"This stupid human woman in the 80s that Eric had to Sophie's Choice - nothing about that flashback rang true to me."
True dat. Also, for once Pam wasn't so convincing when she revealed to Eric that she felt Tara meet the true death. Both Pam and Eric swiftly kicked their progenies to the curb. Why is the Willa character still on the show? Violet and Willa just don't interest me like the other vamps and I'm growing weary of Lettie Mae and Reverend what's-his-name.
"The Authority had Eric over a barrel this whole time?" --Yeah, what is that about? They're going to tie in some "Authority" storyline? The whole Authority blew up, 2 seasons ago.
Why are they killing off these good characters? I mean, yes it's moving toward the end so it's bound to happen, but does it have to be in such unceremonious ways? Maxine...really? I mean, with her gone, Kenny the goofy cop gone, and Kenya becoming less snarky and more militant...who will be the comic relief for the remainder?? Even Pam is depressed and depressing. Violet is lame. Willa...is obviously being saved for something. We need...someone...
I also had a weird thought today--not sure exactly how this ends (though a big teaser is one of the "goodbye" clips from the show-runners saying "it's a love story, in the end," so guess who Sookie probably ends up with), but I have this hunch that if Sookie and Bill or Sookie and whoever ride into the sunset, Adilyn will be the new town telepath...
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland
I really liked seeing Ginger's backstory, even if the poor dear got screwed.
I guess there are no hard and fast riled with hep v, either? I kept thinking the poor vampire who fed Arlene was going to get it from her. Maybe there's a window period.
One of the better episodes in the entire series. I too liked Ginger's backstory as well as the repartee between Lala and Jessica. Last week, I wondered if Hoyt would be reintroduced in the wake of his mama's demise.
For once Jason was the most level-headed character in this episode doing his best to console Hoyt remotely, getting Sam to calm down, and rallying the troops at King Bill's place. Sadly, I have no interest in Sookie at this point, nor Willa. And Sam is bordering on boring as the town's mayor. It's a shame when Sam is more interesting as a rat.
I guess it's fair to say that I'm watching the final season out of loyalty. I can't believe the writers are still trying to polish Salome's turd.
Man, this episode bummed me out. From Jason having to call Hoyt (and refer to himself as Officer Stackhouse, with Hoyt not remembering him as his friend, Jason) to the finality of everything going on with my favorite Viking vamp. His talk with Sookie, though... And how I wish they would have had a throwaway line about how he took some time in the early 2000's to live in a model apartment with some guy named Zoolander
I really hope they surprise us next week with the direction of the last 5 episodes. I never fully bought in to the Hep-V vamps being the big bad, since they were clearly the weaker kind. I still wonder if the reverend is somehow involved, and we don't know who whistled in the first episode.
Well, they've said that the Hep-V vamps weren't the Big Bad, per se, but the Hep-V is. I had to record and watch the episode tonight for being out, but I kept falling asleep and having to rewind. I was like "ok, is it this boring that I keep falling asleep?" Then I finally perked up and saw the reruns in their entirety. Kind of a chock-full episode, with Sookie having all these "closure" type of conversations with everyone already (heck, it's only Ep. 4 of 10), and the fight scenes were hard to follow, except for likelihood that we could expect the Hep-V vamps at Fangtasia to die. It still feels kind of rushed.
Was it that believable that Sookie and Eric should have that tender of a reunion? I can't remember their attitudes toward each other last season back when Eric was stuck in vamp camp with everyone else; he wasn't much of a factor, as she was getting together with Alcide at the time, correct? And she was still sort of sore at Eric after he had to sign her house back over to her, correct? I think that was the last time we saw them in the same room together.
I felt bad for Hoyt too, since he had made Jessica glamour him before he left, even away from his best friend Jason. I thought Hoyt might come-to when Jason called him "Bubba," though. It will be nice to see Hoyt back for at least part of the rest of the season, since they said he was coming home.
Love the way they brought back Todd Lowe to play Terry in Arlene's coming-to-the-white-light sequence, and the Jess/James/Lafayette stuff was cool.
"Whistled?"
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland
As someone who loved Season 4's Eric and Sookie storyline, I take any tender moment I can get, now! Also, Sookie was with Warlow when everyone else was in camp. Yes, she rescinded Eric's invitation when he signed back over her house, but that was because she was just done with everything supernatural at that point. She wanted to be that simple girl in the dress who he met in the first season. And this happened after she tried to stake Billith when it looked like he was going to kill Eric.
As for the whistling, it may be nothing, but the Hep-V gang that attacked the party in the first episode left after someone whistled. It may have been their Hep-V leader, or it may have been something else that will be exposed soon.
Really enjoyed this episode. My favorite of the season, thus far. Liked the way it slowed down a bit and took a break from the chaos and mayhem (until the last 5 minutes) and focused on the personal relationships. Also like the way Jason is "growing up" and coming into his own. At this point, it appears fairly obvious in which direction most of the story lines are headed. Hope it doesn't turn out to be as predictable as it seems and they have a few surprises up their sleeves. As long as Lafayette and James end up living happily ever after, of course.
>>As long as Lafayette and James end up living happily ever after, of course.
Haha. You know, I started out really hating that new James. Now I find it refreshing whenever the two of them are onscreen. Two hippies, born decades apart. And apparently Jess has a cow next week over his bi-sexual-ness... But Lafayette really does deserve some happiness, already, and it sounds like he gets it, based on one of the preview clips. Even Bill is mellowing out and is sort of returning to being charming, again, so I guess we know where *that* is going, since they said twice last night that he's "not an asshole anymore."
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland