Monday, June 21, 2010

True Blood - Beautifully Broken, S03E02

True Blood is really a show about a community, focusing primarily on the adventures of Sookie (Anna Paquin), but never neglecting the wide variety of people who populate her home town. And while there are so many stories being told, this only heightens the sense that the lives of everyone we know are meandering down their own paths, occasionally allowing us to share the chaos.

It is clearly apparent that each of our main characters - Sookie, Bill (Stephen Moyer), Eric (Alexander Skarsgard), Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll), Tara (Rutina Wesley), Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), Jason (Ryan Kwanten), and Sam (Sam Trammell) - have major goings-on in their lives which aren't very much connected. Yet, with the appearance of Tara's unintroduced vampire, her story has suddenly become very closely connected to Bill's story in Mississippi, which connects straight back to Sookie and to Eric, each in their separate ways.

For starters, I have to say that I loved Bill's prison. The lavishness, the decadence, the pure silver doors! What a classy way to prevent a vampire from leaving. And the blood champagne and gelato? Who knew vampires had such fancy cuisine. Naturally the appearance of Lorena (Mariana Klaveno) was in bad taste, and while I hope that Bill did light her on fire with an oil lamp, I couldn't help but think that the scene had only taken place in his mind. Or maybe I hope that because I'm afraid of what will happen to him if it didn't.

Secondly, I LOVE JASON. He is so adorable. When he found out that werewolves he existed, not only did he wonder then about Bigfoot, but mostly he was interested in the existence of Santa! Then, as he took care of his sister (so wonderfully making up for all the stupid things he did in season 1), he said that they just had the two of them, and it would always be him and Sookie. That is until she married Bill, at which point it would be Jason, Sookie, and Bill.

And finally, I am sure that every one of your hearts were atwitter when Eric suddenly slammed Sookie into the wall of her house demanding to be allowed to enter, and Sookie bit him enter in the most formal way imaginable, suddenly aware of the danger he already felt. Shivers!

I could speculate on how long it will take for the overarching plot line to be truly visible, but I'd rather guess at how many episodes will pass before I get to see more nude Eric. 3 episodes tops?

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