Monday, August 2, 2010

True Blood: Hitting the Ground by Kara Howland

Wow. My fingers are practically falling off from all that fast and furious note taking. Talk about non-stop action. Let’s get right to it.

Lorena Dies a True Death

I don’t know about you but Tina Charles and I are very glad she finally met her demise, and at Sookie’s hand. Not only did I dread her every appearance but she polluted Bill in my opinion. I still have trouble believing he had sex with her earlier in the season – which, I think, in True Blood time was last week. It still makes me shudder. Thank God She’s Dead (TGSD). I don’t know if she met her demise this way in the books but I say good riddance.

Alcide Kills Cooter

Debbie is looking like such a crack whore these days. Not only is she going through serious V withdrawal when she stumbles upon Alcide, Sookie, and Tara trying to make a getaway with their vampire burrito but that little encounter gives us some good back story on the two former lovebirds. Alcide refused to get Debbie pregnant because he didn’t want his kid to be a wolf. Very interesting. And where did that gun come from? It’s very telling that he refuses to pull it until Cooter shows up. When Alcide kills Cooter Debbie vows to hunt him down. I can’t wait to see that.

Russell Beheads the Magister, But Not Before He Gets Married

Just as the magister is about to pierce Pam’s eyelid with a sterling silver earring from Tiffany’s – and don’t you know it Pam is a Tiffany’s kind of girl – Eric barges in. It is so nice to see Eric come to her rescue, finally. Pam was definitely a trooper and managed to keep her sense of humor throughout her confinement. The magister learns Eric is now loyal to Russell after he turns on his Queen. When the magister tries to arrest Sophie-Anne, Russell will have none of it. As the magister threatens to report Russell to the “authority” the magister finds himself on the very table he used to torture Pam. Russell claims he’s the new authority in town and demands that the magister marry him. After a bit of torture from his own device, the magister relents and weds the King of Mississippi to the Queen of Louisiana. Russell states that he only recognizes the law of nature right before beheading the magister.

Tara Thinks She Turns Bill Into Ash

Sookie opens up her arm and gets Bill to drink. But she gets more then she bargains for when Bill overpowers her and nearly drains her dry. And the kick is that he doesn’t even remember it. When Tara discovers Sookie motionless in the back of the truck she kicks Bill to the curb. And what’s strange is that he doesn’t start steaming up immediately. It shocks Bill too but as the truck pulls away, he starts to get crispy and quickly takes shelter.

Sookie Discovers a Bit More About Her Powers

That might be overstating things but we do seem to learn a little more. In her strange dream state (heaven?), Sookie meets Claudine. She tells Sookie she’s in the hospital and that they must refill her cup. Sookie has had this drink before. A woman emerges from the pond and we learn the pond is deeper then we can imagine. After some dancing, Sookie needs to take a break. Claudine doesn’t want Sookie to go back. When Bill shows up in Sookie’s hospital room, day turns into night in the dream and all the other people (or beings) quickly get into the water. Sookie can’t swim so she can’t join them. When she collapses in the dream, Sookie wakes up in real life after Bill has given her his blood intravenously. And she starts screaming. The last thing Claudine said to her in the dream was that “he” would take her light. Can she mean Bill or is there something else out there that wants it?

Sam Saves His Brother From Their Parents

Sam finds the location of the dog fights and approaches a man who is guarding a dirt road. I have to admit to liking the persona Sam adopts when he has talking to that back road hick. I didn’t like the words coming out of his mouth but I did like his cocky attitude. It made him hotter. And that only made me want to see him in a better story line. I’m just not appreciating this one. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad Sam put an end to that dog-fighting ring. Now I’d like to see Tommy stop being so bratty and I’d love to see a new love interest for Sam.

Jason Is A Love-Sick Puppy

Even though Jason claims he was in love with Lizzie Caplan’s Amy, I think this is truly his first time. He was a love virgin before now. I had to laugh when Jason wondered aloud of Crystal was named after the champagne. First of all, Jason, that’s Cristal not Crystal. Hoyt (oh, it’s so good to see him) thinks maybe Crystal’s middle name is Meth. I had to laugh. So as not to watch Jason mope around the house, Hoyt suggests Jason pay a visit to the drug dealer Jason apprehended when he first saw Crystal. It turns out the Tdub is Crystal’s cousin. And he’s happy to give Jason information on Crystal if Jason will get him some meth. He’s jonesing bad.

Summer Makes Her Intentions Known to Hoyt

She’s adorable. While I kinda want to hold out hope for a Hoyt and Jessica reunion, I have to admit to warming up to Summer. Her little vampire joke at the door is so cute and I love that she’s baking for her man. Well, the man her man could smell like. Sorry, I was thinking about all those awesome Old Spice commercials. She’s thinking about the man she wants to make hers. Summer wants Hoyt to be her boyfriend. Now that she’s made her intentions clear she goes about sprucing the place up.

Other things I found interesting:

- I think it’s kinda awesome that Hadley whispers something about Sookie in Eric’s ear that we don’t hear. And it’s so interesting that Queen Sophie-Anne really doesn’t want Eric to know that secret. I can’t wait to find out what it is and when he’ll talk to Sookie about it.

- Sookie’s parents didn’t die in the flood. What? If they didn’t die in the flood, how did they die? And why?

- Sookie doesn’t have a blood type. Her body rejects O, the universal donor. She also wasn’t born in a hospital.

- Lafayette prays over Sookie, using words from the Inuit.

- Andy knows he’s made a huge mistake in letting Jason become a cop in training. Like, duh.

Is this really the end for Sookie and Bill? I hope not although I have to admit to wanting to see her with Eric or Alcide or both. And Halleluiah and we’ve gotten our Tara back. It was fun watching her be so scared by Franklin – who, by the way, can’t be dead yet. Tara didn’t stake him or cut his head off. But it’s nice to see Tara fighting for her friend and being pissed when Jason undermines her authority. And what do you think will happen when Russell discovers that Sookie is gone? It’s gonna be awesome.

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