S07.E09: Love Is To Die

[TiffanyNichelle]

Man, I love Ginger. Never change Ginger, never change. LOL. I was fist pumping the air in excitement for her when Eric decided to have sex with her and of course she just goes off at the slightest touch. Heh.

 

I don't know how they went from Pam dyeing Sarah's hair to Pam being tied up but whatever. It's almost the end, things are ramping up.

 

Jason's fairyblood has got to be the reason he is so irresistible to women and I wish the show had played up on that. The fact that he was able to sweet talk the airline into getting the cheaper ticket was hilarious. I also loved that he told Brigette that they weren't going to sleep together, mostly because *he* needed to hear that.

 

Sam up and leaving like that in a flashback was disappointing. Almost as disappointing as Andy's letter, lol. That was cold, Sam.

Yay, Hoyt and Jessica are back together. It would nice to get one happy ending out of this show.

[phoenix780]

ITA.  At this point, they're only keeping her alive to have a real "villain" in the story, next to the Yakuza.  But there's no need for her.  Her blood can be easily synthesized, and if Eric wants to kill her, what's stopping him?  If Pam wants to whore her out (stupid development, btw) then why are they dragging this out?

 

I thought Pam was just talking about Sarah being a whore in the sense of being a living blood bank people would want access to.  Did she mean more traditional whoring, though?

 

I'll give the writers credit for wrapping up so far in a way that won't make me miss the show.  I don't understand how it feels like an hour has passed and I pause the show only to note it's merely half-over, and yet nothing is really happening. 

 

I wonder why they said goodbye to Sam via flashback?  Or why was the bulk of the Jessica/Hoyt conversation was off-screen?  Or, as noted above, why not show how Pam got taken down by the Yakuza (again), and how they constructed that whole setup in the previously empty basement so quickly?  They have the weirdest sense of what to show and what not to show.  

 

Is Sookie going to use the last of her fairy light or die fighting off the all-powerful Yakuza?  There's something genuinely amusing about that idea, imho.  

 

I'm going to guess she and Bill die, but it's cool because they can be together as happy glowing ghosts.  Whatever they do, I don't think they're quite at lumberjack territory yet.  That was a whole 'nother level of bad, this is just...cheap.

[snakenax]

 

I wonder why they said goodbye to Sam via flashback?

Between that, Tara's offscreen death and Alcide leaving the show quickly, I wonder how many regular cast members were like 'just get me off this train wreck so I can start doing movies/TV already'.

[goodygoody]

Won't Bill sacrifice himself to save Sookie from the marauding Yakuza, thus completing his redemption arc?

[gaPeach]

I don't know how they went from Pam dyeing Sarah's hair to Pam being tied up but whatever. It's almost the end, things are ramping up.

 

I was like WTH!  Why was she dyeing Sarah's hair in the first place?  And why was she "captured" again?  Pam is much better than that but the writers have proven to be very lazy this season.  Only one more episode left....

[annlaw78]

 

I was like WTH!  Why was she dyeing Sarah's hair in the first place?  And why was she "captured" again?  Pam is much better than that but the writers have proven to be very lazy this season.  Only one more episode left....

I think it was a call back to Pam's dyeing Eric's hair back in Season 1.  Why she did it, other than she was bored?  No idea.  Maybe cover up the smell of fae Sookie on her, but as far as I know, only she and Eric have super-smell (I don't think the Yakuza do). 

[DB in CMH]

What a steaming pile of shit.

 

I did enjoy the Jessica/Hoyt stuff, only if we ignore what actually happened on the show when they broke up. Jason/Bridget? Who gives a fuck? Why are we spending gobs of time with a character we just met like 5 minutes ago? Did they really have to kill of Tara for that? The episodes feel so incredibly disjointed with no real narrative flow. Scenes just go on forever. One more week.

[Avaleigh]

Even with my lowered expectations I still find it hard to believe that this was the penultimate episode of the final season. Penultimate episodes are supposed to rock--in fact, in my experience they can often be better than finales but that wasn't the case here at all. This episode had the same sort of problems that this season has been rife with and it was boring to boot.

Pam getting caught again was so lazy and I'm just watching thinking how many times do we need to see this scenario? It just felt like a waste of time and at no point did I actually think that Pam's life was genuinely in danger. It's also annoying that he won't take out the Yakuza men.

I don't hate the Hoyt Jessica reunion but it did feel to me that it was a bit unfair to Hoyt that he didn't have all of the facts and information about what happened.

I seriously feel like Bill is trying to bore us all to death. How can he not be tired of listening to himself? I wish Eric had had more to say about Bill needing to get over himself.

