] Reception
The episode "Curiouser and Curiouser" was nominated for several Gemini Awards in the 1995-1996 ceremony, including Nigel Bennett’s winning performance for Best Supporting Actor.
Forever Knight was voted number 23 in TV Guide’s Top 25 Cult TV Shows of All Time special issue, May 2004.
[edit] Media
There have been three novels written based on the series: A Stirring of Dust by Susan Sizemore, Intimations of Mortality by Susan M. Garrett, and These Our Revels by Anne Hathaway Nayne.
[edit] References
- ^ Rosemary Guiley, J. B. Macabre, The complete vampire companion, p. 170, http://books.google.com/books?id=CSUvAAAAYAAJ
