'True Blood': Meeting the sun
The penultimate "True Blood" episode of the season, unlike the Emmy Awards it aired against, was a bit of a snore.
Bill comes storming into Fangtasia because he senses Sookie is there and in trouble, but Pam awesomely takes care of him with ease. Love her. While Pam is busy spraying Bill with loads of silver, Eric's little Russian fling from the premiere episode randomly breaks Sookie out and helps her escape. Under questioning, Pam reveals that Sookie was supposed to be a gift to Russell. As Sookie and Bill drive back to Bon Temps, Sookie announces that she's basically over all of this vampire drama. Considering all the crap she has to go through, I don't blame her. The sex can't be THAT good.
A Sookie-less Eric goes to Russell to confront him about the murder of his parents. Russell, by the way, is still holding the glass jar o'Talbot guts. Which is perfect. Eric offers Russell daywalking, presumably by giving him Sookie's blood. The two vamps manage to intercept Bill and Sookie on their car ride home and bring them back to Fangtasia. Eric (and Bill) convince Russell that he will be able to walk in the sun if he drinks from Sookie, but he'll only go if Eric goes first. They both feed from Sookie and Eric demonstrates his daywalking ability via the Fangtasia security camera, and while he is fine for a few seconds he quickly starts smoking. Once Russell is lured out, a quickly immolating Eric handcuffs Russell to himself so they can meet the sun together. Eric, nooooooo!
Lafayette and Jesus are down from their V high, but an ecstatic Jesus wants to do it again right away so he can see his "people." Lafayette is against it, especially after seeing a vision of Jesus as some kind of crazy monster while they aren't under the effects of the drug. No lie, it scared the crap out of me, too. Watch out, Lafayette! That cute exterior is hiding something majorly weird. Later, Lafayette goes to Wonderfalls. Tell Jaye I say hi!
Now that Crystal has shown her true nature to Jason, she now has to explain to him exactly what a werepanther is and how it works. A befuddled Jason thought Crystal's only problems were that she was a meth dealer's daughter (and perhaps a shoplifter) but this goes above and beyond. Jason then finds out that cocky QB he's been sparring with is on V, as is half of his school. This is...random, pointless and boring. A bad storyline trifecta! After meeting with the hopped-up QB, he goes back home, tells Crystal he loves her and agrees to go back to Hot Shot with her.
Jessica and Hoyt are hot and heavy again, but not quite the hugs and puppies couple they used to be. You see, Jessica has tasted human blood and cannot go back to living on TruBlood alone. She confesses to Hoyt about the trucker, and he offers up his own blood to her so she won't have to hunt. And she accepts. After their reunion we learn that Hoyt's mother is in cahoots with Summer to keep Hoyt away from Jessica, and they aren't giving up yet. I mean, Summer showed him her best underwear and everything! They're practically married.
Sam is on a bad memory bender and goes to Merlotte's, burning bridges left and right with his employees and patrons alike. I feel like this self-destructive streak needed a bit more buildup, as Sam is generally one of the most stable residents of Bon Temps. Then he and Tara have sex, because that's a couple the audience was dying to see be revived.
Holly the witch takes Arlene out into the woods to brew up a concoction Arlene can use to end her pregnancy. Holly warns Arlene that if the spirit was meant to be born, there is nothing they can do about it. In fact, Arlene has all of the signs of a miscarriage but the fetus survives. If Arlene has Rosemary's Baby next season, I'm out. I mean it.
Also in this episode: Tara was there, but she was crying and at this point my brain blocks out all instances of Tara crying. ENOUGH. (I will say that Andy Bellefleur gets a nice moment in explaining to her his regrets over Eggs' death.)
Random thoughts:
Favorite quotes:
Bill comes storming into Fangtasia because he senses Sookie is there and in trouble, but Pam awesomely takes care of him with ease. Love her. While Pam is busy spraying Bill with loads of silver, Eric's little Russian fling from the premiere episode randomly breaks Sookie out and helps her escape. Under questioning, Pam reveals that Sookie was supposed to be a gift to Russell. As Sookie and Bill drive back to Bon Temps, Sookie announces that she's basically over all of this vampire drama. Considering all the crap she has to go through, I don't blame her. The sex can't be THAT good.
A Sookie-less Eric goes to Russell to confront him about the murder of his parents. Russell, by the way, is still holding the glass jar o'Talbot guts. Which is perfect. Eric offers Russell daywalking, presumably by giving him Sookie's blood. The two vamps manage to intercept Bill and Sookie on their car ride home and bring them back to Fangtasia. Eric (and Bill) convince Russell that he will be able to walk in the sun if he drinks from Sookie, but he'll only go if Eric goes first. They both feed from Sookie and Eric demonstrates his daywalking ability via the Fangtasia security camera, and while he is fine for a few seconds he quickly starts smoking. Once Russell is lured out, a quickly immolating Eric handcuffs Russell to himself so they can meet the sun together. Eric, nooooooo!
Lafayette and Jesus are down from their V high, but an ecstatic Jesus wants to do it again right away so he can see his "people." Lafayette is against it, especially after seeing a vision of Jesus as some kind of crazy monster while they aren't under the effects of the drug. No lie, it scared the crap out of me, too. Watch out, Lafayette! That cute exterior is hiding something majorly weird. Later, Lafayette goes to Wonderfalls. Tell Jaye I say hi!
Now that Crystal has shown her true nature to Jason, she now has to explain to him exactly what a werepanther is and how it works. A befuddled Jason thought Crystal's only problems were that she was a meth dealer's daughter (and perhaps a shoplifter) but this goes above and beyond. Jason then finds out that cocky QB he's been sparring with is on V, as is half of his school. This is...random, pointless and boring. A bad storyline trifecta! After meeting with the hopped-up QB, he goes back home, tells Crystal he loves her and agrees to go back to Hot Shot with her.
