True Blood season 4 ep 12
Sep. 12th, 2011 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I've been busy this morning too, but have at last found an hour in which to watch the season finale of True Blood. Thoughts on that within. Lots of spoilers.
First and foremost, I'm quite upset about Jesus. I really liked him and thought he and Lafayette were very sweet together. It sucks to be right sometimes. On the other hand, I'd relaxed about Tara. I thought that after a season in which she had buggerall to do except become a lesbian, she was very unlikely to die. And then, right at the end there - dammit, she'd better not be dead, that's all. I'm hoping for Bill and Eric to hear Sookie's desperate cries for help and come and heal Tara for her.
Speaking of Bill and Eric, I'm enjoying those two as a double act enormously. Their relationship becomes more like AtS season 5 Spike and Angel all the time, right down to them backing each other up while snarking. Loved their scene with Nan Flanagan (though I'll miss her too), and found their matching dresssing gowns hilarious. If Alan Ball wants to let Bill and Eric get over Sookie with each other, that would be fine by me.
I thought this was a really good finale, doing what True Blood finales usually do of tidying up the loose ends of the major plot of the season while introducing lots of new elements. Among those new elements, Reverend Steve Newlin as a vampire is probably the most entertaining, along with the probable reappearance of Mad, Bad King Russell. Can't wait to see more of him and how that feeds into the vampire politics storyline - and the Nan Flanagan death scene hinted at a lot of intriguing stuff going on there.
I'm not so sure about Terry's old comrade as a new element. His arrival is bound to be major trouble for Terry and Arlene down the line, even if Arlene shouldn't really believe everything a dead serial killer tells her (nice cameo from Rene, though). But whatever happens, I'm sure it'll be better than the Tommy Mickens plot, of which the final scene - the graveside conversation between Sam and Maxine Fortenberry - was probably the best ever.
But anyway, with Terry's old comrade, Rev Newlin, King Russell, Bill and Eric vs the Authority, there's plenty to look forward to.
As for the witch plot, though I'm sorry about Jesus, I thought his final scene with Lafayette was very touching (and interesting that all the ghosts who've successfully passed on - Jesus, Sookie's gran etc - had become rather distanced from those left behind), and I did think Antonia and Gran's talking down of Marnie worked pretty well. I'm happy with how that wrapped up. Very sad for Lafayette, though, and will be even sadder if Tara is dead. I just don't think she can be. I think if the character weren't coming back, they wouldn't have left it as a big cliffhanger for a whole year. That's what I'm going to tell myself anyway.
I think season 4 was better than season 3. Less bitty (once the Hotshot bunch were disposed of), and more focused on the characters that people actually care about. Also, Fiona Shaw as Marnie was a terrific villain. More of that next season please - and please can we have a Pam/Eric reconciliation scene? Nice though it was to see Ginger have more to do than just scream, it's sad to see Pam reduced to crying on her shoulder.
I've been busy this morning too, but have at last found an hour in which to watch the season finale of True Blood. Thoughts on that within. Lots of spoilers.
First and foremost, I'm quite upset about Jesus. I really liked him and thought he and Lafayette were very sweet together. It sucks to be right sometimes. On the other hand, I'd relaxed about Tara. I thought that after a season in which she had buggerall to do except become a lesbian, she was very unlikely to die. And then, right at the end there - dammit, she'd better not be dead, that's all. I'm hoping for Bill and Eric to hear Sookie's desperate cries for help and come and heal Tara for her.
Speaking of Bill and Eric, I'm enjoying those two as a double act enormously. Their relationship becomes more like AtS season 5 Spike and Angel all the time, right down to them backing each other up while snarking. Loved their scene with Nan Flanagan (though I'll miss her too), and found their matching dresssing gowns hilarious. If Alan Ball wants to let Bill and Eric get over Sookie with each other, that would be fine by me.
I thought this was a really good finale, doing what True Blood finales usually do of tidying up the loose ends of the major plot of the season while introducing lots of new elements. Among those new elements, Reverend Steve Newlin as a vampire is probably the most entertaining, along with the probable reappearance of Mad, Bad King Russell. Can't wait to see more of him and how that feeds into the vampire politics storyline - and the Nan Flanagan death scene hinted at a lot of intriguing stuff going on there.
I'm not so sure about Terry's old comrade as a new element. His arrival is bound to be major trouble for Terry and Arlene down the line, even if Arlene shouldn't really believe everything a dead serial killer tells her (nice cameo from Rene, though). But whatever happens, I'm sure it'll be better than the Tommy Mickens plot, of which the final scene - the graveside conversation between Sam and Maxine Fortenberry - was probably the best ever.
But anyway, with Terry's old comrade, Rev Newlin, King Russell, Bill and Eric vs the Authority, there's plenty to look forward to.
As for the witch plot, though I'm sorry about Jesus, I thought his final scene with Lafayette was very touching (and interesting that all the ghosts who've successfully passed on - Jesus, Sookie's gran etc - had become rather distanced from those left behind), and I did think Antonia and Gran's talking down of Marnie worked pretty well. I'm happy with how that wrapped up. Very sad for Lafayette, though, and will be even sadder if Tara is dead. I just don't think she can be. I think if the character weren't coming back, they wouldn't have left it as a big cliffhanger for a whole year. That's what I'm going to tell myself anyway.
I think season 4 was better than season 3. Less bitty (once the Hotshot bunch were disposed of), and more focused on the characters that people actually care about. Also, Fiona Shaw as Marnie was a terrific villain. More of that next season please - and please can we have a Pam/Eric reconciliation scene? Nice though it was to see Ginger have more to do than just scream, it's sad to see Pam reduced to crying on her shoulder.