Sam is trapped at the orgy from hell with Maryann preparing to kill him. Eggs is holding him down while Tara licks his face (ewwww). Andy, while still searching for the mysterious PIIIIG!, stumbles onto the ceremonial scene. He is stunned to see all his townspeople with the zombie black eyes getting it on and accidentally discharges his gun. The shot seems to stun the revelers and the distraction give Sam the opportunity to escape by head butting Eggs and punching Daphne [Hell yeah, smack that bitch]. All of the party-goers start wailing and screaming, and Andy gets his arm broken when he attempts to touch his cousin Terry. Maryann gives chase thru the woods and just as she is closing in on Sam, he sees an owl in a tree and quickly shapeshifts and flies away.
The next day an armed Sam confronts Daphne back at the swimming hole. Sam is pissed that for the first time ever he trusted someone and she betrayed him. Daphne finally reveals just what the heck Maryann is, a question that most of us have been asking ourselves for weeks now…She is a Maenad, an immortal being who’s literal translation means “the raving ones”. Originally a servant of Dionysus/Bacchus [god of wine], the Maenad induces followers into a frenzied state of drinking eating, fighting, lust – basically a loss of all self control, which is exactly how I would describe one of Maryann’s orgies. Apparently shapeshifters are immune from her possession and must come willingly to serve her as Daphne has chosen to do. She tells Sam to go to Maryann and beg forgiveness and she just might let him live [provided he is willing to serve her as well]. Sam is having none of that and storms away.
That evening Daphne is still on the dock when Maryann shows up. She is happy to see Maryann and tells her how much she has missed her. Maryann kisses her softly and thanks her for her service, then a possessed Eggs steps in and stabs her in the chest with the knife from the ceremony. Looks like Andy won’t have to worry about the mystery pig anymore…
Back at Sookie’s house Tara and Eggs wake up on the couch with no recollection of what happened the night before. They are concerned that they continue to black out and are trying to put the pieces together when a disheveled Maryann walks in. Her hair is wild, her feet are dirty and bloody, and she is carrying a dead rabbit. She tells them she spent the night out in the woods being one with nature and has plans to cook up thumper. Tara sums Maryann up best with her comment “She is so f*cking weird” [Yes Tara, she certainly is].
That afternoon, Arlene grabs Tara at Merlotte's and wants some girl talk in the ladies room. They open the door to find Lafayette primping and he starts sassin’ them [it’s good to see the old Lafayette return]. They kick him out so Arlene can tell Tara she blacked out the night before and thinks she may have date-raped Terry. Tara seems stunned to realize that it is not just her and Eggs with the lack of memory issues. Lafayette finds Eggs at the bar waiting for Tara and warns her that he is trouble, also known as “Satan in a Sunday Hat”. Then Andy bursts into Merlotte’s looking for his cousin Terry and starts screaming that all the patrons are “devil worshippers” and “zombie-whores”. Everyone laughs it off as a typical drunken Andy rant [Do they really believe Andy is smart or drunk enough to make up something this elaborate].
Jessica and Hoyt are still snuggled up at the Hotel Camilla. They are discussing their experience [or lack thereof]. We figured Jessica would be a virgin, but it turns out that 28 year old Hoyt is one as well. He has always waited for the right girl and it never happened until now. Jessica closes the blinds and removes her robe, but tells Hoyt it will have to wait a night as it is almost dawn, and if she doesn’t sleep she will get sick. They settle for cuddling for now as Jessica makes Hoyt promise not to freak out if she looks dead.
Jessica wakes up that night to find that Hoyt raided the hotel gift shop and has decorated the room in rose petals and blood-scented candles [which smell like soup to him] as Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” plays in the background. Hoyt has set the perfect setting for a vampire’s first time, as they start making out and Jessica tells him to remove his pants.
Eric and Isabel are on a hill overlooking the FOTS church. Eric does not seem to be very impressed with the FOTS army, but Isabel reminds him that they are gaining quite a following. Eric wonders at her attraction to a human that will just grow old and feeble and Isabel finds it curious, like a science experiment. She wants to know what Bill’s reaction is to his interest is in Sookie. Eric retorts that he is not interested in Sookie or what Bill Compton thinks, then quickly changes the subject. They decide they need to confirm that Godric is inside before they take further action, which angers Stan. Eric tells them to do what they like as it no longer matters to him if Godric is truly lost. [And we finally see Eric cry a single tear of blood].
