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The Best Episodes of Forever Knight

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Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 25 - Close Call
    9.1/10(53 votes)

    #1 - Close Call

    S2:E25

    When Nick saves Schanke's life during a fire fight, Schanke can't help but notice Nick has taken up flying. Despite Nick's hypnotic suggestion to forget what he saw, Schanke begins investigating Nick's past. Natalie can't deflect him and Janette's attempts to hypnotise him fail. The trail soon leads him to conclude his partner is a vampire and from there to LaCroix. The question is, what is LaCroix going to do with the inquisitive Schanke?

    Director:Clay Borris
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 20 - A More Permanent Hell
    8.9/10(54 votes)

    #2 - A More Permanent Hell

    S2:E20

    When the head of a team of astronomers is commits suicide, their predictions of a meteor's collision become public. As panic sweeps the world both mortal and vampire populations face their personal fears. Some of those fears lead to unusual actions.

    Director:John Kapelos
    Writer:Ron Taylor

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  3. Forever Knight Season 3 Episode 21 - Ashes to Ashes
    8.9/10(48 votes)

    #3 - Ashes to Ashes

    S3:E21

    When an anonymous tip leads NIck to a "headless corpse" in the Raven, it is only the beginning of a deadly game, with vampires as the target. Nick soon discovers the ultimate target in these murders is LaCroix. Anyone and everyone who is close to LaCroix are being killed. When LaCroix reveals that the perpetrator is Divia, his daughter and master who he betrayed long ago, it becomes a race against time for Nick to find her before she comes for him or LaCroix.

    Director:Jon Cassar
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Forever Knight Season 1 Episode 22 - Love You to Death
    8.7/10(51 votes)

    #4 - Love You to Death

    S1:E22

    After a model missing for four months is found dead under mysterious circumstances, another model disappears who bears a striking a resemblance to a dancer Nick fell for a long time ago

    Director:Michael Levine
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 14 - The Fix
    8.7/10(50 votes)

    #5 - The Fix

    S2:E14

    Natalie's research leads her to believe she might be able to cure Nick, if he's willing to take the risk. While taking the wonder drug, Nick and Schanke unofficially investigate the suicide of another cop. Is Nick just having incredible hunches or is the drug not quite what it seems?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 15 - Be My Valentine
    8.7/10(54 votes)

    #6 - Be My Valentine

    S2:E15

    Valentines day not only brings out a killer who lures in women with romantic cards, but turns Nick's thoughts to Natalie, and LaCroix's to past love. All this love in the air is bound to be dangerous.

    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 18 - Partners of the Month
    8.7/10(51 votes)

    #7 - Partners of the Month

    S2:E18

    Upon leaving his wife, Schanke moves in with Nick, expecting to lead a wild bachelor's life with his partner. But the two are soon at odds over the investigation of a wealthy business-man's murder. Feeling that Nick is once again trying to keep one step a head of him, Schanke vows to solve the case on his own. Acting on a sudden revelation while drowning his sorrows in liquor, Schanke rushes to apprehend the murderer without his partner and captures the killer single-handedly. Or, so he thinks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 23 - Near Death
    8.7/10(53 votes)

    #8 - Near Death

    S2:E23

    Nick investigates the death of a young doctor when Natalie is unable to determine the cause. Intrigued by the doctor's experiments in near death experiences, Nick secretly agrees to "go under" in an attempt to reconcile his own past. But the experiment goes awry and Natalie must find a way to bring Nick back form his altered state of consciousness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 7 - Father's Day
    8.6/10(51 votes)

    #9 - Father's Day

    S2:E7

    David Constantine is the next in line to become "Don" of the city's biggest crime family, but after witnessing a lifetime of killing and bloodshed, he just wants to live a normal life with his family. Nick Knight understands David's dilemma, as he wants to get away from his self-proclaimed father, LaCroix. However, David's great grandfather will stop at nothing to ensure his grandson's enshrinement, even going to LaCroix for help. This sets up a Father's Day showdown between David and his great grandfather and Nick and LaCroix.

