There are a couple of aspects to the TV show Moonlight that I'm coming to expect as regular facets. Beth will run away from any serious relationship with Mick. Josef never tells the whole story. You can't trust the hired help not to be in on any plot against your life. And Mick will get his vampire rear handed to him by mere mortals.

Sleeping Beauty had all that. But despite this, it had plenty of good points to keep me entertained.

The title of this episode, Sleeping Beauty, refers to two women: Coraline, who Beth staked in the last episode, and Sara, Josef's long lost love.

Did I mention that this episode is Josef heavy? Oh yes. I'll pause to let out a squeal of glee.

Okay, moving on.

The episode starts with Mick and Beth in the hospital, both seemingly concerned over their friend 'Morgan' and her accident. The doctor on staff confirms that Beth missed the heart in her attempted staking, proving that while our favorite reporter may be a budding Lois Lane, she's no Mina Harker.

In a rather unconvincing display of head scratching, the two of them say that they have no idea how she got in an accident, rather than just saying that she fell on a broken piece of kiddie furniture. Which she did, in a way.

At this point, Coraline's plot sort of falls by the wayside. Mick comes to visit her once when she wakes up to badger her about a cure for vampirism, to which she whines that she became human for him. Shouldn't that be enough? Or is it all about Beth? And then later on, we see that she's transforming back into a vampire before disappearing from the hospital.

But for the most part, this is Josef's story.

In New York City, Methuselah sends a hit man after Josef and insists that his hired goon burn the body. The thug comes through by mowing down Josef's Friday night poker game, and then torching his office. (On a side note, the vampires play for blood. Mick later says that he was supposed to be at that game. Since he doesn't drink human blood, what does he do with his winnings? And what does he play with? And why do I feel like they need to be playing for kittens?)

Josef's death sends Mick and Beth hot on the trail of his killer. And while I have no doubt that Josef survived, Mick isn't so sure. When Beth shows up at Josef's burned out office to work, Mick is understandably upset. Watching Mick lash out at Beth serves as a good reminder that even if he is a vampire, he's still very human.

To the surprise of no one, except possibly Mick and Beth, we find Josef alive and squatting in Mick's apartment. When Mick walks in, Josef gives him an impatient look and demands that he and Beth help find Josef's killer.

Using Beth's Buzzwire contacts, they trace the hitman back to Methuselah in New York. Josef takes off, and Mick and Beth follow to find him and protect the old man. Once there, they get the whole story of Josef's failed attempt to bring his human girlfriend across and the fact that the old man out to kill Josef was Sara's father. Mick stops the hitman from killing Josef at the last second, and Josef decides to spend a few days in New York with his comatose love before returning to LA.

With a few hours to kill in the big apple, and their problems seemingly left behind on the west coast, Mick wants to go do something fun with Beth. But with her mind full of Josef and Sara's failed relationship, as well as a convenient excuse in the form of Josh and the breakup dance, Beth elects instead to take an earlier flight back to LA.

The good:

It's wonderful to have a Josef heavy episode. And one that gives us clues into his complex character. For a long time, we've caught glimpses that Josef had a tender heart buried beneath his self-absorbed exterior. This episode showed Josef at his most vulnerable, and explains how the old vampire became so cynical.

The bad:

Once again, Josh shows up to act jealous. I have heard a rumor that he and Beth are dating. But he only seems to show up when Mick is conveniently around so that he can argue with Beth about it. So it's no surprise that Beth is forgetting their dates.

Also, Sophia Myles isn't that old. She doesn't need all her scenes shot through a fuzzy filter like Barbara Walters, does she?

The conclusion: Thank you for giving us Josef. More please?