Great point too about Bill not being the only vampire Sookie has ever dated so what makes him so sure that she won't eventually move on to Eric or a new one altogether? If we know anything it's that Sookie never learns. Bill should kind of know that after five years or however long it's been of observing and/or participating in her usual bullshit.

The Ginger scene was fun.

ETA

Was it silly of me to expect Sam to leave a letter for Arlene? Why was the letter to Andy so cold? What am I forgetting that Sam wouldn't have wanted to say a bit more?

Edited August 18, 2014 by Avaleigh

[gringurl87]

I think that the scene w Ginger was a great wink-wink for the fans but I think also it was there for a reason. He made a specific point of saying he was IMMUNE TO HEP-V. Perhaps if he is exposed to it he then becomes able to innoculate others (Bill.) Sookie is positive, but also has souped up fae blood. So if Eric drank her blood and supercharged his immunity perhaps he could cure Bill. Or perhaps in some odd way they cancel each other out and Eric "makes" Bill human again. Wouldn't that be weird? 

[RedHackle]

I absolutely do not understand most of the decisions the writers have been making...for like that last 3 seasons.  Despite a very weak start, this season drastically improved with Ep 5 (Lost Cause), and even the next couple eps after that had strong points. 

 

But why kill off Tara, only to bring her back for the world's most anticlimactic post-death goodbye?  Why turn Hoyt into a complete redneck creep and write him off the show, only to bring him back and force him back with Jessica, if the whole reason they sent him to purgatory was to set up a romance with Jason?  Ditto why Bridget full stop.

 

And as others have noted, how is Pam so awesome, and yet getting kidnapped every other week?  We know she can zoom, so why not do that when, say, the Yakuza are after you for the 3rd damn time?  I guess everyone thought it was totally cool that time Eric rescued her from the Magister's torture, but they've gone to the well waaay too often on that one now.

 

As for Bill choosing to die by Hep-V, we can go ahead and call that the stupidest, lamest non-idea ever.  And that's coming from somone who stayed with Lost for all 6 seasons.

[Amethyst]

Was it silly of me to expect Sam to leave a letter for Arlene? Why was the letter to Andy so cold? What am I forgetting that Sam wouldn't have wanted to say a bit more?

 

Sookie said Sam left letters for all of them, so I'm assuming she gave Arlene and Lafayette theirs later on.  

 

Naturally, Sookie gets the verbose, meaningful goodbye, while Andy gets the shitty "I'm out.  Peace.  -  Sam"  letter.  That was lame.  It wasn't like Sam and Andy were on bad terms, and I'm sure Andy had a say in Sam becoming mayor.  Just another dumbass layer on this WTF sandwich.

Edited August 18, 2014 by Amethyst

[RachelKM]

Sookie said Sam left letters for all of them, so I'm assuming she gave Arlene and Lafayette theirs later on.  

 

Naturally, Sookie gets the verbose, meaningful goodbye, while Andy gets the shitty "I'm out.  Peace.  -  Sam"  letter.  That was lame.  It wasn't like Sam and Andy were on bad terms, and I'm sure Andy had a say in Sam becoming mayor.  Just another dumbass layer on this WTF sandwich.

I only remember seeing two envelopes on the coffee table when Sookie got there.  I don't remember anything about other letters, I suppose I could have missed it though.  But it seems odd that, if Sookie delivered a bunch of letters, we only saw her take Andy aside.

 

In any case, I get that the scene was meant to be a funny take that there was all this pomp in taking Andy into the office to read it and give it this buildup for nothing more than "I resign.  Cheers!" But as you noted, what it really showed is that Sookie is the only person who is important to anyone in Bon Temps. 

Edited August 18, 2014 by RachelKM

[GaT]

Jason/Bridget? Who gives a fuck? Why are we spending gobs of time with a character we just met like 5 minutes ago? Did they really have to kill of Tara for that? The episodes feel so incredibly disjointed with no real narrative flow. Scenes just go on forever. One more week.

I don't get it either, they're giving Bridget almost as much time as Lettie Mae, why? They want to bring Hoyt back, fine, why bring Bridget along with him? Jason doesn't have to end up with anyone specific, if they wanted to give him a HEA ending, just show him making a connection with some girl he just met. No reason to build an entire arc for someone we don't know or care about.

[annlaw78]

I feel like Jason had the exact conversation he had on the bed with Bridget with someone else -- was it Jessica?  Or am I hallucinating? 

[Avaleigh]

I only saw two letters too so that's what made me wonder.

So is the danger of roaming hep-v vampires no longer a thing? Even though Sam and Nicole fled town over this very issue it hasn't really seemed like it's a danger most of the citizens of Bon Temps are thinking about much/at all.

I agree too that it doesn't make sense that Bill suddenly no longer cares about living long enough to square things away so that Jessica can inherit what he has. This show is ridiculously inconsistent and all over the place.

I'm confused as to why the Yakuza still need Sarah. I didn't get the point of Pam dyeing her hair either.

[marceline]

I'd completely forgotten that Sam was the mayor of Bon Temps. So he just takes off? And leaves a note as a way of resigning the position that the voters gave him? Way to be a flighty dick, Merlotte. 

Edited August 18, 2014 by marceline

[Amethyst]

I only remember seeing two envelopes on the coffee table when Sookie got there.  I don't remember anything about other letters, I suppose I could have missed it though.  But it seems odd that, if Sookie delivered a bunch of letters, we only saw her take Andy aside.

 

In any case, I get that the scene was meant to be a funny take that there was all this pomp in taking Andy into the office to read it and give it this buildup for nothing more than "I resign.  Cheers!" But as you noted, what it really showed is that Sookie is the only person who is important to anyone in Bon Temps. 

 

You may very well be right about the envelopes.  When Sookie said "us" I thought she meant the whole of Bellefleur's/Merlotte's.  But if Sam only left two letters, then that's pretty damn dumb.  Arlene and Lafayette deserve real goodbyes, not just Sookie.  IA that they were trying to make the moment funny, but just failed.  

 

In my headcanon, Sam left letters for everyone.  :)

 

 

I feel like Jason had the exact conversation he had on the bed with Bridget with someone else -- was it Jessica?  Or am I hallucinating? 

 

No, you're not hallucinating.  He did have a very similar conversation with Jessica a few seasons ago.  I think it was after he escaped Hotshot (shudder) and Jessica and Hoyt had broken up.  

 

Jessica ran to his house for sex, and Jason got offended because he realized that Jessica only saw him as a fuck buddy, and for once, he didn't want that.  So they decided to just talk, like normal people do.  It ended up sowing the seeds for their on again off again romance, but they definitely had that conversation.  Painfully similar to what's going on with Jason and Brigette.

 

I don't think the writers read the old scripts or watch the old episodes.  

Edited August 18, 2014 by Amethyst

[roctavia]

I think it was a call back to Pam's dyeing Eric's hair back in Season 1.  Why she did it, other than she was bored?  No idea.  Maybe cover up the smell of fae Sookie on her, but as far as I know, only she and Eric have super-smell (I don't think the Yakuza do). 

 

I also thought it might have been part of the set up for how Mr. Gus found out about Sookie. Sarah's gag was off, she could have said something to try and save her own hide. Maybe we'll find that out next week...

[phoenix780]

I only remember seeing two envelopes on the coffee table when Sookie got there.  I don't remember anything about other letters, I suppose I could have missed it though.  But it seems odd that, if Sookie delivered a bunch of letters, we only saw her take Andy aside.

 

More offscreen stuff, perhaps?  I only saw two letters, too.

 

I'm fine with Bridget, because I like the actress and it's just as much about Jason, who's a rockstar.  

 

About the Hep-V Vamps.  They were only attacked two or three days ago, right?  So in theory maybe the area is still cleaned out, and/or others have learned to avoid Bon Temps (a neighboring town was emptied already, maybe the Hep-V vamps went somewhere else)?  Although there were a couple lines about being careful, I thought, most loudly about Sookie getting home safe (which isn't something to worry about- girl runs through the woods nightly anyhow).  

 

I hope we get another Sookie/Jason sibling scene before the end.  I know the primary focus is on the, um, romance.  But they should at least get together again, I think.

Edited August 18, 2014 by phoenix780

[roctavia]

I only saw two letters too so that's what made me wonder.

So is the danger of roaming hep-v vampires no longer a thing? Even though Sam and Nicole fled town over this very issue it hasn't really seemed like it's a danger most of the citizens of Bon Temps are thinking about much/at all.

I agree too that it doesn't make sense that Bill suddenly no longer cares about living long enough to square things away so that Jessica can inherit what he has. This show is ridiculously inconsistent and all over the place.

I'm confused as to why the Yakuza still need Sarah. I didn't get the point of Pam dyeing her hair either.

 

They keep mentioning it... every time someone goes outside, a vampire is there to tell them it's safe to come out... and all the humans were being escorted home by vampires. So they are still watching for it via the human/vamp pair up plan that they established in ep 1... there just isn't a huge gang of infected vamps nearby at the moment causing trouble.

[TiffanyNichelle]

I also thought it might have been part of the set up for how Mr. Gus found out about Sookie. Sarah's gag was off, she could have said something to try and save her own hide. Maybe we'll find that out next week...

I kept waiting for that to happen. I was half-hoping they'd shoehorn in a scene of Eric glamouring Sarah into forgetting about what happened with Bill.

