{"id":414,"date":"2014-01-24T08:31:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T16:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/?p=414"},"modified":"2022-04-05T07:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:09:09","slug":"dracula-four-roses-fate-is-sealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":"Dracula: Four Roses&#8230; Fate is Sealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Dracula banner - Click to learn more at the official NBC Network web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dracula-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula banner - Click to learn more at the official NBC Network web site!\" width=\"640\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dracula-banner.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dracula-banner-256x62.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dracula-banner-320x77.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Dracula-banner-400x96.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Hello my fearless vampire hunters! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Dracula S1x09 - Lady Jane makes a discovery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-434\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/NUP_155266_0146-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula S1x09 - Lady Jane makes a discovery\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/NUP_155266_0146-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/NUP_155266_0146-256x170.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/NUP_155266_0146-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/NUP_155266_0146-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/NUP_155266_0146-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/NUP_155266_0146.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Are you ready for the final two episodes of this season? It has been a ride to remember and I have a feeling it will only get better.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This is the episode where everything changes, where we finally get to see <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Dracula\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2296682\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dracula<\/a> sire a minion. It is also one step closer to the ultimate reveal, will <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Lady Jayne\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0369917\/?ref_=tt_cl_t4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Jayne<\/a> survive or will she become another casualty? Only time will tell.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The Season 1 finale is one for the books. Two fierce warriors going head to head. Only the strongest, most cunning will survive. Do you have any predictions, do you think it will be true to the book? I for one am excited about this upcoming episode.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZHut1dbtkpQ?&amp;autoplay=1&amp;rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Four Roses:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.NBC.com\/dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-416\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Minas-memories-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-Mina's mem\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Minas-memories-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Minas-memories-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Minas-memories-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Minas-memories.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNow\u2026on to my review\u2026The opening scene of Mina (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Jessica De Gouw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2681284\/?ref_=tt_cl_t2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica De Gouw<\/a>) remembering what happened to her could <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">be the downfall of Grayson and all that he had planned. Plus when she wakes up and sees the <a title=\"Click here to learn more about the symbolism of the Rose\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_%28symbolism%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rose<\/a>, which we al<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">l <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">know is a symbol of love. Throughout history the rose has come to represent many different things in different <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-417\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-One-Rose-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-One Rose\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-One-Rose-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-One-Rose-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-One-Rose-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-One-Rose.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>cultures.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"> As I have said in the past I am very happy that <a title=\"Click here to learn more about R. M. Renfield\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0002581\/?ref_=tt_cl_t6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renfield<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Nonso Anozie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1996829\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nonso Anozie<\/a>) is always the one to give <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Alexander Grayson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0403898\/?ref_=tt_cl_t1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grayson<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Jonathan Rhys Meyers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001667\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Rhys Meyers<\/a>) the advice or counsel, whether he asks for it or not. It is one of my favorite pairings in the show, because it is one of the most genuine (at least to me).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nThe scene with Jayne (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Victoria Smurfit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0810729\/?ref_=nv_sr_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victoria Smurfit<\/a>) and <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Browning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0394793\/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Browning<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Ben Miles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0587060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Miles<\/a>) is one that makes you wonder about the secrets people hold. Browning is convinced that Grayson and Dracula are one in the same, he\u2019s right, but for the reasons he states he is wrong. Jayne tries her hardest to convince Browning that he is not thinking straight and that he couldn\u2019t possibly be. I hate to see what happens when she is proven wrong. Browning I suspect has his own secrets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.NBC.com\/Dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-418\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Jayne-Browning-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-Jayne &amp; Browning\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Jayne-Browning-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Jayne-Browning-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Jayne-Browning-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Jayne-Browning.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>that he is not fully disclosing right now. I don\u2019t know if we will ever get to fully see who he is.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nThe scene with Minerva Westenra (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Jemma Redgrave\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0714876\/?ref_=rvi_nm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jemma Redgrave<\/a>) and <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Lucy Westenra\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0002563\/?ref_=tt_cl_t7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucy<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Katie McGrath\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2692146\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie McGrath<\/a>) is sad. The sadness that befalls Lucy is evident on her face. It is unfortunate that her mother cannot see past what society deems right and wrong. Instead of loving her daughter for who she is, her actions condemn her. The image on the outside is of the utmost importance, especially in their circles. When Lucy asks her mother why she didn\u2019t tell her \u201cIt was perfectly natural <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-419\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-A-mothers-heartbreak-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-A mother's heartbreak\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-A-mothers-heartbreak-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-A-mothers-heartbreak-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-A-mothers-heartbreak-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-A-mothers-heartbreak.