True Blood season 3 - ep9
Aug. 16th, 2010 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightA quick review before I have to rush off out.
Spoilers within, of course.
Just watched the ep and was completely riveted by it. Some wonderful stuff, though everything, apart from Eric's tender little scene with Pam, paled into insignificance next to King Russell's wonderful piece of TV grandstanding, which has probably put the kibosh on the Vampire Rights Act. His last line - "And now to Tiffany for the weather," - was just brilliant. I would not like to be Eric when Russell finally catches up with him, because Russell is very powerful, very, very angry, and possibly slightly insane.
Speaking of insane - though 'slightly' doesn't come into it - I was sort of sad to see the final demise of Franklin-Just-Call-Me-Psychopath Mott. However, after the turn Tara's story took in this episode, with the scene in the support group, there was no other way it could go, because the character wasn't really fun any more. Tara's angry words to Franklin stripped all that away, laying bare what he really is. After that, he had to go. I'm just glad Tara got to say her piece first.
A terrific scene with Arlene and the weird new waitress too. I'm hopeful that this character will turn out to be something benevolent, in spite of the fact that the actress looks so odd. She has such a huge mouth and eyes. I keep expecting her to turn into some kind of giant lizard.
Other minor characters also got great scenes, including Hoyt and Jessica (loved Hoyt's confession that he 'can't fucking stand' Summer. I can't either. She makes my teeth hurt). However, I'm still very miffed with Bill for not making sure Jessica was all right after Russell's visitation last week, and the trailer for next week has me worried about her all over again. Bill is really not a good vampire parent if he leaves her to face up to that all by herself.
Elsewhere, Lafayette and Jesus had some wonderful scenes, including the one with Lafayette's mum. I know there's more to Jesus than there seems, though, just as there is more to Crystal (though I'm afraid I find Crystal really boring and can't understand what Jason sees in her). It was nice to see Kenya again too, though she didn't have much to do. And has William Sanderson left for good? His name is still on the cast list.
Not a lot to say about Bill and Sookie this ep, though Bill's little trip to Fairyland(?) amused me. Still as cheesy as a 1970s porn film. Oh, boy was it! And maybe next week we'll finally learn what Sookie is, since it seems like Eric is going to have to use that knowledge to get himself out of a very tight situation.
Something tells me that the Eric/Sookie 'shippers among the people who prefer the books to the show will not like what Alan Ball does with this plotline. We'll see.
A fun episode, which brought one plotline (the Tara/Franklin one) to a close, and sent all the others spiralling towards the finale. It will be interesting to see which plots get resolved and which are left hanging fire for a whole year! Aaargh!
Spoilers within, of course.
Just watched the ep and was completely riveted by it. Some wonderful stuff, though everything, apart from Eric's tender little scene with Pam, paled into insignificance next to King Russell's wonderful piece of TV grandstanding, which has probably put the kibosh on the Vampire Rights Act. His last line - "And now to Tiffany for the weather," - was just brilliant. I would not like to be Eric when Russell finally catches up with him, because Russell is very powerful, very, very angry, and possibly slightly insane.
Speaking of insane - though 'slightly' doesn't come into it - I was sort of sad to see the final demise of Franklin-Just-Call-Me-Psychopath Mott. However, after the turn Tara's story took in this episode, with the scene in the support group, there was no other way it could go, because the character wasn't really fun any more. Tara's angry words to Franklin stripped all that away, laying bare what he really is. After that, he had to go. I'm just glad Tara got to say her piece first.
A terrific scene with Arlene and the weird new waitress too. I'm hopeful that this character will turn out to be something benevolent, in spite of the fact that the actress looks so odd. She has such a huge mouth and eyes. I keep expecting her to turn into some kind of giant lizard.
Other minor characters also got great scenes, including Hoyt and Jessica (loved Hoyt's confession that he 'can't fucking stand' Summer. I can't either. She makes my teeth hurt). However, I'm still very miffed with Bill for not making sure Jessica was all right after Russell's visitation last week, and the trailer for next week has me worried about her all over again. Bill is really not a good vampire parent if he leaves her to face up to that all by herself.
Elsewhere, Lafayette and Jesus had some wonderful scenes, including the one with Lafayette's mum. I know there's more to Jesus than there seems, though, just as there is more to Crystal (though I'm afraid I find Crystal really boring and can't understand what Jason sees in her). It was nice to see Kenya again too, though she didn't have much to do. And has William Sanderson left for good? His name is still on the cast list.
Not a lot to say about Bill and Sookie this ep, though Bill's little trip to Fairyland(?) amused me. Still as cheesy as a 1970s porn film. Oh, boy was it! And maybe next week we'll finally learn what Sookie is, since it seems like Eric is going to have to use that knowledge to get himself out of a very tight situation.
Something tells me that the Eric/Sookie 'shippers among the people who prefer the books to the show will not like what Alan Ball does with this plotline. We'll see.
A fun episode, which brought one plotline (the Tara/Franklin one) to a close, and sent all the others spiralling towards the finale. It will be interesting to see which plots get resolved and which are left hanging fire for a whole year! Aaargh!
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Date: 2010-08-16 04:52 pm (UTC)I think he would probably appreciate the gesture, if not the accompanying aesthetic. :)