True Blood Season 6- Page 21

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 11:33am

There was better focus that made for a much-improved episode, but it irked me that minutes after I thought "Well, I guess Sam is not in this or Terry. That's good", they just have to pop up.

I found it funny how often they have to say "gay vampire ex-husband". Updated On: 7/15/13 at 11:33 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 11:40am

I think they're just deliberately tanking Terry's character at this point. The ifrit story was a series low, and the aftershocks of it this year are just as bad.

When Sam popped up I looked at the timer and it was about 35 minutes in. I was surprised to have him turn up so late in the episode.

My nitpick for the week - I guess it's actually two-fold, but they are sort of related. 1) Didn't Sookie and the fairies reconstruct her parent's death, and didn't they "see" that Warlow had attacked them because he smelled fairy blood on that band-aid? Now, Sookie was suddenly in the trunk?

2. Shouldn't LaLa as Daddy (I can't remember his first name, but I remember the mom was Michelle) Stackhouse have sounded more like Daddy Stackhouse and less like Lafayette? Since Lafayette is so specific in the way he talks, I was surprised there wasn't more of a differentiation when he was speaking as Sookie's father. Has Lala actually ever spoken while he was channeling someone? I can't remember if the voice thing is consistent or inconsistent.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 11:47am

I think his name is Corbett, and I can't remember how he spoke when Marnie was in him, but he did talk a lot.

Number 1 was bugging me, too. When Sookie channeled in to what her mother saw when Warlow killed her dad, he was that creepy, dirty rip-off of The Undertaker from wrestling with the long hair and hat. And wouldn't Sookie have remembered waking up in the trunk, being found in the trunk, or something like that?

I loved Anna Camp in this episode. Good to have her back. I'm also really looking forward to more Tara/Jessica interaction.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 12:29pm

Apologies if I missed this here, but I just read on Vulture, " And in this episode, we learn that Niall, Sookie's great-grandfather, is Warlow's kid." We did? I remember the scene at the camp, but I missed that Niall was Warlow's son.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 12:41pm

I definitely don't think Warlow is his dad. Vulture must have been confused about him greeting the pregnant lady, asking how she was, then seeing what looked like the same lady tell Niall to stay.

Niall called him his "kin" in the last episode, but I took that to mean the fae in general. Why would there be a deal for Warlow to claim and fall for a descendant? Didn't they already try that with Bill and Portia?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 12:46pm

Yeah, though the weird thing is they are interviewing Andy and he just seems to go with it, but honestly, that's how it is with a lot of Vulture articles - they interviewer says something that's wrong by the interviewer just doesn't notice or doesn't care. And since that's not his direct plotline, he may just not have known.

I thought the kindred thing was just about them both being fairies, too.

Also, why does everyone with fairy blood except for Sookie and Hunter age so oddly?

Vulture

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 12:54pm

That reminds me. I loved the scene when Andy was so upset about his daughters. There were some great acting performances last night. Even the scene when Burrell told Eric that he put his own daughter in the camp, and Eric's cocky veneer cracked a little bit to show that he greatly underestimated Burrell.

Here's Pam's epic monologue

"You humans love your pain, don't you? You just love bein' in it. You even consider it a virtue. Cry the most at a funeral, you must be the best person. You promise to never forget each other. You promise to feel the sting of loss forever. Because for y'all, "forever" is just the blink of an eye. Your lives are pathetically brief. When we say "forever," we have to mean it. So we move past our pain. We heal. We move on. Because pain, is a worthless emotion"

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 12:58pm

One more quibble (even a much improved episode still has its issues): Exactly how can a person rescind a vampire's invitation when it's not even their home or their initial invitation?


Oh, and it apparently has at least one more season left Updated On: 7/15/13 at 12:58 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 1:38pm

Yes! I didn't understand how Sarah could have rescinded the invitation, either.

And hooray for another season. I, for one, am not ready to let this crazy train go.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 1:41pm

It definitely is good news to hear after a good episode.

Praise Lillith! Praise Jesus! Praise Moses's Cock!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 1:46pm

I thought last week's and the week before that were better than last night's, because I was put off by some one the thing we've already discussed about it. But I thought it was still a strong episode and I'm happy that show has managed to keep the ship moving fairly smoothly in Alan Ball's absence. I want this crazy ho of a show to run forever.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 2:21pm

I just finished last night's episode and hurried over here as quick as I can to see Wynbish and PRS' disappointment!

I actually thought it was the best episode out of all five this season, and absolutely loved it. Agreed that there were a lot of "Huh?" moments but to me it had the perfect combo of action, drama, and comedy. I forgot about all of those plot holes and inconsistencies for 57 glorious minutes.

