The Dallas misadventures have, I think, finally wrapped up. Eric finally made his move on Sookie, Godric has met the sun, and Eric the Viking Vamp cried. It was because hsi father-brother-son Maker, Godric the 2000 year old progressively minded phenomenally powerful vampire, had decided to commit suicide, so it’s okay, it in no way comprimises his vampire-asshole cool or his Viking tough-guy image, but it does reveal that there is a heart under that leather jacket and scheming grin. I approve.
And the way he looked right at the audience and smiled when he tricked Sookie into sucking his nipple? I also approve.
I do not approve of Vampire PR Lady. She doesn’t fit. It has been previously established that unless there’s some past history between the two, a vampire will be deferential and respectful to their elders, but she treats Godric like he’s a child when the reactions of everyone else in the room suggest she does not have the seniority to get away with it. She thinks that being a TV personality gives her the right to be a bitch. I so want someone to stake her or feed her to Maryann the Minotaur Woman or just give her a good hearty smack.
Thankfully, before she could piss me off much, things get back to Hoyt and Jessica. Dorky guy trying to get out from under Mom’s apron. Sweet girl trying to cut loose and have fun for the first time in her life. It’s adorable, and doled out in delicious little nuggets. The briefness of these romantic interludes is very important. A little at a time will make them a welcome addition to the series, like nibbling on Halloween candy until it’s past Thanksgiving. Too much at once, though, and it would be sickening like eating the whole bag of candy at once.
Also, why is it that when Eric uses extenuating circumstances to get Sookie to drink his blood so can he always find her, it is being an asshole, but when Bill did it back in Season one (he could have done that vampire-dash thing and carried her to an emergency room) it was being heroic? Bill’s nice-old-fashioned guy veneer is starting to crack, methinks. He’s had Sookie hopped up on his own V-juice for nearly two full seasons now, and she is as under his spell as Tara is under Maryann’s. Since Eric doesn’t hide the fact that he’s a manipulative asshole while Bill conceals it under his old-timey southern-gentleman schtick, I disapprove.
Sam learned a new shape! And Detective Belfleur is getting used to seeing him naked at odd hours. I got a good chuckle out of that. Vastly approve.
Maryann in general: vastly disapprove. Yes, she’s the major villain this season, and we’re supposed to dislike her because she’s trashed Sookie’s house and the whole town of Bon Temps, but I’m just plain old tired of her magic hippy bullshit. She says she wants an absence of control, but she vibrates orgasmically whenever she is controlling the minds of a large group of people. That seems like a fondness for control, to me.
Any conversation between Sookie and Bill: vastly disapprove. these two cannot talk with each other like normal people. It seems forced and cheesy like a 5th grade school play. Bill and Eric can talk together normally. Sookie can talk with just about anyone else in a normal manner, and never seems to shut up, but given how brain-addled she is from all the V-juice she sucks out of Bill (and, tonight, Eric) she doesn’t really have anything substantial to contribute to the conversation. She’s like Tara’s mom, but V-juice is her whisky and Bill Compton is her Jeebus.
Tell ya what. Sookie Stackhouse: vastly disapprove. the show would be better without her. That twitchy paranoid telepath guy from the hotel is a much more interesting character. Kill Sookie and let him provide the mind-reading when it is needed to advance the plot.
Tags: sookie stackhouse, true blood, V-juice
