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PLEASE NOTE THAT MY THREAD CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM BOTH THE BOOK AND THE SERIES. STOP HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT DETAILS FROM ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE GENRES.
The Very Good: As always I can't get enough of Eric and Sookie together. Anyone who has read book #4 "Dead to the World" knows where this is going and are at the edge of our seats waiting for THAT scene to happen. And as much as Alan Ball strays from the script, he better know this is NOT the one scene from the book to overlook. I just hope it happens soon because Eric and Sooki give off enough heat to power a small country.
Along with those 2 vampires, it was really touching to see Jessica and Bill together again. I suspect that Bill will never turn Jessica into the cold heartless bee-yotch that Eric's prodigy Pam has become (although don't change one thing about Pam - I love that she has more screen time). They come across more like Poppa Vamp and his baby girl vamp.
As for Bill - that was pretty heartless with issuing the "True Death" to anyone caught feeding on video tap. BTW that idiot from the video with the tattoo on his arm - that's a real website. I'm sure more will be found on it. Kinda makes me wonder with Bill killing vampires caught on video AND his baby girl Jessica now figuring out how to cheat on Hoyt so she can feed on others - makes me wonder when she will be caught on tape. Bill seems like a heartless bastard at times but even he knows better than to mess with Nan Flannigan. I'd love to know Nan's back-story.
I also found it interesting about how Bill and Portia's relationship has progressed. For those of you who don't know who Portia is, she's Andy Bellefleur's sister and according to the book she was some hoity-toity chick who did all the debutante stuff. It seem Portia suffers from the same low self-esteem as her brother - to offer herself as a sex toy to a man who is clearly in love with another woman. Bill wouldn't even feed off of her.
BTW, although I'm a bit upset that they killed off Claudine (Claudine like Sophie, Queen of the Louisiana Vampires, had more storyline past the 4th book of the series. But Alan unloaded them abruptly) but I loved how the show ended with the very classic line "You Killed My Fairy Godmother". Only in Alan Ball's campy TV show could a line be said like that without seeming stupid.
The Good I'm really digging the witches but they slipped a notch with that bizarro scene where Marnie was attempting to summon the spirits by herself. It really came across as a time filler. But I love that the Witches are already showing signs of internal conflict with those who back Marnie 100% and the breakoff of Jesus and Lafayette. Lafayette already knows what it's like to deal with the wrath of Eric and really wants to do everything feasible to not cross that guy again. Bringing Tara into this fold means you have a woman who hates vamps with a vengeance. Watching Lafayette, Jesus and Tara interact is like watching a modern day "Road to Morocco" where Bing & Bob are lovers while Dorothy Lamour has a major chip the size of Montana on her shoulders.
The so fricking awful I wish I could fast forward thru this awful crap: There is just nothing nice to say about this whole Jason/Crystal/Inbred Were-panthers series. I really wish Alan had read the book and stuck a bit more to the storyline but unfortunately he killed one of the major players from the book storyline off last season (Calvin Norris) and now he's dug himself into a whole with this massively awful storyline. And although it's not uncommon to have rape a part of a TV show storyline, this was one that will go down in the record books as the absolutely WORST case of rape on a TV show EVER! What scares me is Alan is really going someplace where NONE of us want him to visit - which is having Jason father were-panther babies not just with Crystal (which happened in the book) but with every inbred female hick that lives in Hot-Shot. When they showed the rape scene (and yes it was rape - when one person is drugged and bound to the bed PLUS is saying "NO" - that is rape or what looks like Gang Rape). Do we really want a True Blood where Jason is the father of a dozen were-panther babies who all happen to be born around the same time but with different mothers? I hope Alan Ball finds a way to clean up this yucky mess and make ALL of the were-panthers go way except one - which would be Jason. Jason has proven his acting abilities with the great storylines he had the first 2 season (Season #1 where they thought he was the Bon Temp serial killer and Season #2 when he went to Fundie nut-job Christian Camp). Why would they waste a terrific actor with such a wretched storyline. My wildest fantasy for how this story ends is that Jason visits Sookie, bringing along the baby he had with Crystal while back in Hot Shot a massive Meth Lab blow up occurs wasting the entire town of Hot Shots with all the residents in it. I will admit that having Jason as a supe would be great plus him raising a baby will only be TV fun in the future - only if he does it without anyone else from that god-awful town.
In Other News Only one scene with Terry, Arlene and the crazy baby and it was actually interesting. I knew that the baby doll toy that was shown at the end of season #3 would be back in the picture. It might be interesting to see how it all turns out since Jessica and Hoyt mentioned how the dolls keeps reappearing after it's been thrown away. Makes you wonder what Mamma Fortenberry is up to. Perhaps she has a collection of these dolls and just puts another one in the house when one is destroyed. BTW nice to see Jessica is still working there. As much as I rag on the current Arlene storyline, I do love the Chemistry between Bon Temps two favorite red-headed Merlotte Waitresses.
Seriously, please do a flashback with how Tommy ended up with Maxine Fortenberry. I mean the story is starting to get annoying and I feel it's a big waste of talent with Tommy playing this brat that screams "Please love me" and then does sneaky crap behind everyone's back. For those that didn't see next week's previews - seems like Mamma Micken's is back in the picture. This woman could really turn the whole Maxine/Tommy/Sam storyline around. Plus, Dale Raoul (Maxine) is another one of those very-talented but way underused actresses that is on the show. We all knew a Maxine in our lifetime, that noisy neighbor that annoys the bejesus out of you, and Dale Raoul just brings this woman to life. Very talented actress!
Chris Bauer is one of the most underrated actors on True Blood. Even though this year Andy Bellefleur isn't a part of any major storyline, I can't get enough of him when he's on TV. He's the type of guy that can fit well with any group of Supes and I love how pathetic he's become now that he's a V addict. Give me more Andy PUL-LEASE!!!
Strangely absentNot much storyline with all the new shapeshifters (and potential girlfriend) friends of Sam Merlotte. But it was nice to see Sam and Tara together again - those 2 have a ton of chemistry together and I kinda wish they would hook up again.
FINALLY Joe Manganiello gets his name in the opening credit. I mean how can you use this guy as a major promotion for your show but then keep his name in the closing credits for all the bit players. Although we only had a short glimpse of Alcide this week, having moved from Jackson to Shreveport, it was a good view. And it's nice to see Debbie Pelt back in the picture. Even though she's clean of V, you know she's still pissed at Sookie for killing her Cooter. I guess with Joe's name in the opening credit and Alcide living local to Bon Temps - we'll see much more of the hunkiest werewolf on TV.
Would love to hear your thoughts!
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