switchbladeeyes

I'm definitely thinking of "Blackwing." I don't remember the police plot that well, but I do remember that Nick was healed, at least for a time, by Magical Native Peoples, which is the trope I was thinking about. I really feel like that can't compete against my desire to revisit vampuppies.

I took some photos of the coat (along with a few other things) a few months back and updated the post with the link if you're curious.

They just could have made more use of this potential. <--- THIS right here. What you said encapsulates my frustrations with the show. I can deal with the canon and continuity being a little all over the place, but there was so much they introduced that they could have done more with and that bugs me the most. Gah. I think it's been especially noticeable for me re-watching the show with someone who has never see it before. ("No, sorry, you'll never see that interesting character again." "Nope, they're never going to talk about that again, sorry." "Yes, that was a cool concept. They don't actually do anything with it after this." Etc.) Thank goodness for fan fiction!