Ultraviolet 1.04 Mea Culpa
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Ultraviolet doesn't shy away from controversial topics, eh? Episode 1.04 "Mea Culpa" starts with a priest in a boys' school. Said priest meets a bad end at the hands of a twelve-year-old boy, Gary. Colefield and Rice arrive at the boys' school, where Michael manages a semi-convincing speech to the boys at the school about helping out by giving information about Gary. Rice hangs around looking menacing and making sure that sunlight enters the room.
We see Angie March's home--it's rather fortress-like. Moment of difficulty with her daughter Rose. Then the post arrives and we can tell by March's reaction that the envelope contains bad news. At work Angie wants to talk to Pearse Harman about it, but Harman is at the mortuary. Harman seems keen to move on this case; Angie points out that there isn't much of a reason to do so at this point. Pearse may be swayed by the emotional connection, because the victim was a priest.
At the school, Colefield and Rice discuss the merits (or lack thereof) of the case. March arrives and overhears the last of it; she doesn't share her own reservations.
Kirsty and Jacob meet at a restaurant; Jacob happily scarfs down a meal and explains how a brick wall is actually good news. His instincts are spot-on: government-funded organization. Kirsty plans to talk to Frances.
Meanwhile Gary is at the park; a lurker there hears Gary in the men's room. Colin the lurker takes Gary home with him, where Maxi the dog doesn't like Gary. Eventually the dog bites the boy.
Colin drops wounded Gary off at the hospital and flees after announcing that the dog has had his shots.
Angie checks the boys at the school; we see one boy react strongly to the prospect of touching a Bible. Apparently she calls for some sort of quarantine; at any rate we see her supervising the school's boys as they're herded into busses. Vaughan comes up with the news that Gary has been bitten, but not how we think.
Michael goes into the priest's residence and searches. Eventually he finds a disk with video of Gary getting into a bed. When he brings this to Harman, Pearse is willing to discount the idea that the priest was a pedophile. He points out that the evidence could have been planted by the opposition.
Frances and Kirsty meet for a drink. Slightly bitchy commentary from Frances, although nothing too harsh, really. Frances and Kirsty discuss Michael and Jack. Frances warns Kirsty off and the other woman doesn't take it well.
Jacob works late and gets stalked by some dude. Kirsty calls, he's distracted; when she calls back from a pay phone we see Jacob's cell phone in the trash. Dun dun DUN!
The March's home: Angie invited Pearse there to share the news from the envelope: low-grade lymphoma. "Statistics are other people, not you." In other words, yes, it's definitely not good news. (Rose March sulks while playing basketball in the background.)
Colefield and Rice figure out that they need to find a pedophile with a dog. This leads to Colin; Rice and Colefield play good cop-bad cop and it goes swimmingly, with blood and whimpering from Colin and a dog threat from Michael. Colin gives up a name, "Oliver." Who has a skin condition that prevents him from going outside in the daylight.
Michael and Vaughan go to Oliver's place, where they see the bedroom from the videotape. Michael makes three mistakes: he thinks the video Vaughan is watching is a live feed, he doesn't use his own equipment to double-check before he shoots, and then he freezes instead of shooting the "boy"--who is the vampire, not Oliver.
Xeroderma pigmentosum: that's what Oliver has. Angie explains it and mentions that Oliver's condition may well have influenced his later proclivities.
"Stop it. You're breaking my heart," says Vaughan. Ever the sympathetic voice, Mr. Rice. Heh.
March (to Colefield): "You're going home."
Colefield: "Suspended. Fine."
March: "Just home."
Frances shows up at Michael's place. "She's not the mouse I knew." Frances passes along the news that Kirsty has been in contact with Jacob Keanault. Not that it matters; Michael tells her, "I'm on my way out." Oh really?
Angie explains to Pearse what's going on with Gary's spinal fluid; a mutation of meningitis with Code V genetics. It spreads by ordinary human contact, not by biting. Oliver was the test subject, because he wouldn't be going outside.
Pearse lets Father Downey be the 'bad guy' in what will be the public version of events; better another pedophile priest than to ruin the life of a boy who was infected.
Pearse then talks to Oliver; the Code V figured out what Oliver wanted and provided the "boy." But Oliver wasn't satisfied with a child who wasn't; it's why the man broke quarantine.
"They'll find out what you want," Oliver tells Pearse. Nicely ominous.
Michael listens to Pearse tell him he made a mistake--rather than getting suspended or fired. Apparently not what Michael wanted to hear; Pearse says, "You can wear a hair shirt, if it makes you feel better."
Michael then asks Vaughan, "So what do I have to do to get fired around here?" Vaughan seems amused and points out that Michael has potential, if he doesn't get killed before he develops some skills.
Last scene with team members: Pearse says, "The sun giveth and the sun taketh away." Non-Hodgkins lymphoma has been linked to sun exposure.
Angie: "I'm not going to let you die."
Pearse: "I have no plans in that direction."
Michael sits in his car and watches Kirsty greet Jacob and invite him inside her place. Jacob has an excuse for missing their appointment. He mentions Michael and a death squad; Kirsty wants to go to the police, but Jacob says it's too soon. He's not nearly so excited by the meal in front of him as he was at the restaurant before.
Then we see him throwing up in her bathroom. Before leaving, he tries a move on her. Kirsty initially refuses it... but then there's more kissing. Including neck kissing. Dun dun DUUUN!
