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True Blood Season 4 Ep 9: Run
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Bill is at his house trying to give Sookie his healing vampire blood because she was shot on last week’s True Blood. Alcide is pissed off – why would Bill let her go to that fight? She recovers but since her first words are asking where Eric is, that’s it for Alcide, he leaves. She thanks Bill for the blood.
Tara wants to know why Antonia threw Bill’s olive branch back in his face. Tara challenges Antonia’s power when she finds out Antoinia plans to use Eric to ‘show’ the world the true face of the vampire. As the witches try to leave – they didn’t sign up for this – she locks them in with a spell. No tyrant wants to lose her subjects.
Luna tells Sam that she does not want Marcus to be a problem for him, he needs to leave. He talks her into going camping together instead of making him go back to his place. Marcus won’t be able to find any of them.
Debbie is sitting up in bed watching TV when she sniffs out Alcide. She keeps sniffing so I suspect she can smell Sookie on him. He walks naked over to his side of the bed and snuggles up to her but she pretends she’s asleep even though her eyes are glowing.
Nan, Bill and Jessica are all chained in the basement and Bill and Nan spend all their time bickering. These two can’t stand each other.
Lafayette shows up at Hoyt’s house with baby Mikey and he points a gun at Hoyt to get him to leave. Jason is at the Bellefleur house interviewing Arlene and Terry when Hoyt calls to tell them that Lafayette and the baby are there. Terry looks like he’s about to flip out.
Sookie wakes up to a knock on the door. You know it’s a dream because she’s wearing this red lingerie number with black pumps, and Eric is at the door during daytime. Bill appears to her right and both her men are in her dream. They are about to start fighting but she stops them, after all, it’s her dream. Her bottom line is, she either loves both of them or neither one. They don’t look to happy about sharing her but in the end, they give in. She wakes up with a thoughtful look on her face.
Marcus comes to Merlotte’s looking for Sam and he finds Tommy instead who gives him a lot of attitude. He tells Tommy to have Sam come meet him that night.
Andy is banging on the door of Hoyt’s house and he breaks it down. Lafayette shoots at him, and Andy and Jason race out. Terry tries to rush the house but Andy tackles him and pins him to the ground. Jason looks on in amazement as Andy completely subdues Terry and he realizes that Andy is high on V. Jesus shows up to save his man and he’s able to communicate with Mavis, the ghost. She tells them that she and her baby are buried ‘out yonder, under the tree’ as she hands the baby over to Arlene.
Alcide and Marcus are at his shop waiting for Sam to show up. When he does, he starts mouthing off to Marcus and the gang starts to kick and punch him. Lying on the floor, he turns back into Tommy and Marcus is shocked. Alcide pulls them all off of the boy and takes him out of there.
The gang finds Mavis’ baby’s bones in Hoyt’s backyard. Jesus gives her the baby’s bones to hold and he tells her that it’s time for her to go. You see her leave his body and she’s holding a beautiful little baby. She tells Lafayette thank you and he says ‘ you got it bitch’ in his own special way.
Debbie takes some V and then shows up at Antonia’s to pledge her allegiance to her cause. In the meantime, Sookie sneaks into the back of the shop and tries to get Eric to leave with her. Eric is non-responsive. Surprise, surprise, Debbie has delivered herself as a diversionary tactic for Sookie’s break-in. Then Sookie gets caught by Tara who tells her telepathically to charge her and she escapes. Debbie drives her to the hotel to warn Bill about Antonia’s attack.
Hoyt makes Jason deliver a box of things he packed up bto Jessica and they stare awkwardly at each other. He won’t go in but they end up having sex in the bed of his pickup truck.
Nan and Bill are sitting on the stage at the tolerance rally and they are still bickering with each other while others speak to the crowd. Eric acts as a decoy to lure the other vampire sheriffs to Antonia who puts them under her spell. She uses them to kill Bill’s guards as Sookie yells Bill’s name. Everybody in the halls starts to run as the bloodbath begins.
