True Blood - Bad Blood, S03E01

True Blood is the perfect mix of horror, sex, and humour. It's a show that is allowed to take itself seriously, as it deals with the unbelievable in a believable way, but that doesn't mean that it won't laugh at itself. And that special ability makes the show so much better than something that's only about sex and violence.

I can't count the number of times that I nearly died when watching this episode...well, the number of times something happened that I declared nearly killed me.

Some instances:

- when Arlene (Carrie Preston) and Tara (Rutina Wesley) nearly fought because Arlene pointed out the Eggs had been a serial killer, and Arlene was surprised because, after Rene, she was under the impression that everyone dated at least one serial killer.

- Andy (Chris Bauer) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) repeating the phrase "Conscious off, Dick on, and Everything is gonna be okay.

- Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) naked.

- Sam (Sam Trammell) having sexy dreams about Bill (Stephen Moyer). Oh boy was that hot.

-Arlene realizing she was pregnant because she could smell the faintest hint of cinnamon.

Plus, we were set up for the season perfectly, as we discover that Bill was kidnapped by V addicts. It totally played into Eric's part in the conspiracy of vampires selling their own blood, and was the perfect excuse for Bill to end up in Werewolf country.

I am hoping, although this episode didn't really indicate it too well, that this season will be more interconnect than Season 2. Don't get me wrong, I love Season 2, but I don't want to get the writers to get in the habit of diversifying the plot line and characters so much that they are never in the same city. Then again, I don't want them to be too unfaithful to the books either...so I guess it depends what happens in book 3 (I have read the first two, and I'll read the third in September when this season ends).

Glad to have Sookie (Anna Paquin), Tara, Eric, and the rest of a fabulous cast back to keep me company for another summer.