It’s The Witching Hour on True Blood Season 4, Ep1 – She’s Not There

After her trip to fairyland, Sookie returns home only to find a group of movers in her house. It appears that Sookie has been gone for a LONG time. So long that people assumed she was dead. In fact, Jason (who’s now a bona fide policeman) finds her in the house and tells her she’s been gone for “twelve and a half months.” To Sookie, she was only gone for 10-15 minutes. Sookie discovers that everyone thought she’d been killed by vampires.

Sookie (who’s still the sweet girl we love) gives Jason their grandfather’s pocket watch which is the only thing they have left of him.

And then, Bill appears on her porch, still professing his love for her. Unfortunately, Eric soon follows but Bill tells him to go away. But not before Eric says “everyone who claims to love you, your friends, your brother, even Bill Compton. They all gave up on you. I. NEVER. DID.”

When Andy Bellefleur (who’s now addicted to V) appears demanding to know where Sookie’s been, Bill defends her by telling Andy that she’s been working for him the entire time. Turns out, everyone thought Bill had killed her.

Even so, Sookie can’t totally forgive Bill his betrayal.

I love Lafayette’s new mohawk! He and Jesus visit a witches coven gathering. Holly is there along with some other new characters. The coven leader, Marnie, has a premonition about Lafayette and Eddie (remember Eddie the really nice vampire?). Well, Marnie picked up on that right off the bat and even starts speaking like him.

Lafayette gets angry at Jesus for taking him to the coven meeting, feeling he was set up. However, Jesus keeps telling Lafayette that he has a gift that he shouldn’t keep denying. He invites Lafayette to another meeting.

Andy Bellefleur is then manhandled by Andy who accuses him of holding out on him with his V. Fortunately, Jason comes to the rescue. Imagine that, Jason appears to have matured quite a bit and seems to be the only person that can keep Andy under control.

Meet Mikey – Demon Child. Arlene’s given birth to Rene’s child, little Mikey who seems to be JUST LIKE DADDY! Arlene finds him on the floor quite happy since he just pulled the heads off a bunch of Barbie dolls. This freaks her out of course since she’s convinced the kid is possessed.

Meet Tara, Warrior Princess. Since the season finale of True Blood Season 3 we saw Tara driving away from Bon Temps into the night. Turns out she’s been making the female wrestling circuit, fighting people in cages.

Okay, that’s not all that’s different about her. She’s apparently got a new FEMALE significant other. AND a new name. She’s now known as “Tony.”

What the Hell! Tommy, Sam’s brother, is now living with Maxine, Hoyt’s mother. And he’s now somewhat of a religious fanatic.

Jessica and Hoyt are living together and are having a few problems. While dancing at Fangtasia Jessica is approached by a cute guy and clearly wants to flirt back. When she goes to the ladies room Pam follows her and accurately identifies Jessica’s problem: she wants to hunt and drink the blood of other humans. Jessica denys it but it’s clear Pam is dead on (no pun intended).

Sam has new friends. He’s part of a sophisticated group that drinks fine wine, strips down naked and then shape shifts into horses that run through the woods at night.

Jason has become the surrogate dad to the poor and hungry kids at Hotshot. However, while attempting to grab something from the bottom of a large freezer, he’s hit over the head and shoved in – and the freezer is locked from the outside.

Lafayette can’t stay away from the witches. While at another coven meeting and sitting in a circle and holding hands with the rest of the witches, he witnesses their ability to RAISE THE DEAD in the form of a small parrot. It doesn’t live for very long but Marnie, the leader, is quite pleased with their accomplishment. It looks like Lafayette’s power helps make them stronger.

Oh, and one of the witches is clearly a double agent. She leaves the group to meet secretly with Bill.

BTW: Eric and Bill have become ambassadors of the new “We Heart Vampires” campaign headed by the American Vampire League. It’s hilarious to see them act like politicians trying to get votes.

While naked Sookie drys off from a shower she’s approached by Eric who tells her that he’s the person who purchased her house. Why? Because he always knew she was alive. Unfortunately, since Sookie no longer owns the house she can’t banish him from the property. The episode ends with Eric baring his fangs and telling Sookie “YOU ARE MINE.”