It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

TV series' changed in the 21st century, going from episode centered to season centered, where a story can take several episodes to tell. Some might disagree, but I think that's a good thing. It makes TV shows more engaging.Forever Knight, obviously, was written during the episode centered era, and while there are consistent themes in this show, each episode is meant to be a unit unto itself, and inevitably there's some kind of corny plots and mediocre stories in there (like the vampire pet episode).But I remember this show fondly. I used to catch it on late at night after work, when I worked the evening shift and it was a great late night show. A bit of spookiness, a bit of heart and the occasional bit of comedy. The acting was overall very good and the actors played well off each other.Geraint Wyn Davies played the tortured vampire hero who's basically "Angel", before Angel. A guy who tries to do right to make up for years of blood-lust. Unlike Angel, he didn't get his soul back from a spell. They don't say how it happened and I think that actually works better, cause you get the sense he earned his humanity back over time. Where Angel is brooding, Davies plays the role with a hint of sadness and a ton of regret. Where Angel is always ready to fight, Davies plays the role very cautious of his strength and always willing to talk first. Between the two, I find Davies silently tortured Vampire vastly superior to Angel's stoic/brooding one. While the story telling is better in Angel, the heart and depth of character goes to Davies. He played this role brilliantly, which is interesting cause I've never been much impressed with Davies' other performances but this he did very well.Nigel Bennett (Lacroix) is brilliant in this show as the old vampire with more strength than anyone else. To say why he's great would give spoilers, but he's a Shakespearean level actor with a talent for being intimidating in a quiet way. He's a favorite of mine. John Kapelos plays Davies (Nick Knight's) partner for the first two seasons and he's a well known "everyman" actor who plays his role well as the straight man to the difficult to explain things he sees. He played the janitor in breakfast club, and while Bennett is dark and a little scary and Knight (Davies) is haunted, regretful and sad, Kapelos is likable, skeptical, sensible and a straight cop. They make a perfect triangle as 3 vastly different characters. Kapelos & Bennett are almost never on screen at the same time, but they both spend time with Knight and the differences in the roles those 3 play is part of what makes this show work as well as it does. Catherine Disher was the 4th main character and I found her to be the weakest of the four. She wasn't bad, but she didn't wow me either.Season one, at least early on, the show seems to not really know where it's going. It was spun off a TV movie and the characters take a while to set, so there are some inconsistencies and if you start with Episode one, you might think it's just a cheesy formula show, and, it was, for a bunch of the first season, but as the characters come into their own it gets better.For season 3 they changed everything around. Kapelos is replaced by Lisa Ryder (Blond ship captain from Andromeda) and she plays the cop role well enough, though she doesn't have Kapelos' heart, nor his ability to play the straight man.Pretty boy Ben Bass is also added in the 3rd season as another Vampire who Knight kind of takes under his wing as a guy who doesn't kill people anymore. Bass isn't haunted the way Knight is, and I found his role a little pointless but not unwatchable. The show has some solid episodes in season 3, but I think she show was best in season 2 and the 2nd half of season 1. The finally was a little disappointing, and, I gather, rushed through production, but the show is still worth checking out. Angel and Twilight both seemed to borrow aspects from this show. It's hard to be original these days. Forever Knight is one of the few original shows.

This show was a staple of Channel 11 in NY in the late 90's on the weekends. It was fantastic, Nick Knight is a vampire cop that hunts criminals, some like him, some human.The episodes were well written and filmed with a dark ambiance reflecting the series theme.It similar to Highlander with the character being immortal, but this was less goofy and serious toned. It had some memorable characters like his partner Skanly. Him and Nick's relationship was great. They played off each other perfectly, one serious, one a trouble maker, but both good cops doing good.This was fantastic and one of the great shows that reminds me of the 80's TV shows.They DO NOT make them like this anymore. This was a guys show, for when networks cared about guys.This is perfect for men and a must watch for people struggling to find good shows to try.TEN OUT OF TEN!!!!

I never even knew about this show until after it was long gone from network. Since then I have seen most if not all of the episodes on SciFi as re-runs. It was an excellent show, particularly with its rigid structure which almost always exhibited a nuanced parallel between the present and the past (usually, but not always, Nick's past).Many have said that this show was the inspiration for a lot of "Angel" (which I also loved) and they are correct.One thing that Forever Knight had that Angel didn't was having the title character kissing and even having sex with numerous women. Finally ... I realize this is terribly shallow of me, but virtually all of the women Nick was with had brown eyes and long brown hair. Being a woman with brown eyes and long brown hair, I loved that!

I love this show, it is such a new and unique idea. And, when you think of the vampire setting, its not like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" where the vampires are pure evil and work for the devil.... ahhh... *sort of thing*. The story of Forever Knight is a vampire named Nicholas Knight, who was brought across about 800 years ago. And he wants to become mortal again, he does not want to be a murderer and kill people for their blood. I GREAT TELEVISION SHOW!! *you will get hooked!* And in every show there is a lesson, each show keeps you watching and hoping for more!!! MY favorite Character is Lucien LaCroix played by Nigel Bennett.. anyways, It is a wonderfull show!