Episode
4: We’ll Meet Again
Sorry
this recap is late again. I have a life, you know! I don’t just
lounge around in my coffin like some lazy vampire that I won't name coughTaracough. Season five is
hitting some sort of stride, and this episode answers a question or
two and teases us with a few more, so let’s get to it! Oh, and by
the way, True Blood just got picked up for a sixth season, so
whatever crazy shit they have planned for the season finale won’t
be the last.
Caring
for your vampire offspring:
Picking
up where the last episode ended, Tara is trying to get a nice even
tan, except her pesky skin keeps falling off. Pam—Tara’s
maker—stops by and commands her to stop. Tara’s cooking skin is
disgusting and a great effect.
Pam
takes Tara to Fangtasia, where they’re greeted by Bill and Eric
(or, as I refer to them, B + E). They’ve been let go by the
Authority to find Russell, and this was their first stop. As Eric
talks to Pam, Bill takes Tara into the club’s office, where she
puts on a ridiculously large Fangtasia t-shirt. And she wears it the
entire fucking episode. While they wait, Tara offers Bill some
surprising insight on Sookie.
Eric
thinks Pam is the one that broke Russell out, for some reason. Pam is
understandably pissed, and during a tense and angry moment, and asks
Eric to release her. This is a huge deal as far as True Blood vamps
are concerned. And seriously, Eric, has Pam ever given you a reason
to doubt her?
B
+ E have a powwow after, and watching these two scratch their heads
is pretty hilarious. And cute. Because they are never not cute. So,
if it’s not Pam, and it’s not Nora, then who?
The
next night, Bill goes off to check on his own problems, leaving Eric
and Pam free to talk. I’m not kidding when I tell you this scene
almost made me cry. Eric understands that searching for Russell is
pretty much a death sentence either way, and he doesn’t want Pam to
be a casualty of that. He releases her, not out of anger, but for the
right reasons. He wants his bloodline to live on.
*sniff* *sniff* What’s that? Oh, no, there’s just something in my
eye...
Later,
Pam teaches Tara how to feed on something that’s not a bottle of
True Blood. And you know what? I thought Tara was actually funny in
this scene.
“You look very—”
“Delicious?”
“I was going to
say ‘nice’...”
Maybe Tara will embrace her vampiric nature and
be interesting again.
Over
at the mansion, Bill has a similar conversation with Jessica that
Eric did with Pam. Don’t worry, Bill doesn’t release her, but
they do have a nice moment together. Jessica offers up some insight
into Bill and Sookie’s relationship. He’s impressed by Jessica’s
maturity, and I think we all are. She’s come a long way from
seasons one and two.
The
Authority, staken but not stirred (I apologize for that feeble attempt at a pun):
Woohoo!
More shirtless Roman! He’s watching some Nora-torture-porn on his
laptop. Salome swooshes around and suggests more torture; Nora will
break eventually. Roman opts for a different course of action.
There
is a brief scene where the Authority peanut gallery talks about
stuff. Mostly about how they’re all cooler than Roman. Bitches,
please.
Roman
and Salome pay Nora a visit. She tells them to “fuck off” (which
sounds even better in a British accent) until Roman pulls the B + E
card and threatens to iStake them both. Nora almost breaks, and
Salome offers her own vow that B + E will be safe if she gives up the
other traitor in their midst. This is the first scene that I actually
enjoyed Salome doing her thing. Her whole trust-through-sex
manipulation last episode was trite.
After
they get what they wanted from Nora, Roman meets with the council in
one of the most interesting uses of a stake as a metaphor for an
alpha male wang. He waves it around in their faces, talking about
Judas and whatnot. But the meeting was really ruse; they found the
traitor. Apparently the kid vampire made a nasty, bloody snuff tape
and sent it with an encrypted message. As a result, Roman stakes the
little shit. Huh, the even the little ones make a big splash. Roman
makes a speech--while covered in baby-vampire blood--about not
betraying him, but I was too busy feeling equal parts disgusted and
turned on. This show makes me feel so conflicted sometimes.
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| Is it wrong that I want to lick him clean? Do I need therapy? |
Sookie,
Doing Right vs STFU
Sookie
was busy this episode. Seconds after she confesses to Alcide,
Lafayette bitches her out and calls her the angel of death. “You
survive, but you leave a trail of bodies behind.” So I guess
they’re not hanging out anymore.
