Current air date: August 26, 2010
The basics (from tvguide.com):
Synopsis: In the series finale, Mick and Josef team up with other area vampires to protect their secret identities after a murder investigation threatens to expose them. The crime in question occurs when a vampire kills a human in a moment of passion.
Written by: Ethan Erwin and Kira Snyder
Directed by: Fred Toye
Original Air Date: May 16, 2008
Guest Cast:
Abigail Spencer: Simone Walker
David Blue: Logan
Heather Stephens: Emma Monaghan
Jonathan LaPaglia: Jackson Monaghan
Eric Winter: Benjamin Talbot
Jacob Vargas: Guillermo
Claudia Black: The Cleaner
Erika Schaefer: Lisa
Matt Riedy: College Chancellor
My own thoughts about this episode:
Well, first, let me heave a big frustrated sigh
that The CW decided to jump from The Mortal Cure to Sonata rather than ending their summer run of Moonlight episodes with Fated to Pretend. People watching Moonlight for the first time are gonna be soooo surprised that Mick's a vampire again, that he and Beth are now getting along, etc., etc., etc. 
Oh well. For the purposes of this board's episode discussion series, we're going to go with this one now, since that's the episode showing this week. But fear not, we'll do threads for all the other episodes. OK, now on to Sonata. Oh, man... so many emotions tied to this one. I cried buckets when it was over, because by that time we knew that the series had been canceled. But I also felt kinda satisfied. I felt that they'd done a decent job of tying things up while leaving a lot of interesting possibilities open (because, of course, they did not know when they filmed the episode whether or not the series would get a second season). I was very grateful that they brought the Cleaner(s) back, and I liked the way they introduced concepts like very long marriages and the vampire justice system. There was just so much here that could have been continued in interesting ways...
There are lots of great little moments, which I consider to be little love-notes from the writers to the fans: Mick and Beth dancing and joking about this being their fourth actual date (oops...maybe not).
Mick drinking blood orange juice with Josef, and talking about commitment issues. The thudworthy little scene where Mick samples Simone's blood, and his horrible embarrassment when Beth walks in on them. 
Mick baring his fangs at Emma. 
Flirty Mick talking to flirty Lisa the cheerleader, and her offhand comment about the artery she goes for. 
The vamp meeting, and the break-out caper, especially Logan yelling "Leeeeeroy Jenkins!" 
The Sacred Ass Paddle 
and Beth saying, "Karma!" 
And, of course, that final scene between Mick and Beth, which tore our hearts out and then put them back in. Their hard conversation, Mick's moment of anguish in the hall, his profession of love, and that kiss...
and Mick shutting the door, leaving us on the other side to dream and ponder and imagine... and write reams and reams and reams of fanfic. 
I'm a little at a loss for words here. This is the one episode of Moonlight I've watched less than five times. I love it, but it hurts like hell to watch it. I cannot listen to Gavin Rossdale's "Love Remains the Same" without getting tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat. It was the end, but it left us lots of room to imagine how things went from there... and for that I will always be grateful to Kira and Ethan, who obviously loved these characters as much as we do.
Links:
http://www.tvguide.com/episode-recaps/M ... -7078.aspx
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212044/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonata_(Moonlight)
... You're so right about phoning Emma... Mick and Beth (or anonymous blond chick, whoever) WERE on the phone to one another... they could have just as easily called Emma... 
