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The Dresden Files
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| Title: | Storm Front |
| Episode Number: | 8 |
| Season: | 1 |
| Season Episode #.: | 8 |
| Production Number: | 101 |
| Original Airdate: | Sunday March 18th, 2007 |
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 Canada |
Mar 18, 2007 |
 United Kingdom |
Apr 04, 2007 |
 New Zealand |
Nov 07, 2007 |
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When both the Chicago Police Department and the High Council demand that Harry investigate the bizarre deaths of a crime boss and his girlfriend, two deaths lead to a string of them, all killed by black magic. Harry becomes the prime suspect and the target as he desperately hunts through the magical community of Chicago to find the man responsible before he ends up dead himself.
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| This was supposed to be the original pilot episode, but was pushed back to later in the season. Originally it was supposed to be a two hour long movie. This also was changed.
| This is the first episode not featuring Terrence Mann as Bob.
| Originally Dresden was supposed to drive a blue VW bug, which is seen in this episode in the garage, however Paul Blackthorne, who is 6' 3" tall would have looked awkward getting in and out of the bug so Dresden's car was changed to a beat up Jeep for the rest of the show.
| This is the only time in the series that we see 'Mister' Harry's cat. In the books Mister is a huge grey tabby. In the series he's an average sized orange cat.
| New Zealand played the original 2 hour pilot as their season premiere on November 7, 2007.
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| Harry: Look, if this is a personal visit, I uh don't do parties and I don't do love potions, so unless you have a serious job, the way in is also the way out.
| Harry: (narrating) The High Council; capital H, capital C. Cue ominous music. It's kinda like the Bar Association for wizards. They provide oversight, they administer the entrance exams, and try to basically keep all this magic stuff out of sight and under control. The 'good guys', theoretically. But cross them and you'll wish you'd never slung a spell.
| Harry: Mai... You're looking young today. You know someone your age shouldn't be eating that stuff.
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| You can see the major changes in the set of Harry's apartment in this episode. In all the other episodes it resembles more of a converted warehouse then an actual apartment. His apartment in this episode is much more neat and clean. Plus his workshop is a hidden room in the rest of the series rather then a trap door in the basement.
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| Kurmani: Let me guess a couple of summers ago you were a Jedi Knight and now you're a wizard named Harry?
Basically Kurmani is calling Harry a fan boy. First he references Star Wars (Jedi Knight) and then the Harry Potter Series (A wizard named Harry). In reality Harry Potter has nothing to do with Harry Dresden's name at all, as seen in the following line:
Harry: My father named me after Harry Houdini.
Harry Houdini is the most famous escape artist of all time, and Harry Dresden shows his own skills later in the episode as he easily escapes from Murphy handcuffs.
| Kurmani: What a nice resume you have there, Gandalf.
Gandalf is the infamous grey robed, white bearded icon of all things wizardly made famous by the novel and movie series The Lord of the Rings. You can not think of a wizard in this day and age without thinking of the classic illustrated image of Gandalf as drawn by Alan Lee.
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| In this episode Harry talks about the several kinds of magic. He mentions several types:
Summoning: As in demons or other extra-planar creatures as seen in Rules of Engagement.
Divination: A school of magic he uses often throughout the course of the season, especially in the episodes Birds of a Feather and Hair of the Dog. He uses it to gather information about his clients.
Enchantment: This has been used partially in the episode Soul Beneficiary, it's what caused Paul and Harry to think they were married, and be docile when normally they would fight. Love potions would fall under this category.
Thaumaturgy: As seen in the Boone Identity and Soul Beneficiary, it is considered dark magic. Thaumaturgy involves messing with the life functions of another living being ie. Voodoo. Also referred to as 'Night Magic'.
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| Storm Front:
Storm Front was Jim Butcher's first book and introduced Harry Dresden and his world back in April of 2000. The title itself has two meanings, the physical storms that the evil wizard uses to fuel his powers and the common analogy of storms. Storms are often seen in reference to conflict and misfortune, just as battles are often referred to as on coming storms.
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