Review: 'Moonlight' - Sonata

The collective cry of millions of "Moonlight" fans everywhere could be heard at the end of this episode, the premature end of the series, and there is a lot to decry over losing in this series. The final episode, "Sonata," was an example of where this show could have gone. It had the potential to present many, many more compelling seasons.

First, there was the setting of the opening scene. Any "Veronica Mars" fan will know that Hearst College was the college that Veronica and her bad boy boyfriend Logan (played by Jason Dohring) attended. Josef donated the money to Hearst College to open a new sports arena. When Mick (Alex O'Loughlin) asked Josef if he attended Hearst College, my whole family laughed at the question, and Jason Dohring's expression was priceless. It's also worth noting that executive producer Joel Silver was also the executive producer of "Veronica Mars."

We also learn about "freshies." These are humans who allow vampires to feed off them, because they get a thrill from it themselves. Josef's lawyer/date, Simone, is a freshie, and it seems there is more to their relationship than a business arrangement, in spite of Josef's contention that human-vampire relationships can't work.

At the big Hearst bash ceremony honoring Josef for his donation, a star college basketball player Dominic gets murdered. How he died is a mystery to humans, but the vamps on the scene, and there are a number of them, including Dominic's manager , Jackson Monahan (Jonathan LaPaglia), and the manager's wife of 150 years, Emma (Heather Stephens).

Simone is found on the scene with Dominic's body, which makes her the prime suspect, but it's obvious someone else did the killing. Whoever killed him had B+ blood. Simone has B- blood. In a scene later in the episode, the way Mick and Josef determined her blood type is simultaneously hilarious and embarrassing, at least for Mick, when Beth (Sophia Myles) walks in on the two vamps feeding on Simone.

The equation between feeding on a freshie and having sexual relations permeated the story. Beth gives Mick hell over the feeding scene, as if she walked in on him cheating on her.

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