Question:
Do you believe that Lacroix actually staked Nick?

Elysamarie

Nah... of course not... Lacroix took the stake and bopped Nick over the head with it... knocking him out. Then he stood there trying to figure out what to do with Natalie. He could leave her there to die. Then she would be out of his hair and Nick's... er unlife. He could then hope that Nick would get over her eventually. That would be the easy way out. He could bring her across, risking that Nick would never forgive him and that Natalie would make a badly adjusted vampire. (then they would both be whineing) Or he could get her to a hospital and save her. Being a Cousin Light, that's what I think would have happened. Then what a nice 4th season we would have watching Nick and Nat finding out that each other were still alive (not right away, we could drag it out a few episodes) and Uncle getting involved (not in a mushy way, of course)... and we could dig up Vachon and even Tracey, who was rescued at the last minute and would have had to be brought over. We could watch Vachon or Lacroix teach her to become a Vampire (We never did learn those "how to become a Vampire" details) Maybe it would cure her of the "perks" a little bit.... But waahhhh, it's not gonna happen because they cancelled the series... and it's over. I think I'll go read some fan fiction now.

Barb Erickson

Yes. :(

Marg Rothschild

Nah, I don't think LaCroix could do it. I like Ger's answer - that LaCroix hit himself in the head with the stake and didn't stake Nick.

Gwynn Holloway

I don't believe that he staked Nick. He fought too much to keep Nick in line. He needed Nick as much as Nick obviously needed him throughout the whole series.

Michelle Bischof

I don't know if I can bring myself to believe that Lacroix would kill his own son after all the trouble he's been through, trying to get him back. On the other hand, Nick's misery was so great, I don't know if I can see Lacroix forcing him to live with it. I think I'm torn between Lacroix's seemingly cruel nature and his hidden compassion for Nick.

Farah

NO!!!!!!!! Lacroix would rather drink Holy Water or torch himself. He might do it for fun, and then take the stake out and scold Nicholas for asking him to do such a thing in the first place. But no I don't believe Lacroix would actually stake Nick, but then there was that time in Be My Valentine... but that's a whole other situation - Lacroix's heart was involved.

Mary

If it was the end, yes, and Nick and Natalie found each other and their happiness "somewhere else." If it wasn't the end, no, because the rising sun stopped him (the shutters weren't closed), and TPTB can take it from there with the movie.

Reva

Okay I think there are two answers for this question. One for if the series would continue and one if it does not. Okay if by some miracle, the series did continue then no I don't believe Lacroix staked Nick but rather incapacitated him temporarily. I have afeeling it won't continue so my final answer is yes, I do believe Lacroix staked Nick. How could he refuse a final request? Nick had never been so emotional in his presence so Lacroix knew he was serious and gave him this form of mortality. I think both of them realized with Natalie's death Nick could not continue his search for mortality since she was his inspiration. Somehow, I think they ended up together "forever."

Julie

Of course not. Natalie woke up just before it happened and the three of them went off together to another country.

Karan

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Do I make myself clear?

Cousin Michelle

In one word..... No Have a good week everybody!

Rainey

OOOhhh, that's a hard one to answer, of course, I want to say "NO!", but I know LaCroix well enough to know that he would stake Nick, simply because Nick confessed that Lacroix was his "closest friend", something that Lacroix had wanted to hear for so long... I do think that this is the first time we ever see Lacroix very emotional, I think I mentioned this a couple of days ago, but when he's giving Nick the "peach" speech, he starts to sound as though he's choking up at the words "Nemnock(sp?)'s tortured souls", which brought me to tears, but even though I don't want to, I do believe Lacroix staked Nick. (sniff, sniff) arrrgggghhhh!

Amanda Berendt

Simple......no. We didn't see it, so it didn't happen.

