sentences:  The pilot introduces Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin), a private investigator who has been a vampire for over 50 years; Beth Turner (Sophia Myles), St. John's love interest; Josef Kostan (Jason Dohring), St. John's mentor and friend; and Coraline Duvall (Shannyn Sossamon), St. John's ex-wife and sire.Private investigator Mick St. John dreams of being interviewed by a woman off-camera, where he reveals that he is 90 years old, and that unlike other vampires, he does not hunt women, children or innocents.Mick's job leads him to the scene of a murdered young woman, who had been pregnant with twins, and where Beth, an online newspaper reporter for the "BuzzWire", notices two large puncture wounds on the woman's neck.