Jessica and Hoyt are hot and heavy again, but not quite the hugs and puppies couple they used to be. You see, Jessica has tasted human blood and cannot go back to living on TruBlood alone. She confesses to Hoyt about the trucker, and he offers up his own blood to her so she won't have to hunt. And she accepts. After their reunion we learn that Hoyt's mother is in cahoots with Summer to keep Hoyt away from Jessica, and they aren't giving up yet. I mean, Summer showed him her best underwear and everything! They're practically married.
Sam is on a bad memory bender and goes to Merlotte's, burning bridges left and right with his employees and patrons alike. I feel like this self-destructive streak needed a bit more buildup, as Sam is generally one of the most stable residents of Bon Temps. Then he and Tara have sex, because that's a couple the audience was dying to see be revived.
Holly the witch takes Arlene out into the woods to brew up a concoction Arlene can use to end her pregnancy. Holly warns Arlene that if the spirit was meant to be born, there is nothing they can do about it. In fact, Arlene has all of the signs of a miscarriage but the fetus survives. If Arlene has Rosemary's Baby next season, I'm out. I mean it.
Also in this episode: Tara was there, but she was crying and at this point my brain blocks out all instances of Tara crying. ENOUGH. (I will say that Andy Bellefleur gets a nice moment in explaining to her his regrets over Eggs' death.)
Random thoughts:
- Eric and Pam are totally my OTP. Their relationship is so fabulous.
- This episode was a bit of a letdown, considering it was the penultimate one of the season. I mean, was Jason and the druggie quarterback really necessary at all? Here's hoping they manage to pick things up for the season finale in two weeks.
- Love the "In Memoriam" tribute to all of the bloody, disgusting killings that have taken place on the show. Timely and gross!
Favorite quotes:
- "This is not just about your relationship, you infatuated tween. There's a bigger picture." - Pam, to Bill
- "My, oh, my. To lose the one man I ever loved because you miss your Mommy and Daddy, well that is a kick in the pants." - Russell, to Eric
- "You know I love you more when you're cold and heartless." - Eric, to Pam
- "It's fairies. F***ing fairies. Who knew?" - Russell
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I couldn't stand all the side plots with all the drama going on with Eric. There is only so little the writers could write about the main plot!? Please let me see more of eric and sookie. I will kill myself and never watch this show again if eric dies in season 2. NOT HAPPENING
I think this episode deserved a little more credit than you gave it, Carrie!
For me, one of the best scenes was the conversation between Bill and Sookie in the car ride back from Fangtasia (before being stopped by Eric and Russell). Bill loves Sookie and he sees that trust she has in him, going down the drain. Remember the shower scene from an earlier episode with their blood going down the drain? Quite the metaphor, eh? Bill doesn't want to lose Sookie but he knows it's happening. It was a desperate plea from Bill to Sookie to try to start over. Sookie's reservations about that ever being able to happen were quite evident. She's been told not to trust Bill and I'm sure being chained in Eric's basement gave her time to really think about her life with vampires. Even though she played along with the "let's pretend," her heart wasn't in to it, and Bill was trying so hard. It was sad. And who didn't love Bill wanting to be a third grade teacher?
Also, I found that Tara's confronting Andy, and his apology to her to be the beginning of her healing. It's about time! She can't blame Andy or Jason for what happened to Eggs.
It may not have been the most exciting episode of the season, but a lot was accomplished in it. I actually even liked Jason confronting the HS football player about using V. Jason at least had a brain, which he often lacks.
@wxy... Eric didn't die in season 2. He won't die in season three, either.
@BillFangGirl I'm not sure that Sookie was playing along. As far as I could tell, Bill was playing along without ever telling Sookie. Sookie seemed genuine in her hatred of Bill (and Eric).
@BillFangGirl: Here's my issue, which I'm sure comes across in the recaps -- I find Bill deadly boring. This partly comes from the books, and partly because of the way his character is written on the show as well. (Also, Stephen Moyer doesn't do anything for me in the role, despite how charming and cute he is in interviews.) Therefore, I am always struggling to find a connection to the character. The only time I can remember actively liking him and thinking he was interesting was at the beginning of the season when he was all "bad" and shunning Sookie. I thought that was a compelling take on him and had potential to be a good storyline for he and Sookie, but they erased that entire story in like 30 seconds. I find their relationship without depth and frustrating, which is why their conversation in the car didn't resonate with me.
the Russian stripper that Pam dealt with started in the Drop of True Blood short that came on before the season started. It was a call for strippers for Fangtasia, and she was the best of the "choices".
ok so sookie is a fairy does that make her the dumb ***** fairy and what about jason is he the dumbass fairy im just askin
b***h*
How about when Yvette tells Pam she's a cardiologist?
And Yvette helping Sookie wasn't out of the blue. She was pissed because Eric left her out of his will and called her a, "gold-digging w_h_re"
I mostly liked this episode.
Tara realizing that eggs (left lowercase on purpose) basically wanted to kill himself hasn't seemed to help her any. I thought she was going to be awesome (which would be a huge switch for her) and help Sam like he's helped her so many times. But nope she just gets drunk with him and hops into bed.
Carrie, you might not like Bill. But at least he's not the horrible, selfish, messed up jerk that Tara is. She might think Vampires are awful but she's a terrible excuse for a human-being. I almost liked her when she sortof killed Franklin and saved Sookie, but that's waaay over now.
I really wish Franklin had turned her, she might be ok as a vampire. Sort of in the Pam mold but not as well dressed.
I'm not a Bill or Eric fan, so if Eric wanted to take out Russell and enter the light like Godric I'm all for it. Then it leaves the door for Alcide; go Alcide. He and Sookie have CHEMISTRY.