Episode Report Card Erin: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Vampire LeSyd
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on 02.08.2005
Sloane picks up one of the big sheets of paper with Jason Cahill's scribblings all over it. "What about these?" he asks. Weiss answers that Jason was analyzing data: names, dates, links between sources. He was definitely looking for something. "I don't know, maybe his mind," snarks Weiss. "This guy was a little bit crazy. His wife actually locked him in this closet…" Just then, Jack enters. He tells everyone that Sydney's fine (she totally isn't), just exhausted, and he's sending her home. Vaughn leaves the meeting and goes over to check on Syd. He looks at the bandage and Syd says, "Ohhhh, you think it's sexy, don't you?" Whaaaat? "Ha," says Vaughn. "Only if I'd done it." WHAAAAT? So, what, neck bites are sexy now? The hell? Maybe neck bites are all the rage in mythical Transylvania, but in downtown Los Angeles? I don't think so. Vaughn walks Syd to the exit and asks her if she needs a ride, but she just says she's tired and wants to go home. She leaves, and Vaughn looks after her with a worried expression, etching Forehead Wrinkle #4,765 into the one remaining gap.
Casa de Crazy. Syd's trying to sleep, but it's not working. The clock says 12:10 AM. Flashes of The Vampire LeCahill keep appearing before her eyes. Finally, she gets up and goes into the bathroom. She stands before the mirror and looks at herself. It's very weird here, actually, because for most of this mirror moment, Syd looks remarkably like Nadia, and I can't figure out if this was done intentionally or not. Syd's eyes are half-closed, probably due to sleeplessness, and we're sort of viewing her from the side. I swear it almost looks like Nadia's features have been superimposed over Syd's. Freaky.
Speaking of freaky, Syd removes her bite bandage and the wound is gone! Just like in the movies! Actually, no, it's still there, and it still looks like a vampire bite. Only…can I just say that if someone actually bit you on the neck, I mean, with their sharp canine teeth, the wound would NOT look like someone had taken a carving fork and plunged it into your jugular. This is something that has bugged me about vampire bites, both in movies and on television, since Bela Lugosi first uttered, "I vant to drink your blooood." Like, make it look like a wound! Make it look like someone took a chunk out of it! Gross us out! But don't attempt to make us believe that someone has two prongs of equal length and width, equidistance apart, sticking directly out from their gums in the front of their mouth. Just…don't.