[AmyVS]

I think Pam's dye job was part of gussying her up to sell her to rich vamps who want to be permanently cured. Which seems kind of odd, since there is no way Mr. Gus was going to allow it.

 

Also, am I right in thinking that Ginger and Eric did not actually have any sex? Because he clearly did not even undo his pants...

[Avaleigh]

They keep mentioning it... every time someone goes outside, a vampire is there to tell them it's safe to come out... and all the humans were being escorted home by vampires. So they are still watching for it via the human/vamp pair up plan that they established in ep 1... there just isn't a huge gang of infected vamps nearby at the moment catusing trouble.

I've noticed the vampire escort thing but IMO this huge danger isnt something that is making itself felt by the humans on the show. They seem relaxed and don't think much about going outdoors at night. The family who had their yard ruined, Sookie running over to Bill's alone, Adilyn and her stepbrother, Arlene going over to Bellefleur's on her own, etc.

ETA

The other ridiculous thing is that we're supposed to cheer Sam on for getting out but there's no explanation for why Nicole's hometown should be any safer than Bon Temps or that town they went out of their way to include that was totally wiped out.

Edited August 18, 2014 by Avaleigh

[roctavia]

I think Pam's dye job was part of gussying her up to sell her to rich vamps who want to be permanently cured. Which seems kind of odd, since there is no way Mr. Gus was going to allow it.

 

Also, am I right in thinking that Ginger and Eric did not actually have any sex? Because he clearly did not even undo his pants...

 

 

There was an interview with Tara Buck where she said it was actual sex. You can see her sort of reach down and open his pants after he rips off her panties... and after he stands up, he fixes his hair and they cut away to Ginger, and I guess that's where he's supposed to be tucking things away... he just must have been doing it at vampire speed.

 

3 pumps is all Ginger needed :P

[Steph01924]

There was an interview with Tara Buck where she said it was actual sex. You can see her sort of reach down and open his pants after he rips off her panties... and after he stands up, he fixes his hair and they cut away to Ginger, and I guess that's where he's supposed to be tucking things away... he just must have been doing it at vampire speed.

 

3 pumps is all Ginger needed :P

 

Thanks for clarifying, because I assumed they didn't actually do it either. They could've made it a bit clearer.

[phoenix780]

I've noticed the vampire escort thing but IMO this huge danger isnt something that is making itself felt by the humans on the show. They seem relaxed and don't think much about going outdoors at night. The family who had their yard ruined, Sookie running over to Bill's alone, Adilyn and her stepbrother, Arlene going over to Bellefleur's on her own, etc.

ETA

The other ridiculous thing is that we're supposed to cheer Sam on for getting out but there's no explanation for why Nicole's hometown should be any safer than Bon Temps or that town they went out of their way to include that was totally wiped out.

Especially since if I remember correctly they were off to Chicago, mentioned in Sam's goodbye flashback.  Chicago may not be a supernatural clusterfuck but it has problems of its own...no disrespect to anyone from Chicago.  

[Mystical chick]

After suffering through the dreck that was Dexter after the Trinity Killer season and now this (dreck since what? S3?) I have to wonder why these writers (????) are even employed when a bizillion of us could write better stuff for these characters in our damn sleep.

 

If you had said to maybe just ten of us in here: "Write a really awesome last TB season" I am quite sure we could have come up with something 100 times better than this.  Sheesh.  Someone upthread said it's like the writers don't even watch the show and I agreed.

 

That said: I do love Jason.  Not only is he most pleasant to feast the eyes up (frozen bag o'peas on his junk and all) but he's a good person, period. He and Lafayette are the unsung heroes of TB, IMO.  I just want them to be happy.  

 

I did not believe for one damn second Sam saying he really loved Nicole.  WTF? You've known her for 3 minutes.  Merlotte, you've always been a dumbass and I hoped for better for you but alas, no.    So long, fool.

 

Nothing like hate-watching a show, amirite?

[roctavia]

 

I did not believe for one damn second Sam saying he really loved Nicole.  WTF? You've known her for 3 minutes.  Merlotte, you've always been a dumbass and I hoped for better for you but alas, no.    So long, fool.

 

Well, at least by this point, they've been together for 6 months... which is pretty much the longest relationship we've ever witnessed Sam have... so I'd believe that he loves he now... when he first said it after they'd known each other for a couple of days it was a stretch, but I can buy that he's grown to love her.

 

I'd rather they had just left Luna alive... but they needed werewolf drama to keep Alcide around last year... so....

[mledawn]

Plus, Nicole is the mother of his child, so that plays a role for sure.

