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Dracula: The Series

Season 1 · 21 episodes · Sep 29, 1990

  1. Episode 1

    Children of the Night

    Sep 29, 1990

    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...

  2. Episode 2

    Double Cross

    Oct 6, 1990

    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?

  3. Episode 3

    The Vampire Solution

    Oct 13, 1990

    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.

  4. Episode 4

    The Boffin

    Oct 20, 1990

    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.

  5. Episode 5

    Double Darkness

    Oct 27, 1990

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

  6. Episode 6

    Black Sheep

    Nov 3, 1990

    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.

  7. Episode 7

    What a Pleasant Surprise!

    Nov 10, 1990

    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.

  8. Episode 8

    Damsel in Distress

    Nov 17, 1990

    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.

  9. Episode 9

    Mind Over Matter

    Nov 24, 1990

    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.

  10. Episode 10

    A Little Nightmare Music

    Dec 1, 1990

    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.

  11. Episode 11

    Get a Job

    Dec 8, 1990

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

  12. Episode 12

    The Great Tickler

    Dec 15, 1990

    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.

  13. Episode 13

    Bad Blood

    Jan 19, 1991

    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.

  14. Episode 14

    Sophie, Queen of the Night

    Jan 26, 1991

    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.

  15. Episode 15

    My Girlfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble

    Feb 2, 1991

    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.

  16. Episode 16

    My Fair Vampire

    Feb 9, 1991

    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.

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    Episode 17

    The Decline of the Romanian Vampire

    Feb 16, 1991

    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.

  18. Episode 18

    I Love Lucard

    Feb 23, 1991

    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.

  19. Episode 19

    Bats in the Attic

    Apr 27, 1991

    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.

  20. Episode 20

    My Dinner with Lucard

    May 4, 1991

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

  21. Episode 21

    Klaus Encounters of the Interred Kind

    May 11, 1991

    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.