Let’s begin, shall we?
The episode begins with Bill and Eric cleaning Nan’s guts up. Well, Bill was actually on the phone while Eric super-sped cleaned. “F*ck Sookie!” Eric says to Bill when the “super snatch” faerie is brought up. Is Eric over Sookie? Maybe our Swedish Viking King is moving on. I highly doubt it, but we shall see. Bill’s house was then bombarded by The Authority and Eric and Bill were taken away in chains. Later on, Bill and Eric were rescued by mysterious vampire Authority member, Nora. She turns out to be Eric’s sister — Sister with benefits sounds more like it. Their greeting was less than normal, I don’t know about y’all but I don’t greet my brother with a make-out session. Their activities are even weirder. “We fight like siblings, but we f*ck like champions,” says Eric about Nora. I laughed out loud when he said that, but still found it a tad bit gross. (At least they aren’t blood siblings. But STILL.)
Last season in Bon Temps we were left with the horrifying image of Sookie holding Tara’s head together. This season opened with Sookie and Lafayette holding Tara in what looks like a war zone. Pam arrives at Sookie’s to search for Eric, only to find Lafayette, Sookie, and half-head Tara. Sookie and Lafayette convince Pam to try and change Tara and she eventually agrees. Not without putting up a fight though. “If you can use your magic hands or your super snatch or whatever power it is you have,” Pam says about how Sookie can repay her. I literally laughed out loud. Got to love Pam.
Meanwhile, Sam is being hunted by the werewolves seeking to avenge Marcus’ death. Of course, Sam being the noble guy he is, takes credit for killing Marcus in order to protect Alcide. After being tortured, Sam tells the pack where Marcus is buried and Alcide shows up to confess to the crime. I have a feeling that Alcide is going to be the big, bad, wolf this season. I wouldn’t mind seeing him go (a little) bad, but I also love gentle giant Alcide. What are your thoughts?
Oh, and I can’t forget to mention that Reverend Steve Newlin is a vampire. Not just any ole vampire though. He tells Jason, “I’m a gay vampire American!” Didn’t see that coming. Who am I kidding? I always had a feeling he had the hots for Jason. All jokes aside though, what is the point of making Steve Newlin a vampire? I forgot he was even gone, and sure did not miss him. Am I alone on this? I find the storyline somewhat unnecessary and useless. There might be a point to it later on, but I highly doubt anything major will come of it.
Less importantly, Jessica has a party at Bill’s. Was I the only one thinking, “When the hell did Jessica make friends?” Hoyt is pissed about Jason hooking up with Jessica. Andy hooks up with Holly, AND her kids walk in on them (ew). Terry and his fellow Iraqi argue about the origin of the mysterious house fires.
To end the episode, Bill, Eric, and Nora are caught by the Authority as they were about to make their escape and Sookie and Lafayette wait for Pam and Tara to rise from the ground. Pam eventually rises, leaving Sookie and Lafayette heartbroken. When, suddenly, vampire Tara lunges at Sookie. The End. (Of episode 1, that is.)
I’m excited about this season of True Blood. Not as excited as I was for season 4, because I knew a Sookie/Eric hookup was coming, but I hope it will be an interesting season. I could see The Authority storyline getting on my nerves a little bit, but Christopher Meloni should make up for that.
Favorite quote:“I am wearing a Walmart sweatshirt for y’all. If that’s not a demonstration of team spirit, I don’t know what is.” –Pam
That’s it, folks! Bear with me, as I’m still fairly new at writing for NWN and have yet to find my exact style. I will be reviewing True Blood with y’all this summer and I’m super excited!
What were your thoughts on the episode? Favorite scene you want to share? Favorite quotes? Predictions for the season? Put them all in the comment box below!
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My favorite quote... "What's to say she won't rise up from the ground tomorrow night completely and utterly f*cktarded?" -Pam
There were a lot of good quotes this episode though. good review
Oh, yeah! That is definitely a funny one! I seriously love anything Pam says.
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This was a REALLY…weird…episode. It seemed so…weird. I can't exactly put my finger on it. And it all just sort of became hilarious. I mean, I know True Blood can be pretty tongue in cheek about itself but I don't think they wanted me to laugh for the reasons I was laughing. And it also seems like there's no direction this season, y'know? Like season one - serial killer. Season two - sex-crazed maynad. Three - the king. 4, witches. And so on.