True Blood Season 4 Ep 8: Spellbound
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We left the last True Blood episode wondering if we were going to lose one of the main characters as Jessica opens the front door and emerges into the daylight propelled by the spell. Jason saves her and they share “a tongues down the throat” kiss on the floor before he takes her back down and re-wraps her in chains.
Eric tells Sookie that he needs to feed in order to recover from the damage the silver did. She lets him feed but only after exacting a promise from him that he won’t lose control and go into a vampire frenzy. He stops feeding to have her take some of his blood. He says now they are one. They are both lost in their lover’s world. There’s a weird shower scene where it starts to snow on them and they emerge into some woods where a bed awaits them and the sexin’ begins. Is this some kind of hallucination because they shared blood?
Luna’s ex is Marcus, the pack leader of the Shreveport pack. He’s in leadership mode, telling his pack that they need to stay away from the vampires. He wants nothing to do with the witch/vampire war. A young pup challenges him when he says that the vampires are more powerful than the werewolves but Marcus shuts him down – he’s a strong leader.
Sam goes back to visit Luna after he kicked Tommy out of his life. She’s still angry about having had sex with Tommy while he was shifted into Sam. She wants to know who he killed in order to become a skin walker and he tells her that Tommy killed their parents but it was no great loss. And Sam gains the okay to come back into the household.
Hoyt and Jessica break up when she tells him that she wants to move out. She does not want to live with him anymore because she can’t control her vampire hunger. You can see his heart break as he starts to cry. He blocks the door and won’t let her leave. She ends up killing him and walking outside covered in his blood – a sight that turns on Jason, who’s waiting in his truck for her. They are about to have sex when a blood donor wakes her up from this disturbing dream.
Vampire goo is all that’s left of Buela Carter. Andy gets down on his hands and knees and starts licking his lips at all that V lying there is a big mushy pile. He wants the V bad, he’s a true addict. Andy looks pathetic.
Bill calls Antonia with an apology and a proposal – meet at the cemetery at midnight, in peace and unarmed – and avoid a lot of useless death on both sides.
Debbie and Alcide are enjoying the evening when Marcus stops by and says how glad he is that Alcide is there. They break up a fight and Debbie is so proud of her man. Marcus tells Alcide that he’s an honorable man, he’s got alpha in him.
Mikey is sitting in the playpen with the nasty baby doll and Arlene and Terry are arguing over the fact that he’s got the baby in the kitchen with him. The ghost comes in and is singing to him when Lafayette comes in. The ghost glares at him and he backs out.
Hoyt and Jessica really break up this time and his reaction is not like it was in the dream. He doesn’t fall apart and beg her to stay. Instead, he’s very angry and he totally turns on her. He takes back her invitation and throws her out of the house.
Eric and Sookie are lying in bed talking about running away. It still sounds so weird to hear Eric say ‘my king’ all the time. Sookie wants them to go see Bill and pledge their support. Eric just wants to be with her forever. He’s so needy.
Lafayette dreams about the ghost and we learn her story. She’s bringing a baby doll home when she sees a car parked in her driveway. A white man comes out of her house and he says her baby is gone. She accuses him of killing her baby and it looks like he kills her too. When Lafayette wakes up, the woman is standing in his house and she possesses him. And she uses his body to go to the Bellefleur’s and kidnap baby Mikey.
Sookie and Eric pledge their support to Bill in his fight against the witches. It’s a cute moment when Eric says ‘my liege’ and Sookie says ‘my…my…my…Bill’.
A jealous Marcus stops by and it’s on. This guy has a serious anger issue which is not helped when Luna threatens to call his parole officer. Sam tries to be the peacemaker but there is no pacifying Marcus.
The witches and the vampires meet in the cemetery and everybody lied – they all brought backup and when Sookie hears Antonia casting a spell in her mind, the fight is on. Eric is acting like a total animal, ripping people’s hearts out and tearing out their throats. When he and Antonia come face to face, she utters another spell which drops him to his knees. He is totally hers and she smiles a very satisfied smile.
True Blood ends with Sookie getting shot and both Bill and Eric sense her distress. As she collapses to the ground, Alcide shows up and picks her up to take her to safety while Debbie watches him. Now all her jealous suspicions are confirmed.
