Episode 7
In The Evening
Sookie—In
post-coital faerieland, Sookie and Warlow bask in the soft focus
afterglow. Until Warlow ruins everything by getting all “me man,
you woman, traditional genders roles good.”
Sookie is about to go
all suffragette on him when she hears a voice on the other
side—Arlene’s. Knowing Bill will just summon him again once he’s
in the harsh light of the real world, Warlow opts to stay put. Sookie
uses her fae light (ugh) to teleport back.
Arlene
is in the cemetery, reeling from the loss of Terry last episode. Did
they put him in the ground awful fast? I don’t know how much time
has passed between episodes.
Anyway,
Sookie finds Arlene, and it is fucking heartbreaking. I was worried
it would be over the top, but Carrie Preston gives a fantastic
performance. This scene also harkens back to earlier seasons, when
Sookie was actually involved in other people’s lives.
She
takes Arlene back home, where Andy, Holly and Lafayette are waiting.
Arlene lashes out at Lala for his phone call, but she’s just angry.
While she goes to talk to her kids, Sookie and Lala go investigate
the security deposit box key that Terry gave to Lala.
At
the bank, all they find in the deposit box is a life insurance
policy—for 2 million dollars—activated three days ago. The
mystery deepens. For them, not us. We fortunately know what the hell
is going on.
Back
at the house, Arlene is drunk as a skunk and in no state to deal with
things. Sookie meets Andy’s daughter Adeline, who in turn meets
Holly’s suddenly sexy sons, Wayde and Rocky. Things seem nice
enough, until Bill comes strolling in in the middle of the day.
After
a few bizarrely tense moments where Bill offers his condolences to
Arlene and Andy (but really, it’s Bill. He’s not gonna massacre
them, so stop with the scary music.), he tells them he really just
needs to chat with Sookie.
Of
course.
He
needs Sookie to bring Warlow to him. And in that way that Bill does
so well, he makes a convincing case, citing vampire death camps,
their friends are in trouble, and if she doesn’t help there will be
some non-sexy blood on both their hands. Food for thought.
Alcide
& Sam—Ugh, I really don’t care right now. Sam and Nicole
fuck in the shower, then he calls Lafayette and finds out that
Terry’s dead. So he ships Nicole off with her mom.
Alcide
has a chat with his dad about being lone wolves again. Then he goes
back to the pack, where he lies about killing Sam and Nicole. Not so
fast! Rickie says, as she reveals they found Nicole and her mom.
Maybe something interesting will happen next episode.
Vamp
Camp—After Eric and Nora escape, Willa informs Pam about the
contaminated Tru Blood and then alarm goes off. Pam tells Willa to
only tell Tara and Jessica; if everyone stops drinking then they’ll
know something’s up. Later, Pam has a chat with her therapist, and
exchanges vampire sex for her release into genpop.
Elsewhere,
Jason reunites with Jessica in secret. He wants to break her out, but
she’s resigned to her fate. Jason is more confused than usual,
wondering if Jess has “stockholder’s syndrome.” Then she asks
Jason to find vampire James, cause she needs to thank him for not
raping her.
Jason
does so (he’s been acting real odd this entire episode) and gives
Jess and James privacy. The two vamps talk about faith and loss and
oh there’s Hep V in the blood so don’t drink it. And then she has
James take her vampire virginity. And is Jason right outside the
door?
Not
that he has time to gawk, since Sara shows up looking classy as fuck,
and has Jason thrown into the vamp ladies genpop with a cut on his
arm. Are you asking why? Let’s back up.
Sara
finds Burell’s head and freaks the fuck out. She then gets that one
senator guy to help her cover his death up. As far as anyone else
knows, he’s in hiding. So she’s effectively in charge of the Vamp
Camp now. And seeing as how Jason doesn’t have any leverage...
Into
genpop he goes! All the ladies swarm around him, until Tara tells
them to back off. Then that one vamp lady we saw a few eps ago stands
up to her. Cliffhanger! I really hope Tara kicks some ass, cause I
really want to like her again, and having her and Jason explode some
vamps would help.
Eric & Bill—After
making a speedy escape with an ailing Nora, he takes her to the only
place he can think of: Bill’s. He thinks Bill/Lilith’s blood
might cure her. But Nora refuses, remembering how boring it made her
last season.
Wasn’t
there something about Hep V way back in season one? And didn’t Bill
and some of the other vamps know about it? So all this
thumb-twiddling doesn’t make sense. Just seems odd that no one
remembers that.
Later,
during the day, Eric comes to Bill. He’ll do anything he
wants if he’ll help Nora. Cue the sound of a million fanfic
writers’ dreams almost coming true. But not at all, really. Bill
goes into his premonitions about everyone dying in a white room when
they all meet the sun. That’s why he needs Warlow. During all this,
Nora exchanges a look with Bill that should clue you in to what might
be in store.
Later,
Eric prays to Godric to give Nora a second chance, but Nora says
she’s already had that. Then we’re treated to the worst flashback
we’ve ever seen in True Blood history.
London,
1665. Eric is a foppish Englishman, but you can’t tell with his
barely-there accent. It’s like he kept forgetting he should be
talking like a Brit. And that hair! What, did you think we wanted
more terrible wigs after Salome last season?
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| Goddamnit, True Blood. |
I
honestly don’t know why he went to find Nora in a London slum, and
I don’t care. All that’s pertinent is she’s dying of the
plague, and Eric turns her into a vampire. “My death shall be my
own,” she says.
Cheesy
flashback over, Nora tells Eric he has to save Pam and Willa (oh, and
I guess Tara), and to let them stand beside him. And, having lived a
full life, the Hep V spreads to her brain. She dies a gooey, bloody
death in Eric’s arms.
So in the coming weeks, the recaps might come real slow. I'm in the process of moving, and that's gonna take precedence.
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