This show is great. I haven't watched yesterday's episode yet, but I can't wait to watch it tonight!

Nothinbutjoy said:

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OMFG Whats Bill gonna do , its not Sooki's fault

Damnit why did it have to end there ARGGGGGHHHHH

This was a weird episode. I need to think about this.

Pochacco said:

It was TOTALLY Sookie's fault!!!

I'm LOVING this mad-as-hell Bill!!

CalhounSq said:

He's got a strange chest hair pattern.
I'd still do him tho.

I think he's gonna have a Holy Threesome with the evangelists.

Nothinbutjoy said:

TOOOOOTAlly Sookie's fault.

johnart said:

In the "show" "A Taste of True Blood" Alan Ball says Ryan Kwanten has a -3% body fat

IRL, Ryan is writing a book, he qualified for the World Biathalon in Sweden in 2006 and in Italy in 2007 after winning the LA Biathalon series two years running. He is also a certified yoga instructor. (From his bio @ http://www.hbo.com/trueblood/season2/ ) All of that and brains to!

YUM!

Oh and btw, HOW much do I love Tara Buck "Ginger". WHen she starts screamin' I nearly pee!!!

johnart said:

That whole scene had me rollin' She was hilarious!!

Nothinbutjoy said:

In that case, I'd like him to teach me downward dog w/ his dick out

Nothinbutjoy said:

It really was, she's retarded for taking her there I love when Bill said, "get ouuuuut so I can clean up yo' messsss!"

& I forget - how do they turn humans again? I wondered that when he bit Sookie in bed. Would she have to drink his blood to become a vampire? Can he just keep biting her & nothing happens?

You got it Calhoun , you gotta drink their blood to go vampire

CalhounSq said:

First they drain you to the point of death, then you ingest their blood. Then apparently you must be buried overnight with them. This all transforms you into a vamp and establishes a sort of psychic link between you and your sire.

OK, I've watched this twice now. Was it me or did it feel "different" somehow?

I don't recall a previous episode with dialogue that was quite this... hmm... primary. There just seemed to be a lot of focus on talking over action this week. It all seemed quite intimate, too. And the exchanges -- like Bill and Sookie in bed, for example -- seemed longer. Not too long, but long. It almost felt like a stage play at some points this week.

Then, the characterizations seemed "tweaked."
* Sookie is always a bit sassy, but this week she seemed more flippant, even crass: We see her dropping multiple f-bombs, for example.
* Tara's never bitten her tongue, but suddenly we see her saying sexually charged things like "I'd take a shower in your sweat if I could."
* Sam seemed crankier than usual -- maybe even unidimensional in his crankiness here.
* Likewise with Andy Bellefleur, who has now totally spiraled into a drunken oblivion.
* And Bill!? Suddenly Bill isn't Casper the friendly Ghost anymore! He stands up to Eric. He's glamouring tiny kids, over the protest of their parents. He's ordering his woman to "Shut up!!" And when he removes Sookie from the house, he doesn't hastily shepherd her out the door, he darned-near throws her out on her ass Huggie Bear-style! (And based on the previews, it doesn't look like he's gonna have a problem taking a hand to Jessica.)

I think I did like the episode, and a lot of my critiques may be chalked up to a quickly paced crisis build and character evolution. But some of the progression we saw this week seemed a little pressed.
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Oh... and while Lafayette is maybe my favorite TV character in a decade, I'm not quite liking the idea of him as a vamp. His whole appeal has been based on his uncanny (and not altogether scrupulous) survival skills in the face of threat. If we suddenly put him at the top of the food chain and free him of the constraints of human morality, he may still be funny, but his audacity and resourcefulness might not be quite as satisfying. (On the other hand, I don't wanna see him dead, either. )

Lammastide said:

I will be YO badass vampire.

SCNDLS said:

I SOOO hope he and Eric don't have some sort of romantic thing going on.

And Nelsen Ellis deserves some award nominations.

Lammastide said:

I'm not feeling that plot twist at ALL.

CalhounSq said:

The possibilities are ENDLESS

Lammastide said:

Exactly!

Oh! And I almost forgot...

Mehcad Brooks

Lammastide said:

Yeah, I'm really liking his visual contribution to the show.

His storyline's not bad either.

Lammastide said:

Like I said: That BODY is RIGHT!!!

Any pics of them abs?

SCNDLS said:

I swear, dude is gonna have me up in a gym by the end of the season.

Lammastide said:

That shit's ridiculous!

But do you see how his head don't fit his body??? He got a long peanut head.
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SCNDLS said:

Something is... unusual.

But I can't even care!!

Lammastide said:

Yeah, you're right, I'd still smash.