1990

S1.E1 ∙ Children of the Night

Fri, Sep 28, 1990

American brothers, Max and Chris, arrive in a small European town to spend the summer with their eccentric uncle Gustav. Max becomes sure that their uncle is a vampire and goes to see the rich local businessman Alexander Lucard for help.

6.7 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Double Cross

Fri, Oct 05, 1990

Gustav's old friends Peter and Anna Dyson arrive for a visit. Meanwhile, Lucard finds out that Max has taken the Cross of the Magyars which prevents vampires from entering Gustav's home from the house to be blessed.

6.6 /10

S1.E3 ∙ The Vampire Solution

Fri, Oct 12, 1990

Gustav and a former student of his concoct a mixture, a solution called quinidrine, which should reverse all effects of an early vampire bite.

6.8 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Boffin

Fri, Oct 19, 1990

While Sophie and Chris skirt around the relationship issue between them and finally end up on a date together, Max meets a clumsy, but brilliant, scientist who has made it his life's work to invent items for battling the undead.

5.6 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Double Darkness

Fri, Oct 26, 1990

An old enemy is out to take down Lucard, though his actions cause unusual problems for a member of the Helsing family.

6 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Black Sheep

Fri, Nov 02, 1990

When a man named Paul Yeager loses his wife to Lucard's second-in-command, Klaus, he attempts to enlist Gustav to help him kill the vampire, but Gustav is strangely unwilling to help. Meanwhile, the children go on a treasure hunt.

6.1 /10

S1.E7 ∙ What a Pleasant Surprise!

Fri, Nov 09, 1990

When Helsing learns that Lucard is buying an old theater in town, he investigates to find out what the vampire's true interest is in the place.

6.6 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Damsel in Distress

Fri, Nov 16, 1990

After a loved one falls under the sway of Lucard, the Helsing family must fight to save her before it's too late.

6.5 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Mind Over Matter

Fri, Nov 23, 1990

Gustav appears on "Cleo Talk" to debunk a professional psychic, Lana Zorro, but she astounds him when she is able to read his mind. Meanwhile, the kids find Dracula's tomb.

6.5 /10

S1.E10 ∙ A Little Nightmare Music

Fri, Nov 30, 1990

The rich and famous Contessa de Suarez has chosen Sophie to be her guide while she's in town. When Sophie learns that the Contessa is staying with Lucard, she grabs Uncle Gustav's vampire hunting equipment and rushes to the castle.

6.4 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Get a Job

Fri, Dec 07, 1990

Chris lands a job with a local art house, run by a lovely art dealer named Julia, who also happens to have dealings with Alexander Lucard.

6.6 /10

S1.E12 ∙ The Great Tickler

Fri, Dec 14, 1990

Helsing invites lounge performer Mycroft Tickler home for dinner, only to discover that he is brother to Magnus St John Smythe, the bungling inventor of the anti-vampire laser gun, and that Lucard has invited him to dine at the castle.

5.7 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Bad Blood

Fri, Jan 18, 1991

Lucard gets sick after drinking blood from a young thief and sends for Dr Gabor Varney. The cure is a compound found only in the waters of Paquette spring. Helsing and Max follow the dying Lucard to the springs to destroy him.

7.3 /10

S1.E14 ∙ Sophie, Queen of the Night

Fri, Jan 25, 1991

Sophie gets turned into a vampire. Can the family cure her before she fully succumbs to the curse?

7.1 /10

S1.E15 ∙ My Girlfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble

Fri, Feb 01, 1991

Sophie's love interest turns out to have a girlfriend, who arrives from America for a visit.

6.3 /10

S1.E16 ∙ My Fair Vampire

Fri, Feb 08, 1991

Inspired by Pygmalion, which the musical My Fair Lady was based on, Lucard decides to turn a ditsy woman who works for him into a true lady. Meanwhile, Gustav's old senile friend claims that vampires are preying on his old folks' home.

6.3 /10

S1.E17 ∙ The Decline of the Romanian Vampire

Fri, Feb 15, 1991

Max releases Klaus by accident so he traps both Lucard and Gustav in a room with a time bomb.

6.3 /10

S1.E18 ∙ I Love Lucard

Fri, Feb 22, 1991

Max gets the offer to publish his first novel only to realize that it got switched with the one from Gustav's friend about true identities of vampires hiding among humans. Meanwhile, Lucard invites the author and his wife to dinner.

6.3 /10

S1.E19 ∙ Bats in the Attic

Fri, Apr 26, 1991

Gustav investigates why the schnitzel he ordered from a restaurant never arrived. Meanwhile, Lucard discovers that someone is creating subpar ghouls. Also, Max and Sophie start an experimental band which, surprisingly, gets big in Europe.

6.1 /10

S1.E20 ∙ My Dinner with Lucard

Fri, May 03, 1991

A clip show in which Lucard invites everyone to dinner and they remember the misadventures they had together throughout the season. However, Gustav remains suspicious.

7 /10

S1.E21 ∙ Klaus Encounters of the Interred Kind

Fri, May 10, 1991

When the boys' mother arrives at the end of summer to pick them up and take them home, they learn that she has a new business partner - Klaus. Gustav discovers a time hole in Lucard's castle that keeps Lucard young.

6.1 /10