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">for a woman to fall in love with another woman\u201d her mother is disgusted, mortified and heartbroken. Jemma\u2019s face is great, the reaction is perfect. Here is a woman who would never had thought in a million years that her daughter would tell her something like that. Jemma\u2019s part of one of the few acting dynasties and her talent shows.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nThe scene with <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Van Helsing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0002557\/?ref_=tt_cl_t3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Helsing <\/a>(<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Thomas Kretschmann\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0470981\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Krestchmann<\/a>) and Grayson where Alexander confronts him about their partnership dissolving is a good one. It\u2019s ironic that Van Helsing\u2019s character is written to be a man of softer means when he is just as ruthless and diabolical as Grayson. Van Helsing just knows how to control it more, how to bide his time, but unlike Dracula, he is not immortal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">His plan needs to be done quickly so he can finally have some peace of mind. It would seem that Van Helsing might want to reconsider breaking his partnership, he can only do so much alone, but with Grayson by his side, they would be unstoppable. The last line of that scene, \u201cI\u2019m dining with friends tonight,\u201d reminded me of the last line of <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Silence of the Lambs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0102926\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silence of the Lambs<\/a>, when <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Hannibal Lecter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0001399\/?ref_=tt_cl_t11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hannibal Lecter<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Sir Anthony Hopkins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sir Anthony Hopkins<\/a>) says \u201cI\u2019m having an old friend for dinner\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-420\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Billiards-blood.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-Billiards &amp; blood\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Billiards-blood.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Billiards-blood-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Billiards-blood-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Billiards-blood-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe billiards scene and subsequent \u201cfeast\u201d is what vampires do best. The line \u201cI\u2019ve invited them to London with the promise that the cuisine is\u2026excellent\u201d made me giggle wildly. Again it reminded me of another vampire movie, <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Interview with the Vampire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110148\/?ref_=rvi_tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview with the Vampire<\/a> when <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Lestat de Lioncourt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0005254\/?ref_=tt_cl_t5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lestat<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Tom Cruise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Cruise<\/a>) tells <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Louis de Pointe du Lac\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0005253\/?ref_=tt_cl_t1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louis<\/a> (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Brad Pitt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000093\/?ref_=tt_cl_t1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brad Pitt<\/a>) \u201cThe Paris Opera is in town, we can sample some French cuisine\u201d. I laughed at that, too. It\u2019s a brutal scene that we don\u2019t see accept for the blood and the screams. This is a brilliantly done tactic by the director <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Tim Fywell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0299563\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Fywell<\/a>, because he knows that what he would film would be tame compared to what the viewer\u2019s imagination could conjure up with that scene. That method has been done time and time again by directors when they want to give the scene an added bonus of suspense and\/or curiosity.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-421\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Bloodbath-320x174.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-Bloodbath\" width=\"320\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Bloodbath-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Bloodbath-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Bloodbath-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Bloodbath.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nBy inducting <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Jonathan Harker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0002556\/?ref_=tt_cl_t5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan<\/a> into the <a title=\"Click here to learn more about the Order of the Dragon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_the_Dragon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order of the Dragon<\/a>, he is essentially sealing his own fate. He joined out of anger toward Grayson, not fully knowing what he was getting himself into. I suspect that he will eventually find out and want to leave, but finds that he cannot. I just hope that he finds out sooner than later before he becomes so brainwashed and hell bent that he will be to far gone to save. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">I have a book called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Brief History of Secret Societies<\/span> by <a title=\"Click here to learn more about David V. Barrett\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_V._Barrett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David V. Barrett<\/a> which I thought would have mention of the Order of the Dragon, but unfortunately it does not. It is a fascinating book, nonetheless, and if you are fascinated by secret societies then I suggest you pick it up. I have in the past reviews mentioned that the Order reminds me of the <a title=\"Click here to learn more about the Mafia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mafia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mafia<\/a> and with the way it conducts itself, it is not far from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-422\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-oath-320x174.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-the oath\" width=\"320\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-oath-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-oath-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-oath-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-oath.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>that. I have a feeling that Jonathan (<a title=\"Click here to learn more about Oliver Jackson-Cohen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2719825\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oliver Jackson-Cohen<\/a>) is not done being a pawn\u2026in everyone\u2019s game.