***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Think of "THE X-FILES" in its first five seasons when they used to film the episodes in Vancouver, Canada. A lot of the episodes suggested that there was a lot of terror and strangeness in the dank wood lands that probably should have been left alone.
"WOLF LAKE" is exactly that, but the whole series focuses on this one premise. Lou Diamond Phillips plays John, a Seattle police officer who proposes to his girlfriend, Ruby. She leaves their apartment for some Chinese take-out and the next thing you know, she's being attacked by a stranger in her vehicle. Obviously, most viewers will be watching this show with the pre-advised knowledge that this *IS* in fact a show about werewolves, just so you won't be sitting there thinking "Huh?" to yourself whenever you observe a person who eyes suddenly turn yellow.
Ruby's eyes do just that, they flash yellow as she tries to fend off her attacker and you as the viewer will identify that she is in fact a werewolf, but John obviously has no idea about it. When he makes his way to her vehicle, she and the attacker are both gone, except for a severed hand.
Six months later, a mysterious phone caller advises John that Ruby's whereabouts were seen quite some time ago by a trucker in the town of "Wolf Lake". John decides to further his investigations by traveling to the town which can only be described as a small mountain town in the middle of a populated woodland.
And so the pilot for this series explores John's investigations as he is introduced to the town's residents and discovers for himself that something there is not quite right. He spots a white wolf that watches him from the dark. Residents are acting strange and nobody is talking. Several of the town's residents are most likely werewolves, but just who exactly? Something suspicious and mysterious about this place has drawn him in, and this is where the series will continue to take place.
Supporting roles are thrown in from several other television personalities such as Sharon Lawrence (NYPD BLUE), Scott Bairstow (PARTY OF FIVE), Stacy Edwards (CHICAGO HOPE), Tim Matheson (THE WEST WING) and Graham Greene (LONESOME DOVE) who portray some of the town's residents who may or may not have secrets to hide.
Besides the fact that this show follows in the footsteps of "NYPD BLUE" by warning viewers of 'partial-nudity' that includes 'butt-shots' and 'side breast-shots', this show doesn't exactly seem all that original in its content. I do commend the format of brushing off the stereotype that werewolves only 'change' at nights and on full moons by having the wolves in this show chase people through the wooden landscape in broad daylight. I also like the borrowed technique of the "PREDATOR"-visuals as we see the world projected from the eyes of the werewolf as infra-red objects that must be hunted down.
But just like John who has been drawn to the mysteries of "Wolf Lake", I too find myself drawn to the mysteries of this strange but promising new show. Let's hope that CBS doesn't cancel this one.
"WOLF LAKE" is exactly that, but the whole series focuses on this one premise. Lou Diamond Phillips plays John, a Seattle police officer who proposes to his girlfriend, Ruby. She leaves their apartment for some Chinese take-out and the next thing you know, she's being attacked by a stranger in her vehicle. Obviously, most viewers will be watching this show with the pre-advised knowledge that this *IS* in fact a show about werewolves, just so you won't be sitting there thinking "Huh?" to yourself whenever you observe a person who eyes suddenly turn yellow.
Ruby's eyes do just that, they flash yellow as she tries to fend off her attacker and you as the viewer will identify that she is in fact a werewolf, but John obviously has no idea about it. When he makes his way to her vehicle, she and the attacker are both gone, except for a severed hand.
Six months later, a mysterious phone caller advises John that Ruby's whereabouts were seen quite some time ago by a trucker in the town of "Wolf Lake". John decides to further his investigations by traveling to the town which can only be described as a small mountain town in the middle of a populated woodland.
And so the pilot for this series explores John's investigations as he is introduced to the town's residents and discovers for himself that something there is not quite right. He spots a white wolf that watches him from the dark. Residents are acting strange and nobody is talking. Several of the town's residents are most likely werewolves, but just who exactly? Something suspicious and mysterious about this place has drawn him in, and this is where the series will continue to take place.
Supporting roles are thrown in from several other television personalities such as Sharon Lawrence (NYPD BLUE), Scott Bairstow (PARTY OF FIVE), Stacy Edwards (CHICAGO HOPE), Tim Matheson (THE WEST WING) and Graham Greene (LONESOME DOVE) who portray some of the town's residents who may or may not have secrets to hide.
Besides the fact that this show follows in the footsteps of "NYPD BLUE" by warning viewers of 'partial-nudity' that includes 'butt-shots' and 'side breast-shots', this show doesn't exactly seem all that original in its content. I do commend the format of brushing off the stereotype that werewolves only 'change' at nights and on full moons by having the wolves in this show chase people through the wooden landscape in broad daylight. I also like the borrowed technique of the "PREDATOR"-visuals as we see the world projected from the eyes of the werewolf as infra-red objects that must be hunted down.
But just like John who has been drawn to the mysteries of "Wolf Lake", I too find myself drawn to the mysteries of this strange but promising new show. Let's hope that CBS doesn't cancel this one.