Cindy Brewer

No,I don't believe LC staked Nick. :-) Simply because no matter how angry he got at Nick I don't think he could ever kill him. Wound him savagely yes, kill his son? No. :-)

Annette

I would like to believe that LaCroix did not stake Nick. I would also like to believe that Nick found peace with himself and stopped suffering over his fate. Unfortunately it was obvious this was not going to happen, so I do believe LaCroix cared enough about Nick to actually end his suffering and granted his final wish.

Cyndi Sherrill

Never! He convinced him of the folly of his ways and dragged him kicking and screaming to his "coffen" before the sun came up. On a personal note, LaCroix can drag me anywhere he wants...

Edna Walker

Do I believe that Lacroix staked Nick? ***NO****

Chris Baxter

Actually I think for maybe the first time in his utterly self-absorbed unlife LaCroix does something that isn't fundamentally designed for his own benefit and he does stake Nick. I think when Nick called him his "closest friend" he pretty much called his bluff as well, and forced LC either to let him go or face his own long standing hypocrisy on that subject. But thinking about this led to thinking about how that beyond the final scene might play out after the "Damn you, Nicholas". Or at least I think he starts to stake him but stops when he realizes that Nick _has_ become mortal after all (those normal human tears, you know). At the same time Nick realizes that Nat isn't in as bad shape as he thought, just stunned by the instant replay of 800 years of Nick's love life. While he's absorbing this new development LC answers the phone to find Captain Reese explaining that there was a terrible mix-up at the hospital (due to hooking her up to the gimmicked monitoring equipment used on Nick in NiQ) and Tracy is still alive. What's more, he has just been handed a report from Internal Affairs stating that Schanke and Captain Cohen were not on the plane that crashed after all, but jumped the plane together and have been living in sin, and in San Diego for the last two years. He would have called sooner, but has been dealing with the matter of mysterious empty body-sized holes appearing in the ground down at the waterfront. LaCroix thanks him, and in a moment of frustrated magnanimity he mentions that Doctor Lambert is herself in need of a doctor, and passes the messages on to Nick. Reeling from these revelations (and a bit drunk on Nat's blood if the truth be told, or he would have known she was all right and that LC wasn't any friend of his), Nick stumbles into the table, knocks the remote to the floor and steps on it, opening the blinds permanently and flooding the room with the light of that rising sun in the last shot. Shaken by realizing he has done a nice thing LaCroix's reactions are slowed and he is incinerated by the sunlight. This effectively removes him as a factor in Nick and Nat's mortal lives, and without that threat they can get on with the normal problems of finding out how to live without being able to fly and with being compared to 800 years of old girlfriends. Not everybody's idea of a happy ending, I know, but it works for me. <g> It brings everybody back, gives Nick and Nat a chance, and puts LC back in the flashbacks where IMO, he belongs. However, I'm a Knightie, I can be magnanimous. I figure after a couple of hundred years of being old and powerful and dust under the radiator, LC can recover from being killed this time too, and go look up Janette who will probably have resolved her new-found questions about being a vampire. But that's Ok, by then Nick and Nat will have lived out their mortal lives in as much peace and happiness as such folk can find, (and I think that's really quite a lot :-)).

Sharon Bauman

No, I don't believe Lacroix actually staked Nick. It would be contrary to Lacroix's motives. He has always wanted to bring Nick back into the fold, so to speak, and to kill his "son" would be anathma to him. That is why "Last Knight" was so difficult to believe - storyline wise.

Barbara Stanley

Yeah. I realize that it's totally out of character for him, and that there are a million reasons for him not to do it. But, I think Nick's quest finally got to him and he did it out of "love".

Sami Swan Thompson

Nope. Don't believe it for a second. They're just teasing us.

Nik

Hey, he did stake him in Curiouser and Curiouser, didn't he? Sometimes a Daddy's gotta do what a Daddy's gotta do.

Tabithil

When I first saw Last Knight, I thought he did, probably because of the following scene of the sun rising, symbolizing a new beginning perhaps. After considerate thought, my belief now is that he staked him, but not fatally, sparing his life to later knock some sense into him.

Sandra Gray

Yes. I don't think he had any other choice since he'd lost Nick.

