‘Reginald the Vampire’ Recap: ‘The Final Countdown’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

REGINALD THE VAMPIRE -- "The Final Countdown" Episode 209 -- Pictured: (l-r) Garfield Wilson as Bolestro, Jacob Batalon as Reginald Andres -- (Photo by: James Dittiger/SYFY)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 209 of ‘Reginald the Vampire’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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If there is one particular question that has been hanging heavy over season two of the hit SYFY series, Reginald the Vampire, it would have to be… how is Reginald going to save vampirekind? Because season two has showcased in great detail, the tragedy of the vampire. Of how these creatures of the night hold tightly onto our worst demons and amplify them, giving rise to a sour species that Bolestro has rightfully called selfish and monstrous. But worthy of genocide? Well… nothing is worthy of that, and thankfully Reginald agrees. But he has to date, been unable to figure out how to save vampirekind and bring it into the light… nor has he come up with a plan to save the day.

But despite not finding proper salvation for his own kind, the matter with Bolestro came to resolution during last night’s episode. Since ‘The Final Countdown’ saw Reginald and the vampire race survive their final stand against a vengeful angel. But before we break down how that happened, we need to take a moment and talk about the alternate resolution in this tale. The one involving Mike. For Sarah found him in that strange and artful purgatory, and together they worked to get intelligence on whether or not their friends survived… through the recently departed. Which gave them peace and helped Mike decide… to cross over. To a dark future quite literally, but he accepted it none the less and bid farewell to Sarah, but not before telling her… to find her way back.

Which was a fine way to send off Mike after his unceremonious end at the hands of Uriel and as they dug into facts… Reginald and his friends made their stand. For they came to the place they were predicted to do so and stood tall against Bolestro and fought… in a unique manner. Wherein they pleaded their case and did their best to showcase that while vampirekind as a whole… was pretty sucky, pun intended, it had glimmers of hope. For there was tiny, tiny growth, and that meant hope. But despite pointing that out and pointing out the hypocrisy of Bolestro’s decision… the all-powerful angel wanted bloodshed and well that’s when a lovely surprise came into play… Claire. Who we learned can see the future thanks to her powers and she informed Bolestro, that eventually vampires will make peace, after great sacrifice and the end of Reginald’s life.

That was enough for Bolestro to call the whole thing off, since he relished in vampirekind killing itself because well, the dude simply does not like vampires in the slightest and well, much darkness rightfully hung over the aftermath of this near miss. Simply because, Reginald had to die and so much was lost to get here and because… with worry about being good and being just no longer part of the equation… and with death on the horizon… Reginald decided to go for broke. For Uriel was still out there, and he of course hurt Reginald the most. Prompting our favorite vampire to set forth a plan to find the angel that killed his love, to make him suffer and pay dearly before sending him back into the void of the afterlife. 

All of which explains… why this episode chose to answer the big question hanging over the season now. Because now we get to see a real test take place, one that will challenge Reginald like never before as we see if he can maintain the best parts of himself with grief and thoughts of revenge surging through his veins and who knows… this could be a test from Bolestro as well. But while we wait to see if Reginald can do the right thing and not succumb to darkness, because we love him and think the world of him and want to see him take the high road as he always does… we can celebrate another brilliant tale from this series. Because this was basically a season finale, done early and that takes guts. But that is what this show has plenty of, and now that the big showdown is complete… we can turn our attention to the season two finale next week, and the battle that will take place for Reginald’s very soul. Until next time.

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