Ultraviolet doesn't shy away from controversial topics, eh? Episode 1.04 "Mea Culpa" starts with a priest in a boys' school. Said priest meets a bad end at the hands of a twelve-year-old boy, Gary. Colefield and Rice arrive at the boys' school, where Michael manages a semi-convincing speech to the boys at the school about helping out by giving information about Gary. Rice hangs around looking menacing and making sure that sunlight enters the room.
We see Angie March's home--it's rather fortress-like. Moment of difficulty with her daughter Rose. Then the post arrives and we can tell by March's reaction that the envelope contains bad news. At work Angie wants to talk to Pearse Harman about it, but Harman is at the mortuary. Harman seems keen to move on this case; Angie points out that there isn't much of a reason to do so at this point. Pearse may be swayed by the emotional connection, because the victim was a priest.
At the school, Colefield and Rice discuss the merits (or lack thereof) of the case. March arrives and overhears the last of it; she doesn't share her own reservations.
Kirsty and Jacob meet at a restaurant; Jacob happily scarfs down a meal and explains how a brick wall is actually good news. His instincts are spot-on: government-funded organization. Kirsty plans to talk to Frances.
Meanwhile Gary is at the park; a lurker there hears Gary in the men's room. Colin the lurker takes Gary home with him, where Maxi the dog doesn't like Gary. Eventually the dog bites the boy.
Colin drops wounded Gary off at the hospital and flees after announcing that the dog has had his shots.
Angie checks the boys at the school; we see one boy react strongly to the prospect of touching a Bible. Apparently she calls for some sort of quarantine; at any rate we see her supervising the school's boys as they're herded into busses. Vaughan comes up with the news that Gary has been bitten, but not how we think.
Michael goes into the priest's residence and searches. Eventually he finds a disk with video of Gary getting into a bed. When he brings this to Harman, Pearse is willing to discount the idea that the priest was a pedophile. He points out that the evidence could have been planted by the opposition.
Frances and Kirsty meet for a drink. Slightly bitchy commentary from Frances, although nothing too harsh, really. Frances and Kirsty discuss Michael and Jack. Frances warns Kirsty off and the other woman doesn't take it well.
Jacob works late and gets stalked by some dude. Kirsty calls, he's distracted; when she calls back from a pay phone we see Jacob's cell phone in the trash. Dun dun DUN!
The March's home: Angie invited Pearse there to share the news from the envelope: low-grade lymphoma. "Statistics are other people, not you." In other words, yes, it's definitely not good news. (Rose March sulks while playing basketball in the background.)
Colefield and Rice figure out that they need to find a pedophile with a dog. This leads to Colin; Rice and Colefield play good cop-bad cop and it goes swimmingly, with blood and whimpering from Colin and a dog threat from Michael. Colin gives up a name, "Oliver." Who has a skin condition that prevents him from going outside in the daylight.
Michael and Vaughan go to Oliver's place, where they see the bedroom from the videotape. Michael makes three mistakes: he thinks the video Vaughan is watching is a live feed, he doesn't use his own equipment to double-check before he shoots, and then he freezes instead of shooting the "boy"--who is the vampire, not Oliver.
Xeroderma pigmentosum: that's what Oliver has. Angie explains it and mentions that Oliver's condition may well have influenced his later proclivities.
"Stop it. You're breaking my heart," says Vaughan. Ever the sympathetic voice, Mr. Rice. Heh.
March (to Colefield): "You're going home."
Colefield: "Suspended. Fine."
March: "Just home."
Frances shows up at Michael's place. "She's not the mouse I knew." Frances passes along the news that Kirsty has been in contact with Jacob Keanault. Not that it matters; Michael tells her, "I'm on my way out." Oh really?
Angie explains to Pearse what's going on with Gary's spinal fluid; a mutation of meningitis with Code V genetics. It spreads by ordinary human contact, not by biting. Oliver was the test subject, because he wouldn't be going outside.
Pearse lets Father Downey be the 'bad guy' in what will be the public version of events; better another pedophile priest than to ruin the life of a boy who was infected.
Pearse then talks to Oliver; the Code V figured out what Oliver wanted and provided the "boy." But Oliver wasn't satisfied with a child who wasn't; it's why the man broke quarantine.
"They'll find out what you want," Oliver tells Pearse. Nicely ominous.
Michael listens to Pearse tell him he made a mistake--rather than getting suspended or fired. Apparently not what Michael wanted to hear; Pearse says, "You can wear a hair shirt, if it makes you feel better."
Michael then asks Vaughan, "So what do I have to do to get fired around here?" Vaughan seems amused and points out that Michael has potential, if he doesn't get killed before he develops some skills.
Last scene with team members: Pearse says, "The sun giveth and the sun taketh away." Non-Hodgkins lymphoma has been linked to sun exposure.
Angie: "I'm not going to let you die."
Pearse: "I have no plans in that direction."
Michael sits in his car and watches Kirsty greet Jacob and invite him inside her place. Jacob has an excuse for missing their appointment. He mentions Michael and a death squad; Kirsty wants to go to the police, but Jacob says it's too soon. He's not nearly so excited by the meal in front of him as he was at the restaurant before.
Then we see him throwing up in her bathroom. Before leaving, he tries a move on her. Kirsty initially refuses it... but then there's more kissing. Including neck kissing. Dun dun DUUUN!