Michael Gallandt-Oakes

NO! I don't care what the script said, in my heart, he could never kill his son. Of course, I'm in such denial that even if I saw it with my own two eyes, he didn't do it. :)

Jseamans

No! I refuse to believe he was staked. I also refuse to believe that Vachon, Tracy and Natalie are dead. It never happened!

Karen

I agree with those who see the possibilites of future storylines in life after Last Knight. It really was a very good episode. My "own little world" accepts that Lacroix did follow through with Nick's request, but finds Natalie and Nick returned to the "real world" because it wasn't their time. Another possibility is that Lacroix couldn't bring himself to do it and impales the stake into the floor next to Nick. Lots of consequences here, including Nick forcing Lacroix to attempt to bring Natalie over, Nick even more resentful of Lacroix for not destroying him and letting Natalie die (not a favorite of mine, but it could work) and on and on. There are more ideas from creative people that post here and elsewhere. I won't go into them, but I guess the answer to your question is :...maybe....

J Aldred

Nope. Hasn't ever, won't ever, can't ever. Too used to the angsting episodes and flights of fancy from Nick.

Lady Marissa

No way, they can't just end it like that. There has to be more, and in order for there to be more, they can't kill off the most loved T.V. vampire.

Janet Bernice

No, I don't think LaCroix staked Nick; I think TPTB filmed it the way they did for potential new shows/movies, or whatever, in spite of what the SciFI people say. (The entertainment biz always does a lot of double talk.) Also, after all the references LaCroix made to how Nick is his son and he annoys him because Nick doesn't appreciate their special relationship, it would be out of character for him to stake him. He'd probably just go away for a while, if he was pissed.

Tessa Orrison

Much as I hate to admit it, I do. I am past the denial stage. I'm into bargaining. I'll do anything to get Nick back! Anything! But I'm off the subject. LaCroix killed Nick because he loved him, and it was what he wanted. He could have thought of us, *sob*.

Julian Luna

No I don't believe he staked Nick... and the sun rising made me believe Lacroix backed out... for some reason I also do not think Natalie was killed. But the sun rise sort of gave an idea that both remained alive.

Barbara

Eveyone seems to forget that Nick staked Lacroix at least 3 times. If he survied, why can't Nick be staked and survive. He survived Divia's attack which was worse! Besides that, wouldn't it be interesting if Nat became one of the clan? Maybe we could all sign up FOREVER?

StephiLyn

I'm at the point now (one year after "Last Knight"), where I believe that LaCroix DID stake Nick... but I think that he didn't kill Nick. LaCroix just wounded him enough to immobilize him, so he could knock a bit of sense into him by hitting Nick on the head (very hard) with another piece of wood, so Nick would have a permanent case of amnesia, and not remember his life as a Toronto homicide cop. LC also got Natalie to the hospital before sunrise, and packed Nick into a large trunk and shipped him out of Toronto, and LC plans to keep him away from Toronto for five years or so. Perhaps they caught up with Janette somewhere and Nick must now spend his time helping her readjust to life as a vampire, because Janette is, in a sense, Nick's "daughter" and Nick wouldn't be so callous to simply abandon his own "child" after he had brought her across. Well...that's what I think, anyway! :-) Thanks for the good questions, Frederic! They're a lot of fun to think about and answer.

Vic

No. I don't think he could've killed his son. Lacroix loved Nick too much to do that. Also, if Nick was dead Lacroix would die of boredom, having no one to torment.

Kimberly K

No, because Nicholas had gone through much in the past (including killing past loves). Also, Lacroix would've been alone. Between those two things, I think Lacroix would more than likely just give a 'lecture.'

Melinda Cadarette

LaCroix probably lost his temper... I seriously don't know he was so mad that he would hurt Nick. Either way he wasn't going back to Toronto in a long time.

Navidia

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies. Actually, that is the question of all questions. I think that he did. I really don't want to believe that it happened. But I think we all know that it did. I think that it was the way for Lacroix to let go, and let his humanity out.