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Sep. 13th, 2010 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
loony_moonyHaving seen the season finale of "True Blood" last night, here are some of my thoughts.
I know I stopped doing episode reviews this season, and I'll tell you why: I've hit my Beel/Suckeh fatigue moment a lot earlier this season than expected, and given that Alan Ball is pretty much the last True Blood fan who still likes them makes me pretty damn annoyed about recapping nowadays. However, given that Eric Northman is not going to be on my TV for the next 8 months, I'm writing down some of my opinions:
1. Bill Compton is a douchebag, and TV!Sookie Stackhouse is a huge idiot. Together, they are practically unbearable, and mark my words, this pairing will bring down the show eventually, because Alan Ball doesn't know when to say enough. He didn't know when to say enough about Maryann, Tara's mother and Jason Stackhouse being a colossal dumbass. Beel/Suckeh is incredibly annoying. Their sex scenes are annoying. Their "will they won't they" is annoying. Their fights are annoying. The fact they get these über long sex scenes while Lafayette and Jesus barely get a kiss is annoying for a myriad of reasons. I'm done with this pairing, and next season, if they persist in stretching it out, I'm fastforwarding even if I'm watching it for the first time.
1.1 It should also be said that Sookie. Is an IDIOT. You had Russel Edgington tied, burned and incapacitated and you don't stake him? WTF. WTF. SO MUCH FACEPALM.
1.2 I also forgot about Bill paying the Rattrays to beat Sookie into a pulp so he can feed her his blood, which really proves my aforementioned points that a) Bill is a douchebag, and b) this pairing is HORRIBLE. And I bet you anything Ball will try to reconcile them next season. UGH.
Okay, now I'm done.
2. Eric Northman is completely insane, and I love it. Of course he's seeing phantoms of Godric, of course. Hehehehe. Anyhow, that whole cement look was surprisingly flattering on him, and I love that he was the one who told Sookie the truth. I don't think Ball is going to really make him the central character next season to correlate with book 4, and I know everyone's frothing for amnesia!Eric, but I'm like 90% sure it's not going to happen. However, it does feel like the writers are laying foundations for a softer Eric so he can have something going on with Sookie, on his own merit. I think I love that even more than what the books did to him.
3. Sookie going into Faerie is something that's never happened in the books. I don't know where they're going with it, but if it's the kick-off for the fairy war, bring it.
3.5 I remain adamant that if Claude comes into play at some point, they should cast Matt Bomer for him. He would be perfect. (not that anyone listens to me; I also thought Jared and Jensen should've played crazy Texan vampires in season 2, and no one listened. BAH, HUMBUG)
4. Lafayette is becoming a shaman, huh? I like that a LOT. It seems like a very natural character development for him, given how shaman-like his V scene with Jason was in season 1. Jesus being a bruxo is surprising, but somehow not. I still love them together.
5. Also still loving together: Hoyt and Jessica. My feeling is that next season, apart for the whole crazy mom-psycho ex they're going to deal with, we might see some quarreling about changing Hoyt into a vampire, but I'm not sure. They've been a lot less around this season in general, but I love the scenes they do have together. They make the Beel/Suckeh thing look like a bunch of kids in comparison.
5.5 That said, Hoyt's scene with his mom, psycho ex and that councilor was absurdly hilarious.
6. Russel Edgington will come back. They left it wide open for him to do so. And I would love it if it happened, because Russel Edgington has no sane bone in his body, and it makes him a delicious character in a way even Franklin couldn't be. I do wish Talbot could've stayed, though. :(
7. Tara is...Tara just is. She's a walking, talking, messy ball of pain. And trouble just keeps heaping up on her. If I went through half of what she had do, I'd be on a heavy dose of Xanax, let me tell you. There isn't a lot to do with Tara, unless the writers continue making her the active character she became in the finale, instead of a passive, hurting character who keeps getting hit by the world.
8. Pam is AWESOME. End of story.
9. Alcide is very true to the books, I feel. He's this potential alpha male of epic proportions (pun so very much intended :D), who's hapless and stuck in his own weaknesses. I'm starting to love it. Here's to him coming back next season for some more werewolf shenanigans (although I feel bad for the actor, because holy crap, gym twice a day, six days a week to look like that? I'd go nuts)
10. Jason Stackhouse is a colossal dumbass, and everything he does comes back to bite him in the ass. Well, what will be biting him in the ass this time is a whole herd of were-panthers. Sheesh.
11. Sophie-Ann will probably die in next season's premiere, which will leave the field wide open for the writers to introduce Felipe and his band of merry vamps. I wonder if they'll bring Barry back then too. It should be said, however, that when Sophie-Ann dies, she'll die while looking fabulous. That whole black ensemble was amazing and I want it.
12. THERE WAS MORE GODRIC. :D :D :D Next season, more flashbacks!
13. Terry is becoming such a lovable character, I'm seriously getting afraid he'll be killed next season, and to that I'm saying NO. NO NO NO, ALAN BALL. Break him up with Arlene, do whatever you want, KEEP HIM ALIVE, DAMMIT. I love Terry. D:
14. The Sam Merlotte character change came out of nowhere and was way too abrupt. Way to ruin, writers. :(
15. All in all, not a bad season. Lots of wtf moments, but we didn't have a Maenad 2.0, and there were a lot of great moments. But mostly, a lot of the season felt like they were laying groundwork for the epicness that next season will be? All the stuff with the fairies is just getting started, all the stuff with the werewolves and were-panthers was left with a shitton of loose ends, Hoyt's psycho ex is yet to go apeshit on him, Sookie's in Faerie. They're revving up for something BIG. I just hope it doesn't end up a mess. Remember when they had just one serial killer to deal with, and that's it?
