Low Stakes – A "Kindred: The Embraced" Rewatch

Conclusion: The Riddle

We wrap up our rewatch of Kindred: The Embraced. We review the "Daedalus: Last Will and Testament" segment from the 2013 DVD release, react to other reviews and commentary from around the web, speculate about things we'd have liked to see in a second season, list our favorite episodes and characters, and pull back the curtain a bit on the podcast itself. Spoilers for "Daedalus: Last Will and Testament" are approximately from 29:40 to 42:48. As mentioned, here are some links to "Vampire Reviews" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwHJBp5cUyc&list=PL2uTAARGw5rh3vHGfgNDTdtTtWNEeSBHl] by Maven of the Eventide [https://www.youtube.com/@MavenoftheEventide]: From Dusk Till Dawn review [https://youtu.be/mjETv7dPsK0]; Kindred: The Embraced review [https://youtu.be/lnTL_XRr-Yo]. (And she's also done Let's Plays of a lot of V:tM-franchise video games!) Book of the Kindred [https://www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/3389/book-of-the-kindred] and Prince of the City [https://www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/82361/prince-of-the-city] are available for purchase at DriveThruFiction [https://www.drivethrufiction.com/en/] and DriveThruRPG [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/]. Bluesky: @ryanskonnord.bsky.social‬ [https://bsky.app/profile/ryanskonnord.bsky.social] Reddit: u/RyanSkonnord [https://www.reddit.com/user/RyanSkonnord/] Email: ryanskonnord@gmail.com [ryanskonnord@gmail.com] Check out our other podcast appearances: Happily Ever Aftermath [https://heamcast.libsyn.com/] Everything I Learned from Movies [https://ageofradio.org/everythingilearnedfrommovies/] Chekhov's Whatever [https://chekhovswhatever.substack.com/] Music: "Epic Skies" [https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/epic-skies/] by Ron Patton [https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ron-patton/]. Used under license via Melody Loops [https://www.melodyloops.com/].

Episode 8 Review: "Cabin in the Woods"

We discuss the final episode of Kindred: The Embraced, which sees Julian and Caitlin on a vacation to the Sonoma wine country. The ascendant Brujah primogen (guest star Titus Welliver) uses the opportunity to strike at Julian and exploit a shameful secret of Archon's. This week's featured character creation options are the vampires that fall outside the thirteen "true" clans: the Caitiffs, the thin-bloods, the bloodlines, and the Kuei-jin. ☥◑👁️鬼 Bluesky: @ryanskonnord.bsky.social‬ [https://bsky.app/profile/ryanskonnord.bsky.social] Check out our other podcast appearances: Happily Ever Aftermath [https://heamcast.libsyn.com/] Everything I Learned from Movies [https://ageofradio.org/everythingilearnedfrommovies/] Chekhov's Whatever [https://chekhovswhatever.substack.com/] Music: "Epic Skies" [https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/epic-skies/] by Ron Patton [https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ron-patton/]. Used under license via Melody Loops [https://www.melodyloops.com/].

Episode 7 Review: "Bad Moon Rising"

We discuss the penultimate episode of Kindred: The Embraced, in which a pair of villainous Nosferatu (Skipp Sudduth and Patricia Charbonneau) abduct an infant child from a single mother (Out of This World's Maureen Flannigan). The effort to rescue the baby forces both Julian and Caitlin to confront their past decisions. This week's featured clans are the ones classically aligned with the Sabbat: the inscrutable Lasombra and the unpronouncable Tzimisce. 👤🐉 If you'd like to hear more from us about another adaptation of Dracula into modern fiction, don't miss our guest appearance on the Dracula 2000 episode [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-307-dracula-2000/id1136473128?i=1000539045753] of Everything I Learned from Movies. Bluesky: @ryanskonnord.bsky.social‬ [https://bsky.app/profile/ryanskonnord.bsky.social] Check out our other podcast appearances: Happily Ever Aftermath [https://heamcast.libsyn.com/] Everything I Learned from Movies [https://ageofradio.org/everythingilearnedfrommovies/] Chekhov's Whatever [https://chekhovswhatever.substack.com/] Music: "Epic Skies" [https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/epic-skies/] by Ron Patton [https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ron-patton/]. Used under license via Melody Loops [https://www.melodyloops.com/].

Episode 6 Review: "The Rise and Fall of Eddie Fiori"

We discuss the sixth episode of Kindred: The Embraced, in which Eddie's ambitions against Julian finally come to a head. Eddie's sire and mentor (Ed O'Ross) employs the services of a face-changing assassin (Blair Valk) to kill Julian so that Eddie can seize control of the city at last. Caitlin becomes a pawn when a private investigator (Jack Conley), sent by a jealous Lillie, unexpectedly captures the Masquerade-breaking assassination attempt on film. Our plans to feature a clan that didn't make it into the TV show are thrown into disarray as the Assamites unexpectedly no longer meet the criteria. We discuss them anyway, along with the Ravnos. 🗡️🃏 Bluesky: @ryanskonnord.bsky.social‬ [https://bsky.app/profile/ryanskonnord.bsky.social] Check out our other podcast appearances: Happily Ever Aftermath [https://heamcast.libsyn.com/] Everything I Learned from Movies [https://ageofradio.org/everythingilearnedfrommovies/] Chekhov's Whatever [https://chekhovswhatever.substack.com/] Music: "Epic Skies" [https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/epic-skies/] by Ron Patton [https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ron-patton/]. Used under license via Melody Loops [https://www.melodyloops.com/].

Episode 5 Review: "Live Hard, Die Young, and Leave a Good Looking Corpse"

We discuss the fifth episode of Kindred: The Embraced. Meet Zane (guest star Ivan Sergei), Lillie's childe, a rising rock talent with an artist's passion for unlife. Zane recklessly Embraces a string of groupies, leaving Frank and Julian to pick up the pieces when one of them, Grace (Chandra West), turns up in the hospital scared, confused, and without a pulse. This week's featured clan that didn't make it into the TV show are charismatic tempters after Zane's own heart: the Followers of Set, recently known as the Ministry. 🐍 Bluesky: @ryanskonnord.bsky.social‬ [https://bsky.app/profile/ryanskonnord.bsky.social] Check out our other podcast appearances: Happily Ever Aftermath [https://heamcast.libsyn.com/] Everything I Learned from Movies [https://ageofradio.org/everythingilearnedfrommovies/] Chekhov's Whatever [https://chekhovswhatever.substack.com/] Music: "Epic Skies" [https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/epic-skies/] by Ron Patton [https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ron-patton/]. Used under license via Melody Loops [https://www.melodyloops.com/].