Blood Ties: Season Two

Vicky Nelson, vampire wrangler
The center of "Blood Ties" has always been the love triangle between PI Vicky Nelson, cop Mike Celucci, and vampire Henry Fitzroy.

But that love triangle starts constricting painfully in the second season of "Blood Ties," which finishes the all-too-short horror/mystery series. The plots are solid whodunnits and thrillers that center around strange supernatural beasties and items, and the trio of lead actors are excellent (particularly the striking Kyle Schmid). The one problem is the ending -- it's a big fat "to be continued" that leaves you craving a wrap-up TV movie.

When a wealthy man is brutally killed, Mike (Dylan Neal) knows he has the right suspect, a sneering woman who was at the crime scene. The problem is, the man died from being savaged by a giant cat -- and Mike saw her eyes glow when she was upset. So Vicki (Christina Cox) and Henry (Schmid) start investigating the woman's home and her family -- and uncover an ancient family secret and a tragic...

Actual DVD Details
To clear up some of the confusion brought on by the reviews written before Season 2 of Blood Ties was actually released on DVD:

1) There were 22 episodes filmed according to the Internet Movie Database and the Lifetime Network website.

2) In the US and Canada (Region 1), the first twelve episodes are on the "Season One" DVDs and the last 10 episodes are on the "Season Two" DVDs.

3) In the UK (Region 2), all 22 episodes are in one DVD set which is labeled "The Complete First Season." It probably should have been called "The Complete Series."

Other than that, image quality is about the same on the R1 and R2 DVDs. Both R1 and R2 are widescreen even though the R1 DVD case says "4:3 Screen Format." They are also English only and have no subtitles.

The only bonus features on the US (R1) version are the Season One trailer and a photo gallery with 32 still photos. The UK (R2) version has no bonus features.

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Hottest Vampire Ever!!
I can safely say I was addicted to this show! Kyle Schmid as vampire Henry Fitzroy is most definitely the hottest vampire ever....whether on the big screen or the small. This show was funny, it had action, great chemistry between its characters and it was never given a chance by LifetimeTV. It ended with such a cliffhanger I figured we'd at least get a TV movie to tie things up, but we never got a thing. The show was based on Tanya Huff's Blood Books, but the show was far superior to the books. In the UK the whole show was sold as one set of DVDs. They needed to wring a few more bucks out of us here in the US, but that's okay. My favorite "vampire" show ever!

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