True Blood: Season 4, Ep.7 “Cold Grey Light of Dawn”
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So, the second half of Season 4 has officially begun and the show has shown signs of making some significant changes to its overall storyline. This week’s episode titled ‘Cold Grey Light of Dawn’ was a little more exciting than usual, even though there was a lot more dialogue (and less action) than usual.
The long awaited villain, Antonia has finally made her official appearance on the show and she has even given us a glimpse of what she can do… and what she is planning to do! Antonia completely takes over Marnie who then forces the vampire on guard to set her free. When Bill later finds out that Marnie / Antonia had escaped he finishes off the guard (yes, that’s what they need for a war… few vampires!) but manages to fins out Antonia’s real plan – a full and complete resurrection! I guess it’s only too obvious what she’d want then – to finish what she started in the 1600s of course.
Bill then tells all his sheriffs and vampires to be silvered just in case Antonia casts a spell that would force loose vampires into sunlight. I’m not a big fan of excessive dialogues but somehow this time it helped flesh out the situation and humanize the characters a bit. Bill and Jessica shared a great moment, and we haven’t had too many of these where Bill actually tries to relate some wisdom to her as her maker.
Many other storylines were also adeptly connected to the main plot. Tara waves a teary goodbye to her lover as she sends her back to New Orleans and is later offered a tempting compensation to her vampire woes by Antonia. Tara takes Antonia up on her offer and gangs up with her – well, it’s only natural considering that she was recently attacked by Pam.
Lafayette comes to realize (after channeling the healing spirit of Jesus’ uncle in Mexico) that he is a medium. He also then starts seeing the same black lady that Arlene’s baby saw last week.
Poor decaying Pam has finally managed to get her face back. She has her skin torn off (Ouch!) and has to inject some sort of a medicine in her face multiple times a day in order to heal (Ouch Ouch!!)
As for Sam and Tommy’s storyline – this is by far the most disconnected story in True Blood. Sam finds out about Tommy’s betrayal with Luna and kicks him out. I sure hope they don’t go back to becoming complete enemies!
Now for the biggest cliffhanger on True Blood this week: I always thought that the show would probably have to cut down on some storylines and of course eventually some characters but what I didn’t think was that they would actually do that to one of my favorite characters! Just as Bill expected Antonia gets herself a nice little coven and casts the spell that would force vampires into sunlight.
All the main vampires are weak but securely fastened and all of a sudden Jessica breaks loose! She opens the door and steps out as Jason tries in vain to stop her… and ‘Cold Grey Light of Dawn’ ended right there. So needless to say I’m quite eager to find out what happens to her. You see, Jessica is not a character found in the books. She is purely an Alan Ball creation and there’s only one way we can find out… wait! Like I mentioned before she is one of my favorites and I sure hope they don’t finish her off.
True Blood: Season 4, Ep. 6 “I Wish I Was the Moon”
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This week’s installment on True Blood was all about love, sex and, you know, relationships. ‘I Wish I was the Moon’ was more or less like a detour from the usual pace and action on the show. But I did enjoy the many scenes that sort of explored the depth of each relationship!
I especially liked the way the Eric – Sookie – Bill triangle was turned. It was pretty obvious, with the arrival of the new Eric on the show that Sookie was eventually going to fall in love with Eric. But what I dint expect was Eric to be teaching Bill a lesson! You see the love scene between Eric and Sookie interrupted only to have it continued at the end. I’ve always imagined the two hooking up, since season 1, but I just never imagined them to hook up they way they did. It was a mere physical attraction, an animalistic urge the two of them were responding to; it was much deeper than that…
As much as I enjoy seeing Eric and Sookie together, I can’t help wondering what exactly Sookie sees in Eric. Really all he has is the mere outline of a personality… isn’t he just an empty mind? As for poor old Bill, he learns the hard way that true love is not about holding on but about letting go.
I also noticed that the writers of True Blood seem to have decreased its pace down a bit this season… and I’m not entirely sure if it’s a good thing. While I do enjoy the detail and development of the plot this season, I do miss the curve balls the show threw at us in earlier episodes.
