Question:
What was the most evil thing Lacroix ever did to Nick?

Ken Kapoor

Letting Natalie live for so long. :)

Tricia Fleming

I forgot the name of the episode or what season it was, probably the first season, but it was about when Nick arrived in Germany during WWII and was trying to find a certain book in an old library. The people who were in charge of the library and trying to leave Germany, helped Nick try and find the book. Instead, LaCroix, got to the book first and burned it. The book was supposed to get rid of curses.

June

Haven't seen them all, but of the ones that I've seen that's an easy question to answer..... it's a toss-up between when he brought Nick's nephew to see Nick while he was 'feeding' & when he wouldn't help Nick w/ Alyssa (was that his wife's name?) I think they were equally *evil* things to do!!

Tracey Millington

In my short knowledge, my opinion would be having him kill his companion/dog long ago. I felt he did it in spite that Nick cared for the dog more than he and to make him cold and unemotional. That is my humble oppinion.

Reva

I think the most evil thing Lacroix did to Nick is bring him across in the first place. This set in motion a turn of events that inextricably linked them. Among actions I consider cruel are the many times Lacroix made Nicholas think people had betrayed him which then caused Nick to take revenge. This happens in numerous episodes. I love the fact that their relationship can be read on many different levels - father and son, brothers, enemies and of course Nick's closest friend at the end. Despite the fact that Lacroix has hurt Nick so many times, Nick cannot help himself and always comes back for more. This is evidenced by the fact that he chooses to listen to Lacroix's radio monologues.

Jennifer Hardwick

Not bringing Nat over when he had the chance!!!!!!!!! Valentine ep. But you know there were sooo many things he did that were evil; making him kill his dog, let him accidently kill his wife, etc, etc, etc. You know I actually got to the point of waiting to see what LaCroix would do next.... it was always soooooo devine to see the pleasure he got out of torturing Nick. And Nick could be such a whiner! Of course I love Lacroix's character over Nick's; but that is just me! ;)

Sharon Bauman

LaCroix doesn't strike me as evil, rather more sadistic in his actions toward Nick. Of the many deeds LaCroix has perpetrated upon Nick [forcing Nick to kill his dog after some low-life vampire bit it; destroying key elements in Nick's search for mortality;] I think the most evil thing LaCroix did was to not "school" Nick in being a vampire. Yes, LaCroix waxed eloquently about the thrill of the kill, etc., but he never seemed to get to the heart of what being a vampire is all about. If LaCroix had been more open with Nick about how he [LaCroix] felt about being a vampire - since he'd been one so much longer - Nick might have been more understanding. There still could have been all the angst and conflict between the two, but without the adversarial aspects to their love/hate relationship. [Father/son relationship]. And Nick might have been able to come to terms with his being a vampire. But worst, LaCroix didn't teach Nick how to bring someone over across without botching it every other try! After 800 years, Nick should have known how to do it properly! Argggg.

Layni Green

He made Nick a Vampire.

Beverly Turner

I would have to say taking Andre to see Nick at his worst. Isn't LaCroix cool when he's evil! :)

Lisa Burstiner

There have been so many! I guess first and foremost the most evil thing Lacroix did to Nick was to bring him across and take away his mortality. Some will argue that Nick went willingly, but that doesn't change the fact that through Lacroix's actions, Nick lost his humanity, at least temporarily. But two specific instances that come to mind are "Love Her to Death," in which Lacroix tricks Nick into killing the young ballet dancer by making Nick think she is a harlot, and "Capital Offense," in which Lacroix feeds off the nun who has helped and befriended Nick, thus increasing Nick's reluctance to befriend mortals.

Jody A

I think that the most evil thing Lacroix has done to Nick is taking pleasure in tormenting Nick and not helping Nick deal with the conflict of his conscience and the animalistic pleasures of vampirism. If this is why LaCroix chose to bring Nick across in the first place, he couldn't have chosen better. LaCroix seems to revel in the battle of good and evil in Nick, testing the strength of each within Nick's persona. I also believe LaCroix deliberately skipped some lessons when teaching Nick about life as a vampire, especially concerning the bloodlust (learning when to control it etc.). I don't think until around the last few episodes LaCroix realized how much the conflict was beginning to make Nick tire of "living" (i.e. asking LaCroix to kill him in LK).

