Once again, it’s time for our weekly recap of HBO “True Blood,” the only show that can tease a vampire werewolf and then not deliver. But for the softcore enthusiasts, there were plenty of naked bodies and one really terrible plan courtesy of Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin).
Full spoilers lie ahead!
Driving With Sookie
Sookie presents Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) with her plan to use herself as bait to help save the kidnapped people of Bon Temps. Bill only half-heartedly tries to talk Sookie out of it before admitting that he can no longer feel their blood bond. But Bill insists that she drink from him so he can sense her, which leads Sookie to remind him that she’s got a boyfriend.
And speaking of said boyfriend, Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello) is extremely pissed when he discovers that Sookie has left their home and gone to Bill’s house. So, Alcide goes running through the woods as a wolf.
Get Your Guns
Meanwhile, Vince (Brett Rickaby) and his heavily armed mob of townspeople stop the car of Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) and kill his vampire companion. Vince declares himself to be the new mayor and he orders Sam to leave town. Instead, Sam turns into an owl and flies off in the front of the shocked mob.
Back at the police station, Sheriff Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer) and Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll) free Adilyn Bellefleur (Bailey Noble) and Rocky Cleary (Aaron Christian Howles). Andy and Jessica then collect Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) and Violet Mazurski (Karolina Wydra) so they can confront the mob.
Love Less Than
Out in the woods, Sookie impatiently waits for vampires to attack her as Bill gently gets her to reveal that she loves Alcide, but she doesn’t love him as much as he loves her. Around the same time, Alcide and Sam encounter each other in the woods and they quickly change back to animal form when Vince’s vigilantes nearly kill them.
Back in Bon Temps, Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis) gets high with vampire James Kent (Nathan Parsons), James admits that he’s into Lafayette, but he won’t hurt Jessica while they’re together.
The Wild Fortenberry
Somebody does want to hurt Jessica and that person is Maxine Fortenberry (Dale Raoul). When the vigilante roadblock stops Andy’s car, Jason is almost intimidating enough to get the crowd to back down. But Maxine still blames Jason and Jessica for driving her son, Hoyt out of town, so she shoots Jessica in the shoulder. Violet responds by instantly killing Maxine, which sends the townspeople into a panic.
Around the same time, Reverend Daniels (Gregg Daniel) dismisses Willa Burrell (Amelia Rose Blaire) because she “looks like a bottle of Captain Morgan” to V-addict Lettie Mae Daniels (Adina Porter).
Eric’s Choice
Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) finds Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) infected with the Hep-V virus and to her horror, he is content to wait for his true death. Eric recalls a time when Nan Flanagan (Jessica Tuck) of the AVL demanded that Eric “mainstream” and he essentially told her to f*** off.
In response, the AVL’s Japanese partners sent the Yakuza after Eric and made him choose between his human lover, Sylvie (Gabriella Wright) and Pam. Eric offered his own life first before saying that Pam should live. In the present, Pam almost abandons Eric to his demise before revealing that Jason never killed Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp). Inspired to take vengeance against Sarah, Eric is shaken from his stupor and agrees to leave with Pam.
The Love Guru
In Los Angeles, Sarah is living under an assumed name and seducing her advanced yoga instructor, Guru Dutta. However, Dutta proves to be a brave man when the same Japanese vampire assassins from Eric’s flashback show up to kill Sarah.
Dutta admits that he knows Sarah but he refuses to say where she is. Sarah cowers in the wine cellar as Dutta is executed.
Werewolf Down
In the forest, a glamored and badly bitten Holly Cleary (Lauren Bowles) catches Sookie and Bill off guard and they fall prey to the rogue Hep-V vamps. But thanks to some timely arrivals from Andy, Sam, Jessica, Violet, Jason and Alcide, the Hep-V vampires are finally put down.
Alcide yells at Bill for endangering Sookie, but he randomly dies moments later when one of the remaining vigilantes shoots him in the head. Andy lets one of the shooters bleed out as Jessica offers to turn Alcide. But Sookie says no, Joe Manganiello must be freed to make another Magic Mike movie.
Actually, Sookie refers back to the mistake of bringing Tara back from the dead and she holds Alcide’s body in her arms for one last time.
Three episodes into the season, we’ve got two major character deaths, one semi-regular character killed off in Maxine and not much of a story. There’s seven episodes left in the series… so can “True Blood” turn this season around? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