The most riveting part of True Blood so far is the Marnie storyline. I especially like a villain that is well developed. And given her back story, I can say she is the best villain on the show so far! What’s really interesting is that the vampires are in the wrong here in this plot line. Earlier on we found out that Antonia, the spirit possessing Marnie, is that of a witch of the 1600s who was wronged by vampires. She is merely seeking revenge for what the vamps did to her and her people in Spain back in the day. This makes it hard for the audience to take sides… all we can do is wait and watch how the story unfolds!
Some of the other story lines are a little annoying at this point. It makes me realize just how much has happened on the show all by happenstance! Sookie just happened to by driving by Eric right after he was cursed; Jessica and Hoyt happened to be driving by just as Jason collapsed. And now Jessica and Hoyt seemed to have suddenly fallen out of love just so they can facilitate the Jessica and Jason story line. If I remember correctly, Jessica and Hoyt seemed to be crazy about each other just a few episodes ago unless they’re trying to hint that love can be absolutely superficial, I don’t see how logical this change of heart is.
However, I did like the sweet moments between Sookie and Jason. Jason is still trying to come to terms with what had happened to him in Hot Shot and is well aware that he will be turning into a werepanther during the full moon. Quite understandably, he is uncomfortable with this change and Sookie stays by his side for support. 
As for Sam and Tommy, it was nice watching the brothers on the same team on true blood, but I suppose that’s not going to last… not after Sam finds out what Tommy did (or should I say who?!) Tommy suddenly finds out that he is a skinwalker, and he transforms into Sam but what can a guy do, when someone like Luna takes her shirt off huh!
Something creepy seems to be going on with true blood’s most stable couple! Jesus and Lafayette are in Mexico where the former manages to summon a spirit just in time too, to save Jesus form a lethal snake bite.
In other story lines, the Alcide and Debbie pairing seems to one of convenience. We all saw the way Alcide looked at Sookie as she ran into the woods with a shotgun! The only interesting part here will be if Sam and Luna’s story intersects with Alcide’s. Luna earlier on tells Sam that her daughter’s father is a wolf. Tara’s girlfriend actually shows up in town this week.
True Blood has never had a shortage of interesting story lines. We were introduced to an overwhelming number of new characters in the previous season… let’s just hope the number of parallel story lines decreases with season 4. Although I thoroughly enjoyed season 3, I thought there were simply too many stories to follow and the main plot was somehow sidelined.
It Happened: Sookie and Eric Have Sex!
Posted by: | CommentsYes, in the closing scene in tonight’s episode of True Blood Episode 6: I Wish I Was The Moon, Sookie and Eric have sex in the woods under the full moon. Eric was about to be sentenced to die at the hands of Bill, the Vampire King of Louisina, but after Eric gave such a heartfelt speech about loving Sookie and wanting Sookie to be happy, Bill let him go.
After he’s freed he finds Sookie, who was in the woods chasing after her brother Jason, who thought he was doomed to turn into a werepanther. He approaches her, kisses her and soon after, the hot sex scene begins.
Meanwhile Bill, standing outside as well, has a quiet, reflective moment. I’m sure he’s thinking about some of the things Eric said, namely, that he was okay with dying since he’d die knowing what it felt like being loved. I’m sure he’s also thinking that by letting him free, Eric and Sookie will definitely get together. Poor Bill, he has to make lots of tough decisions as the King. But it’s clear he’s still the wonder southern gentlemen he’s always been.
Anyway, it’s been much anticipated and I’m glad I got to see Eric and Sookie’s sex scene. It wasn’t very explicit (by True Blood standards that is) but there was plenty shots of naked Eric from the back.
Aah, I wonder what I’ll be dreaming about tonight . . . .
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The Sexy Men of True Blood Season 4
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Bill Compton is a vampire, turned against his will during the American civil war and Sookie’s love interest. Unlike other vampires, Bill has more compassion for humans probably because he fiercely holds on to past memories from his human life. Although he is not as ancient as some of the other vampires, he is quite powerful and he is willing to risk all of that – his standing in the vampire society and his own safety to protect Sookie from those who want to take advantage of her faerie ancestry.
