BLOODY GOOD
Jesus!
Yep, just like last week, I’m pleased with Lafayette’s love interest. He managed to help Lafayette get the upperhand on some hicks, and all while wearing a brightly colored shirt! That’s a real man, dammit! -D<
[Yea, Jesus has basically replaced Hoyt as the most adorable and moral character on the show and I'd really, really like it if they kept him that way. -Z]
GingerBar
I enjoy the Jessica/Arlene working dynamic. I’m realizing this season is way too morose, compared to previous seasons and Arlene is the closest thing to consistent comic relief we have. Will these redheads battle to the death? Will they become the best of chums? Time will tell! -D
Tommy
Seriously, why can’t this show just be Jesus and Lafayette, Tara and Arlene, Pam (who was sadly missing from this episode) and then like 10 minutes of brooding Tommy thrown in? Sookie and Bill be damned! -D
Tara
Hell yea Tara! Not only does she get to deal some well deserved vengeance to Franklin (though I’m not totally convinced he’s dead), but she came up with an awesome escape plan. Plus she told Sookie some long-needed truth: the sun doesn’t shine out of Bill’s ass and it’s better to be alive than to risk everything for his ass. Again. Thank you, Tara. -Z
[I'm sure pleased Tara got vengeance too. Even I'm skeptical Franklin won't be back next week, with like half his skull missing. Unless his head can grow back. I guess if hymens can, heads can? --D]
Dog Fighting!
A friend floated the dog fighting theory to me and boy, did I feel silly that it hadn’t crossed my mind. Of course that’s what Joe Lee and Tommy have been involved with (though I dislike how it continues the stereotype of “pit bulls are aggressive, mean dogs”. And even though I continue my disinterest in the Samily, at least this promises…something. Puppies? -Z<
[Heh. Samily. I like! I think you were the one who then floated the dog fighting theory to me, Zoe. I too am ashamed I didn't think of this sooner. I guess with a show as ridiculous as this, I didn't expect a ripped-from-Michael-Vick's-autobiography storyline. Well, if Michael Vick actually turned into a dog himself. Twist! --D]
Eric Being a Dick to Sookie
I know we complain about the misogyny on this show and that’s valid. But it turns out I’m a hypocrite, because I loved when he screwed Sookie over. Not only do I like man with a plan Eric better than bored goth club owner Eric, but it’s nice to see Sookie not everything she demands ever.
[I liked when Eric covered Sookie's mouth. For a girl who hears everyone else's thoughts in her head all the time, she sure limits the ability for others to think with her outloud yammering --D]
Eric Being a Flirt
It’s probably a foolish plan, considering vampires must have an incredible gossip tree, but Eric’s flirting with Russell and Talbot this week was pretty great to watch. Eric exists, essentially, to be charming eye candy, and it’s great to see him play the role so purposefully.
BITES
The King and Queen… of Lame
What happens when an out of place, over-acting twentysomething movie thespian and a fortysomething stage actor forced to don the most obnoxious hairpiece known to man are forced into vampire matriomy? Zzz. -D
[I'm a Russell booster, but Sophie-Ann lost any of the goodwill she won with me last season and I'm not really sure what is going on with the whole marriage plot, and not necessarily in a way that interests me. It seems like his reasons for destroying her did not need this much work? I'm sure there's a grander plan, but I hope it comes with less scene-chewing. -Z]
Vampire Science
Hey, look, Franklin shaved! Wait. Jessica’s hymen keeps growing back (seriously, this was a season 2 plot point) but the vampires can shave without their facial hair instantly coming back in? -D
[I think hair doesn't matter, because Eric changes his, but I'm all for anything that critiques that stupid, stupid hymen plot of stupidness. -Z]
More Characters I Don’t Care About!
Poor Jason Stackhouse. Apparently this season has given him the short end of the character stick (or stake). While sister Sookie gets to be magical in Mississippi, Jason deals with a lame little love interest, her funless and heretofore unidentified fiance, and oh yeah, his rival A HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK. If the promos are to believed, Jason gets some Sookie/Tara screentime next week. Not a moment too soon! -D
And FURTHERMORE! …On Unnecessary Characters
I know characters like Lorena, Crystal, and Franklin are in the books, but does that mean they have to be forced into this show, when they’re not terribly interesting or multi-dimensional? I don’t often say this, but perhaps True Blood should take a page from Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl realized that book series mainstay Aaron Rose was less loved on the show and kicked him to the curb. (OK, granted they won’t do the same with Vanessa, but it’s a start). -D
(Briefly) Reunited and It Feels So… Ugh
Sookie back away from Bill! Ain’t nobody cares about your 150000th reunion. Oh look! Now you’ve done it, Lorena’s mauling you to death. See! She’s not a fan either! -D
Bill’s “Death”
Maybe, MAYBE, if I was invested in Bill and Lorena relationship this would have been an interesting plot. But instead it was a slow death for the audience, full of high school poetry sentiments and the only torture was for the viewers. Will one of them please, please die already and free us? -Z
Each week Dennis and I assemble a list of our favorite (and least favorite) moments for the latest episode of True Blood.