Sookie gets a werewolf bodyguard, Sam’s thieving family tracks him down in Bon Temps, and Bill switches his loyalties to the King of Mississippi. And that’s not even the half of it.
Perhaps I’ll start with the most disturbing part of this episode which was the end. Well, I’ll start a little before that. After Bill sets Lorena on fire at the end of the last episode, we see that she’s a bit crispy but essentially fine. Both Talbot – and to a lesser extent Russell – are peeved about the violence in their house. Talbot is distraught that the Celtic tapestry has been ruined and Russell wants Bill to put his fangs away in his house. We learn that Lorena is the one who recommended Bill to the King. In return, Russell promised Lorena that she could watch as he killed Bill’s human. Will Lorena ever learn? Or more accurately, will Bill ever learn to stop provoking his maker? She’s taught him this lesson before with his wife and now Lorena wants to teach it to him again with Sookie.
When Lorena turned Bill over a century ago she warned him that he could never return to his old life. Bill defies her and goes to visit his wife Caroline and their children only to learn that his son has died from the pox and his daughter is sick. His wife is distraught and overcome with grief to the point that she asks Bill to kill her when she finds out what he is. Lorena won’t allow it and commands Bill to glamour her. Caroline will never know Bill was there. She’ll keep thinking he was killed in the war.
Bill finally admits that Lorena has won. She’s stripped him of his freedom, his home, and his humanity. But at least Sookie will live. Although Russell made a promise to Lorena, he will honor his promise to Bill. Bill tells Lorena he’ll never love her before he bites her. Then they proceed to have very violent sex. The only reason I won’t say he raped her is because Lorena clearly wants him. She says she still loves him but the only way Bill can keep going is to turn her head completely around. It was very disturbing and violent. I know Bill is a vampire but I didn’t expect this kind of behavior from him. I guess it further proves that he really has lost all vestiges of his humanity.
Back in Bon Temps, Eric purposely takes the bullet Sookie meant for the wolf. The wolf sees the blood and turns back to his human form. Eric holds him off but it’s not long before the wolf gets some V in his system. Sookie hears the name Jackson in the man’s thoughts and Eric tells her “he knows” although Sookie doesn’t know what Eric means. Eric and Sookie ask the man some questions but he tells them nothing. After Eric sees the Werewolf Nazi symbol on the man’s collarbone he kills him. He tells Sookie he wouldn’t have been able to control the man with the V in his system but Sookie doesn’t believe him. But now that she knows where Bill is, she wants to leave immediately.
Eric can’t go to Jackson but asks Sookie to wait a day before she leaves. Although Eric will be able to feel it if Sookie’s in trouble there’s no way he’d be able to get to her in time so he sends Alcide to her. At first it looks like Alcide might attack Sookie. Her back it to him and she hears his thoughts as he approaches. But all is well. Eric has asked him to protect Sookie and she’ll need an in to get anywhere with the werewolves. Alcide isn’t a friend to his particular pack – in fact, he thinks they’re a cancer to his kind – but his ex is dating their leader so he might get somewhere with them.
So they set off for Jackson where Alcide takes Sookie to Lou Pines, the oldest were bar in Mississippi. When they split up Sookie gets into trouble almost immediately but she finds one of the werewolves responsible for kidnapping Bill. Alcide comes to her aid when it’s clear he’s going to harm her and the bouncer has to break it up. He also lets it slip that Alcide’s ex is getting engaged to Cooter. He thought Alcide knew.
Sam, somewhat disenchanted by his birth family, decides to return to Bon Temps. He’s surprised to see them show up at his bar the next night even though they discussed taking some time apart. Sam buys them dinner but Joe Lee soon takes advantage of his son’s hospitality and is serving shots to himself and Tommy. Sam puts his foot down. Tommy is underage and Joe Lee is drunk. When it looks like it might come to blows, Mindy steps in and convinces her men to leave. Later that night Sam is woken up by an alarm. It looks like Tommy came back to rob the place. I can’t say I’m surprised. Sam’s family seems like they’re very bad news.
Speaking of bad news, Tara and her creepy vampire Franklin are having mind-blowing sex. Tara tells Franklin he can bite her but he won’t do it because she wants him to. He asks her where her rage comes from but Tara refuses to give him any answers and won’t even give him her name. She usually doesn’t do one-night stands or vampires. Later, he tracks her down at Sookie’s house and glamours her into letting him in. He’s going to be big trouble. Even Jessica has trouble dealing with him earlier that night when he shows up at Bill’s. He tells her it’s his job to find things and wonders if she’s lost anything recently. Big trouble, I tell you. Jessica is at a loss without Bill around. She laments that no one ever tells her anything.
Know who else is clueless? Jason. He is so intent on becoming a cop he talks to Hoyt about it. As he half-heartedly studies for the exam – and gets every question wrong – he questions of there’s an easier and fast way to become a cop. He also tells Hoyt to move on from Jessica and find someone who can handle Hoyt’s “heat.”
In other relationship news, Arlene visits the doctor who tells her that she’s nine or ten week along. I can’t say that I am well versed in Bon Temps time, but I would say that would make the baby daddy Rene. Uh oh. Terry thinks Alrene’s going to dump him – and she wouldn’t be the first – but instead she tells him she has a baby on the way. Terry misinterprets and assumes he’s the father. For now, it looks like she’ll let him keep thinking that. You just know that’s going to blow up in her face.
Yet another dead body turns up in Bon Temps. Bud is so fed up he quits. The body has no head and no hands – looks like the handiwork of a vamp. I think we can assume this is Jessica’s dead trucker.
Other stuff:
- Russell asks Bill why he hasn’t turned Sookie into a vampire. He tells Bill that is real commitment.
- Sookie pays for Egg’s funeral and tells her it’s time to come home.
- Vampires really seem to like Yvetta. Not only did she participate in the six-hour boink-a-thon with Eric recently but now she’s currently having lesbian fun with Pam.
- Jason almost gives himself away to Tara. He’s so adamant about not being there the night of the shooting that Tara starts to get suspicious.
- Eric gives Lafayette a very nice car. He wants Lafayette to consider cultivating his loyal and wealthy clients. What does Eric have in mind? Lafayette is wise to be wary.
We’ve got a two week break until a new episode of True Blood and I think I need that much time to recover from this week’s episode. What did you think? I want to see where things are headed with Bill but I want him to try to hold on to some humanity. It’s clear even he doesn’t like himself right now. Things with Eric and Sookie look like they're about to heat up and Franklin will be nothing but more trouble for at least trouble and probably a few more people. I hope Sam can get his family out of his hair. I don’t think he wants to know these people. And good luck to Arlene. Terry deserves better then what she’s giving him right now.
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