In season 3 however, it was revealed that all that was merely a ploy to get Sookie’s much wanted faerie blood for the Queen. Bill is seen as someone loyal to the vampire Queen and one who was merely acting upon instruction. Sookie breaks it off with Bill when she finds out about his betrayal. He later faces the vampire Queen in a deadly duel and becomes the King upon her death.
Stephen Moyer is the sexy English actor who plays Bill’s part on the show. Moyer is popularly known for roles such as Mick Benson in Undiscovered and the Editor Alternate Endings. His filmography lists more than 10 movies and 29 television shows, and has also won several awards for his work! He’s probably best known to the American population because of his role in True Blood.
Eric is probably one of the oldest vampires on the show currently. He is over 1000 years old and is said to have been a Viking warrior in his human life. He is a powerful vampire and he also the sheriff of Area 5 (a vampire district.) Eric takes a liking towards Sookie after he finds out that she is capable of reading minds. It is hinted on the show that his family may have been royals of the ancient world. He is always the badass villain trying to trick Sookie into drinking his blood and buying her house while she is away to get her to fall in love with him!
Swedish actor Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård seems to be the perfect fit for this character. Not only is he one of the sexiest men on the show, he is also a fantastic actor. Prior to his role on True Blood, he was popular for his roles such as Meekus in Zoolander and Brad Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. He has been acting since the age of 7 and has won several awards for his work in the industry. Skarsgard says he first needs to connect with his characters before he play them. “In a weird way, I always play myself, just through different mirrors. If I read a script and I don’t connect with a character, if I can’t find the character on the page in my soul, then I’m not going to be able to do a good job,” said Skarsgard in an interview.
Sam Merlotte is the owner of Merlotte’s bar where Sookie works and is probably the first supernatural being other than vampires introduced in the show. Sam is a shape shifter and is often seen watching over Sookie in his dog form. He was portrayed as one who adored Sookie and was loyal to her, however things may have frayed a little when she gets involved with Bill. Sam openly disapproves of their relationship and although he had initially supported vampire rights feels that humans and vampires should be separate… equality is another issue altogether!
Sam is adopted as a baby and raised by his adopted parents… until they discover that he is not normal that is! Sam one day (as a teen) comes home to discover that his adopted parents have moved leaving all his possessions behind! He later finds out about his real family from his adopted father while he is on his death bed. Sam is portrayed as one who obviously has temper issues and also has a dark past that no one knows about yet.
Sam Trammel the American actor who plays Sam Merlotte’s role on the show is an accomplished stage actor. His performance in ‘Ah, Wilderness!’ was also nominated for the prestigious Tony awards. “I saw the kind of guys that I thought Sam would be like and those guys wore Wrangler jeans and cowboy boots. Any man wearing those things could be Sam Merlotte. Sam is a guy that doesn’t think about clothes. He’s got jeans, boots and the shirts and that’s pretty much it,” said Trammell in an interview.
Jason Stackhouse is Sookie’s brother who is portrayed as one who doesn’t care much about anyone else but himself. Perhaps the only person he is really protective about is his younger sister. Jason was a road crew supervisor and developed quite a reputation for sleeping with the women in Bon Temps. He is also part faerie, but he seems to have inherited a different gift (sexual magnetism) while his sister inherited telepathic abilities.
Ryan Christian Kwanten, the actor who plays Jason’s role on the show, is Australian by birth. He is well known for his role as Vinnie Patterson on the Australian soap-opera Home and Away. He also has several other films and TV shows under his belt and has been nominated in the Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performance.
The Women of True Blood Season 4
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Sookie Stackhouse, as you may very well know, is the lead character in True Blood played by actress Anna Paquin.