Was very moved by the Andy/Holly moment, even though I was prepared to fast forward, and loved Lafayette more prominently featured.. as he should be. Did not mind Sam's very brief scene but I did skip the Alcide bar scene (I honestly could care less about him) and Terry's character arc is just laughable at this point. Time to kill off someone else, please.

Also, where did Nora go? Love how they have brought so many damn characters into this show that there will be weeks where characters just randomly disappear. As I said before, it's time to kill someone off and let this show breathe a little bit. But, overall, I'm with Jordan on this. One of the best episodes I have seen in the last couple of seasons and the best of Season 6 thus far.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 2:34pm

I wasn't disappointed. I also think it was the best of the season so far and loved many aspects of it (Warlow doing anything, Pam, Eric, Andy, Sarah, Jessica & Tara). It just has some headscratchers and plot holes, and finding them and discussing them is better than just saying "Meh. Whatever."

Phyllis, did you watch Newsroom?

Updated On: 7/15/13 at 02:34 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 2:37pm

I think in order to really understand Warlow and his motivations, we need to see him completely naked and just to truly know his motivations, we should probably see him masturbate.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 2:46pm

Mmmhmm

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:02pm

I wouldn't call my reaction disappointment, either. I do think the two previous episodes were "better," but that doesn't mean I won't rewatch the current episode 3-5 times before the next one, like i do every week. For what it's worth, I think this is the best season since season 3.

Tara's voice was different again this week, but I think I've figured out the difference - she has two ways of speaking: There's the sort of "High Hillbilly" where she's really twangy and nasal and the other voice she uses, which is still accented, but where she sounds less than a character from Dogpatch. Last night she was using the second voice, where most of the season she's been High Hillbilly.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:03pm

Oh, and Wynbish, I did not watch The Newsroom. After I sat through that entire first season I knew I'd never force myself to sit through another minute of it again. I did read a recap that said last night Emily Mortimer was baffled by a speakerphone, so same as it ever was, I guess.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:06pm

"For what it's worth, I think this is the best season since season 3."

Yes. That is definitely true, PRS. Couldn't be happier that they have already announced a Season 7 renewal.

[javero]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:12pm

I forget to point my favorite scene from last night's episode. It was Alcide's encounter with that former milf in the Shreveport bar. It was the way she said the word "p*u*s*s*y" that did it for me. Ain't gone lie...I got sprung. Not every actress can pull off skank that effortlessly. In fact, all the actors in the bar were on fire as Shreveport dregs. I still can't believe that the fellow that Alcide approached said to him "this ain't no f*a*g bar.

To me one nit was that the dust up between Alcide and his dad seemed too random & rushed. I couldn't follow his dad's logic.

Well, maybe another...LaLa channeling Papa Corbett creeped me out as that accent was indeed off-putting. I'm done with the whole Lala as Miss Cleo bit.

Off-topic: was Rutina preggers during taping? She's shown no skin this season and it seems that she's as covered up as Anna was all last season to hide her baby bump.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:20pm

Phyllis, it's not that she was baffled by it in that she didn't know how to use one, like last season's e-mail debacle. She walked into her meeting with her production team, said something about the Washington team, and didn't know they were on speaker phone with said Washington team. Honest mistake.

And do you think Tara's High Hillbilly voice and "screw them all!" attitude this season has been a way to either fit in with Pam or trying to be like Pam, either voluntarily or involuntarily? She wasn't even near Pam in this episode, and there was a difference.

[javero]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:24pm

Both Tara & Sookie's accents have been all over the place this season.

I don't like the feeling I have that a certain lady vamp is about to meet the true death and it ain't Pam.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:30pm

That leaves Nora, Jessica, Tara, or Willa. I like how many of the female vampires (with Lorena and Pam-is-short-for-Pamela-right?) have -a names, and Nan should go, "F*CK you if you call me Nana."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:37pm

The only death I know of this season is the one that I think we touched on earlier in this thread? I'm sure it's surrounded by SPOILER ALERT if we did. I don't want to know any more, though.

Wynbish, it's funny you said Tara's accent changes in proximity to Pam, because as of late, all the High Hillbilly does seem to be when Pam is around. I remember last season she said, "What's the damn Authority?" to Pam and it was about the twangiest I'd ever heard her.

Headband, I think Nora is somewhere in that experimentation camp. The last we saw of her was getting taken by the LAVTF, right? I can't remember if that was in the last episode or the one before.

[javero]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:42pm

It would be poetic justice if Sara is now knocked up by Jason and she bore a panther cub.

I know...I know...ain't nobody got time for no were-panther foolishness.

Sara delivered the best zinger of the night with "my body is a temple..." Somehow the series has grabbed my attention again. Before last night episode's I was all but ready to give it up for good.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/15/13 at 3:44pm

I'm still in denial over that death, Phyllis. I don't know if it's what the performer wanted or how they were writing it, but if it's the latter, it is not a good decision. It will cost them fans. So many fans.