"Out of the Past" is the second episode of the first season of the American supernatural television drama Moonlight, which premiered on CBS on September 28, 2007 in the United States.

Beth is reporting for BuzzWire about Lee Jay Spaulding, a criminal being released on parole after twenty-five years in prison.

Many people believe that he did not commit the crime, including Beth's interview subject and friend Julia, who has written a book about Spaulding.

In a flashback to 1983, Mick is shown being told that a woman he had been hired to protect had been found dead.

Back at BuzzWire, Julia invites Beth to her book's release party, and shows her a copy.

Beth drops by Mick's apartment to give him a gift for saving her, but also shows him the picture.

He tries to save Julia, but as she runs away, she sees him being shot by silver buckshot, which is like poison to vampires.

Beth asks why she keeps dreaming about him, and then gets close enough to see that Mick is holding a bag of blood, which is smeared on his face and hands.

He still has his face angled away, but he finally turns to her, showing a shocked Beth his vampire visage and telling her what he is.

"Out of the Past" was seen by 8.04 million American viewers, receiving a 5.2 household rating and a 9% share of all televisions in use.

[2] Jen Creer of TV Squad criticized the writing, but said she felt that Sophia Myles was doing a "decent job of developing her character and embracing the material".