True Blood Season 6

OMG. Tara!

OMG. Steve Newlin!

OMG. The Authority!

Great episode, right?

Updated On: 6/16/13 at 12:57 AM

The Tonys were on last night?!!

Pam - "What's to say she won't rise up out of the ground tomorrow night completely and utterly F*CKtarded?"

LOL!

When TRUE BLOOD ends, Pam and Sookie should have their own "Laverne & Shirley-esque" spinoff.

I want a Pam/Jessica spin-off.

"Doin' it our way!'

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We'll avoid the true death now
Selling V like it was meth now
We're gonna rise up from the dead
Doin' it our way!

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A quick perusal of various recaps and whatnot has me concluding that the internets pretty much hated the episode, which shouldn't surprise me, since I always tend to go against the grain. As long as the werewolf and Hotshot stuff can be kept to a minimum (or in the case of Hotshot and the werepanthers, just never rear its ugly head again), then I'm good with a million new characters and stuff.

Were people icked out by Steve Newlin saying he was in love with Jason? Jacob, Televisionwithoutpity's resident sourpuss, sure thinks its homophobic.

Except no one really knows what she's going to be like yet. There's been no indication what her mental state is going to be like (unless there was something in the previews for next week, but I don't watch those).

Updated On: 6/11/12 at 05:44 PM

Except no one really knows what she's going to be like yet. There's been no indication what her mental state is going to be like.

Exactly! I took that moment as Pam just being her bitchy self, rather than some comment about how Tara is now gonna be incredibly dumb or something. My only complaint is that I wanted a more visceral reaction to Tara's death, whether she's a vampire now or not, her human self died and I felt that it merited a more emotionally-charged reaction from Sookie and Lafayette. That scene at the beginning was a bit too rushed for me. But I think they found a really interesting way of giving new material to Rutina Wesley who by the end of Season 4 didn't have much to do.
I haven't read the recap but how is Steve Newlin coming out as gay and telling Jason he loved him homophobic in any way? If anything, it was another way in which the show attempts to reveal the hypocrisy of the extreme Christian right. Maybe it was more against people who are in the closet than homophobic towards gay people as a whole.
I'm with you, Phyllis, I thought it was a very strong episode and I liked the story lines they set up. Also, Anna Paquin can do no wrong in my book so I'll keep watching the show.

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It's more nuanced than that, but I think the point is that it's a homophobic trope to be a gay man in love with a straight man or something. I dunno. I gave up TWOP last year but I just wanted to check into today to see if they were as bonkers as ever when it came to this show, and indeed they were.

And thanks, Erik. I try to avoid "next ons" for all shows, because half the time I feel like they give away EVERYTHING.

Updated On: 6/11/12 at 06:04 PM

People were divided on last season, too. I know a lot of people here and other places were getting over it. I think that maybe my expectations for the show are lower than most people's because I almost always enjoy the hell out of it.

I thought that, too, especially after caving and watching the previews for the upcoming episodes.

Oh, I could have just been seeing things, but it was when Pam was stroking Tara's hair and said "No human can hurt you any longer." Not that I thought that seemed overtly sexual, but I just thought of both women's propensity for the ladies and wondered if the show would take it there.

One thing I'm dreading - and this is kind of book spoilery for those who haven't read past book four or so - is the shadow of Debbie Pelt hanging over the plot forever as it does in the book. And I liked TV Debbie! It's just the subplot that never freaking ends in the books.