'For I Have Sinned'

[ithildin]

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For I Have Sinned, Air Date: May. 1992

Another serial killer, this time preying on young women who all attend the same church. In order to catch him, Nick must try to overcome his fear and loathing of the Church and its symbols. Meanwhile, flashbacks to 15th Century France show Nick's encounter with a young peasant girl doomed to become a martyr when her claims that God spoke to her result in the Church branding her as a heretic and condemning her to burn at the stake. Nick offers her his version of immortality, but she refuses in favor of her own belief in life after death. ~ recap and quotes via tv.com

(holding a cross)
Nick: Perhaps I'm a little bit closer.
Natalie: To God, or mortality?
Nick: Maybe both.
___________________

Nick: There's an old Italian saying, Schanke: 'When a man sends his wife flowers for no reason... there's usually a reason'. ___________________

Nick: Word to the wise: immortality's no excuse not to floss

Comments

As a Catholic and a vampire lover........

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

this is one of my fav episodes. I lov ethe give and take between Nick and St. Joan. Priceless stuff:)

Re: As a Catholic and a vampire lover........

[midnight-reader.livejournal.com]

It's just so touching to see him mourn her through the bars...

Re: As a Catholic and a vampire lover........

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

There's some really nice parallelism, too, between showing Joan's faith and showing how she dies, condemned by people who were supposedly representing the faith. The actress who portrays Joan does such a remarkable job!

I love the confessional scene, too, with Nick's fake "Irish father" routine, and just about everything from The Raven, of course! :)