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Dracula: The Series is a short-lived syndicated children's horror television series developed by Glenn Davis and William Laurin, about Count Dracula (aka Alexander Lucard; A. Lucard, if you will) and his struggles with Gustav Helsing,

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    Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 14 - Sophie, Queen of the Night
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Sophie, Queen of the Night

    S1:E14

    Following her romance with Vincent, Sophie has been turned into a vampire, and is serving an apprenticeship with Lucard. Mrs. Pfenning, Lucard's accountant, is plotting to overthrow her master and wants Sophie's help. Meanwhile, Gustav finds the key to restoring Sophie to her human self in Vincent's unusual blood type, and Chris is able to introduce the solution into her system with a kiss.

    Director:Allan King
    Writer:Peter Meech

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  2. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 13 - Bad Blood
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Bad Blood

    S1:E13

    Lucard bites a teenage thief, unaware that he has a rare antigen in his blood that can kill the vampire who ingests it. Famed vampire doctor Gabor Varney informs him that there is only one cure: water from the Paquette Spring in the Bettange Valley. Sick and delirious, Lucard doesn't trust anyone, and insists on going himself. Meanwhile, Sophie is dating a creepy young existentialist poet who turns out to be the thief whom Lucard bit.

    Director:Randy Bradshaw
    Writers:Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde

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  3. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 3 - The Vampire Solution
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #3 - The Vampire Solution

    S1:E3

    Gustav and former student Arthur Bauer locate a rare herb and develop a formula in hopes of reversing the effects of a vampire's bite. To test it, Gustav allows himself be captured and bitten by Lucard, unaware that the formula accidentally switched with Max's protein drink.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Peter Meech

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  4. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 7 - What a Pleasant Surprise!
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #4 - What a Pleasant Surprise!

    S1:E7

    When Gustav learns that Lucard is buying an old local cinema, he investigates to find out what the vampire's true interest is in the place.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Glenn Davis, William Laurin

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  5. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 1 - Children of the Night
    6.4/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Children of the Night

    S1:E1

    American siblings Max and Chris Townsend are left behind in Europe with their eccentric uncle Gustav while their mother Eileen travels on business. Max, an enthusiast of the supernatural, is positive that his uncle is a vampire and seeks out multimillionaire Alexander Lucard for help. Little does he know that the businessman is hiding a secret of his own...

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Glenn Davis, William Laurin

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  6. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 2 - Double Cross
    6.4/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Double Cross

    S1:E2

    Gustav's old friends Peter and Anna Dyson come for a short visit while Max takes the Cross of the Magyars—an artifact that prevents vampires from entering—from the house to be blessed. When Lucard learns the cross has been removed, it is a race to see whether it can be replaced before Lucard comes calling; but how did he find out that it was gone?

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde

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  7. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 5 - Double Darkness
    6.0/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Double Darkness

    S1:E5

    Archeologist Dr. Gloria Cross uncovers the resting place of Lucard's ancient and bitter rival, Nosferatu.

    Director:Randy Bradshaw
    Writer:Stuart Woolley

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  8. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 6 - Black Sheep
    6.0/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Black Sheep

    S1:E6

    Paul Yeager, an aggrieved husband, asks Gustav to kill Klaus, the vampire who has taken his wife... and Lucard's second-in-command. Gustav, however, has a different plan in mind for Klaus, as they share a horrifying relationship.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde

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  9. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 4 - The Boffin
    5.5/10(16 votes)

    #9 - The Boffin

    S1:E4

    Max brings home bungling vampire-hunting scientist Magnus St. John-Smythe, who insists that a new laser gun he's developed can destroy vampires. Unfortunately, his 'anti-vampire gun' is being sponsored by Lucard.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Glenn Davis, William Laurin

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  10. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 8 - Damsel in Distress
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Damsel in Distress

    S1:E8

    Eileen is doing business with Lucard; in fact, she's going to have dinner with him at the castle. Gustav and the kids learn of the dinner, but Gustav himself is vampirized by one of Lucard's assistants, and the kids are left on their own to rescue their mom.