    Director:Bruce Pittman
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Forever Knight Season 3 Episode 10 - Night in Question
    8.6/10(40 votes)

    #10 - Night in Question

    S3:E10

    A bullet wound to the head lands Nick in the emergency room, where with no pulse, no heart rate, and no brain activity, he is declared dead. Fast action by Natalie and LaCroix, brings Nick back to life. While his physical wounds are healing, his mind is another matter--he has amnesia, and therefore no memories of who he is or what he is. Both Natalie and LaCroix see this as a chance to acheive their goals for Nick. Who will win this little contest, and what will be the price? Meanwhile, Nick must find the killer before he strikes again, as well as find out who he really is.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 10 - Can't Run, Can't Hide
    8.5/10(54 votes)

    #11 - Can't Run, Can't Hide

    S2:E10

    Highly respected parole officer, Casey Brooks, is the prime suspect in the investigation of a murdered Vietnam veteran. Nick Knight is certain he has encountered Brooks in the past and flashes back to wartime Vietnam to discover Brooks' true identity, along with the dark secret that could ruin the parole officer's career. But the investigation changes course when Nick's prime suspect nearly becomes the next victim.

    Director:Jon Cassar
    Writer:Ron Taylor

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  12. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 11 - Capital Offense
    8.5/10(54 votes)

    #12 - Capital Offense

    S2:E11

    Nick and Schanke apprehend a convicted murderess on the run from Texas authorities when an anonymous tip leads them to a rental car agency. Nick believes she may be innocent, however, he must prove it before she is extradited and put to death for her crime.

    Director:Timothy Bond
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 26 - Crazy Love
    8.5/10(43 votes)

    #13 - Crazy Love

    S2:E26

    Soon after a psychopathic killer, Peter Barlow, escapes from a mental institution, a patient's body is discovered on the hospital grounds -- the victim of a brutal and vicious murder. The following day another patient's body is discovered. Both crimes match Barlow's M.O., and Nick Knight is determined to prevent another murder. But, Nick's quick arrest of Barlow proves there is a different killer at large. Now he must find a new connection between the victims and the murderer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:William Schmidt

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  14. Forever Knight Season 3 Episode 13 - Fever
    8.5/10(38 votes)

    #14 - Fever

    S3:E13

    A scientist is murdered and a lab rat escapes when industrial espionage goes awry. But far worse things begin to happen when the lab rat, infected with a newly engineered virus becomes Screed's next meal. Designed to combat HIV, the virus becomes lethal to vampires as it multiplies and intensifies each time they "feed". As the virus spreads rapidly through the vampire community, it infects Vachon, Nick, and LaCroix. Nick races agains time to find the killer - while Natalie struggles to find a cure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Forever Knight Season 1 Episode 18 - Feeding the Beast
    8.3/10(58 votes)

    #15 - Feeding the Beast

    S1:E18

    Nick goes undercover to investigate the murders of members of The Twelve Steps, a support group for addicts. Can his sponsor help him with his addiction, or is she out to kill him too?

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Forever Knight Season 1 Episode 21 - 1966
    8.3/10(55 votes)

    #16 - 1966

    S1:E21

    During a hostage situation at the police station, Nick recalls his life in East Berlin (as the American Nick Thomas), where he helped another family in crisis while they helped him search for the Abarat, an ancient book of miracles that may contain a cure for vampirism.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brad Wright

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  17. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 1 - Killer Instinct
    8.3/10(55 votes)

    #17 - Killer Instinct

    S2:E1

    While investigating a series of bizarre murders, Nick discovers that an ancient evil from his past is behind the crimes. LaCroix, his former vampire master, has returned to the city in search of Nick, his one-time pupil The murders, coldly orchestrated by LaCroix, threaten to uncover Nick's sinister secret when he is arrested as the prime suspect. With the help of his partner, Don Schanke, and the department pathologist, Natalie Lambert, the only mortal who knows his true identity, Knight escapes. Now an outlaw, he must track down the killer and find LaCroix before he is forced to give up his dream of regaining his mortality.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 3 - Stranger Than Fiction
    8.3/10(64 votes)

    #18 - Stranger Than Fiction

    S2:E3

    Life imitates fiction when Emily Weiss, the best-selling author of a series of vampire novels, is attacked by a crazed fan. Her works are amazingly true to life, leading Nick to believe that she may know more about the vampire community than she says. LaCroix, the leader of the community, sees her as a threat and declares that she must die and Nick must carry out the decree. Nick, however, finds that he is falling in love with this woman. She is the only mortal capable of understanding what it is like to live in eternal darkness, and she would go willingly into his waiting arms if asked. The time has come for the truth and the fiction to become one, and her fate rests in Nick's hands.