Jessica M Roop

I think the most evil thing LaCroix ever did was *all* the way back in Dark Knight 1 (or Nick Knight... whichever) when he tormented Nick about the cup, and refused to give it to him. ("The cup... or the girl?" Is that the right quote?) He knew Nick too well... Nick wouldn't let LaCroix kill the woman. He was definitely black mailing him.

Sheila A. Coneybeer

Coming back into his life.

Carolyn Alutius

Definitely the dog episode. That was just mean, making Nick have to kill his doggy. He was trying to get Nick to come out of the woods and be sociable again, but that was just, well, mean. (as an aside, I liked the whole Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reference.)

Richard Manly

The answer is so obvious, I'm surprised we're even discussing it. What could LaCroix do worse than put the bite on Nick's adopted son? He erased Nick's past then he robs him of his future. Ouch!

Julian Luna

KILL HIM!!!!!!!!!

Nightstar

Inviting Nat to dinner and almost bringing her across. He forced Nick to reject his feelings for Nat in public. This hurt both of them.

Lori

I think it would be bringing him across in the first places was pretty evil. I also think not helping him to bring his wife across wasn't to swell of him either.

Karen

Good question! This third season he was pretty tame. I vaguely remember the first two seasons and some of those episodes he was pretty vile toward Nick. Most of this last season he either annoyed with him or toyed with him. I think he was pretty bad when he killed that doctor friend of Natalie's in Fever and brought him back to show off to Natalie, but that wasn't Nick. I may write back later if I come up with more thoughts. :)

Marie

Well, I can't list *everything* because it would mean me having to write a book, but there are a few things that bothered me. 1) He wouldn't help Alyssa after Nick drained her. 2) He didn't bring Nat across in Last Knight when what's-his-face wouldn't 3) He won't ever let Nick and Nat be together because of what Nick did to LaCroix way back when LaCroix fell in love with Fleur. (Nick, being a brick, didn't realize that LaCroix would have probably let Nick alone for centuries to come if LaCroix had been able to bring Fleur across. After all, Uncle had *finally* found love! But Nick had to take it away from him (Bad Nick!). Go figure why Uncle won't leave Nick alone!)

Michaela Nastasia

One of the first 'most evil' things that Lacroix did to Nick was not telling him the correct procedure to bring accross a loved one. Nick ends up taking too much blood from his new bride on their wedding night. It's one hell of a honeymoon for Nick.

Genevieve Morrill

The last episode, when he just stood there, kill Nat, Kill Nat, Kill Nat, come on poor Nick was in pain and LaCroix was just plugging along, he loves Nik's sister once, yet he could not relate at all.

Chris Baxter

If you discount bringing him across without explaining the downside of vampirism, I'd say it was teaching him to hunt and kill humans for blood and amusement. I know LC regards this as the way of a righteous vampire, but it's the cause of Nick's unlife of self-hatred. It appears to be possible for them to feed without killing, or to live on the blood of animals, and perhaps if Nick had started that way, he could have been happy as a vampire. Other than that, I'd have to agree that coming back to life in season 2 really ruined Nick's chances of finding happiness and mortality.

Overshadow

I don't think that it could possibly be narrowed down to just one, for there are many like when he destroyed that book in germany, or when he fooled Nick into thinking that his attraction to that ballerina had been mistplaced or when he had a lower lvl of vampire bring nick's dog across, and these are just to name a few I could go on, it seems to me that there was no end to Lacroix ways of tormenting Nick which is why I'm suprised that he let him get away with it for so long.

D. Schmitt

Made his dog into a vampire dog.

Torsten Heyn

I think the most evil thing Lacroix ever did to Nick was to transfer him into a vampire 800 years ago. With this deed, he has cursed him to eternal darkness!

Michelle Bischof

That was definitely what he did to Raleigh in Blind Faith. I have always loved dogs. I had always had a certain fondness for LaCroix, but during that episode, I hated him with a passion. What he did to Nick's dog, who was the only creature willing to accept Nick for what he was, was beyond inhuman. He had no right to do that. I actually started crying when I realized that Nick would have to kill Raleigh. The same goes for when Perry attacked the police officer. My eyes just filled with tears, because I knew the instant that he growled, he was dead. Whenever I see scenes like that, I think about my own dog and the possiblilty of having to put her down.