[Aging Goth]

I think Bridget is the key to getting a full cure for vamps.  She is a bioscientist and nothing is introduced into this show for nothing.  I sincerely believe she not only has a purpose of being Jason's new love but the person who can outdo the company's plan for diluted trublood.  I also believe that Jason's fairy blood may be why he is so very attractive to women and why he is so sexual.  Sookie is so sexual, I was surprised she didn't have AIDS by now, let alone Hep-V.  Beel's self righeous crap bores me to tears.  Big stretch on why he refused the cure to "save" Sookie. 

 

I went on Jessica's blogsite and read her emotional note on why she is back with Hoyt and I understand why they rekindled their relationship.  Jason said it to Bridget.  They were always meant to be together and he helped mess it up.  Jessica cannot grow old but she had to grow up.  In TV years, she would be around 22 years old if alive and would have matured since the time she met Hoyt at 17.  With all she has gone through, she probably realized the most stable relationship she had was with Hoyt.

 

I am very glad Lafayette found love and that had a happy ending.  Creepy though, is the guy Arlene hired as her cook looks like an older Lafayette.

 

Who would have thought Arlene would have been paired with a young vampire?  Liked that, actually.  I am also glad that Andy's daughter was not killed but they still have to resolve the problem of the two step-sibling lovers

 

There definitely appears to be a too rushed need to close all storylines before the finale.  Sam is gone, Beel is dying, Eric may end up being a TruBlood mogal, Jason may have found love without all the lust, Hoyt and Jessica are back together, Lettie Mae was forgiven by the deceased Tara, and Lafayette and Arlene found love. 

 

So kiddies, what else is left and how will the writers seal the deal?

Edited August 19, 2014 by Aging Goth

[Chicken Wing]

No, you're not hallucinating.  He did have a very similar conversation with Jessica a few seasons ago.  I think it was after he escaped Hotshot (shudder) and Jessica and Hoyt had broken up. 

Jessica ran to his house for sex, and Jason got offended because he realized that Jessica only saw him as a fuck buddy, and for once, he didn't want that.  So they decided to just talk, like normal people do.  It ended up sowing the seeds for their on again off again romance, but they definitely had that conversation.

 

I think these were two separate episodes. After that Hotshot mess, Jessica sat with Jason while he was worried about possibly turning into a werepanther or werechicken or whatever the hell was going on with that storyline, and they ended up having a good long talk about life and stuff. It was the following season, after they'd already hooked up, when she came to his house looking for a quick fix because she'd gotten all hot and bothered after getting a good whiff of that faerie in town (Claude, was it?) and Jason got annoyed that she only saw him as a bang buddy. I think it was right after he reconnected with the teacher who had deflowered him in school and he realized he never really knew how to be anything other than a sex toy for women, never learned he could be anything more. Anyway, Jessica saw that he was feeling out of sorts and she agreed to sit with him and listen to his problems like a good friend. We never actually saw that conversation, though, but she was still there when Sookie came to the house and broke the news about Tara becoming a vampire.

 

But I'm not sure that "Guess what, I'm actually a deep human being and I want to have kids someday" conversation was even with Jessica. I think it was earlier. Maybe Amy from season one? I forget, but we've definitely seen Jason have this talk before.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Chicken Wing

[rungirl911]

I thought when Eric said he was "immune" he said so very tongue in cheek, meaning he would just go and have a little "Newlin's own cure all elixir".  I don't think it's been established that you have some of the cure and you are fine forever, but I may not be understanding.

[DollEyes]

  As penultimate episodes go, this one was somewhat better than I expected, which means that next week's finale could be as bad as most of the season, if not worse.  Re Bill, his choosing the True Death for Sookie's sake was one of the only selfless things he's ever willingly done for her. Bill's realization that all he can offer Sookie is death was long overdue. When Bill had told Eric about all the shit that he (Bill) had done to Sookie, I thought, "Then there's the times when you almost got her killed, including the night you first met, don't forget those."  As for Bill's releasing Jessica, he did that in "Night On the Sun" back in Season four, but Jess refused to go because she had nowhere to go. Re Sookie, the Yakuza's learning the truth about her not only doesn't suprise me, she bought it on herself. Once again, Sookie went off half-cocked despite Eric's best efforts to save her sorry ass last week, endangering herself, Bill, Eric, Jess and Pam in the process. Bill's not blameless either, by a long shot. Bill could've just told Sookie and Jess that he didn't want the cure and chose the True Death instead, but his manpain came first. Bill's choosing the True Death was selfless, but his blindsiding Sookie and Jess, risking their lives, Eric's and Pam's was anything but. However, Sookie did four things right this week: slapping Bill twice, agreeing with Jess' "Fuck you" to Bill for refusing the cure and her confessing to Arlene that she always held back with Alcide because of her feelings for Bill, confirming what I'd known all along: that Sookie had lead Alcide on from the start because of Bill, had been dishonest and unfair to Alcide and that Alcide's dead because of it. 