    Director:Clay Borris
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Forever Knight Season 3 Episode 7 - Hearts of Darkness
    8.3/10(38 votes)

    #19 - Hearts of Darkness

    S3:E7

    A patron of the Raven is found dead, apparently killed by a vampire in unusual circumstances. The woman at the scene has no memory, and there are no clues. Nick must find the vampire-killer before he strikes again, while keeping Tracy out of trouble. For Tracy is aware it is a vampire, and is searching for the killer, too.

    Director:Clay Borris
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 2 - A Fate Worse Than Death
    8.2/10(56 votes)

    #20 - A Fate Worse Than Death

    S2:E2

    Jannette turns to Nick for help when Julie Beamer, a young "lady of the evening" whom she has befriended, is murdererd. However, Nick finds his hands tied when there isn't enough evidence to hold the prime suspect. Once a working girl herself, Jannette is outraged by the lack of "justice" and seeks to quench her thirst for blood when she learns the killer may have been Mason, her friend's pimp. When Mason and a fellow cop turn up dead, Nick traces the murders to Celeste Morgan, a seemingly innocent girl trapped in a life of prostitution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 22 - Curiouser & Curiouser
    8.2/10(52 votes)

    #21 - Curiouser & Curiouser

    S2:E22

    When Nick efforts to stop a robbery without using his "vamp" powers causes a death, he becomes consumed with guilt. Nick's life seems to spin out of control and nothing seems as it is. Things truly become curiouser and curiouser.

    Director:Jon Cassar
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Forever Knight Season 2 Episode 24 - Baby Baby
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #22 - Baby Baby

    S2:E24

    Serena, a victim of Nick's immortal bite from the past, has a plan to regain her mortality. According to ancient legend, a vampire will become mortal if she bears a mortal's child. But to conceive, the mortal must possess an extra chromosome and will be murdered soon after conception. When Trilling, who possesses the magic chromosome, is arrested for murder, Serena provides an alibi to get him out of jail. Fully aware of Serena's plan, Nick struggles to solve the murder -- torn between reconciling the wrong he did Serena and preventing yet another murder. But his actions, along with the reasons behind them can never be revealed.

    Director:Geraint Wyn Davies
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Forever Knight Season 3 Episode 11 - Sons of Belial
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #23 - Sons of Belial

    S3:E11

    A routine investigation into a suicide leads Nick and Tracy to an exorcist. As they witness an exorcism, Nick is overpowered by a terrible evil. Unable to control himself, Nick turns to LaCroix for help. But even LaCroix is powerless in the face of this evil, and at Nicks request, takes him to the exorcist to help free him from the Son of Belial.

    Director:Clay Borris
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Forever Knight Season 3 Episode 15 - The Games Vampires Play
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #24 - The Games Vampires Play

    S3:E15

    While investigating the murder of a virtual reality software designer, Nick finds the vampire game he created fascinating. Inside the game, Nick finds the killer waiting, daring him to try and find him. Playing the game he searches for clues, but finds himself intoxicated by the vampire feeding instead, feeling his lust for blood and killing reawaken. The closer he gets to solving the crime, the closer he gets to wanting to losing control and killing again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Forever Knight Season 1 Episode 6 - Dying to Know You
    8.1/10(70 votes)

    #25 - Dying to Know You

    S1:E6

    The wife and daughter of a well-known philanthropist are kidnapped and held for ransom, and psychic Denise Fort is brought in help Nick and Schanke with the case. Her powers are genuine, and therein lies the problem: she keeps picking up flashes of Nick's "other life", and Nick feels torn about whether or not to reveal himself to her, since she thinks it's a sign that she's having a breakdown. Nick's recollections of a similar situation in Puritan New England make him determined that Denise won't share th e fate of his mortal friend from that time.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Close Call" is the best rated episode of "Forever Knight". It scored 9.1/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Clay Borris and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/22/1995. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "A More Permanent Hell".