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"The Vampire Puppet Lamentation"

Season One, episode 10, aired 18th August 2008

To prevent the resurrection of every vampire that has ever lived, The Middleman and Wendy search for a possessed puppet that once belonged to Vlad the Impaler. Meanwhile, Noser pulls a disappearing act.

With the baddies being vampires this time, we get a lot of vampire lore mentioned, including: Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan's "Tomb Of Dracula" Marvel Comics series; the "Blade" movies; the John Seward Home of the Criminally Insane; and the fact that "Van Helsing might as well been Dutch for 'Middleman.'" The fact that puppets and vampires were combined could also be a nod of the hat to "Angel."

We also see that Wendy may have connections to mystic forces when Jamie the Tarot Girl does a card reading for Wendy. While Jamie's predictions are totally off, Wendy sees her go into a creepy eye-rolling, gravel-voiced, tongue-speaking trance and says, "Young Noser will be rent limb from limb to save you."

Lacey has the beginning of a fling with slimy landlord-son Pip before she kisses and then slaps him. Of course, she really longs for "The Middleman" because Pip is wearing The Middleman's Eisenhower jacket in her dream.

We also get to visit a ventriloquist convention and see the residents in Wendy and Lacey's building tell her what they think of Pip ... while he's listening.

Submitted by DarkWolfman