The vampires embark on a road trip from which they may never return.

What a lot of fun this is! While there’s a backlog of Vampiric Council stuff to do at hone, the housemates haven’t been on a holiday together for decades and accept the invitation to go to Atlantic City to celebrate their friends’ anniversary. Of course, when you’re a vamp you need take your homeland soil with you or you’ll lose your powers.

All’s going well. The girls are watching the Rat Pack (Nadja thinks it’s the original members, who she used to hang about with), Colin is boring the punters at the card table and Nandor is transfixed by a Big Bang Theory slot machine. But when housekeeping accidentally throw away the vital soil, and Laszlo racks up a $7K debt, an Ocean’s 11-style ruse is required.

The cleverness of this show is that you could drop the characters into literally any situation and it would be comedy gold. And what fun there is to be had in a casino.

Verdict: A change of scenery gives our vampire f(r)iends the opportunity to be fish out of water in a new environment, and they each get their moment in the sun… actually, that would be a really bad idea. 9/10

Nick Joy