We've always known that Sookie was a mind reader, a telepath, but we never really assumed that she was anything other than human until she used that light to protect herself from Maryann. Suddenly, everything changed and she was more that just a human with a gift - and apparently the vampires in her life have known this from the beginning. Well, at least Bill (Stephen Moyer) did, though Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) apparently did not.
In this episode, watching Sookie while she was in that coma, and learning that she had no known blood-type was a little disturbing, but nothing was more so that the notion that Bill, for the simple reason that he is a vampire (or at least that was how it appeared) might take away her light. A light which so obviously makes Sookie special.
But if you didn't really care about that side of the plot, there was so much more amazing stuff going on. First of all, Lorena (Mariana Klaveno) was finally staked by Sookie with Bill's help. Much as I did love to hate her, I am so glad that she and her insanity are gone from the world. Of course, that was soon followed by Sookie trying to save Bill and him nearly drinking all of her blood in a mad blood crazy. The fact that he was thrown out of the van and left in the sun, but did not immediately crispify, well, perhaps that is what would happen if Bill did end up taking Sookie's light?
Poor Tara (Rutina Wesley). Her vampire issues, exploded to the point of ridiculous callousness by the week she spent with Franklin, had a great focus in Bill, particularly when he nearly killed Sookie. Her tough attitude, mixed with grief and fear, was plainly on her face as she kicked Bill out of the truck, and, despite the danger he was in, a little part of me cheered.
Meanwhile, Sam (Sam Trammell) was finally able to save his little brother from the crazy parents who used to young shifter to win dog fights. It was so disturbing to see the men put down the dogs who had lost, who were too wounded to be saved, and it didn't matter that Tommy (Marshall Allman) is probably smarter and therefore more likely to win, it was still horrible. Some people may be your parents, may have given birth to you, but that doesn't mean that you should always respect your ties to them.
But the best part of the episode for me was that Eric was finally able to save Pam (Kristin Bauer). I loved seeing her again, tortured in silver, still being her sassy self and taking the pain with no complaint. But the moment Eric showed up and his name escaped her lips, full of pain and desperate hope that he would save her...Those two have such a beautiful bond I almost couldn't care that the vampire monarchy has apparently overthrown the authority which was above them.
With more than half the season gone, I can only imagine that the chaos will increase, as will the death toll (we lost 3 people this week), and I hope there will be more passionate love scenes as well. What are you hoping for?
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