‘Reginald the Vampire’ Recap: ‘Undead Bedfellows’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

REGINALD THE VAMPIRE -- "Undead Bedfellows" Episode 205 -- Pictured: (l-r) Kaylah Zander as Justine, Jacob Batalon as Reginald Andres -- (Photo by: James Dittiger/SYFY)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 205 of ‘Reginald the Vampire’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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Over the course of the past few weeks, we’ve talked at length regarding the sheer brilliance of season two of Reginald the Vampire on SYFY. Simply because this show, has unleashed its full potential upon the masses, by offering up powerful stories that have explored incredible corners of the human condition, and the show has even toyed with putting our undead friends into scenarios that the creatures of the night really haven’t dealt with before. Giving rise to an intelligent and beautiful season of storytelling, one that has left us eager to see what other powerful observations await us down the line as Reginald and his friends work to find agency and a future free from Bolestro’s fury. 

But alas, sometimes in storytelling… one must take a slight break from the cerebral to not overwhelm the audience with too much to ponder upon, and to also… move the plot forward. For we are here to enjoy a juicy story through and through, and see it come to resolution and that’s really what this week’s episode was all about. For the clock was ticking in ‘Undead Bedfellows’ and Reginald and his friends were rightfully getting nervous about battling Bolestro, and that prompted Reginald to come up with a wild plan to survive. In that, if by chance they recruited some of the vampire world’s biggest and strongest warriors and its most feared vampire witch, alongside getting hold of Uriel’s sword since there was the belief it would kill Bolestro, then perhaps they could lure Bolestro to a location of their choosing… and defeat him.

Which was a plan that Maurice loved and oddly… so did Justine, the witch in question. Which made it seem as though, this crew finally had a plan in place that would come together beautifully, especially since Uriel actually handed his sword over to Sarah because of the massive crush he has upon her. But alas, it did not take long for this plan to go south. Mainly because, Justine, and her arrogance, prompted her to let loose in a bad way. Wherein she used her powers to supercharge fear in people so the blood was flavored just right, allowing for her to kill with impunity and leave a calling card to make the moment worth her while, and well… Maurice could not have this happen on his watch. For he was the Deacon and he expected better of his bloodsuckers and that prompted him… to just put her down
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A move that pushed Reginald to learn some new magic skills to try and summon Bolestro to keep the plan alive, and well… since his brilliance cannot be understated, he did indeed figure out how to summon an angel. Which led… to an early showdown between our heroes and Bolestro, one that ended in utter disaster. Simply because the sword gambit did not pay off, and well… such an act basically helped Bolestro to double down on his belief that vampires were not worthy of salvation and this left our heroes beside themselves. Because they failed, plain and simple and it seemed as though there was no hope going forward. But Reginald and his big brain came to realize that perhaps not all was lost, and if he and Sarah, and Maurice could find Abraham down Washington way… then perhaps they could find a solution to their problem.

One that is now growing in nature. Manly because Uriel felt betrayed and was emotionally broken over what happened with his sword and what Sarah decided to do here, and that… prompted him to align with Bolestro once more, and no good can come of that. In the end however, this was just… a delightful push forward regarding the plot. Since our heroes managed to anger a powerful angel even more than before and even handed him allies. Raising the stakes and pushing them to their limits and that is never a bad thing. Since Reginald reminded us that we are sometimes at our best when put under incredible pressure and well, it will be interesting to see what the hunt for Abraham brings about, and what lessons await us along the way as Reginald fights to save all of vampirekind. Until next time.

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