Mick St. John can bite me any time. So can Alex O’Loughlin. It’s not often that I’m a TV star groupie, but it’s fate, after all. His birthday is the same as mine (and Sticks!) and he clearly descends from Irish rogues (born in Australia…).

Apart from lusting after Mick, I really do love the way the writers are approaching the character, his struggle with being a vampire while yearning to be human, and his obvious smoking attraction to Sophia Miles who manages to burn the screen with that gaze when she’s feeling just a little bit jealous. The voice-overs are especially fun, as are the tossed-off pieces of his conversations about being a vampire.

I really hope they settle the writers’ strike soon, because it would be too mean to get much farther into this series — the one new series I really like this season — and then leave it hanging. Literally.

Speaking of the writers’ strike, don’t miss Donna’s insider posts here and here. There really is a lot at stake, and mostly for the writers who don’t land the big high-profile gigs, but are just making enough to keep their careers alive and food on the table. Would it really be so bad for the Big Six (see this PDF to see exactly how deeply MSM is pwned) to sacrifice those pennies to people with incredible talent who have earned the right to share some of the wealth?

Selfishly, I’d much rather watch Mick and Beth smolder than any stupid reality show. Reality bites. Mick bites too, but he’s more fun to watch.

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