 

  Then there's Jason/Bridget & Hoyt/Jessica, who all made major changes in their relationships, whether it was Hoyt and Bridget's breakup, Hoyt & Jess' hookup, Hoyt's knocking Jason out or Jason's bonding with Bridget. Jess was somewhat honest with Hoyt, while not telling him everything, she did tell him how and why they split. Jess' owning at least some of her mistakes where Hoyt is concerned showed considerable maturity on her part, as did her admission to James that the only reason why she didn't know much about him was because she never tried to find out. Ditto Jason's telling Bridget about his role in betraying Hoyt and his refusal to make excuses for it anymore, despite Bridget's lame attempt to initially absolve Jason of any responsibility. Jason and Bridget's conversation was nice, but Jason has already proven with Jess two seasons ago that he could spend a night with a girl other than Sookie without sleeping with her, but since it's Jason, I'm not suprised that he's forgotten. As many concussions as Jason's had, it's a wonder that he can function at all. Jason's telling Bridget Hoyt & Jess' story during Hoyt and Jess' love scene worked on several levels for me because it showed Jason's maturity and willingness to take the blame for his mistakes re Hoyt and Jess, plus the love scene was hot. About Hoyt and Jess' future, I'm more convinced than ever that Jess is going to turn him. All the signs are there: Hoyt chose Jess over Bridget, Hoyt doesn't want kids and Hoyt saved Jess' life. Put Hoyt and Jess' chemistry in the mix and Hoyt's getting turned seems almost ineviatable. 

 

  Re Eric, he had his ups and downs this week, in every way. That Eric would do Bill a favor after Bill hurt Sookie again is to Eric's credit, not Bill's. Loved Eric's telling Bill to "get over [himself]," which is what I've said about Bill for the past seven seasons. SM and ASkar's acting in that scene was perfect, proving once again that Bill and Eric are so much better without Sookie than with her. Eric's talk with Sookie and his flying her home were two more nice moments, despite Sookie's not knowing that Eric can fly. If anyone should have known that, it should've been Sookie.  The funniest moment was definitely Eric's booty call with Ginger, or whatever that was. All I saw was Ginger's straddling Eric, him feeding on her, ripping off her drawers, her riding him for a few seconds and then sliding off in an orgasmic shit fit. "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am" indeed. I've always thought that an Eric/Ginger sex scene would be comedy gold and it was. If Eric had gone full-speed on Ginger, it might have killed her. However, I did hate that Pam got captured by the Yakuza for the third time this season and Eric once again, didn't do anything about it. The same vamp who, despite being infected with HepV, managed to take down several Yakuza in Dallas. To Eric's credit, though, he did put Pam, his progeny first, by choosing her over Sookie, just like he chose her over Sylvie.

Edited August 20, 2014 by DollEyes

[Chicken Wing]

Bill could've just told Sookie and Jess that he didn't want the cure and chose the True Death instead, but his manpain came first. Bill's choosing the True Death was selfless, but his blindsiding Sookie and Jess, risking their lives, Eric's and Pam's was anything but.

 

I'll give Bill the benefit of the doubt and presume that, maybe, he just didn't realize that he preferred to die until right at that moment when he could have chosen to live.

 

Bill's decision is very complicated. On the one hand, full of yourself much, Mr. Compton? But on the other hand, he's right. It sounds really obnoxious for him to actually say it out loud, but he's right. Sookie will never have a life with him around. It wouldn't matter if he moved to the other side of the planet and never contacted her again. As long as she lives she will always be looking for Bill Compton around every corner. She'd never move on as long as he was still here. If he's True Dead, she'll mourn and mourn and her life will be changed forever, but eventually she will make peace and let go because he is gone and there is nothing to hang on to. That's grief. You wallow in it but one day you pick yourself up and carry forward. I get what he's doing, but it doesn't make it any less cruel and Sookie and Jess have a right to be angry. It was one thing to have this "They'll be better off without me" attitude when they had no choice. But to have the option to live and purposely choose to let True Death take him anyway? He might as well just stake himself and be done with it already, because it's really not all that different.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Chicken Wing

[katiepotatey]

I think Bridget is the key to getting a full cure for vamps.  She is a bioscientist and nothing is introduced into this show for nothing.  I sincerely believe she not only has a purpose of being Jason's new love but the person who can outdo the company's plan for diluted trublood.  I also believe that Jason's fairy blood may be why he is so very attractive to women and why he is so sexual.  Sookie is so sexual, I was surprised she didn't have AIDS by now, let alone Hep-V. 