    Director:René Bonnière
    Writers:Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde

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  11. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 9 - Mind Over Matter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Mind Over Matter

    S1:E9

    Gustav appears on a TV talk show to debunk zany psychic Lana Zorro, whose knowledge of Gustav's past grows increasingly terrifying. Meanwhile, Max is sure he's discovered the resting place of Dracula and can therefore destroy him.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writers:Glenn Davis, William Laurin

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  12. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 10 - A Little Nightmare Music
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - A Little Nightmare Music

    S1:E10

    Encouraged by Gustav, Chris decides to take his rock music to a live audience. Meanwhile, Sophie becomes a guide to an influential Contessa who has business dealings with Lucard.

    Director:René Bonnière
    Writer:Sean Kelly

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  13. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 11 - Get a Job
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Get a Job

    S1:E11

    Chris lands a job with a local art house, run by a lovely dealer named Julia, who happens to have dealings with Lucard.

    Director:Allan King
    Writers:Larry Lalonde, Glenn Davis

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  14. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 12 - The Great Tickler
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Great Tickler

    S1:E12

    Lucard invites Mycroft Tickler, a lounge performer with delusions of grandeur, to give a recital at his castle. Gustav tries to warn Tickler, but he's utterly oblivious to anything other than the chance to further his career. However, Lucard actually has no interest whatever in Tickler's 'talents'; he knows that Tickler is none other than Magnus St. John-Smythe's brother.

    Director:Allan King
    Writers:Glenn Davis, William Laurin

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  15. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 15 - My Girlfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - My Girlfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble

    S1:E15

    Having been rescued by Chris, Sophie is about to fall for him, but his ex-girlfriend Alexa Singleton turns up, whose obnoxious businessman father is in business with Lucard and makes the mistake of underestimating him.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Sharon Corder, Jack Blum

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  16. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 16 - My Fair Vampire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - My Fair Vampire

    S1:E16

    Gustav's best friend, a fellow vampire hunter named Frederick Rilling, claims that citizens at his retirement home are being killed by a vampire. He asks Gustav to help him destroy the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Lucard tries to play Pygmalion to an airheaded Galatea named Amber Santana.

    Director:Michael Sloan
    Writers:Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde

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  17. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 17 - The Decline of the Romanian Vampire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Decline of the Romanian Vampire

    S1:E17

    Max inadvertently frees Klaus from the Helsing family crypt where Gustav had imprisoned him, and Gustav and Lucard try to escape his trap. The powerful Cross of Silesia and a plastic explosive will destroy Klaus's two fathers at the same instant unless they work together to outwit him.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Glenn Davis, William Laurin

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  18. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 18 - I Love Lucard
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - I Love Lucard

    S1:E18

    An old love from Lucard's past, Margo Burton, comes back into his life, only now she's married to a writer whose latest work is intended to expose Lucard as a vampire and bring down his empire.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writer:Stuart Woolley

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  19. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 19 - Bats in the Attic
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Bats in the Attic

    S1:E19

    Max meets Lawrence Lei, a creepy and neurotic bookseller who has a peculiar interest in the occult. Gustav doesn't trust him, and Lucard finds him much too bizarre for his taste when he shows up at the castle, asking to be turned. Lawrence mentions that his friend Alfred won't make him a vampire either, and Lucard decides to hunt down this Alfred, whom he suspects is responsible for the recent upsurge in the area's population of inferior zombies.

    Director:René Bonnière
    Writer:Pascal Bonnière

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  20. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 20 - My Dinner with Lucard
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - My Dinner with Lucard

    S1:E20

    Gustav, Max and Chris are invited to dinner at Lucard's for a reminiscing, but is there an ulterior motive to this sudden hospitality?

    Director:René Bonnière
    Writers:Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde

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  21. Dracula: The Series Season 1 Episode 21 - Klaus Encounters of the Interred Kind
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Klaus Encounters of the Interred Kind

    S1:E21

    When Eileen arrives at the end of summer to pick up Max and Chris, they learn that she has a new business partner: Klaus. Gustav discovers a time hole in the castle that keeps Lucard young.

    Director:Allan Kroeker
    Writers:Glenn Davis, William Laurin

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sophie, Queen of the Night" is the best rated episode of "Dracula: The Series". It scored 8/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Allan King and written by Peter Meech, it aired on 1/26/1991. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bad Blood".