
Episode 1 Luke Rutherford is your average teenager
- until his dead father&s best friend Rupert Galvin turns up Galvin has come to tell Luke his secret destiny he&s the real-life great-grandson of Abraham Van Helsing the vampire hunter in Bram Stoker&s Dracula Luke is set to inherit the family mantle as a warrior against the supernatural entities swarming the earth Unfortunately powerful Half-Life Gladiolus Thrip (Mackenzie Crook) is standing in his way Episode 2 In the second episode six-year-old Madge might think her sister has been &taken up to heaven by an angel but Galvin suspects otherwise Everything points to half-life involvement & he thinks it&s the perfect project for Luke A visit to zombie priest Father Simeon (guest star Richard Wilson) confirms Galvin&s suspicions Gilgamel is no angel
- he&s a demon a travesty demon a Type 9 entity attracted by the odour of sanctity Can Luke rise to the challenge? Episode 3 Galvin lets his emotions get the better of him when his wife&s murderer Mr Tibbs arrives in town Hell-bent on revenge & with no regard for his own safety Galvin arms himself to the teeth & embarks on what amounts to little more than a suicide mission The problem is his thirst for vengeance leads him straight into rat-man&s trap putting more than his own life at risk Episode 4 When a bad boy vampire arrives on the scene & Mina starts behaving strangely Galvin gets suspicious Mina confesses that Quincey is back He has come for her
- he wants her to give in to her half-blood heritage Galvin reassures her that he of all people understands
- but they both know that sentiment has no place in the smiting game One thing&s for sure
- a battle of epic proportions is in the offing Episode 5 With news of a strange murder in the capital in episode five Mina & Galvin investigate Mina&s abilities give her terrifying visions & she begins to fear for Luke&s safety Then Ruby discovers that the entity chasing Luke can take the form of a woman in order to stalk her prey & alarm bells start to ring Could Luke&s new girlfriend Alice really be more Half-Life than human? Episode 6 In the final episode of the series after a run-in with a pyromancer Luke is haunted by dreams about the car crash that killed his father & Galvin&s connection to it Psychic Karen convinces him his godfather is not the man he seems & with Gladiolus Thrip back on the scene & showing an unhealthy interest in Luke&s past the vampire-fighting duo look set to be torn apart Actors Holly Grainger Philip Glenister Zoe Tapper Christian Cooke Saskia Wickham Andy Wareham Terry Kvasnik Terry Lamb Mackenzie Crook Richard Wilson Peter G Reed & Thomas Arnold Certificate 12 years & over Year 2009 Screen 1781 Languages English Duration 4 hours & 24 minutes (approx)