True Blood season 3 ep12
Sep. 21st, 2010 05:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightWatched this today. Spoilers behind cut.
I probably shouldn't jump in and write this review so quickly, but I'm back at work tomorrow and probably won't have time.
I think the episode worked fairly well in a typical bonkers True Blood way. Most storylines were left hanging - did Sam kill Tommy? Where has Tara gone and when will she be back? Is Lafayette a witch too? Is Arlene's baby really evil? What on earth will Jason do with all those inbred hillbilly types, and what does he see in Crystal anyway? What will Maxine do with that gun? Are Sookie and Bill really over (as if!)? Who will win the Bill/Queen Sophie-Ann smackdown? Etc, etc.
Mind you, as you might guess, I was most interested in the main storyline about King Russell. I think the way it played out worked for me. I've been rather annoyed with Bill for the constant doublecrossing, and him trying to kill Eric and Pam was the last straw, so I was pleased to see Sookie finally learn the truth and throw Bill out of her house. Loved the Eric/Godric stuff and think Eric still maintains his mystique in a lot of ways, in that you just don't know how he'll react to things even now. I think what surprised me most in this episode was Sookie pouring the remains of Talbot down the sink and laughing at King Russell's grief. That wasn't nice. Is it supposed to be an indication that consorting with vampires has tarnished her shiny fairy-ness?
I think on the whole the season worked if what Alan Ball was trying to achieve (assuming he was trying to achieve anything) was atomising the characters, splitting them up from what they've relied on so far, but also suggesting new beginnings for some of them. Hoyt and Jessica are back together, Lafayette and Jesus seem reconciled, Tara has gone off to find herself, Jason has discovered his role in life (liked his little scene with Andy) and Sookie is literally away with the fairies (heh!).
Sorry for crap review but ready and willing to discuss if anyone wants to.
I probably shouldn't jump in and write this review so quickly, but I'm back at work tomorrow and probably won't have time.
I think the episode worked fairly well in a typical bonkers True Blood way. Most storylines were left hanging - did Sam kill Tommy? Where has Tara gone and when will she be back? Is Lafayette a witch too? Is Arlene's baby really evil? What on earth will Jason do with all those inbred hillbilly types, and what does he see in Crystal anyway? What will Maxine do with that gun? Are Sookie and Bill really over (as if!)? Who will win the Bill/Queen Sophie-Ann smackdown? Etc, etc.
Mind you, as you might guess, I was most interested in the main storyline about King Russell. I think the way it played out worked for me. I've been rather annoyed with Bill for the constant doublecrossing, and him trying to kill Eric and Pam was the last straw, so I was pleased to see Sookie finally learn the truth and throw Bill out of her house. Loved the Eric/Godric stuff and think Eric still maintains his mystique in a lot of ways, in that you just don't know how he'll react to things even now. I think what surprised me most in this episode was Sookie pouring the remains of Talbot down the sink and laughing at King Russell's grief. That wasn't nice. Is it supposed to be an indication that consorting with vampires has tarnished her shiny fairy-ness?
I think on the whole the season worked if what Alan Ball was trying to achieve (assuming he was trying to achieve anything) was atomising the characters, splitting them up from what they've relied on so far, but also suggesting new beginnings for some of them. Hoyt and Jessica are back together, Lafayette and Jesus seem reconciled, Tara has gone off to find herself, Jason has discovered his role in life (liked his little scene with Andy) and Sookie is literally away with the fairies (heh!).
Sorry for crap review but ready and willing to discuss if anyone wants to.