Air Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 9/8c on HBO
RATING:
“I’m already gone.” – Eric Northman
True Blood has turned into a complete farce. What I thought might be an interesting episode turned out to be shit. I was intrigued in the beginning of “Dead Meat,” wondering just what kind of wrath would prevail after a 1,000 year old Viking vampire loses his sister due to the lack of help he requests. I laughed when two women went running through a vampire-filled prison trying to beat each other to death. Then one of them succeeded and I have to admit, I was appalled. I really don’t get True Blood anymore and I can’t say I’ll ever think about watching a new season again. No matter how much Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) is featured. Stick a fork in me, folks. I’m done.
Observations and thoughts:
Most insane scene ever.
Since I’m overwrought with anger at this catastrophic nonsense, I’ll stick to something I hadn’t given much thought to before. Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Eric have switched roles. Where Eric used to enter a room with confidence, self-assuredness, and power in his presence, he’s reduced to uttering “Fuck off!” when he’s doesn’t get his way. And Bill … he walks with all power in his hands, telekinesis, and psychic abilities. So he has to be a god on earth, right? No. Billith is something, but he’s not indestructible. I hate the way he flaunts his ability to walk in the light. Ha! When he’s no longer “impervious to the sun,” he’ll be just like every other vampire who can take a stake to the heart. Oh, right, he’s the only one. It’ll take a special something, or someone, to finish him off. I can guarantee Eric will find what that is.
I don’t care two fiddles about the werewolves or shifters in Louisiana, but they are grabbing my attention. Alcide (Joe Manganiello) has always been a lone wolf, but he’s even more so now. He can’t go back to his pack. He’s found himself in a position where he is better off alone; that way he doesn’t lose control. No one really listens to him anyway. Those who do only do so out of fear. This factors into why I appreciate Rikki (Kelly Overton) standing up to Alcide and getting in his face. You don’t see that kind of girl power very often and it’s refreshing. Also, it feels like the writers are slipping back into the novels on which True Blood is based. Just a little. In book seven or eight (don’t quite recall the exact one right now), there’s a female character who challenges Alcide for, and she is one tough cookie. Nice to see that displayed in “Dead Meat” with Rikki.
And they say authors don’t have any sway in adaptations. Pshaw!
Whispering vampires in a room full of vampires is a joke. If I can remember vampires have super hearing, the damn vampires on True Blood should be able to remember that too. Not only that, I have to raise the flag at Jason (Ryan Kwanten) being used as a blood donor against his will. When did this start to become acceptable? I find it hilarious to see him used in this way considering at least two vampires are vehement that they aren’t “rapists.” Give me a break! And Sam (Sam Trammell) confessing his undying love to a woman he’s only known for a week when he’s supposed to be hung up on Sookie (Anna Paquin)? Is this supposed to be for real? Am I taking these glaring inconsistencies too seriously? The characters have all gone off the reservation and I don’t know what the point is anymore. The only thing I have to look forward to is Bill and Eric going head to head. That should be entertaining. Or as much as it can be at this juncture.
Michael McMillian is killing it this season as Steve Newlin. He’s hilarious, ridiculous, and taking Steve’s character to a whole new level. I love what he’s doing with the material he’s given. He makes Steve flamboyant and whiny, annoying and helpless. I never thought Steve could be characterized in that manner. Makes me wonder where McMillian gets his motivation. And what about those numbers all the vamp prisoners are sporting? Any ideas?
Funny lines:
Eric to Bill as he’s levitating: “Mother, I can fly! (laughing maniacally) I’m flying!”
**
Sookie to Sam: “Part of me always thought that you and I would, I don’t know, wind up together or something.”
(This is bullshit. This is a blatant dip into the final Sookie Stackhouse novel and it blows my mind. Hence the sarcasm that this is a funny line. It’s damn funny, all right.)
**
I’m thinking this arrangement won’t go over so well with Sookie.
As for the rest of “Dead Meat,” I don’t know what to say. Sookie is worse than Sam with the bed-hopping. I just don’t get it. The hateful undertones toward religion in general, and God, are becoming offensive. The onslaught of political/theological beliefs of the writers/producers/directors is geared toward True Blood’s audience and it’s overbearing. This is supposed to be a show about fictional characters. Why not just make it about them and mindless entertainment? When writers and show runners start pumping their own agenda into a show, it turns me off.
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