There was something so heartfelt and touching about this episode that it's going to be my new "happy place" to go to whenever I get a little bit down. It delved a little into the mythology about what happens when a vampire's master dies. Pretty lightweight stuff, considering we know this isn't the kind of show to let truly bad things happen to the protagonists. But it wasn't the plot that made me love the episode so much, it was the warmth.
The scene-stealing hellhound is back, and one of my all-time favorite actors returns in his original role. The special effects were charmingly cheesy, sort of 80s "Ghostbusters" level nostalgic goodness. I believe Cole Escola was the voice of one of the newly introduced creatures, and that whole sequence was a hoot. Guillermo took center stage as the hero, which is always fun to watch. The episode ended on such a darkly adorable sequence that I wanted to hug every character involved.
10/10 for the warm fuzzy feelings, for the dog, and for Nandor's incessant guilty wailing.