True Blood season 4 ep 8
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shapinglightOkay, this may count as the nuttiest episode of True Blood yet, and that's saying something.
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Mind you, that only really applies to the Sookie/Eric scenes, which have now left the shores of doomed romance behind and entered WTF territory. I can hardly believe that only a few weeks ago I'd convinced myself that Alan Ball was such a Sookie/Bill 'shipper that he would never actually let Sookie and Eric have sex - that he would only tease it, and something would always happen to prevent them at the last moment. Instead of that, though, it seems Sookie and Eric not only can't stop having sex, they have now f**ked themselves right out of Bon Temps and into Narnia.
ROFL.
Mind you, I do still find Woobie Eric very sweet, and if the last scene between Eric and Marnie/Antonia is anything to go by, maybe Antonia feels the same?
Well, perhaps not.
Apart from the utter bonkersness of the magic snow in Sookie's bathroom, which casts a glittery, faintly nausea-inducing pall over the whole episode, it was actually rather good, and at long last Sam's story is being drawn into the main story, if only circuitously through his relationship with Luna, and hers with Alice and Debbie's new packmaster. In fact, it now seems to be the Possessed!Lafayette/demon baby storyline that's gone adrift (though it's actually quite a good storyline). I can understand why the ghost lady wants Baby Mikey so much. What a horrible betrayal! And I suppose it's not completely adrift given that Lafayette and Marnie are now both possessed by vengeful ghosts.
Elsewhere, I felt terribly sorry for poor Jessica (Hoyt was horrible to her), and enjoyed Suave King Bill very much indeed. His glamouring of the news reporter was very smoothly done. He really is a born politician. Also, Fiona Shaw is (not surprisingly) brilliant in every scene she's in. She completely convinces me that she's Antonia, just as she convinced me she was Marnie. I'm looking forward to the aftermath of the battle in the graveyard. I can't think it can end well for Eric and Sookie (if nothing else, Sookie got a timely reminder of what vampires are capable of, when Eric ripped out one of the witches' spines without batting an eyelid), or that Debbie (yawn!) will let Alcide get away with breaking his promise about staying away from Sookie.
And I'm still worried about Tara.
On the plus side, it was nice to see Pam looking herself again, if only temporarily.
Spoilers behind cut
Mind you, that only really applies to the Sookie/Eric scenes, which have now left the shores of doomed romance behind and entered WTF territory. I can hardly believe that only a few weeks ago I'd convinced myself that Alan Ball was such a Sookie/Bill 'shipper that he would never actually let Sookie and Eric have sex - that he would only tease it, and something would always happen to prevent them at the last moment. Instead of that, though, it seems Sookie and Eric not only can't stop having sex, they have now f**ked themselves right out of Bon Temps and into Narnia.
ROFL.
Mind you, I do still find Woobie Eric very sweet, and if the last scene between Eric and Marnie/Antonia is anything to go by, maybe Antonia feels the same?
Well, perhaps not.
Apart from the utter bonkersness of the magic snow in Sookie's bathroom, which casts a glittery, faintly nausea-inducing pall over the whole episode, it was actually rather good, and at long last Sam's story is being drawn into the main story, if only circuitously through his relationship with Luna, and hers with Alice and Debbie's new packmaster. In fact, it now seems to be the Possessed!Lafayette/demon baby storyline that's gone adrift (though it's actually quite a good storyline). I can understand why the ghost lady wants Baby Mikey so much. What a horrible betrayal! And I suppose it's not completely adrift given that Lafayette and Marnie are now both possessed by vengeful ghosts.
Elsewhere, I felt terribly sorry for poor Jessica (Hoyt was horrible to her), and enjoyed Suave King Bill very much indeed. His glamouring of the news reporter was very smoothly done. He really is a born politician. Also, Fiona Shaw is (not surprisingly) brilliant in every scene she's in. She completely convinces me that she's Antonia, just as she convinced me she was Marnie. I'm looking forward to the aftermath of the battle in the graveyard. I can't think it can end well for Eric and Sookie (if nothing else, Sookie got a timely reminder of what vampires are capable of, when Eric ripped out one of the witches' spines without batting an eyelid), or that Debbie (yawn!) will let Alcide get away with breaking his promise about staying away from Sookie.
And I'm still worried about Tara.
On the plus side, it was nice to see Pam looking herself again, if only temporarily.
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Date: 2011-08-15 04:16 pm (UTC)The graveyard scene was awesome! I wonder what the aftermath will be, with so many vampires killing humans.
I absolutely loved the beginning scenes with Jason/Jessica then in the basement with Jason/Jessica and Bill. It's adorable how Bill is like her father/older brother figure and cares about Jessica so much. I guess I pretty much like every vampire/maker relationship on this show!
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Date: 2011-08-15 04:55 pm (UTC)I don't think they look uncomfortable, but I agree their scenes have become boring. I can't help wondering if Alan Ball is doing it on purpose. Everyone knows he's a big Sookie/Bill 'shipper, but he must know there are a lot of Eric/Sookie 'shippers out there, so he's pulling a Joss Whedon and giving them what they want but not in the way they want it. Who knows? But it won't last beyond the season. We all know that.
I agree about Bill and Jessica. I've always liked that relationship. I just feel like a missed a bit of it somewhere, because Bill seemed pretty indifferent to Jessica for most of season 3, yet at the beginning of season 4 they seem really close. I know Sookie missed a year, but I feel like I did too where that relationship is concerned.
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Date: 2011-08-15 06:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-16 11:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-15 06:10 pm (UTC)Exactly! All I could think of was Amends and that took a while to clear out of my system.
And I suppose it's not completely adrift given that Lafayette and Marnie are now both possessed by vengeful ghosts.
Nods. If only just so that it could give Lafayette a proper storyline, remember how much fun he was in Seasons One and Two? ANd Jesus wasn't even in the episode and nobody missed him.
And I'm still worried about Tara.
Yes, where does she go after the dust finally settles this Season. She's making an enemy of Sookie - and possibly Lafayette-, she's told her girlfriend to get lost, where does she go from here.
Fiona Shaw is (not surprisingly) brilliant in every scene she's in. She completely convinces me that she's Antonia, just as she convinced me she was Marnie.
Nods. Finally a really good villain, and that makes all the difference IMO.
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Date: 2011-08-16 11:52 am (UTC)Heh! I was thinking about that too, along with marvelling that Sookie's shower turned out to be a way into Narnia.
Yes, where does she go after the dust finally settles this Season. She's making an enemy of Sookie - and possibly Lafayette-, she's told her girlfriend to get lost, where does she go from here.
I really don't know. I also don't know quite what Alan Ball thinks he's doing with her character and Sookie's. After all, given what we've seen of vampires in this show, particularly in relation to Tara, Tara wanting to kill them all is quite justified. She and Marnie have right on their side. It's bizarre.
Maybe he wants to see how large a part of the audience he can get to root for the bad guys (ie. the vampires). If so, it's a bit of a mean trick to play.