As the plotlines are starting to entwine, things are becoming a bit more interesting on True Blood. While Sookie is in Jackson, Mississippi, with werewolf Alcide, she receives a call from Bill – post-coitus – telling her to forget him because he is with Lorena now and has only caused Sookie harm. Although she is distraught and finds comfort in Alcide’s warm body, she disbelieves Bill. It is too much out of character for him to break up over the phone. He must be held against his will. So she continues her search to find him – and uses a were’s initiation rite to learn more about Bill’s kidnapping. Actually, it’s Alcide’s ex-girlfriend, Debbie, and to look like she could kick some serious ass, Alcide’s sister gives Sookie a full biker-chick make-over – except it makes her look like Angelica Houston to these eyes. During the ritual in Lou Pine’s (yes, I get it now, it’s a pun on “lupine”), King Russell makes an appearance to offer his blood to the biker-wolf pack. Soon all weres start to change and Sookie needs to make sure she gets out alive fast.
Bill is still held in the King’s estate and intimates to Lorena he feels nothing for her, punching her against the wall to prove his point. She only enjoys his rage. The King promises Bill they will get rid of Lorena once Bill succeeds in helping Russell usurp Queen Sophie-Ann’s kingdom. Bill informs him that Sophie uses Eric Northman to sell vampire blood to human addicts – which is considered a blasphemous sacrilege punishable by a second death. Soon, Eric’s club is raided by the Magister, but Eric blames Bill and pretends that must be why Bill is missing. Meanwhile, scumbag Mott is prodding Tara for information about Sookie, mesmerizing her to call Sookie and get her whereabouts. But Sookie is too distraught about Bill to talk to Tara. Mott ties Tara up for the day and kidnaps her the next night – driving her, you guessed it, to King Russell in Jackson, Mississippi. Then there are several minor subplots that still distract the Cricket from the main story arcs: Sam and his family drama; Jason trying to become a cop by blackmailing the new sheriff, Andy Bellefleur; and Jessica working as a new waitress in Merlotte’s. Over all, though, the episode was more focused than before this season. And the more entertaining it gets, the less I’m worried whether or not they strayed from Harris’ original.
Bill is still held in the King’s estate and intimates to Lorena he feels nothing for her, punching her against the wall to prove his point. She only enjoys his rage. The King promises Bill they will get rid of Lorena once Bill succeeds in helping Russell usurp Queen Sophie-Ann’s kingdom. Bill informs him that Sophie uses Eric Northman to sell vampire blood to human addicts – which is considered a blasphemous sacrilege punishable by a second death. Soon, Eric’s club is raided by the Magister, but Eric blames Bill and pretends that must be why Bill is missing. Meanwhile, scumbag Mott is prodding Tara for information about Sookie, mesmerizing her to call Sookie and get her whereabouts. But Sookie is too distraught about Bill to talk to Tara. Mott ties Tara up for the day and kidnaps her the next night – driving her, you guessed it, to King Russell in Jackson, Mississippi. Then there are several minor subplots that still distract the Cricket from the main story arcs: Sam and his family drama; Jason trying to become a cop by blackmailing the new sheriff, Andy Bellefleur; and Jessica working as a new waitress in Merlotte’s. Over all, though, the episode was more focused than before this season. And the more entertaining it gets, the less I’m worried whether or not they strayed from Harris’ original.
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