Post Godric “Meeting the Sun”, Sookie walks down the hallway of the hotel and enters….Eric’s room. He is still awake and shirtless on the bed with dried bloody tears on his face. He states that Godric is gone, and Sookie tells him she is so sorry, and then she starts kissing him [aww hell, now I know this is another dream]. He lays her down on bed and bares his fangs. She gently touches them with her hand, then moves to give him full access to her neck, and just as he is about to bite her… she wakes up next to Jason in the Anubis Air transportation shuttle. Jason smirks at her and asks what she was dreaming about. Sookie tells him “Bill” and touches his futurama coffin, but it sounds more like wishful thinking than a truthful response.
As they drive into Bon Temps they hear the fire dept. bell ringing and notice trash littering the streets, defaced business signs, and people fighting while another guy bangs his head on a pillar. Suddenly the shuttle hits two half-dressed pedestrians. Everyone gets out of the shuttle to check on them, but they are just laughing hysterically. Jason asks them what the hell is wrong with their eyes [as you know by now most of the town of Bon Temps is walking around with those crazy black zombie eyes]. The couple takes off running because they need to find Sam and it is almost time... Sookie and Jason are baffled.
Maryann is putting the finishing touches on a “Meat Tree” in Sookie’s front yard. Well, there are also fruits, vegetables, flowers, and feathers, but mainly huge slabs of beef. Maryann wants more meat, but tells Karl to aim higher when he suggests ground chuck. [Nothing but corn-fed Kobe beef for this “Meat Tree”.]
Andy arrives back at the hotel with some clothes for Sam and liquor for him. A paranoid Sam starts checking his pupils. “No bug eyes here, just a hangover” Andy retorts and lets him know that the coast is clear so far outside. Andy informs him that the jail is empty with the cell doors left open and the town square looks like NYC with people banging their heads and pissing on the sidewalks [yep, kind of does sound like New York].
Sam wonders how they are going to deal with a Maenad, but Andy has no memory of the story Sam told him the night before. Sam quickly explains that Maryann is responsible for the murders of Miss Jeannette and Daphne and for the whole town going off its rocker. Andy calls her a serial killer, so Sam sits him down and patiently tries to again explain that she is a supernatural, immortal creature that won’t stop until she catches him and cuts out his heart while a bunch of naked people watch; Sam figures he is some type of offering to Dionysus or Satan or some god with horns. Andy laments that people called him crazy for seeing a pig [PIIIGGG!] and Sam finally confirms that he didn’t imagine the pig; he also comes close to spilling the beans on Daphne being a shapeshifter, but he can’t quite bring himself to it [I am assuming he doesn’t want to have to explain how he knows this information being a shifter in the closet himself]. Andy sums it up nicely with “We need to kill that Bitch!” but Sam reminds him that she don’t die.
Sam’s cell phone rings and it is Arlene. She is freaking out and she is trapped at Merlotte’s with an angry mob after her. Sam calls her out on being part of Maryann’s posse, but she swears that Maryann has turned on them and gone “Hannibal Lecter Crazy”. Sam is obviously too trusting or too gullible as he agrees to come help her. [Repeat after me: It’s a trap, it’s a trap, it’s a trap!] Sam and Andy slowly walk into Merlotte’s and discover that Arlene has tricked them into coming to the bar to catch him. They avert the mob by locking themselves in the freezer, but they know they are trapped and pretty much f*cked as the mob chants and parties. Andy distracts Sam with some crazy story about Annie the Nanny and the one-eyed man. Nobody has any idea what he is talking about.
Back at the Compton house, Jason leaves a message at the sheriff’s office while Sookie helps Bill out of his coffin. Sookie can sense something is wrong with the town, and on cue, in walks Hoyt’s Mama with vampire insults and crazy zombie eyes [Jason: “There’s those fucking eyes again”]. Jessica and Hoyt appear behind her and inform the gang that she has gone “totally bat shit crazy” and she has been like this since last night and won’t stop muttering about Sam Merlotte and offering him to God. She comes downstairs and propositions Jason; Hoyt reveals that playing Bill’s Wii is the only way to get Mama to focus if not exactly calm down.
With Maxine sidetracked, they continue to pump Hoyt for more information on what is up with the town. They find out the town is waiting at Merlotte’s to catch Sam and take him Maryann’s, which Sookie quickly finds out is actually her house. Sookie is interested to know if anyone has been attacked by something with claws and finds out that the dead body at Merlotte’s and Daphne the waitress had some scratches on their backs. Bill wants to go talk to Daphne but is informed that she too is dead and missing a heart. Jason gets tired of all the talking and decides to head to Merlotte’s to find out what the hell is happening on his turf. Both Sookie and Bill try to talk him out of going, saying he wants nothing to do with what may be out there, but Jason informs them this was the war he was training for. Sookie and Bill head over to Gran/Sookie/Tara/Eggs/Karl/Maryann’s house to find Tara.
