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True Blood – Keep This Party Going

Eric interrogates Lafayette. Lafayette attempts to escape from the vampires. Jason goes to the conference in Dallas. Sookie makes the mistake of taking Jessica to see her family. Maryann seems to have quite an effect on the crowd at Merlotte’s.

An episode full of interesting plot lines and things are starting to hop again in ole Bon Temps.

Maryann seems to be some sort of witch. Either that or some kind of entity who can control emotions. She causes some pretty heady emotions at Merlotte’s and no one seems immune except Sookie who hears a voice doing some kind of Latin incantations from her mind. The situation with Eggs and Tara is interesting now that we have a better idea of his past. Really Tara is sort of an innocent comparably to Eggs. You wonder what Maryann wants out of that relationship. Obviously even Sam does not know what she is capable of as he seems to be afraid of her as well. It will be interesting to see what happens once Bill and Eric get wind of her and her goings on.

Speaking of Eric, he interrogates Lafayette about his doings and really doesn’t get much information. Based on the books he should be dead, but based on a few other things I’ve heard it seems that maybe they’ll be a new vampire in town soon. I like Lafayette and I am hoping they do something good with that character.

Jason is off doing his thing in Dallas at the conference. He seems to be a favorite of the Reverend and his wife. You wonder if there isn’t something underlining that plot line. He still is acting a little like a split personality as he really didn’t want to kill Eddie. He was beginning to think of him as a person. Then there is his sister. Now he is acting like he’ll kill the next vampire he sees, but he was horrified of the incident with Eddie. We’ll see how this part goes and his new adversary Hoyt.

The scene with Bill, Eric, and the girl from the store was funny. When will Bill learn not to say no to Eric? Did Sookie really think Bill would not find out about her little trip with Jessica? Not only can he track her, but he can track Jessica. Unfortunately I think this storyline is going to end tragically for the family unless Bill can really pull some mojo on their minds and get Jessica in line.

Somehow Sookie really needs to grasp that she is dealing with vampires and they can be dangerous. She still seems a little too naive based on her past experiences. Sometimes she just doesn’t seem to think. The trip to Dallas should be interesting. You know Bill will not let her go alone.

Next week should be another fun episode now that we are into the second season. I’m looking forward to it! Thanks for reading…

Jeffery Yarter
The Lizardman

True Blood – Nothing But the Blood

A lot of loose ends are tied up and a lot of new questions are asked. Basically an episode to bring everyone up to speed on what has happened and is happening in the world of Sookie, Bill, Sam, Tara, Lafayette, and Jason.

Really a major filler episode in this season premiere of True Blood. I guess it’s a good time to jump on board if you haven’t seen the show up to this point. So you wouldn’t be too lost if this was the first episode you’ve seen. Also the Dallas part mentioned in the summary for this episode did not occur yet as part of the running story.

Sookie and Bill are getting closer as all the untold stories between them are being told and accepted. Jessica’s existence is revealed to Sookie and why she has come to be there. The final scene between them is smoking hot! They are both definitely are in love. It will be great to see where this takes them as she really tries to understand his life and theirs together.

We still don’t understand everything about Maryann (I didn’t realize that was Michelle Forbes by the way!) but we understand that she isn’t a normal human being and she and Sam definitely have a past. Now we wonder what the future holds and her plans for Sam, and Tara.

Jason prayed and got his money so he will be going to the retreat he hoped for. I get the feeling that this might be a don’t wish for something because you might get it situation.

Another dead body and it wasn’t Lafayette as maybe we were lead to believe. It was Miss Jeanette and something had torn her heart out and left her in the back seat of Andy’s car. Andy has left the building (his mind) and the sheriff takes him off the case.

Finally we see Lafayette being held in a basement of the Area 5 Vampire sheriff Eric. They said don’t cross the vampires because they give out a harsh form of punishment. Remember they think of humans as cattle!

The rest of the episode wraps up old characters and introduces new ones. It definitely is worth watching to catch up with what has been going on in Bon Temps.

Thanks for reading…

Jeffery Yarter
The Lizardman

True Blood – You’ll Be The Death of Me

The killer is revealed and dealt with by Sookie, Sam, and Bill. Tara is now living with Mary-Ann who seems to be an acquaintance of Sam’s from his past. Jason is let out of jail and finds a new calling. Lafayette disappears.

Nicely done final episode and set up for next season. The killer story for the first season is wrapped up in a nice package with Sookie finally doing the deed with help from Sam and Bill. Sam helps Sookie keep Bill alive when he is burned really bad coming out in the daytime to assist her when she was in danger. It was a combination of the three of them who stopped Renee in the end.

Sam, Tara, and Lafayette are all there to comfort Sookie after the ordeal and we are wondering if Bill will really be OK. Jason is released from prison but not before Ori Dawson from a religious organization meets with him and tries to recruit him.

We see Lafayette attacked but not who did it and then he disappears and no one hears from him. You are led to believe it is Bill who did it, but who knows for sure until or if it is revealed.

Eric and his assistant drop Jessica off with Bill after their failed attempt to control her. It seems she is now Bill’s problem which could be quite bothersome going forward.

The season ends with a body being found in the back of Detectives Bellefleur’s car. I can’t wait for next season. Should be fun!

Thanks for reading…

Jeffery Yarter
The Lizardman

True Blood – To Love is to Bury

Amy gets killed while she and Jason are under the influence of V. Jessica turns out to be nothing like the girl from before. Bill turns to Eric for help. Tara’s Mom abandons her and Mary-Ann Forster bails her out and takes her home. Bill returns.