Sookie is a gifted telepath who works as a waitress in Merlotte’s in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She grew up thinking that her gift of being able to hear people’s thoughts is really a disability. Her parents send her to a therapist as a child who convinces her that she is naturally able to read people’s body language. After she loses both her parents in a flash flood, she and her brother are raised by her maternal grandmother. She has never really dated because she can hear their crude thoughts and that has always lead her to alienate herself from people… until she meets Bill. Bill is a vampire whose thoughts she cannot hear which leads her to eventually fall in love with him. Bill later introduces her to the world of supernatural elements where she discovers that she is actually part faerie.
Anna is a Canadian born, New Zealand actress who has the record for being the second youngest winner of the Academy Award. In 1994, at the age of 11, she won the best supporting actress award for her role in the critically acclaimed movie ‘The Piano.’ She has since done a string of successful films such as ‘Almost Famous,’ ‘She’s All That,’ and ‘X-Men.’ Anna has more recently won Golden Globe’s best actress award for her role as Sookie in HBO’s True Blood. Anna is now married to her on screen lover Bill played by Stephen Moyer. “Maybe it should be weird, simulating sex with your husband in front of people. But it’s really not. When it’s a love scene with someone you actually love its no ‘Can I touch him here, can I touch him there’ You know what your boundaries are, or aren’t I suppose,” said Anna in an interview. About her role as Sookie she said: “Sookie is always in distress, it wouldn’t be True Blood if someone wasn’t trying to kill her.”
Tara Thornton, like Sookie, grows up being a pariah in society. Her childhood in an abusive home with an alcoholic mother has made it hard for her to fit in with normal society, but this has also made her tough and quick to anger. She is a natural when it comes to reading people’s personalities and she has no qualms about telling them openly what she thinks of them. This I’m sure can only alienate her even more from society. Tara and Sookie are best friends as children and continue to be good friends, understanding and helping each other through life. After the death of the only man she ever loved, Tara leaves Bon Temps, hoping never to return. With the start of season 4, we see Tara in New Orleans working as a cage fighter and in a lesbian relationship with another fighter.
Tara’s role is efficiently played by American actress Rutina Wesley. According to Alan Ball, the creator of the TV series, “[Wesley] was the first person who showed [Tara's] vulnerable side.” When asked what she thought about her character’s sudden change in sexual preference she says “I don’t think she (Tara) was expecting it. I think it just happened. I think it was one of those things where you just fall in love with who you fall in love with.” She goes on explaining, “I don’t think she labels herself as one thing or the next. She just started hanging out and the next thing you know, she was in love.” Wesley went on to say “I think she (Tara) is finally going to love herself in a way that is beautiful. Her self-esteem is back up and that’s opened her up to love someone else. I think she also needed a new lease on life. She totally comes back more zen, and she’s a feisty season one Tara who we all loved.”
Pamela Swinford de Beaufort is another century old vampire who is fiercely loyal to her maker – Eric. Although the show doesn’t explore too much into Pam’s background, we often see Pam and Eric speaking to each other in Swedish. She has also mentioned a few times that she was once a prostitute. She is often portrayed as one who is completely devoid of feelings and apathetic to human suffering. Eric is probably the only one for whom she has any feelings at all! Even so, she is not in love with Eric, in the traditional sense of the word. She has also portrayed strong lesbian tendencies on the show.
Pam’s character is played by Kristin Baure van Staten, the American TV and film actress best known for her role in True Blood. She is also known for her roles in popular movies such as Dancing at the Blue Iguana, Room 302 and 50 First Dates. She has also guest starred in several hit TV series such as LA Law, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Dark Angel, Two and a Half Men, etc.
Jessica Hamby is a character that is exclusive to the TV show… by that I mean, you will not find her character in ‘The Southern Vampire Mysteries’ series on which the show is based. Jessica is a very young vampire having only been recently turned by Bill. Throughout the show we often see her making those amateur vampire mistakes like draining a person to death! She lives with Pam and Eric for a while on Bill’s request, but soon they are annoyed with her and return her to Bill’s care. She is involved in a romantic relationship with Hoyt but they drift apart after she attacks his mother. With season 4, we see them together again.
Deborah Ann Woll is an American actress of Irish and German descent. She has played guest roles in many popular shows including ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, My Name Is Earl, The Mentalist and Law and Order SVU.
