‘Reginald the Vampire’ Recap: ‘Terminal Eternity’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

REGINALD THE VAMPIRE -- "Terminal Eternity" Episode 207 -- Pictured: (l-r) Christin Park as Nikki, Marguerite Hanna as Ashley Weeks -- (Photo by: James Dittiger/SYFY)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 207 of ‘Reginald the Vampire’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.

One particularly fascinating aspect regarding the hit SYFY series, Reginald the Vampire, that we’ve discussed often this season, is how the show is doing some revolutionary work with the vampire genre. For these bloodsuckers are facing some incredible odds to see another moonrise, not to mention the show is diving deep into concepts and scenarios that we just have not seen the genre deal with and well, the show is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to this. Since this week’s episode pondered deeply upon a new emotional conundrum for Reginald and his friends to deal with, while revisiting one that was explored a few weeks ago.

Which are feats that ‘Terminal Eternity’ accomplished… by bringing our vampire friends to the brink of the end of their world. For they were now days away from Bolestro’s apocalyptic reckoning and well, that prompted them to do something we’ve never seen vampires do… and ponder upon their end. Which is of course, something we all have to do at some point in life, and we know what kind of inventory we must take when the bell begins to toll. But what does an immortal creature do with such knowledge and well, it turns out… they struggle deeply to process their end. To the point where everyone here decided to try to just live their (undead) life to the fullest with their final moments at hand.

For Nikki and Ashley that meant, enjoying one last Christmas holiday together, their favorite holiday, of course. Because it was obvious that Nikki wouldn’t see another, so this was the perfect time to decorate the tree and just embrace joy across the board, and Reginald took part in something similar in this tale. Since he and Sarah went on the camping trip they always wanted to go upon and spent as much time together as possible, to just find that joy… but alas… no one could. In part because Uriel dropped by to kidnap Sarah for a hot minute, but also because… no amount of joy could reduce or excuse the fact that death was around the corner for so many and soon… so many would have to go on without their friends and family.

Which made for sobering moments for everyone really. The kind that saw Claire go find her dad and tell Reginald that it wasn’t right to put the weight of the world upon her. Which sealed the vampire’s fate, and made for a melancholy story that informed us, that vampires would not do well with facing the end. Especially the ones that lived for so long, and while that was fascinating to watch and ponder upon, this episode still had more amazing moments to offer us. Such as watching Todd process his own grief in a bold and brave manner, and of course… Uriel had his revenge here by outright killing Sarah at the end of the episode, which brought back the concept that was explored in ‘Watch the Sunrise’, specifically, how an immortal would handle grief and for a vampire… that also went poorly. 

Since Reginald tried to resurrect Sarah before quite the surprise hit the vampire world. In that, our heroes began to disappear from our world and entered another, as did Sarah for that matter as well. Giving rise to a unique cliffhanger since we haven’t a clue if this is some kind of vampire rapture or something more and of course, we are dying to know where Sarah’s essence is at this moment, courtesy of one brilliant tale. For this one explored so much, while also setting the stage for the forthcoming finale, and it did so in a manner that was just smooth and masterful, and compelling and moving. Courtesy of those grand explorations regarding the human condition and how they might apply to creatures of the night, and now all we can do, is count down the minutes until next week’s tale, to see that incredible cliffhanger be resolved and to see… if vampirekind can be saved. Until next time.

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