Obviously we know Jason is not guilty but now that we know who the murderer is it is no surprise that the killer follows Jason around as much as he does. Amy killing Eric was brutal and then how she tried to make up with Jason and got him to use the V the last time was devious. I did not see the killer getting her, but it does make sense.

Who is Mary-Ann Forster and is she a madam or a vampire? Bailing Tara out, beautiful house and car and a high disdain for the law in general. I have another bad feeling about this.

Paula’s Pie House turned out to be the place Cindy Marshall worked at and she was the first girl murdered by the killer. Sookie saw all of this through her visions and remember it all once she got some sleep. Sam is a good friend to her, but is he the right person for her? In a way he is as strange as Bill.

Lafayette showing up at the politicians reception was great. The politician is a real hypocrite as he has had a homosexual relationship and I don’t believe he personally had anything against vampires as well.

Bill shows up and Sookie bars him from her house and then she rebukes Sam as well. Leaving her alone for the night.

The finale should be a barn burner. Thanks for reading…

Jeffery Yarter
The Lizardman

True Blood – I Don’t Wanna Know

Sam admits he is a Shape Shifter to Sookie. The Inquisitor of the tribunal decides on a punishment for Bill. Everyone is at Arlene’s party including the killer. Tara tries to excise her demon. Lafayette knows Jason is up to something.

My favorite scene is the beginning when Sam says, “I’m a shape shifter.” Sookie says, “Shut the **** up!” How Sam kept this a secret so long is amazing and the fact he has only told Sookie tells us something. Of course he was sort of forced to when she woke up and he was nude in bed with her.

Tara gets her exorcism but it is a little different than her mother’s. She finds out later the lady is a fake and gets a DUI and ends up in jail. Somehow I don’t think her Mom is going to be able to come through for her the way she always did for her mother.

Eddie is playing Jason against Amy and vice versa and it seems to be working. Amy has backed off on her negativity toward him and is acting all sweet.

Arlene’s party was great until someone tried to kill Sookie. Again it was the same person who had killed everyone else. We know this because Sookie sees visions in his mind.

Probably the most interesting part of this episode is the Vampire Inquisition. It is amazing how much in this world the vampires have forgotten that they were human in the past. Their overall feeling of superiority does not bode well for humanity or themselves in general. I have to admit the Inquisitors judgment was an interesting finding. Make Bill become a sire to an ultra religious girl. He has never been a maker and it is truly a clever punishment.

Somehow I think Bill needs to get back to Sookie soon. We’ll see what happens? Thanks for reading…

Jeffery Yarter
The Lizardman

True Blood – Plaisir D’Amour

Bill kills Longshadow while he is attacking Sookie and now he must pay through some tribunal. Tara goes and sees Miss Janette. Sookie’s cat Tina is the next to die. Jason and Eddie bond.

The opening sequence is quite spectacular. I especially love the scene when the female vampire tells Sookie she has some vampire in her cleavage and then she says let me get it for you and reaches in and plucks it out. Then the other girl who had been glamored comes in acting all sweet and saying how great the vampires are. All the while Sookie is standing there dripping in blood.

Amy is psychotic and Jason better watch out. It was sort of interesting how Jason and Eddie bonded and in the end Jason was feeding him.

Sookie’s cat Tina is the newest casualty of the town. That was sort of interesting. Who is doing all the killing and why? It’s not the vampires so who is it? What was the reason for this one other than a hate crime or just trying to scare her? You’d think they’d be smart enough to realize she is not going to scare that easily by now.

Tara and Sam are getting closer. It was predictable that he would give her the money. Let’s just hope it helps her as much as it seemed to help her mom.

Bill asking Sam to look out for Sookie was interesting. It just secured in my mind about Sam and what he was. Bill knew it and I wondered how long he has. The ending was not that much of a surprise. They tried to throw you off by showing more than one dog, but it was pretty obvious Sam was a shape shifter and I was wondering when we would find out the truth. It makes you wonder if he has been protecting Sookie all these years for other reasons.

We’ll see, thanks for reading…

Jeffery Yarter
The Lizardman

True Blood – The Fourth Man in the Fire

Sookie is in mourning. Tara’s mom is a big surprise. Sam is seen out for morning run in the nude and he denies it at first but then admits he is a naturist. Amy is one interesting girl. Finally the vampires come to Sookie for help.

Sam running naked through the forest was about the most normal thing to happen. He did claim to the detective later on that his parents were nudists from Beaumont, TX, but that doesn’t seem to jive with the locals records. I guess we’ll see where that goes.

Tara’s Mom is cured and acts as if she was never possessed making Tara breakfast and doing the clothes, going to church and bringing a friend home. Tara seems possessed now not that she always hasn’t seemed that way. She fights with Sookie, and then Sam and at the end we see her going to see Miss Jeanette. Again we’ll see where that goes.

Amy is really weird and without giving a blow by blow she sounds like she is sort of like those people from the first few episodes and that is where she gets her V. Jason sure knows how to pick them. Of course we will have to wait to see how all of that goes, but she did say she had faith in Jason. At least someone does. We get to see Lafayette’s source and in a way I felt sorry for that Andy vampire character in the end. You sort of feel like Amy is going to kill him. We’ll see.

The way Bill grabs Sookie in the cemetery really should have creeped me out but it didn’t. It was a little startling but he knew to hide himself and that was a good thing for him and Sookie. Eric shows up and has a “request” of Sookie. I like the way he says to Bill something to the effect, “you didn’t think you could keep her for yourself only did you?” Sookie is a smart girl though as much as she is stubborn. She makes choices and requests and sort of evens the playing field with the other vampires. At the end it was not a surprise what was occurring and we’ll see how it all turns out in the next episode. Thanks for reading…

Jeffery Yarter
The Lizardman