Network: NBC
Episodes: 10 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: October 25, 2013 — January 24, 2014
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Katie McGrath, Nonso Anozie, Victoria Smurfit, Thomas Kretschmann, Matt Barber, and Michael Nardone.
TV show description:
This horror/thriller series is a reimagining of the classic Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. It takes place in the late 19th century.
The mysterious Dracula (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has arrived in London and is posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society.
He’s especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night — a useful concept for someone who must avoid sunlight. He is aided by his loyal confidant, R.M. Renfield (Nonso Anozie).
Dracula has another reason for his travels however. He hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier.
Everything seems to be going according to plan until he becomes infatuated with Mina Murray (Jessica De Gouw), a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
Episode #10 — “Let There Be Light”
At long last, American entrepreneur Alexander Grayson executed a public demonstration of his miraculous electromagnetic resonator device, which promises to provide free, wireless electricity to all of London.
The demonstration was postponed after a previous attempt only a fortnight ago reportedly poisoned the surrounding neighborhood, causing children and elderly residents to become ill. Mr. Grayson insists that the poisoning was the result of sabotage, most likely by his rivals at the United Imperial Lubricant Company, although Scotland Yard has yet to find any evidence to support the claims.
This weekend’s demonstration, the second such attempt for Mr. Grayson, was to be his magnum opus, the result of years – possibly even decades – of research and construction that would revolutionize the world as we know it and put his oil industry rivals out of business entirely. What began as a day of triumph and victory ended as one of the most tragic and destructive days in London’s recent history.
At approximately 6:22 in the evening, moments after Grayson fired up his resonator to shed miraculous, wireless light on the entire district, the machine suffered a catastrophic malfunction. Grayson and his engineering team went to great lengths to evacuate the area as quickly as possible, and indeed the brave men spared many lives by doing so.
However, only five minutes after the machine was activated, a mechanical malfunction led to the largest manmade explosion in British history, centered directly in the heart of downtown London. The damage was catastrophic. At least a dozen people were killed in the explosion, and, while the numbers are still being tallied, estimates predict the number of injured persons to be in the hundreds, possibly even into the thousands.
Miraculously (and despite being in the belly of the beast itself during the explosion), Mr. Grayson managed to escape relatively unscathed, save for a few bumps and bruises. He is currently exiled in Carfax Manor and refusing to speak to the press, other than to briefly announce that he suspects foul play and sabotage to be the cause of the malfunction.
As London continues to recover from the horrific tragedy, hundreds remain missing. Most notably, Mr. Browning, a prominent member of British high society, has not been seen since the day of the explosion, despite the fact that Mr. Browning was not on site when the accident occurred. Miss Lady Jayne Wetherby is also unaccounted for, and she was last scene hailing a carriage toward the demonstration, only moments before the explosion. Also missing is Mr. Grayson’s right-hand man, Mr. Renfield, who was last seen returning to Carfax Manor on the day of the demonstration.
First aired: January 24, 2014. (Courtesy NBC)
What do you think? Do you like the Dracula TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Please do not cancel this show we were really enjoying this show
Are you people crazy!! WHY WOULD YOU CANCEL THIS PROGRAM?!? So different
from the other crap on tv. Really looked forward to each show. Get it together and
finish what was started, you’ll need to have a least one more season to complete the story
line.
Finally NBC gets it and airs Dracula. What a great series. I hope NBC doesnt cancel this great series. Enough of reality! I want this unique and classy series to continue!
I really enjoy the show Dracula. It is in my opinion the most beautiful love story. I love it and cant wait to see the next season.
It is so romantic and thrilling the story line is great.
This show should not be cancelled.
Intriguing and a superb change of pace from what is regularly shown on television. Keep the series! Good acting, interesting time period, and fun plot. I look forward to Fridays because this is the only television program I watch.
Please don’t cancel. Great show! Not many good ones anymore on Friday nites!!!!
PLEASE DO NOT CANCELL DRACULA I COULDN’T WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I ALWAYS WENT AND CHECKED IT OUT ON DEMAND BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT CAME ON. THEN THERE WAS NO MORE EPISODES THAT WAS SUCH A LET DOWN. JUST LIKE SLEEPY HOLLOW ALWAYS HAVE TO DISCONTINUE A GOOD THING.
This is the best show to come along since Lost went off the air.
This show is beautifully decorated, beautiful costumes & subperb acting.
Please let there be a season 2. I would get ansy waiting for 10:00 friday nights & when it came on, I was totally mesmerized and caught up in a romantic fantasy world that left me wanting more & more.
Please, please, please don’t end this show.
Please, please renew the show. I like the actors and it is different than the same old
Dracula movies.
Show is well done……..well written……well acted & compared to most of the mindless crap on t.v. It is a show well worth keeping. I would like to see it renewed
Have u lost it NBC? Why would anyone cancel Dracula? Everyone is bored with watching reality TV and ridiculous ‘End Of The World Zombies’ Dracula is above the league with an excellent cast that keeps me on the edge of my seat
I study, Dracula is my reward for discipline and change from dry tech stuff. Keep it! It’s so classy. There’s nothing else like it on tv. Love it.
Please renew this program. Great cast and storyline.