It was amazing.
The dual plot line, Dallas and Maryann, kept you entertained and allowed escalation without tedium. All of Bon Temps going crazy like that would have been tedious if nothing else had been going on - especially since we're talking about a Maenad here, and not vampires.
Let's focus on the episode. My first remark is that Gran's wedding dress was very pretty, and she had one hell of a rack (if Maryann's bosom is any indication). Prepared for her wedding, with all the ritual put together, she was far more ready for this one to work than any previous attempt. And we finally found out why. Sam! I know, I didn't really get why he was the one she wanted. I would have thought she'd have gone after Sookie, whose powers she didn't understand. But when Sam showed up at her place all those years before, she became convinced he was it. And she sure was right.
I knew how it was going to play out from ep 11, when the Queen told Bill all that lore. Of course Sam was going to take on the appearance of the God, for him alone would she die. And she did, beautifully gored on a horn.
I loved how Sookie asked about that stupid egg at the same time that I was thinking "What is up with that!?" The show really knows what its audience wants and is interested in. Oh Sookie...there was also some beautiful parallelism when Maryann again asks her what she is, and Sookie says "I'm a waitress. What the F$@# are you?"
That this whole conflict was resolved when the episode was only half over is even more of an indication of the talent of the writers and planners. Good stories need an epilogue. We need to know that everything worked out okay once Maryann was gone (or didn't in some cases).
Andy got his job back, with the Sheriff telling him "You might have your faults, Andy, but at least you've got pants on." The Sheriff lost his pants several episodes back.
Eggs could not live with what he had done all those years for Maryann, and, trying to turn himself in, threatened Andy. Jason, Andy's new best friend, blew the back of his brains out. Poor Terra. That girl can't seem to get a break. Apparently she and Jason might be getting another chance, though I preferred her with Sam.
There was a whole lot of set up for next season in those last few minutes. Sam's going to find his parents; Jessica and Hoyt did not resolve their fight, but they will soon I hope; Bill proposed to Sookie, and then was kidnapped before she had the chance to say yes. I loved how she was so confused at first, but once she had a second to think about it, she knew what she wanted.
And now we have to wait until June!! June before we see anymore.
That just means I'll be reading Dead in Dallas and trying to decide just how much better the show is. Amazing that a TV show can so surpass the quality of the book it is based on...even more amazing is the success of those books given the quality of the writing. Great ideas...not expressed the best way.
So you do think that the books are ok?
ReplyDeleteI have to read the second one still, but I found the first one WAY too campy for me. Also, I love a lot of the subplots and the books are all from Sookie's perspective, so we don't get them.
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