switchbladeeyes

That was back in a season 1 episode (I don’t remember which one, but I know the scene you’re referring to). “Near Death” in season 2 is clearer, I think. We’re not privvy to everything that happened or was said, but we are privvy to LaCroix telling Nick, “Give your life to me, and I'll give you ten thousand lifetimes in return. Your existence will be transformed in ways that mere mortals cannot even imagine.” And in the present in that episode, Nick ruminates that he has to live with his choice made 800 years ago; ergo, he had a choice.

I had forgotten that little scene. Maybe I repressed it because of Nick's awful wig. But, yes, that does establish that Nick had foreknowledge of what he was agreeing to.

I have to say, I like the first season scenes better. They did a better job of building the drama in the first season--I felt Janette and Nick's passion, it had more of a sense of realism and grittiness to it. There wasn't much about the Near Death sequence that felt like the back room of a 13th century tavern, but it was inserted there for a reason clearly. Nick had a choice, and he made a poor one.