Elain-ee This series is up against some stiff competition, airing as it does during the same era as Being Human, Vampire Diaries and True Blood. It is also following up on the heels of some classic supernatural television, namely Buffy the Vampire Slayer and X-Files.What it does well at is keeping up a suspenseful plot arc and terse dialogue that keep things moving. At times, the dialogue crosses the line from terse to vague and clichéd though. All the actors seem highly competent, and manage to stay in their roles even when given poor lines - thankfully, this isn't a problem in every episode.What I really noticed while watching this is how poorly its style and special effects compare to similar other shows. Both X-files and True Blood are favourite shows of mine and both obviously did a lot of research to keep up with the fashion, music and lingo of their time. By comparison the music, conversations and fashions in Blood Ties seems like they were pulled from a 1995 Style Guide - or worse still, from a Sears catalogue! The intro song, in particular, sounded so cringe-ingly outdated that I had to mute the television every time it came on. It's a shame, because Canada has some great cutting-edge music and fashions to choose from but in this series, it's painfully obvious that the budget (and imagination) needed to track it down just weren't there.However, I think that most of these flaws stem from Canadian underfunding of television and the arts. When will this country's government get with the (television) program and realize that, by denying its budding stars a decent stage to shine on at home, it is driving all of its talent away? Probably never... it has been a huge problem for decades. Still, Blood Ties gives one the sense that talent still exists in Canada, even if it is doomed to languish in a latent form.

youngcub I was surprised to find this show, I hadn't seen any advertising for it at all. I'm a big fan of Tanya Huff the author of the books this series is based on, so naturally I thought I'd give it a chance. The stories are entertaining and the chemistry between Henry(Kyle Schmid) and Vicki (Christina Cox) is amazing, even more amazing is that she also has a great chemistry with Mike (Dylan Neal). I'm not sure who I'm rooting for, but whoever she chooses I'd happily take whoever was left. I can only hope that the powers that be put the time, effort and of course money into keeping this show on the air. So often in the past particularly with a Canadian show they give up. Well lots of groups have been yelling for more Canadian content on Canadian television, so let's give it to them, in the form of Blood Ties.

siege223 I love Blood Ties. I go over to Lifetime.com to watch the 22 episodes almost daily. What I like about the show is that it's fun, quirky, sexy, a little campy, dramatic, and did I mention sexy? I have a crush on all three of the main characters/actors--Vicki, Henry, and Mike. I love the racially-diverse cast. I love the witty dialog. I love how given a low production budget, they were still able to make the show more of a fantasy based show with pretty good special effects. Potential-wise, this show's first 22 episodes are very similar to the first 2 seasons of Buffy, and I would love to see in what direction the show evolves.

mysticnox The chemistry between the actors is amazing. This show has a good chance of becoming a cult hit.And Henry... well Henry is everything a modern vampire should be. Charming, overconfident, powerful, incredibly seductive and sexy, educated, and very dangerous. He is Lord Byron, Percy Bysche Shelley, Don Juan, and Jim Morrison. He can bite me any time. Men need to watch this show to see exactly how they should be doing it. The seduction I mean.He's just incredibly sizzling hot. I imagine the actor thats playing him has learned a lot about how to truly seduce a women just from this little bit working on the show.Wow, just wow. I REALLY hope this show continues. I find myself waiting with baited breath until next week when they show the new episodes.Before this, Supernatural was my favorite show but I haven't felt the "can't wait until next week" thing with any show since Charmed.Excellent. Just excellent. Please please don't cancel this show Lifetime.