Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

Could someone be kind and make up for my laziness as I wasn't paying 100% attention to the episode and tell me what was the big deal in Eric releasing Pam? Does that happen after a maker becomes a "grandparent" or was there some reason that if Eric was sentenced to the true death, they would come after Pam too?

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

The Jason, Sookie and the soldier stuff are weak. I like Jason and Alcide enough that I can get some enjoyment out of it.

I like the vampire stuff a lot. Eric and Bill are good together. I like the authority stuff going in depth on vampire mythology. Even Tara has been watchable. They seem to be focusing on the relationship between makers and their "children", I'm curious to see where that all leads.

Aren't we due for a Sookie sex scene?

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

The Eric and Pam scene was a standout moment in this otherwise stagnant ep. Both actors were giving it their all and it showed. It's interesting that these two individuals that we thought mostly of as scoundrel types in the first two seasons now seem like good guys in comparison to other characters.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I think Pam is one of the worst actors on the show. Her line delivery in the scene with Eric was just god awful. Not really interested in her back story either. On the other hand, really liked Bill and Jessica's scene. Nice to see the love for his progeny.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

Although I felt it was handled much better, and very differently, in the books. That seems to be the standard, but I was extremely disappointed in the changes.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I think the season is starting off pretty good (but, then again, I think all seasons started good, it was just how all but the 1st one ended that have been so-so).

I like all the Vampire Authority stuff so far this season, that has all been great. Tara has been an interesting character again for the first time since the 1st season. Eric and Bill working together, well, works. Lafayette is a good character again with his boyfriend dead and gone. Jason and Andy are still great, especially in scenes together. And Jessica can glamour me anytime.

I don't get the negative responses here. Since the very beginning, this show has been trashy entertainment, but always fun-to-watch.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I loved them killing off the kid. That was pure awesome. :lol:

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

It's when this part is missing people complain. Then the show is just annoying.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I know everyone keeps saying that at least this season is bettere than last. Well I loved last season, every episode and feel it's easily better than this season at this point. This season just feels like one long coast. I'm sure the pay off will be there but they're really dragging there feet.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

It had nothing to do with Tara. Basically he realized that he was on a suicide mission and that if Pam followed him she'd be dead too. So he let her go.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I thought Eric's sister was lying about being a Sanguinista in order to protect him?

I like Pam but you do have a point. It kind of falls a part when she has to recite dialogue.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I agree 100%.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

Were we (the audience) told about the true nature of the death of Sookie's and Jason's parents (killed by vampires), or was the conversation between Jason and the cousin the first reveal? I can't remember...

Thos.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I believe its the first time. Are we to assume that Jason has fairy powers too? Never read the books so i don't know if that is a potential storyline or not.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

Powers, I'm not sure. But I'm pretty sure that its his faerie blood that makes him so 'attractive' to others.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

A ton of things have happened in just 4 episodes.

There is nothing more inconsistent than a True Blood thread. We have everything from "there's too much happening" to "nothing is happening".

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I think we can agree that there's too much of nothing happening.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I'm 99% sure this is the first time it was mentioned in the serious. That too stood out to me because in the books .

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I think a lot of people are finally figuring out that this is really just a primetime soap opera, HBO-style, so certain characters are never in any actual danger of dying or getting the true death, and for the most part, this series will always be a lot of "middle" without ever building to any sort of final act. And it's not the show's actual quality (which is about the same as before), but that realization, even if just deep down, is what's truly disappointing them.

...Or maybe they knew that all along and are just getting tired of the show. ;)

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

There are just to many plot lines going. Fairy whorehouse, Blue gay demon, changers being murdered, werewolf pack problems, soldier problems, evil ghost, vampire society run amok, self hating vampire, and on and on. I don't mind them giving other actors time but do it like The Wire and focus on a few people one season and different set the next. This is only season I don't like. I hope it gets better but I doubt it.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

Bookwise, that is correct. I doubt we will ever see Jason get powers since part of his charm seems to be watching him stumble through things unscathed using only his good looks and sluttiness. In the books his storyline went a completely different way after meeting Crystal but I think the writers (wisely) decided to ditch that. Its far more interesting watching his character come to terms with his past history of empty sex. I think the writers must have loved the movie 'Shame' and decided to use his character to riff on those ideas.

I'm enjoying this season so far. It's fun for us book readers to watch the writers subtley mixing in story points from the fifth book with their own made up storylines. The search for Debbie Pelt by her parents and 'shifter' serial killer are both from the book series and I never thought they would pop up after all the other changes the writers have made but somehow it works.

I also like all the changes they have made with Sookie's harem of lovers. Its far more interesting to watch her having some realistic human problems maintaining things with these guys whether or not she has a 'super snatch'.
I can't wait to see what happens when they throw a fourth stud into the mix next season with the arrival of Quinn. (Anyone heard any casting rumors yet on who will be playing him?)

Can't wait to see where they are going with the changes made to the fairy storyline which seems to have been trashed after viewers reacted so negatively to the 3rd season. Now it looks like they are bringing it back with elements that don't show up until the 8th or 9th books in the series. Maybe they don't expect the show to last long enough to cover every book?

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

Go back and look at earlier seasons. The number of plot lines going on per season is about the same in each.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I think you need to take your own advice and rewatch Season 1, 2 or 3 then compare it to these later seasons.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

I think the biggest change since season 1 is now every plot line seems to involve some sort of direct supernatural presence, where in the beginning it was more subtle. There were a lot of normal human-to-human interactions and storylines, and while the vampires, shifters, Sookie's mind-reading and so on bled into these storylines, it wasn't *only* about that. Now -- aside from Andy's porno pic plotline -- every story in the show seems to rotate around a vampire or werewolf or fairy or Mexican demon or Iraqi ghost or whatever.

I still enjoy it, but I think that those human moments sort of 'grounded' the show and without them the show as a whole loses something. It reminds me a little of how Heroes went down the tubes once they started giving everyone powers, although I still don't think True Blood is anywhere near as bad a Heroes was at that point.

Re: True Blood -- "We'll Meet Again" -- 7/01/12
 

Wait, so most of The Authority is just playing along in terms of the Vampire Bible? :lol:

I like where the Tara/Pam thing is going. It seems like she's softening up to her "child" just like Bill did with Jessica.

Jessica :drool:

I love that everyone is realizing how Sookie fucks up their lives. :lol: