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Monday, 10 August 2009

TRUE BLOOD: SEASON 2, EPISODE 8 - TIMEBOMB



On this week's TRUE BLOOD, Godric intervenes in much-teased vampire-human confrontations that go down at the Fellowship of the Sun, and then, at the vampire nest in Dallas. Hoyt and Jessica continue their unique courtship. Sam is wrongly accused of killing Daphne, and Maryann cooks up a "hunter's soufflé" for Eggs and Tara..

JASON & SARAH: I hope that these two get some more time together, but it's clear that Sarah is a woman scorned, betrayed by what she sees as Jason's undercover-vampire-sympathizer routine. "You Stackhouses, you're nothing but heartless, two-faced vampire fuckers," she says, like a grouchy child. So I hope these two somewhat of a happy ending…

@ THE HOTEL: Bill saves Barry from Lorena's fangs and drops a plasma TV on her, facilitating his escape. He then has an awesome paternal moment: He walks in on Jessica and Hoyt having sex ("those were screams of pleasure," Hoyt stammers), but there's no time for vampire birds-and-bees talks, as Hoyt has to drive Jessica back to Bon Temps before sunrise. And Bill's off to save Sookie!

ERIC & GODRIC: Eric arrives to save Godric, but oddly, he doesn't seem to want to leave. "I'm here, my child," Godric says, in a perverse demonstration of the maker relationship. But Godric sends Eric and Sookie away, and instructs Eric to spill no blood on the way out.

There's a nice moment here where the ever-inquisitive Sookie wants to know more about Eric's relationship with his maker. "Don't use words you know nothing about," he tells her. When Sookie says that he loves Godric, he says, "Don't use words I know nothing about."

THE SHOWDOWN: Eric and Sookie are cornered in the sanctuary by Rev. Newlin and his follower who decide that Eric will make a fine last-minute substitution for Godric for their "holy bonfire at dawn." He's strapped down to the altar with some silver, and just as things are about to get interesting...

Bill barges in to save Sookie, and just as he's about to be fitted with his own shiny new silver accessories...Jason appears, doing his best Rambo impression, pistol-whipping a minion and making his way into the sanctuary. You can tell that Alan Ball is having some fun with Jason's character…I know I am…Jason paint-balls the Rev, leaving him with a comical green inkblot in the middle of his forehead. But just as Jason is about to save the day...

Stan and a hilariously ruffian bunch of Dallas' cowboy vampires show up. But then just as the feasting is about to begin...Godric materializes on the altar, dressed all in white, with a message of tolerance. He encourages the two groups to co-exist peacefully, to refrain from violence. "Good people, who of you are willing to die for this man's madness?" The sheepish masses disband, and order is restored.

But before we go, the Rev. attempts to sway and/or curse Jason by telling him he'll never go to heaven if he allies himself with the vampires. "I reckon I've already been to heaven; I've been inside your wife," he says. MAJOR BURN!

SAM: Sam's on the run from Maryann after his narrow escape from her Friday-night orgy/sacrifice shindig. Asleep in his truck with a gun at his side, he gets a call from Merlotte's, but it's a hang-up. He heads back to the bar to investigate, just in time to see a dead Daphne in the walk-in freezer with her heart carved out. He starts packing her in garbage bags, lest he be implicated in the crime, stops and decides to call the cops.

But no matter! Someone has saved him the trouble, as they've received an anonymous tip and are just outside. As Kenya and Bud question Sam about his relationship with Daphne, Andy Bellefleur arrives to proclaim Sam's innocence. As character witnesses go, Andy is looking a little rough around the edges, reliability-wise, as he's just come from the orgy he witnessed. Who does he think committed the murder? "A bull... with claws... in a dress... with claws..." he slurs, and Kenya and Bud share an eye-roll and cart Sam's ass off to jail. There, he finds the orgy participants, who have all been arrested in various states of undress, Mike for "sodomy of a pine tree." Poor Mike, he has scratches all over his pecker!

TARA, EGGS, LAFAYETTE & MARYANN: Not enough screen time for Lafayette this week, but he does read some tarot cards for Tara and he's not happy with the results: The Lover and then Justice. As if on cue, Eggs arrives and is concerned that he's blacking out again. Tara takes him back to Sookie's, where Maryann has busied herself sauteéing slices of Daphne's heart.

Tara and Eggs sit down to try to figure out why everyone is losing time, but Maryann distracts them with the fruits of her labor: a "hunter's soufflé," which bleeds as Tara cuts into it. Maryann lies and says it's rabbit, so Tara and Eggs dig in heartily. It kind of gives them the giggles, and in short order we see that to Maryann, tenderness and violence are the same. "I hate your guts," Tara tells Eggs, and punches him. And of course those enlarged, blacked-out pupils showed up and the fun began…

HOYT & JESSICA: They came back to Compton Manor, eager to have sex again. Now that they've gotten the mechanics of first-time sex out of the way, they commence making sweet, sweet vampire love. But there's a catch. Since vampires have the ability to heal, as Jessica puts it, "it grew back." Poor Jessica – her vampire curse includes the sad news that she will be a virgin forever. "Every time it'll be like our first time," offers the sweet Hoyt. "It'll hurt like hell," the not-sweet Jessica counters.

BACK IN DALLAS: Godric is holding court in very mod seating, and various figures are shuffling through a receiving line of sorts. First up, Stan apologizes for being the bloodthirsty rhinestone cowboy that he is. Then Jason and Godric have a moment in which they thank each other for their efforts at the Fellowship of the Sun. Then Godric pardons Hugo for his betrayal, but banishes him from his territory instead of killing him, because Isabel admits that she still loves him.

But before everyone join hands and start singing "We Are the World," Eric pulls Jason aside to tell him that he knows he used to be a V addict, but says maybe now they're even. This prompts Jason to pull Bill aside to tell him... what exactly? That he's OK with his sister dating him? And the scene ends with Jason throwing his arms around Bill and asking, "Is this OK?" "It's fine," Bill growls.

Bill tells Sookie that he was held captive by Lorena, his maker. As if on cue, she slinks into the party wearing one of those red dresses. She confronts Sookie – "you're no more than a bloodbag," which is vampire for "bitch, please" – and Bill is all like: "Now ladies, let's not get out of hand," but his impotence in the situation is obvious.

Apparently, Godric is one male who doesn't like a good catfight, because he breaks it up and banishes Lorena from his territory as well. Bill walks her out as she cries blood and wonders how she became the person she is. She asks hopefully when they'll see each other again. Bill's terse reply: "Never."

Godric and Eric speak privately, as Eric has arranged a rare, AB-negative human on which he can feed. But Godric has switched spiritual role models and has now become Gandhi-with-fangs, insisting he's not hungry. His confrontation with Lorena has put a finer point on what he was trying to say earlier at the church. "Let's be honest; we are frightening," he says, claiming that after thousands of years of evolution, vampires have just become more brutal, more predatory. "I could have killed every last one of them within minutes, but then what would that have proved?" he asks. The foreshadowing question hangs in the air significantly as a mysterious stranger makes his way into the party.

It's dumb Luke with a silver-laced dirty bomb strapped to his chest. Just as he presses the bomb's ignition, the episode fades to black and we have to wait for next week’s episode to find out what happens.

So what did you think of "Timebomb"? Are you still wondering what Maryann's endgame is? Assuming that Luke doesn't wipe out the entire cast, are you eager to see how the Dallas storyline ties back into what's going on back in Bon Temps? Did you find Jessica's "forever a virgin" predicament sad or cute?



6 comments:

  1. OK no1. I didnt think Maryanne's crazy ass could get any more crazier!! well i did, but not killer crazy.

    That soufle was scary!! did u see the deer imprint the blood soufle had!! and that violence ick. what's her deal??

    I thought Jason would die & might become a Vamp. I feel so sorry for Jessica's "condition" I cant wait for Eric & Sookie to get together. Laffy is the bomb!

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  2. Obiviously the lovely Bombshell, did not read your show recap last week or watched last week's episode, or she would know Maryanne's deal, But that's okay.

    Let me say I actually loveyour little recap every Monday of TrueBlood. This season is so crazy, I'm inlove, becasue I never know what is going to happen next, unlike my other one hour dramas, I can practically write it.

    Let me say this I love Jessica and Hoyt...I liked the little scenes, with Hoyt and his mother last year, but this year I love him even more. I know this might sound strange, but I find him so sexy...I know, but let me explain. I think he is cute and sexy but in a not so obvious way. I get it Jason, Eggs, Lafyette, Eric, they all are sexy, but in a obvious way. I like watching Hoyt's scenes this year, like I liked watching Lafyette's scenes last year. Anyway...

    I love their scenes, I find them so cute to watch. I like Jessica now, more so, than I did before. I was wandering what they were going to do with her charater. I like this exploring and showing the discovering what its like to be a new vampire, with the contrast of discovering yourself and being a teenager becoming and adult.
    I sorta feel bad for Jessica...I mean the thing about Vampires, is that after so many years of the sex and being around, they are amazing lovers. She will never be that way, because she is forever going to be a virgin, that's how I feel. I kept thinking after watching it last night, that only if she had became a vampire after she lost her virginity.

    Next lets talk about that hunter's souffle! Let me say this, I know it's a television show, but no way in hell I would eat a souffle, that bled like that. Unless it's something that is suppose to be sweet, then nothing is suppose to bleed like that. It looked disgusting, and they are just digging into it. Just for the sake of it...for giggles...If you decided to cook a heart, whether it be human or cow, wouldn't you think it would turn brown, when sauteed. Why was this heart, blood shot red, in the souffle?

    Here is the question, I can't wait to be answered. We know how to kill a vampire. You know how to fight it and kill it and it's weeknesses, but what possible way could you fight MaryAnne?...a little Jesus perhaps?...the bible?...holy water?....Lay some hands on her?....She suppose to be a virgin of the devil right?
    I guess prayer!!!

    Lastly, am I the onlyone who is starting to get annoyed my Sookie. I mean this year, she is really getting on my nerves. Always with he big mouth and high horse. Running of the mouth to a vampire, like Lorena, because she knows Bill will come to her rescue. She acts like she is invincible. The last tiem bill came to her rescue and killed a vampire for her, he got stuck with Jessica. The when bill doesn't come to her rescue once, she is all in his face, with the third degree about where he was at, who he was with, why didn't he come to her rescue at the church. I mean she is really igging me this season. I rather watch more seasons with Lafyette and Hoyt and Jessica.

    This was another great episode, however I am still mad, that the disclaimer said there was going to be nudity in this episode, and I saw no boobie, or man asses, or flacid dicks. I mean I never see flacid dicks on Truebllod, but it would be nice, I mean its HBO, they can show flacid dicks if they want too.

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  3. And excuse the spelling. I didn't double check it before I posted my last comment!

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  4. BOMBCHELL – YEAH THAT WOMAN IS SOMETHING ELSE ISN’T SHE? I MISSED THE DEER IMPRINT ON THE HUNTER’S SOUFFLÉ SO I WOULD HAVE TO CATCH A REPEAT & LOOK FOR THAT…I GUESS I AM ALONE IN CAMP BILL & SOOKIE…

    YB AND DL – YEAH THAT’S OKAY WITH ME…THANKS THIS SEASON HAS SO MANY CRAZY THINGS GOING ON THAT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I WATCH EACH EPISODE MORE THAN ONCE…I AM SO IN LOVE WITH JESSICA & HOYT THEY ARE JUST TOO CUTE…THAT DAMN SOUFFLÉ…THAT MARYANN IS PLAIN OLE CRAZY…I THINK THE VAMPIRE QUEEN WILL BATTLE MARYANN SHE SEEMS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO TAKE HER ON…I ACTUALLY LOVE SOOKIE MORE THIS SEASON, SHE IS REALLY COMING INTO HER OWN…DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE SPELLING, IT IS ALL GOOD WITH ME…

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  5. YB &DL yeah I missed his recap. Oh my gosh Sookie has been getting on my nerves so.... much, this season this last episode was the only episode that she didnt act like a dumb broad & I was a bit happy with her. & A bunch of people agree that she's been highly annoying.

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  6. The vamps will have to kill Maryann. That is the only way she can be stopped. I just hope that Godric keeps his strange faith in humanity after the bombing, and we find out more about Eggs and where he came from. This season has been amazing, love it.

    Sookie has been acting real ditzy this season ...

    Jessica and Hoyt, CUTE, but damn, why is he 28!? Something about that don't seem right to me ...

    Poor Lafayette! I want them to explain why they didn't turn or kill him and what Eric has planned for him.

    Eric and Godric, yes i know that's his maker and all. But did I detect something stronger there? And when will Eric make his true intentions about Sookie clear, like when he put Lorena on Bill to prevent him from saving her. What's going on Eric?

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