After
work, Sookie goes to Jason’s to turn herself in. When she tells
Jason the whole sordid mess, his reaction is pretty much perfect.
Sookie doesn’t want to keep ruining people’s lives, and can you
blame her? Also, Jessica overhears everything.
The
next night, Sookie uses her mind-reading abilities to find out that
everyone knows she turned Tara into a vamp. Oh, and one guy would
“still hit that.” So, she does what any of us would do if we used
our faerie powers to read minds and found out our hick town suddenly
has some kind of ethics: she brakes out the booze!
But
not before Lafayette lets out the demon inside and curses Sookie’s
awful yellow car. As she speeds home with thoughts of Vodka and
Bailey’s in her head, she has a Christine moment and her car wraps
itself around a pole like it was a Christmas present. Don’t worry,
Sookie jumped out before it hit. Good riddance, yellow car!
Sookie
drinks and drinks some more. She’s singing her own lyrics to
“Escape (The Pina Colada Song ‘80)” when Lafayette calls, but
she hangs up on him when Alcide comes knocking.
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| Sookie learned this from watching Lafayette. |
The
werewolf tells Sookie he pinned Debbie’s murder on dead pack-leader
Marcus, so the Pelts won’t investigate any further. And Alcide did
a good job of selling it; he cried and everything.
Sookie
pours him a terrible drink and then they make out. I swear to Lilith,
True Blood, we better get some sex next episode, because them necking
on the couch was not enough. Also, B + E watched them through the
window. Sookie needs to invest in some better curtains.
War,
what is it good for? Flashbacks!
Terry
and Patrick are on the search for squadmate Ellis. Terry nods off and
we get an answer to one of True Blood’s smaller questions: What
happened to Terry in Iraq?
Killed
lots of civilians while high on drugs (LSD, I think) and whiskey is
the short answer.
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| Uhm...whoops. |
Although I think there will be more to it in future
episodes. There is also a disturbingly beautiful shot of a city
getting bombed. Sounds weird, I know.
They
eventually find Ellis’ ranch, and a secret underground bunker
filled with crazy firey stuff. Also guns. And paintings of fire. What
I’m saying is that it’s all pretty incriminating. Oh, and then
Ellis pulls a gun on them.
Here
come the Judge (what? oh, like you thought of something better?):
So,
that Judge that was in that one episode earlier in the season is
back. And he’s taking the boys (Andy and Jason) out on the town!
Well, not exactly “town” more like “burlesque faerie bar.”
But
before that, Andy gets a call from the Pelts (Barbara and Gordon, a
nod to Batgirl?). Apparently, they “got what they were looking for”
(see the section on Sookie for more). Andy is adamant about
continuing the search, but Jason tries to dissuade him. Lucky for
him, he has a vampire friend with benefits. Benefits such as
glamouring Sheriff Andy into forgetting the whole slutty Pelt affair
altogether. Bill is Jessica’s maker, after all, and boy are they
good at it.
At
the Faerie Moulin Rouge, Andy runs into his old faerie booty-call,
Morella, and Jason runs into...Hadley?! Apparently that’s where she
and her son ran off to after Queen Sophie Anna went all explody. (If
you don’t understand much of that, go back and rewatch the previous
four seasons.)
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| Jason actually asked her if she worked there. Oh, Jason... |
Seems like she’s been there awhile, and thinks that
the vampires have taken over—at one point she calls Jason a
refugee. Hadley also lets out a vital piece of True Blood mythology:
Sookie and Jason’s parents weren’t killed in a flood; they were
murdered by vampires. Dun, dun, DUUNNNNNN
Favorite Moment: I enjoyed Jessica so much. When do I not, though? But I'm also excited we got some questions answered.
Least Favorite Moment: Why no Sam love? Sam
didn’t do much this episode. He met his old shifter friends from last season. And they got killed. Probably more on this next episode, but don’t quote me
on that.
OMG Moment: The feeding scene with Pam and Tara. In that I didn't roll my eyes at Tara.
How did you like this episode? I know it felt heavy on plot and not much else, but I think we've got quite the season ahead of us. And hopefully some Alcide/Sookie (Sookcide? Alookie?) nakedness next time!
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