The title gives it away, but the point of this week's episode is that Sookie is Bill's. If you've watched episode three on Channel 4 join us here … Vampires: are they good or bad? Come on, stop teasing.Spoiler alert: this weekly blog was originally for those watching True Blood on its FX UK debut. Bill has killed people, but he's not too bothered about it, because, hey, he was young and stupid. Vampires can "glamour" humans, but it doesn't work on Sookie. There's an ongoing tension between vampires and the religious right. V-juice heals people quickly, gives them a heightened libido and, in Sookie's case, the ability to smell a rotten cornflake from 10ft away. The "Angelina Adopts Vampire Baby!" headline on the trashy celebrity magazine in Tara's house. It's never going to be repeated in the morning on E4 in the summer holidays, is it? Later she goes to his house and finds that he has vampire company: Beyoncé in Goldmember, Marcus from Big Brother, and the skeleton-tattoo-vamp last seen frantically biting Maudette Pickins. But in the heat of the moment, Bill gets his fangs on. Sookie shares the story of her telepathic awakening.
Bill's quite old – made vampire in 1865 – and has some issues with war (civil). It's funny to hear lines such as, "May I call on you?" in the context of an otherwise gory acquaintance, but that's what keeps it all ticking over. Freak as in "tornado"?īut most of the episode is taken up with a strangely conventional Sookie/Bill first date, as they step out for a grandmother-approved moonlit walk. Strangely enough, he and his family are killed in a freak car crash at the end of the episode. There's more from Nan Flanagan of the American Vampire League, engaged in a debate of sorts with the leader of the Fellowship of the Sun, a religious group that refuses to acknowledge the rights of vampires. There's a bit of familial bonding between Tara and Lafayette, which mostly involves them being rude to each other and getting drunk, and we see Tara's alcoholic mother for the first time. This bit tips the NSFW-ometer into the red, by the way, in an otherwise not-so-rude episode. He slinks off to Merlotte's waitress Dawn's house, and picks up where he left off with her. Meanwhile, we hear Jason's idea of pillow talk – "I'll rip your fucking throat out" – before we find out that he's not Maudette's murderer after all, since her homemade video shows she was still alive when he left she turns to camera and says what we're all thinking: "Moron!" But does he learn anything? No.
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He fancies her because she tastes different, which must be the telepathy. But she can't hear Bill, so she fancies him.
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He wonders why she has trouble with men Sookie says it's a pain to be able to hear their thoughts when they're all horndogs, gay, or both. "Bill, you were just licking blood out of my head," she replies. "May I ask you a personal question?" asks Bill, once Sookie is fully healed. Remember when David Cronenberg caused a fuss with Crash? Wound-lust is so mainstream now. And how nice it must be that his act of life-saving kindness – essentially, fill 'er up – ends with him slurping as if she's a 99 on a hot summer day. (TruBlood manufacturers: please make a lozenge.)Īs Sookie is losing blood quicker than she lost her inhibitions last week, Bill must get to work. Luckily, a mysterious force whirls in and goes all Crouching Tiger, Hidden Vamp on the baddies … here's Bill, with his first "Sookeh!" of the night. If you've not been shocked so far, this should seal the deal – it's brutal. Since each episode moves greedily to the next without any inconvenient time lapses, Sookie is still lying on the ground, and still being kicked with some force by the Rattrays. If you've watched episiode two on Channel 4 join us here …
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Spoiler alert: this weekly blog was originally for those watching True Blood on its FX UK debut.