Once again, this is a review of the episode so there will be
SPOILERS! Also, I'm posting this a bit late, since the next episode
airs in 1 1/2 hours.
I said it in Episode 1, Sookie do
not let Tara in your house! She can't be trusted. What's the first
thing she does, but goes about destroying the house that Eric just paid
to have redone. She's got to throw one of her patented Tara Temper
Tantrums. The last time she was in the house she built a nest out of
Gran's bed for an ostrich egg. So, I just wanted to get that "I told
you so" out of the way.
The Authority. Pretty much
exactly what I thought it would be, an underground corporation of
sorts. I loved that they got off the elevator into the generic
corporate America lobby with muzak. I feel for whoever was being asked
to report to the ex-sanguination chambers. That can't be good for a
vampire. We also got to see the old portrait of Roman, which to me
looked like 16th century Italian. Maybe that's because I have been
watching The Borgias the last few weeks. How long has he been a
dominant figure in vampire politics? Bill, Eric, and Nora are put into
cells next to a "fucktarded" vampire who eats newborns, and are quickly
introduced to the Authority's tactics, which would be torture. They are
flooded with UV lights and burned. As they clamored to put their arms
up in protection I wondered why they didn't grab the blanket off the
bed, or hell, just get under the bed. Neither would've worked for Eric
since he's gigantic, and they probably would've been burned regardless, I
just wondered... Then they are separated and put into different
interrogation rooms hooked up via IV to liquid silver. Fun, fun, fun! I
have to say that the Authority's attempts to tell each of them that the
other one sold them out was total folly from the beginning. Eric and
Bill, though sort of enemies in the past, would never resort to selling
the other one out, at least not unless it involved Sookie. We don't see
what Nora goes through, but Eric and Bill both stick to their guns
saying they know nothing. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the
reason they have been brought in and tortured. The Authority believes
they are sympathetic to the Sanguinista movement, which believes that
humans should be farmed as food for vampires and nothing more. We find
out that apparently humans were not created in God's image, vampires
were, and their Jesus is actually a woman named Lilith. They produce a
bible and ask if Bill believes in the literal translation of the text
which actually supports the Sanguinista movement. Bill and Eric both
say no, so then they are pumped full of silver. So, the Authority is
against farming humans and wants to co-exist with humans, but follow
Lilith who is in the vampire bible that believes humans are just food,
and when Bill and Eric protest this belief (which is what the Authority
kind of wants), they get tortured? Maybe I missed some important line
which helped this all make sense. After interrogation we got to see the
rest of the Authority, who all got a drink of Roman's blood, so I'm
guessing he's from Lilith's line. But none for Nora, Eric, or Bill.
The Authority seems to be a little diverse. I love that Peter Mensah
(Oenemeus from Spartacus) is on there and I hope we see more of him.
There is a little kid as well. Who the hell turned a snippy little kid
and why? As Roman made a campy speech that was great, he makes us
wonder whether he will stake Bill or Eric, and he stake's neither. At
the 11th hour they reveal that Russell Edgington is alive and free and
probably moments away from reeking havoc. Bill's plan is for Eric and
Bill to capture him.
Poor Pam goes back to Fangtasia
and even though she's in a Walmart sweatsuit and covered in dirt, her
first priority is to put on some lipstick before calling and pleading
with Eric's voicemail. Will she find out that the Authority has Eric?
We finally get to see flashback's of the beginnings of she and Eric.
I'm not sure how I feel about them making her a prostitute or Madame
from San Francisco, but I'll go with it. She doesn't seem to be unaware
of vampires. She finds one of her favorite girls drained, and with the
amount of bite marks on the girl Pam had to know. Then she gets
accosted in an alley, and who comes to her rescue but Eric in an
adorable top hat and coat with tails. He makes a bloody mess of the man
and Pam hardly seems to flinch, giving creedance to my belief that she
knows about vampires. Eric even says she seems un-disturbed by what
he's just done, and her answer is that she has seen a lot of dead
bodies. She asks who Eric is and he smiles that Eric smile and
disappears.
Continuing with the citizens of Shreveport,
the werewolf pack continues eating their old packmaster. That's just
really gross, why are we making werewolves cannibalistic? The wolves
seem to be on 2 different wavelengths. "Redneck guy" is totally against
Alcide as packmaster, while "hot chick" and Marcus's mother seem to
want to follow him. "Redneck guy" continues to try and pick a fight
with Alcide (does he have a death wish?) who wants no part of being
packmaster or the pack. Can we keep having Alcide growl because it's
really funny? Luna takes Sam home and appears to be cleaning him up and
not doing a good job, when who shows up but Mama in Law. She wants to
be part of Emma's life (understandably) and is adamant that Emma is a
wolf and not a shifter. She thinks she will need a pack one day (turns
out sooner rather than later). Luna is totally against it and starts to
show her crazy side. Thanks Sam for calling her "psycho" because that
was the perfect adjective for how she was acting. Sam agrees that Emma
may need a pack and Luna basically tells him that no matter where their
relationship goes, he will not have any say in Emma's life, and if he
doesn't like it he can get out, then she kicks him out. I can see why
her and Marcus were together at one time. We are definitely going to
see a new side to her. Later, noise comes from Emma's room. I don't
know what her normal playing sounds like, but it must be pretty loud
since Luna has no idea what she's about to walk in on. A cute puppy
wolf in a nightgown, she hasn't even hit puberty yet!
Back
in Bon Temps we discover that Terry has sleep-walking tendencies (no
surprise there) that he doesn't remember. Me thinks he is the one
starting the fires! This sparks Arlene to go visit the Sergeant and try
to find out more about what Terry's tour was like. Terry finds her
there and she tells them both that whatever's going on needs to be
fixed. After confiding in Jason that he's had sex, Andy and Jason find
Debbie's car, and Jason remembers Sookie telling him that Debbie was
crazy. Of course Jason may never put 2 and 2 together, but he looked
great in that utility belt. Andy finds a vial of V and gives it to
Jason.
Yay Andy! Jason later visits Hoyt, who has moved back in with his
mother. Hoyt tells him to leave and Maxine puts on a great show of
telling Jason he's horrible while squeezing in a thank you for splitting
up Hoyt and Jessica and that he can expect a pie. Steve Newlin visits
Jessica, to buy Jason. I love that guy, he is hilarious. He and
Jessica fight where he resorts to hair-pulling, and when Jessica says
her daddy is the king, Steve says "not anymore". He seems to know a
lot... Just adding my theory that he is somehow connected to Russell
Edgington being freed. Jessica finally gets tired of her college keg
buddies and kicks them out (can that story line be over now?). And
Lafayette and Sookie work on capturing Tara so they can put her in the
hidey-hole for the day, while Sookie visits the Stake House to get some
vampire babysitting gear. She get's back to hear Lafayette down in the
hidey-hole contemplating staking Tara. She stops him and tells him that
Jessica had a hard time transitioning as well and that Tara will be
okay. Tara wakes up, tells them she will never forgive them and runs
away.
Did
I leave anything out? I've read that in episode 8 there will be a sex
scene that is more gratuitous than any other shown on True Blood. While
I know most of you are betting on Alcide and Sookie, it ain't gonna
happen this season. Even though he abjured Debbie he is not going to be
happy with what happened. He won't hate Sookie, but he will blame
himself. My first instinct was that it would be Tara and Pam, but now
I'm starting to think it may be a flashback of Eric and Pam. So both of
my theories involve Pam. I also can't wait to see who Jessica meets
who smells so good, I'm guessing his name is Claude... We shall see!
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