Sookie is locked up with Hugo in the basement of the FOTS church. Hugo is getting more and more claustrophobic and freaking out; while Sookie calls for Godric and looks for a way out of the cage they are being held in. Her explorations yield no results, but she does come across some interesting board games for children at the church [Anybody up for some “Stakes and Silver” or “Send’em Back to Hell”]. Sookie tries to calm Hugo down but when she touches his arm her telepathic powers reveal that Hugo is secretly with the FOTS and is the one that betrayed them.
Steve and Gabe finally come downstairs to check on the prisoners and promise to release them pending they provide them with some information. Hugo starts spilling the beans and reveals Sookie’s name and hometown. Steve can put two and two together and realizes that the Stackhouses are siblings and therefore must be in together on a plot with the vampires. Without another word, they head back upstairs leaving Sookie and Hugo locked up. Sookie decides to try to telepathically reach Bellboy Barry to give a message to Bill that they are in big trouble.
Lorena still has Bill trapped back at the hotel and refuses to let him leave to go to Sookie. They continue to bicker back and forth as they stay up past dawn [although they are still safe from the sun due to the hotel]. There’s another reason besides the sun that vampires sleep during the day; if they don’t, then they get the “Bleeds”, a wicked side-effect from staying awake that causes both their noses and ears to start leaking blood. [Cool, that’s a new one I haven’t heard of]. Lorena refuses to back down and go to sleep, saying if she lies down, he is stupid enough to try to leave and rescue Sookie in daylight [I guess she watched last season as well]. As they continue their standoff, we flashback to 1935:
Bill is reading a book [Gods and Monsters of Ancient Greece…foreshadowing, perhaps] when Lorena returns home with a perky blond dancer for Bill. Bill refuses the girl and sends her away and confronts Lorena: he is sick of the savagery, of all the victims and blood, and he is sick of being around her. They throw some things at each other until Bill threatens to stake himself with a wooden table leg to escape Lorena. He plainly tells he cannot and will not ever love her and begs to be released from her. She cries and agrees to let him go…
Bill reaches for the phone but Lorena swoops in and crushes it before he can grab it. Bill begs Lorena that if she will not let him go to Sookie, then at least allow him to notify Eric Northman. Lorena starts laughing at Bill surprises him by revealing that Eric is the reason she is there. Bill sits there with a stunned look on his face. I don’t think it ever occurred to him that Eric may want Sookie for more than her telepathic skills.
Post pudding-lovin’, Sarah and Jason are half dressed and still in the church balcony. Sarah starts crying, though not from guilt, but because she is so happy that God brought Jason into her life. In fact, she is so happy that she hops up and starts dressing so they can go tell Steve right away. Jason doesn’t think that is the best idea because Steve has a lot of guns, but Sarah reminds him of their Rings of Honesty. Jason convinces her to hold off at least until after the lock-in, because being locked in a church with Steve and his guns is not Jason’s idea of a good time.
Later on, Jason decides no pudding in the world is worth getting shot, so he packs up and is heading out when he is stopped by Steve and Gabe. They threaten him by knife as Steve rails at Jason for betraying him, saying that he knows who he works for [Jason’s confused look and response “who, the road crew” is priceless]. Jason thinks Steve is mad about the affair until Steve yells that he welcomed into his life and Jason still chose them. “Wait, who’s them?” Steve is convinced the two Stackhouse siblings are in cahoots with the vampires and tells Gabe to take care of it and leaves. Gabe drags Jason off and taunts Jason with insults about his sister, making Jason mad enough to fight and disarm him before taking off running in the woods.
Sarah is greeting the lock-in guests back at the church when Steve asks to speak with her privately. Next thing you know Jason is still running thru the dark woods when Sarah tracks him down using the golf cart. He is relieved when he realizes it is only Sarah and tries to tell her that Steve and Gabe have lost their minds. She steps out of the cart holding a gun and yells at him for betraying her before shooting him in the chest.
Gabe is pissed that Jason got away and decides to take his frustration out on the prisoners. He starts beating on Hugo for being a vamp-lover until Sookie jumps on his back. He throws her off then proceeds to rip her clothes off to show her what she has been missing while hanging out with vamps [I don’t think this is the best method for convincing people to switch to your side]. Before he can rape her, he is pulled off by the missing Godric, looking very much alive [figuratively] and not imprisoned.
And tune in next week for another episode of True Blood….
My Rating 9/10
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