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nPoor Mina, losing her best friend and fianc\u00e9 in one stroke. It is unfortunate that it happened, and Mina\u2019s rage, sadness and confusion are warranted. Of course Jonathan is willing to split the blame-sort of-by saying that Lucy has been throwing herself at him for the last two weeks. That does not by any means give him the right to act on that and shows how much his anger at Mina and Grayson has clouded his judgment. I do hope that this couple will reconcile, because I do like them together, but I feel that they have lost their way a bit. I have often quoted <a title=\"Click here to learn more about William Shakespeare\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Shakespeare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shakespeare<\/a> when it comes to matters of true love \u201cthe course of true love never did run smooth\u201d from <a title=\"Click here to learn more about A Midsummer Night's Dream\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Midsummer\u2019s Night Dream <\/a>which is one of my favorites.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><br \/>\nMina finally asks Grayson the question that has plagued her since she first saw him. What\u2019s happening dear Mina is called fate? Mina may or may not be his wife reincarnated, she may just be a girl who happens to look like her and that you happen to \u201ccast your spell\u201d under. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">When Mina asks Grayson if he loves her, he cannot answer. He wants to be a man again, who he once was before he became Dracula. He needs to rid the world of the Order first and then and only then can he be truly healed. When Mina informs him that she no longer loves Jonathan and the reason why\u2026well, let\u2019s just say that you never wake the beast.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-423\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-final-question.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-the final question\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-final-question.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-final-question-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-final-question-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-the-final-question-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen Grayson leaves Mina and heads to Lucy\u2019s that\u2019s when you really see the veracity of his power. The sheer terror that he can inflict if you cross him or hurt those he loves. It\u2019s funny to me that Dracula has always been this figure of evil, yet what made him a vampire was the loss of his beloved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The quote from the book says it all \u201cDo you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose? That the luckiest man who walks on this earth is the one who finds\u2026 true love?\u201d that is not an evil statement. That is why Dracula is so drawn to Mina, she may very well be Ilona. That is why it always fascinated me, his motivation was love. It always had been love and loss.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-424\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Lucys-final-fate.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-Lucy's final fate\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Lucys-final-fate.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Lucys-final-fate-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Lucys-final-fate-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Lucys-final-fate-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd now ladies and gents the moment we have all been waiting for. It is a brutal scene, but done to perfection. She sealed her fate the moment she betrayed <a title=\"Click here to learn more about Mina Murray\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0002558\/?ref_=fn_ch_ch_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mina<\/a>. \u201cIf you insist on acting like a monster, then I will make you one\u201d and that Grayson does. I have said this often, that the drinking of the blood or the siring of a vampire is very sexual act. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">It is the fact that blood mixes with blood, that the <a title=\"Click here to learn more about the jugular vein\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jugular_vein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jugular<\/a> is such a vital part of the body and the neck has always been known to evoke strong feelings in the opposite sex. It is also what gives the vampire strength, it is its satisfaction, its climax, its release, much like an orgasm. Welcome, Lucy, make yourself comfortable you will be at this a very long time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-425\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Vampire-Lucy.jpg\" alt=\"Dracula-S1x09-Vampire Lucy\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Vampire-Lucy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Vampire-Lucy-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Vampire-Lucy-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Dracula-S1x09-Vampire-Lucy-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWell, my fine fanged friends, I do hope that you tune into the season finale Friday. To say that it will be epic will be putting it lightly. Enjoy!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wormholeriders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WormholeRiders-New-Logo-150TS-Dark.png\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Thank you for visiting <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wormholeriders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WormholeRiders News Agency<\/a>. 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I will be back over the coming weeks with more on our series review sites for <a title=\"Click to learn about Dracula at the official NBC Network web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/dracula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dracula<\/a> and next June for <a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Please feel free to leave a comment here or If you prefer, you may also click the social media icons below to share this news article or as many of our readers and visitors often do, visit the <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders on Facebook!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHR on Facebook<\/a> or <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori Glumac) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/noz4a2\">me on Twitter<\/a> by clicking the links or images avatars in this news story. <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See You on The Other Side<\/a>&#8220;! <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Noz4a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-200\" title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/fringe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Noz4a2-Orange_Cheeky_monkey-192x192.gif\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Until next time, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sincere regards, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to visit and follow Noz4a2 (Lori) on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noz4a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Lori<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello my fearless vampire hunters! Are you ready for the final two episodes of this season? It has been a ride to remember and I have a feeling it will only get better. This is the episode where everything changes, where we finally get to see Dracula sire a minion. It is also one step&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/?p=414\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Dracula: Four Roses&#8230; Fate is Sealed!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,32,24,30,39,33,23,127,25,43,36,38,12,9,16,22,15,10,60,13,14],"tags":[183,182,173,178,184,180,174,257,186,176,177,94,179,185,175,181],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ben-miles","category-bram-stoker","category-carnival-film-television","category-cole-haddon","category-colin-callender","category-daniel-knauf","category-dracula","category-dracula-s1x09-four-roses","category-flame-ventures","category-gareth-neame","category-harley-peyton","category-irene-burns","category-jessica-de-gouw","category-jonathan-rhys-meyers","category-katie-mcgrath","category-nbc-universal","category-nonso-anozie","category-oliver-jackson-cohen","category-sir-anthony-hopkins","category-thomas-kretschmann","category-victoria-smurfit","tag-a-brief-history-of-secret-societies","tag-a-midsummer-nights-dream","tag-a-rose","tag-brad-pitt","tag-david-v-barrett","tag-hannibal-lecter","tag-interview-with-the-vampire","tag-jemma-redgrave","tag-jugular-vein","tag-lestat","tag-louis","tag-mafia","tag-silence-of-the-lambs","tag-tim-fywell","tag-tom-cruise","tag-william-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/dracula\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}