Kindred: The Embraced
Kindred: The Embraced is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May 9, 1996. The series focused on San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek who discovers his city is home to numerous vampires while investigating alleged mobster, Julian Luna. Julian is the "prince" of the city, ruler of five groups of vampires in the city, collectively called "The Kindred". The vampires survive through the "masquerade", disguising themselves as humans, and Julian strictly enforces the laws that govern them to protect their anonymity. Julian and Frank form an uneasy bond as they work together to try to prevent a vampire war and Julian struggles with his romantic feelings for human reporter Caitlin Byrne. The eight episodes of the series have been released on VHS and DVD.
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Seasons
1.The Original Saga
02-04-199659mWar is brewing between rivals gangs in San Francisco and Detective Frank Kohanek is determined to put crime boss Julian Luna behind bars. When his lover is killed after revealing t...
2.Prince of the City
03-04-199659mFrank tries to catch Fiori using a union leader informant, Paul Boyle. Boyle is wired and tries to get Fiori to talk about the bribes he has been giving to the dockworkers and offi...
3.The Nightstalker
05-04-199659mA schizophrenic madman, Starkweather, is embraced and goes on a rampage with his newly discovered powers. Julian wants him stopped before he is captured and the truth about him...
4.Romeo and Juliet
10-04-199659mFiori and the Brujah clan decide to up the ante in their quest for power in the city. They kill one of the Gangrel clan openly in the street. Trying to start a war between the two...
5.Live Fast, Die Young and Leave A Good Looking Corpse
17-04-199659mZane, and up and coming rock superstar, plays Lillie's club, Haven. He is also one of the Kindred, of the Toreador Clan, and a reckless one at that! He later embraces a groupie...
6.The Rise and Fall of Eddie Fiori
24-04-199659mLillie hires the best private eye in San Francisco to follow Julian and get pictures of him with Caitlin. Cyrus, the prince of LA, visits Julian, they are not friends and Cyrus...
7.Bad Moon Rising
01-05-199659mAn exiled member of the Nosferatu Clan, Goth, returns to San Francisco and grabs a baby from a young woman in Golden Gate Park. Julian begins a major search for him and any accomp...
8.Cabin In The Woods
2.008-05-199659mCaitlin takes Julian out of the city, the first time he has left for seven years, to a cabin in the woods. The cabin is near to the town where Julian's family came from. Is this by...
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