 

I agree about Bridget being the key to the cure. Seems Pam and Eric could get rid of the Yakuza and have Bridget manufacture the cure.

 

I'm confused about Sookie being categorized as sexual, though. Unless I'm forgetting someone, she's been with four guys (Bill, Eric, Warlow, and Alcide) over all seven seasons. I think she was just considered slutty by the people in Bon Temps because she was with vampires, not necessarily because of the number of partners.

 

As silly as this and the past few seasons have been, I'll definitely miss this show when it's gone.

[annsterg]

 

I think Pam's dye job was part of gussying her up to sell her to rich vamps who want to be permanently cured. Which seems kind of odd, since there is no way Mr. Gus was going to allow it.

 

I definitely got the sense that Sarah was going to become the equivalent of a high-priced concubine for rich and/or powerful vamps -- to use as they wish and drink the cure from the source.

 

What I want to know is: where the hell is Willa?! Eric releases her and ....that's it?

[ViewerPDX]

Bill as the brooding Louis; Northman as the irreverent Lestat.

 

Even brainwashing a man can't stop the lurve train, amiright Jessica!

 

Tara "releases" her mom, in her own way.

 

Sam can now roam the streets of The Windy as a dog.

 

Jason Stackhouse yet again is the most interesting character. 

 

That's S07:E09 in a nutshell.

Edited August 19, 2014 by ViewerPDX

[Rockfish]

I've been lurking but wanted to say how much I've gotten a kick out of everyone's comments. Entertaining stuff!

I've watched every episode of True Blood but generally don't rewatch, so my recollection of the series can be spotty. But I do remember loving the first season--it was extremely campy, yes, but the writing was clever and the show was a lot of fun. And now, this. It's hard to reconcile this show with what once was. For instance, Eric used to be the baddest, coldest mofo ever, but now he's often portrayed as slow and almost dim and full of schmoopy emotion. Not always, but often enough to be extremely irritating. Of course, it can be said that Sookie's beautiful fairy love has forever changed him, I guess, but I don't like it.

About the writers not having watched earlier seasons, I agree. A few episodes ago Jane Bodehouse had all of her digits. Didn't she cut some off in Season 2 under Marianne's influence? (I realize I seem like a wacko for focusing on that, but that scene stuck in my head because it was horribly gruesome.) Or maybe a vampire healed her and I forgot.

In this episode, Bill was driving me nuts with his use of the "May I call on you?" phrase. But everything he does drives me nuts. At least there were no flashbacks. I used to like Bill, long ago. Now, he just needs to go for a nice suntan!

[Chicken Wing]

I definitely got the sense that Sarah was going to become the equivalent of a high-priced concubine for rich and/or powerful vamps -- to use as they wish and drink the cure from the source.

 

That would be delightful. As the season wears on and on and ON and Sarah Newlin continues to NOT die, I'm increasingly doubtful that she is going to die before the show ends. It's like she can't die. We can't get rid of her. She's like a cockroach. Or herpes. It would be just as fitting, perhaps, if her story ends with her being enslaved in this vampire concubine situation. Would serve her right. At this point, death almost seems too good for her. Unless, of course, Eric manages to do it in some spectacularly epic way. Then I'll pay to see that.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Chicken Wing

[jonesingjay]

Creepy though, is the guy Arlene hired as her cook looks like an older Lafayette.

 

Big John has always worked at the restaurant.

[CletusMusashi]

Ridiculous slow-moving stake trap aside, what was even the point of pumping Eric for information about Sookie? They can find Newmie anywhere, but they can't hack into the DMV and find out where Sookie has lived for her entire fucking life?

 

I'm okay with Jessica and Hoyt as an end-game. All the reasons against it that people have given are valid, but the actors are selling it. Hell, Jessica can make any scene good. Even Bill releasing her was a very moving scene, and I assure you it wasn't because of Bill. Who should be dead or arrested by now, shouldn't he?

 

Jason and Bridgett don't get as big a pass as Jessica and Hoyt. The acting is good, but there's only so much they can do with the story they've been handed. Jason is going to stop manwhoring around now just because he's been told that he's "good?" Yeah, not buying it. She's into his inner beauty, which apparently she could sense the second she met him? Not feeling that, either. I think what's going to happen is they're both going to wait one night, out of respect for Hoyt, and then she'll still hang around to be in finale, and then they'll start humping like epilectic squirrels. And then, shortly afterwards, at least one them will screw somebody else. But by that time the show will be over.

[AudienceofOne]

Ridiculous slow-moving stake trap aside, what was even the point of pumping Eric for information about Sookie?