Sookie and Bill arrive at her house and are horrified by the “Meat Tree” [honestly, who wouldn’t have the heebie jeebies if they drove up and found that in their front yard]. Sookie’s house is completely trashed with mud and branches strewn about. They call for Tara but nobody’s home. Lafayette calls her cell phone and asks when they are coming back from Dallas. Sookie tells him that they are home and standing in her former living room, and Lafayette starts screaming that Tara is at his house and they need to get up out of there ASAP. They notice the Bull mask on the mantle and agree it’s time to leave but then run into Maryann. She wants to know what they are doing in her house. Sookie gets pissed and shouts that this is not Maryann’s house and Bill tells her to remove herself immediately. Sookie says she isn’t scared of Maryann and is instantly held against the wall by her throat. She gets visions of being chased thru the woods by the bull man and realizes that it is Maryann. Bill pulls Maryann off and bites her, but immediately starts foaming and throwing up this blackish green bile instead of blood. Maryann is curious to know what Sookie is, but Sookie pushes her away with a new power that shoots out of her hands [not sure what this is about]. They manage to escape the house and drive to Lafayette’s. Bill keeps throwing up out the car window, and Sookie mentions calling Eric to get Dr. Ludwig, but Bill forbids it. Bills wants to know what Sookie did to push Maryann away, but she has no clue. Then he growls to Sookie to give him her wrist so he can heal.
Jason shows up at Merlotte’s in full Rambo mode. Well, if Rambo was a contractor since all of Jason’s weapons include a nail gun and chainsaw. He walks in on one of the orgies inside Merlotte’s but can’t seem to get their attention until he chops the CD player in half. They still don’t seem worried about Jason until he grabs Arlene and threatens to put a nail in her head. The crowd starts chanting, “Nail her”, but enough of Terry breaks thru to take a time-out and tell the mob to clear out of Merlotte’s so his “special lady friend” doesn’t get hurt. Jason tells Sam and Andy it’s okay to come out, but the mob attacks again and Sam doesn’t want to risk Jason or Andy, so he gives himself up to the mob.
The mob starts to trestle Sam up on the roof of a car outside, but then suddenly their God appears. Actually, it is a shirtless Jason in a gas mask throwing flares while Andy shines a spotlight up on him. He proclaims that he is the God and Sam Merlotte is his, so they can go home now [and have good crops and great weather]; the townspeople don’t believe him until Andy holds some branches behind his head to make appear he has horns. They let Sam Merlotte get up and he slowly approaches them while telling Jason to smite him. They can’t hear him until he finally turns around and says "Smite me, mutherf*cker!" So Jason smites [smotes?] him and Sam goes poof! He is gone except for his clothes; Andy and Jason look confused and stunned, but they convince the townspeople to leave. Terry grabs Sam’s clothes from the ground to take to Maryann for “debriefing”. After the mob disperses, they look for Sam, and find him coming out of Merlotte’s naked except for an apron as he puts out the flares with a fire extinguisher. [Sam’s gonna have some explaining to do….]
Tara is still possessed, so Lafayette and Lettie Mae have her tied up at his house as they try to figure out what to do with her. They try praying [and Lafayette reveals he knows scripture and Jesus and he agree to see other people don’t mean they don’t talk from time to time….go Lafayette!]. Nothing seems to work as Tara keeps chanting until Lafayette declares this “the worst mutherf*cking intervention in history!” Someone knocks on the door and Lafayette opens it thinking it is Sookie. Instead it is some college girl looking to score some V [come on, it’s finals week]. Lafayette tells her he is not selling that night, but she is persistent until Bill arrives and overhears their V talk. He orders the girl to leave, but Lafayette tells him to take up his anger with his boy Eric since he is the reason why Lafayette is selling the V.
Sookie tries to read Tara’s mind but finds it completely blank. Bill urges her to try again but go as deep as she can into her mind. Sookie tries again and gets a few flashes of the orgy but that’s it. Bill suggests that he try to glamour her, and eventually a combination of Bill’s glamour and Sookie’s mind probing [where she gets a recap of everything that has happened to Tara while she was in Dallas] finally force Tara out of her possession.
Tara starts crying and hugging Lettie Mae and Lafayette, but Sookie and Bill go on the porch for some air.
On the porch Sookie tells Bill what she saw and mentions the chant. He is shocked to recognize the chant from reading a book in his past [remember the flashback – I knew that would come into play]. Bill thinks he knows what Maryann is, but admits he does not know how to defeat her. But he thinks he knows one vampire that might know, so he tells Sookie to remain at Lafayette’s and he will return before morning. [Personally, I think leaving Sookie alone in this town is a very bad idea].
Hoyt locks Bill’s front door to prevent Maxine from going to Merlotte’s. Mama starts insulting Hoyt and Jessica until they both can’t stand it anymore. Jessica tries to warn her that she has little control over her actions and has not eaten in days; she pushes Hoyt out of the way and demands that Maxine stop, but she keeps taunting so Jessica attacks. [guess Mama was wrong about Hoyt’s girlfriend eating him].
Bill gets cleaned up and appears at an upscale house crawling with bodyguards. He walks across concrete steps over a pool [maybe a modern version of a moat] and is informed that the Queen is expecting him. He is shown into the house where he sees a leg limply hanging with blood slowly dripping down the toes ….
And tune in Next week for more True Blood….only 2 episodes left!
My Rating; 7.5/10
[Sorry, I actually did enjoy this episode but had to knock off some points for only a teaser of Eric after the last 2 week buildup, and for this episode only being 45 minutes long since they make us wait an entire week for a new episode]
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