Welcome to Season 2 of the hit HBO show “True Blood”. Personal disclaimer: this is one of my favorite shows on TV right now as well as one of my favorite book series, so I am pumped to see how close they follow each other. I think Alan Ball did a great job in Season 1 keeping to the spirit of the books while giving some great storylines to the supporting cast. I think one of the best new storylines to the show from Season 1 is the Jessica subplot. I can’t wait to see what kind of havoc she brings to Sookie and Bill’s relationship in Season 2! Now onto the Season 2.1 recap:
Season 2 begins right where we left off from last season’s cliffhanger. We quickly find out the body in the car is NOT Lafayette!!! [More on his fate later…] Only Tara recognizes that the body in the backseat of the car is former voodoo con artist Miss Janette. Yuck, I don’t think she is going to be performing any more fake exorcisms any time soon. Sookie reads her friend’s mind and convinces Tara to tell the police how she knows the victim. Tara is then escorted to the police station where a drunken Andy interrogates her. She reveals all she knows about Miss Janette being a con and is appalled when her mother shows up after receiving the news from the police. Tara is afraid that the news of Miss Janette being a fraud will cause Lettie May to relapse, but she finds that her mother is still sober and full of faith. As they are leaving Maryann shows up, calls Lettie May out on being the world’s worst mother, then escorts Tara to her convertible…Ouch, that was a pretty harsh speech, even if it is partially true…
Tara is still living with Maryann in her big white mansion and still flirting with the other poor house resident “Eggs”. Apparently living at Maryann’s entails a lot of relaxing by the pool while smoking pot and eating tropical fruit. I think if the rest of the town knew this secret then you would see a full house! Tara and Eggs’ almost kiss is interrupted by house servant Carl, checking to see if they need any fresh towels. They don’t, but the mood is broken and Tara remembers she has to go to work. We see that Maryann definitely has another agenda for Tara as she bitch-slaps Carl for interfering; she also has an agenda with Sam as she visits him later on at Merlotte’s.
Sam’s story involves a flashback to his teenage years, when he was a homeless and wandering pup that went thru the wrong doggie door and into the house of the mysterious Maryann. Although his basic objectives appear to be food and household items to steal, he is caught naked in action by Maryann and quickly introduced to her sexual prowess. He freaks when she starts shaking in bed and decides to cut and run while she is in the shower, but not before helping himself to the $100K in cash he finds in her dresser. When Maryann reappears in his life present day, he assumes it is for the missing money. He offers her repayment cash, and then learns it is not the money that Maryann wants; she also lets him know this is much more than payback from the past, and it doesn’t only involve him.
Jason is out of jail and cleared of all charges from last season. He is now into reading the book of the Fellowship of the Sun [FOTS] because it makes him think about things. Jason thinking is a very scary thought indeed! His FOTS recruiter introduces him to the head of the church, Steve Newlin, and his sexy wife Sarah, both of whom encourage him to sign up for their Light of Day Institute [LODI] Leadership camp…for the small fee of $1200 plus class expenses. Jason is deterred by the price but Sarah advises him to pray on it…and when Sookie gives him Uncle Bartlett’s blood money, it appears to him that his prayers have been answered. He lets Sookie know that he is off to camp, although he tells Sookie that he is off to Marlboro Camp, not the vampire-hating LODI.
Sookie leaves work late that night and heads over to the Compton place, where she quickly discovers that Bill has a new roommate, the young new vampire Jessica. She is now living with Bill where he wastes no time in telling her to clean up her look as she dresses like a “Lady of the Evening”; her curfew will be 4:00 am and not a second later; and they will recycle Tru Blood bottles and paper products. Once Sookie arrives the rest of the episode focuses on Sookie’s love/hate for Bill. It goes something like this: you killed a innocent teenager [I hate you]; oh, you killed her as retribution for saving me [I love you]; but you did this 2 weeks ago and kept it a secret from me [I hate you]; you killed my molesting Uncle Bartlett [I hate you more]; but you love me and will atone for all misdeeds because I am your “miracle” [I still love you]…. cancel that, based on the bedroom scene that follows [I really, really love you and your body]. Wow, that was a pretty intense love scene, but why would a vampire have white bedding if they are spilling blood every time they have sex.
Lafayette is still alive and kickin’ for now, but he does not appear to be in a good place. When we last saw him, he was abducted at night while taking out the garbage at Merlotte’s. We now know that he has spent the past 2 weeks chained up with some other unfortunates to a slow-rotating wheel in a dark, dank dungeon. During this episode a new victim is brought down; it’s Royce, the homophobic redneck that refused Lafayette’s AIDS burger in last season. He is full of questions and confessions to Lafayette, who remains quiet and subdued. Redneck Royce decides they need a plan to escape when the door opens to my favorite reveal of the night….Who comes down the dungeon stairs other than my favorite vampire Eric! He appears annoyed that his beauty session with Pam was interrupted [I am assuming that based off his attire of a hair cape and highlight foils]. He unlocks Redneck Royce and begins to take him up for further questioning regarding a fire that killed 3 vampires, but before they reach the stairs, Redneck Royce whips out a silver crucifix and slams it against Eric’s face. Clearly you do not want piss off a vampire! Eric peals off the cross, grabs a scrambling Royce off the stairs, and proceeds to rip him apart limb from limb as Lafayette watches on in horror.
And tune in next week for more True Blood….
My Rating: 8/10
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