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''Kindred: The Embraced'' is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game ''Vampire: The Masquerade'', the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May 9, 1996. The series focused on San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek (C. Thomas Howell) who discovers his city is home to numerous vampires while investigating alleged mobster, Julian Luna (Mark Frankel). Julian is the "prince" of the city, ruler of five groups of vampires in the city, collectively called "The Kindred". The vampires survive through the "masquerade", disguising themselves as humans, and Julian strictly enforces the laws that govern them to protect their anonymity. Julian and Frank form an uneasy bond as they work together to try to prevent a vampire war and Julian struggles with his romantic feelings for human reporter Caitlin Byrne (Kelly Rutherford). The eight episodes of the series have been released on VHS and DVD. ==Reception== ''Sci Fi Weekly''s Kathie Huddleston called ''Kindred: The Embraced'' a "cross between ''The Godfather'' and ''Melrose Place''" that held promise, but was very confusing to viewers with the five vampire clans and a particularly confusing pilot episode. While she felt the character of Frank appeared "to be pulled straight out of a bad cop film", she praised the character of Julian as a "multifaceted character who's both good and evil". Ken Tucker of ''Entertainment Weekly'' also compared the series to ''The Godfather'' "soaked in blood," calling it "knottily mystifying". Like Huddleston, he disliked the character of Frank, wishing he'd been killed by a vampire early in the series, while praising "the elegant, intelligent prince" Julian. Despite only running for a single season, the influence of Kindred: The Embraced and the related Vampire: The Masquerade texts, on modern shifts in the image of the vampire in popular culture has been noted by scholars such as A. Asbjørn Jøn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kindred: The Embraced」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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