 

 

Since that scene didn't end with Eric casually killing every single one of them in vampire super speed and I had no idea how they got to that position in the first place, it was a bad ending to what was otherwise one of the better episodes this season. I say that with caveats - this season has been a train wreck so "one of the better episodes" is not saying much.

 

If Hoyt and Jessica were going to get back together, I wish it had been less clumsy and involved him actually getting unglamoured. I thought the whole thing was clunky and do not care about Jason and whatshername either. I hope that Sookie uses her fairy ball to kill Bill and that she is not pregnant. They've dropped too many hints about her somehow magically getting knocked up for me. I hope I'm wrong about that.

[Mattipoo]

I fast forwarded through most of this extremely boring season, but actually dozed off while watching this episode. Only good scene was Ginger and Eric having sex. Glad she finally got herself a piece of that. Otherwise, zzzzzzzzzz.

[sjohnson]

Am I the only one who doesn't hate Bill? I don't care much for any of the vampires, but of the bunch he's the closest to being a character I do care for. 

 

Maybe it has something to do with remembering his vampire from Ultraviolet? (Do people remember that?)

[NurseGiGi]

Speaking for myself I really can't stand Bill with Sookie.  I like him when he's with Jessica, usually, and when he's bromancing with Eric but otherwise I just wish he would take a nice walk in the sunlight and spare us all this brooding crap.  Eric is my favorite, or used to be until he hooked up with Sookie.  I still love my Eric and Pam scenes or no, wait, DID love them until they made Pam the damsel in distress du jour.  Eric and Pam are much smarter than they've been written this season and it's really annoying me.

 

So yeah, Bill needs to die in a fire.

[patchwork]

The only scene in this episode that I did genuinely like was Sookie and Adilyn's fae moment of telepathy. 

 

There's winding down a show during its last season and then there's this slow trek of boring to reach The End title card.  

 

Now that Bill's decided to off himself can he just get one with it. Write goodbye letters and walk into the sun, job done. 

[darkestboy]

Brilliant episode. There's just something funny about Pam changing Sarah's hair back to blonde. As for sarah - still don't feel bad for her but Gus Jr is boring the living daylights out of me. Can he just die already?

I guess putting Sookie in the firing line will probably ensure that Gus Jr does buy it though.

Bill not taking the cure - argh, he's an idiot. At least Sookie and Jessica called him out on it.

Sam and Nicole were smart to leave town.

What has happened to Willa? Anyone know at this rate?

Nice scenes with Sookie and Arlene in this episode too as well as the ones with Jessica/James, Jessica/Hoyt and Jason/Bridget as well.

Eric and Ginger's sex scene was pretty brief and amusing.

I'm gonna miss this show but here's hoping the last episode is the send off the series deserves, 9/10

[ChlcGirl]

Willa was at the "family" dinner at Bellfleur's. At the party celebrating the Fangtasia Skirmish, Willa asked Arlene if she could be a waitress at the bar.

When will this show be over? If Bill ends up living and Eric dies I will be furious.

[Avaleigh]

Ridiculous slow-moving stake trap aside, what was even the point of pumping Eric for information about Sookie? They can find Newmie anywhere, but they can't hack into the DMV and find out where Sookie has lived for her entire fucking life?

The Yakuza barely seem good for much apart from knowing how to capture Pam. These guys routinely bring swords to gun/vamp fights so I guess I shouldn't expect too much. I guess the best thing I can say about them is that they took Sylvie out of the equation so that we only had to deal with that silliness for one episode. 

 

Sam and Nicole were smart to leave town.

Too bad there has been no explanation for why wherever they're headed is going to automatically be safer than Bon Temps or any of the other towns that have been hit by roaming hep-v vamps. 

 

Am I the only one who doesn't hate Bill? I don't care much for any of the vampires, but of the bunch he's the closest to being a character I do care for.

Bill can be tolerable when he's with Eric and occasionally with Jessica but since somewhere around whenever Sookie hooked up with Eric (maybe before?) he's gotten on my nerves. And he's self so righteous. Roger Sterling on Mad Men. I did enjoy Eric telling him to get over himself.

[DollEyes]

  Regarding Sarah, I think that Pam definitely plans to turn her out in the traditional sense, which IMO serves Sarah right, since she was one of the people most responsible for unleashing HepV into the world via Tru Blood and killing Ms. Suzuki to cover it up. My theory about why Pam got captured again was that Gus Jr. never went to Dallas and he was just testing Eric and Pam. I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah snitched to Gus Jr. just to save her own ass, for the time being, anyway.

 

  Because Sarah's other options are prison or death, Pam probably thinks that she's doing Sarah a favor by giving her the least shitty of all her shitty options. Since Sarah needs to pay for her crimes, in Pam's mind, better a whorehouse than the jailhouse.