1.) Arlene. Arlene was on point in this episode and I loved every
minute of it. She is one of the few characters the show improved from
the books and it’s lovely to watch her have moments like she had
tonight, especially her scene with Sam.
2.) Andy. He has these moments of incredible depth this season that
really are nice to watch, considering his levels of Jason-esque idiocy
in past seasons.
3.) Bill - I don’t mean the flashbacks, or him with Sookie, but
watching this character that I’ve always hated be so humbled and laid
low by his impending death - Stephen Moyer played it very well and I
appreciated those scenes, even if I still don’t give a flying fuck about
his flash backs, and am so anti-Bill/Sookie it physically pains me to
see them together. But his relationship with Jess is legit, and I
appreciate those moments.
4.) Sarah Newlin - I was on the fence about her being there this
season because it felt like a waste of time. But good lord her scenes
tonight, with the hallucinations of Jason, Steve and what’s his name -
mighty entertaining. Especially Steve and Jason.
5.) Including Dr. Ludwig and Niall - they’re from the books so it’s
nice to get them, even when it’s brief. Though what they SHOULD have
done was have Niall give Sookie the Cluviel Dor (from the books) if
they’re so insistent on her and Bill ending up together. I know she uses
it on Sam in the books, but that ship has sailed on the show, so it
would have been a good deus ex machina for them, and probably way better
than what they’ll end up coming up with.
Complaints:
1.) It’s really fucking uncomfortable to watch Anna Paquin and
Stephen Moyer have a sex scene, partially because their characters are
my NoTP, but mostly because the last time they were together on the
show, they weren’t married in real life. And now they are, and it is all
sorts of creepy and weird to watch that.
2.) It’s incredibly disconcerting to watch one of my OTPs become
characters I despise. I ship Sookie and Eric from the books, and I hate
that they’ve turned Eric into a fucking idiot who does stupid and
reckless things for no reason and is cruel and heartless. And Sookie is
an idiot and almost a non-entity at this point. Where’s my brilliant,
decent but ruthless Viking vampire? Where’s my ultra-clever, independent
and stubborn spitfire fairy waitress? I hate that the show has taken
them from me and turned them into awful people I can barely stand. I’m
gonna go watch season 4 to get that feeling back….
3.) On that note - Eric Northman you complete fucking idiot. Here’s
the only person who can lead you to the cure so of course your first
instinct to should be to kill her. And then, here’s this man offering
you the fucking moon on a platter and your first response is…to say no?
4.) Also, Jason Stackhouse, you complete fucking idiot. I thought we
were past this. I thought you’d grown up. Oh wait, I guess the writers
forgot that the whole reason Hoyt left was because you slept with his
girlfriend and ruined his life - so instead of having a touching scene
where you watch your friend in pain and there’s nothing you can do about
it because you wiped his memories of you, let’s have you lust over his
girlfriend again. Because that’s new and refreshing - not.
5.) Again with Leddie May. I can’t even. Thankfully it was only a
short scene, but even that didn’t go anywhere, come on, don’t spread out
the boredom, just wrap it up and stop wasting my precious Lafayette’s
screen time on Leddie May’s crazy.
Things I’m ambivalent about for now:
Whatever the fuck Violet is doing. I can’t figure out what her
endgame on that is, so it’s too soon to tell how I feel about it. Other
than I really liked her last season and parts of this season when she
was so ruthlessly loyal to the people Jason cared about, but now I don’t
know how to feel. Time will tell.