That said, I'm extremely *extremely* EXTREMELY happy that there's going to be a big focus on Pam this season. THANK YOU, TB GODS. Pam is many times this show's saving grace.
I agree. I didn't want to sound too critical in my review but I think it's odd that there is no real direction, too. Am I crazy or is the Steve Newlin vampire thing random and pointless to you? I don't know why but that is the one thing I really can't get over. Why the F did they do that? That's what I keep thinking...
and YES. I agree with you on Pam. I love, love, love her.
This season should be interesting. HOPEFULLY good. I'm not watching any other show on TV this summer, so it better not disappoint.
I'm going to see what Vampire Tara is like but I'm 99% sure I'm not watching the rest of the season.
This premiere was rather blah. I didn't like it that much. I'm glad that 'old' Eric is back, he was kind of boring last season.. Anyway I think the big threath is Russel again, only bigger and badder and that with the Authority I guess.. Anyway I didn't mind Eric and Nora, cause actually the only thing they have in common is Godric, and it known that Makers and their 'children' have had sexual relationships. So why not with 'Sister with Brother'? I knew from when True Blood last ended that Pam would be the one to revive Pam, it was so obvious.. I thought the scene with Steve Newlin was superfunny, but I think he's lying. And it looks like Alcide is Sookie's new boo, I'm all for that! God this looks like a long post :p
I'm glad old Eric is back, too. I liked him last season but it definitley got boring. I missed him being a badass.
I am also ALL FOR Sookie and Alcide. That would be awesome. :)
A few thoughts about this episode and some of the comments:
1. Very interested to see where Terry's storyline goes. If my memory serves me correctly, he seems to be about the only genuinely good person in True Blood. The other characters - perhaps excluding Godric - sometimes do good things but usually not out of the goodness of their hearts whereas Terry has constantly been good and honest.
2. If I've got it right, this is the season of the Authority and Russell's one-man war against everything. Steve Newlin seems to fit nicely into this - he was the most vocal opponent of vampire rights who is now a vampire himself (a gay one at that). If for some reason the authority needed to hire a new spokesman then this guy would be an ideal candidate. I think that his and Russell's stories will intertwine closely (the promos show that Newlin shares Russell's views about humans, last season showed that Russell was released by a vampire...)
Besides, True Blood has always been a show with multiple story lines running in parallel - sometimes intertwining but usually independent - and it is better for doing so. For example: as much as I love The Vampire Diaries, I really started to tire of the constant focus on Elena. Let's go have a look at Sam, Jason, Jessica, Terry, etc. are doing and how their entire existence doesn't revolve around what Sookie, Eric and Bill are doing.
3. Pam? Screw Pam. I really don't see what other people see in such a character. She's a materialistic bitch with absolutely no redeeming features. Is such a one-dimensional character honest and refreshing? I find it tiresome and dull.
4. The very best thing about True Blood is that I can watch it in front of other people without being embarrassed (The Vampire Diaries is my guilty pleasure).
Great question of the episode: how in the hell did Lafayette shave of all that hair with nothing but a woman's razor blade?
Also, great to see that you're covering the show. I look forward to your future articles :)
I liked Pam until last season as her victimizing Tara made little sense to me as Tara had no control over what happen to Eric yet both Jesus and Lafayette did and she wasn't busy stalking them. Yes her one liners are funny but outside her loyalty to Eric, Pam imo is a very limited character so maybe being a maker gives more layers.
I also says I liked Nora and her and Eric sex was pretty hot that the whole addressing each other as brother and sister did not bother me. Eric's called Pam his child and I still get the feeling he used to sex her up.
I have to say I am in the minority with Jason and Jessica pairing as I don't buy it. Jason had proven to be bigoted against vampires like Tara and only put up with Bill and Eric for Sookie's sake. I still have to question on whether or not Jessica's blood plays more in a role in his feelings for her as he had never showed an attraction to her prior to being fed her blood unlike Sookie who was attracted to both Bill and Eric before tasting their blood. I also can not get over Jessica's little concern over what she did to Hoyt who went through hell for her and despite the fact of the dreams/feelings Jessica/Jason hook up had little to do with love which makes what they did worst (even though love ain't a good enough reason either and mostly is a cop out excuse). Also does this mean Jessica can still feel Hoyt when he gets in trouble or does she ignore it like Bill who never seems to seen to feel when Sam's in trouble. I know people find the Jessica/Jason pairing hot but those aspects alone bother me from being into them given their history and Jason still seemingly going to be targeting vampires again with Andy for murders.