I know I stopped doing episode reviews this season, and I'll tell you why: I've hit my Beel/Suckeh fatigue moment a lot earlier this season than expected, and given that Alan Ball is pretty much the last True Blood fan who still likes them makes me pretty damn annoyed about recapping nowadays. However, given that Eric Northman is not going to be on my TV for the next 8 months, I'm writing down some of my opinions:
1. Bill Compton is a douchebag, and TV!Sookie Stackhouse is a huge idiot. Together, they are practically unbearable, and mark my words, this pairing will bring down the show eventually, because Alan Ball doesn't know when to say enough. He didn't know when to say enough about Maryann, Tara's mother and Jason Stackhouse being a colossal dumbass. Beel/Suckeh is incredibly annoying. Their sex scenes are annoying. Their "will they won't they" is annoying. Their fights are annoying. The fact they get these über long sex scenes while Lafayette and Jesus barely get a kiss is annoying for a myriad of reasons. I'm done with this pairing, and next season, if they persist in stretching it out, I'm fastforwarding even if I'm watching it for the first time.
1.1 It should also be said that Sookie. Is an IDIOT. You had Russel Edgington tied, burned and incapacitated and you don't stake him? WTF. WTF. SO MUCH FACEPALM.
1.2 I also forgot about Bill paying the Rattrays to beat Sookie into a pulp so he can feed her his blood, which really proves my aforementioned points that a) Bill is a douchebag, and b) this pairing is HORRIBLE. And I bet you anything Ball will try to reconcile them next season. UGH.
Okay, now I'm done.
2. Eric Northman is completely insane, and I love it. Of course he's seeing phantoms of Godric, of course. Hehehehe. Anyhow, that whole cement look was surprisingly flattering on him, and I love that he was the one who told Sookie the truth. I don't think Ball is going to really make him the central character next season to correlate with book 4, and I know everyone's frothing for amnesia!Eric, but I'm like 90% sure it's not going to happen. However, it does feel like the writers are laying foundations for a softer Eric so he can have something going on with Sookie, on his own merit. I think I love that even more than what the books did to him.
3. Sookie going into Faerie is something that's never happened in the books. I don't know where they're going with it, but if it's the kick-off for the fairy war, bring it.
3.5 I remain adamant that if Claude comes into play at some point, they should cast Matt Bomer for him. He would be perfect. (not that anyone listens to me; I also thought Jared and Jensen should've played crazy Texan vampires in season 2, and no one listened. BAH, HUMBUG)
4. Lafayette is becoming a shaman, huh? I like that a LOT. It seems like a very natural character development for him, given how shaman-like his V scene with Jason was in season 1. Jesus being a bruxo is surprising, but somehow not. I still love them together.
5. Also still loving together: Hoyt and Jessica. My feeling is that next season, apart for the whole crazy mom-psycho ex they're going to deal with, we might see some quarreling about changing Hoyt into a vampire, but I'm not sure. They've been a lot less around this season in general, but I love the scenes they do have together. They make the Beel/Suckeh thing look like a bunch of kids in comparison.
5.5 That said, Hoyt's scene with his mom, psycho ex and that councilor was absurdly hilarious.
6. Russel Edgington will come back. They left it wide open for him to do so. And I would love it if it happened, because Russel Edgington has no sane bone in his body, and it makes him a delicious character in a way even Franklin couldn't be. I do wish Talbot could've stayed, though. :(
7. Tara is...Tara just is. She's a walking, talking, messy ball of pain. And trouble just keeps heaping up on her. If I went through half of what she had do, I'd be on a heavy dose of Xanax, let me tell you. There isn't a lot to do with Tara, unless the writers continue making her the active character she became in the finale, instead of a passive, hurting character who keeps getting hit by the world.
8. Pam is AWESOME. End of story.
9. Alcide is very true to the books, I feel. He's this potential alpha male of epic proportions (pun so very much intended :D), who's hapless and stuck in his own weaknesses. I'm starting to love it. Here's to him coming back next season for some more werewolf shenanigans (although I feel bad for the actor, because holy crap, gym twice a day, six days a week to look like that? I'd go nuts)
10. Jason Stackhouse is a colossal dumbass, and everything he does comes back to bite him in the ass. Well, what will be biting him in the ass this time is a whole herd of were-panthers. Sheesh.
11. Sophie-Ann will probably die in next season's premiere, which will leave the field wide open for the writers to introduce Felipe and his band of merry vamps. I wonder if they'll bring Barry back then too. It should be said, however, that when Sophie-Ann dies, she'll die while looking fabulous. That whole black ensemble was amazing and I want it.
12. THERE WAS MORE GODRIC. :D :D :D Next season, more flashbacks!
13. Terry is becoming such a lovable character, I'm seriously getting afraid he'll be killed next season, and to that I'm saying NO. NO NO NO, ALAN BALL. Break him up with Arlene, do whatever you want, KEEP HIM ALIVE, DAMMIT. I love Terry. D:
14. The Sam Merlotte character change came out of nowhere and was way too abrupt. Way to ruin, writers. :(
15. All in all, not a bad season. Lots of wtf moments, but we didn't have a Maenad 2.0, and there were a lot of great moments. But mostly, a lot of the season felt like they were laying groundwork for the epicness that next season will be? All the stuff with the fairies is just getting started, all the stuff with the werewolves and were-panthers was left with a shitton of loose ends, Hoyt's psycho ex is yet to go apeshit on him, Sookie's in Faerie. They're revving up for something BIG. I just hope it doesn't end up a mess. Remember when they had just one serial killer to deal with, and that's it?
