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Monday, 26 July 2010

TRUE BLOOD: SEASON 3, EPISODE 6 – I GOT A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES


This Sunday’s True Blood played for keeps. Written by series creator Alan Ball, it explored the way all of this season’s major characters seek love and control, and tend to lose both. Russell was not welcome in Sophie-Anne's territory. Lorena and Sookie battle for Bill's attention. Lafayette and Jason face obstacles with their newfound flirtations. Jessica and Pam bond, vampire-style. Tara attempts to resist Franklin's bizarre charms, and the rift between Tommy and his parents becomes clearer.


It was an episode entitled “I Got A Right To Sing The Blues,” and nearly everyone in it did. Eric had to pretend, in the opening moments, to not care for Sookie while he was in the presence of Russell. Dispatching Bill to the “slave quarters” to allow Lorena to have her way with our hero, Russell turned his attention to Sookie, intrigued to know more about her powers.

Russell and Sookie engaged in a game of asking each other questions about their origins and abilities, and it was both cleverly amusing and menacing. They were taking the measure of each other.

Two other couples were busy in more romantic matters. Jason was rolling around on the ground with Crystal, when the latter sniffed the air and jumped up, saying, “I gotta go.” I think she smelled that “finace” we met a bit later on. Lafayette and Jesus continued their flirtation, making out in Lafayette’s car; their quick, teasing kisses were languidly romantic.

Unfortunately, another couple, Bill and Lorena, were engaged in an intimacy that may have once been rooted in love but has rotted into a death-wish. As Russell observed, Bill “has been [Lorena's] drug of choice for some time now.” Indeed, for hundreds of years: Having pinned Bill to the ground like a butterfly in a lepidopterist’s tray, Lorena slit Bill from throat to sternum, and prepared to slice him up. He begged her to “do it quickly,” but not before acknowledging the tragedy of Lorena’s existence: That she was once someone capable of smiles and light “instead of darkness.” Her tears may have been red upon hearing him, but her sorrow, knowing Bill was correct, was true blood.

Another couple: Tara and Franklin. Yes, Franklin was good for one big laugh: Pouncing on tied-up Tara, he yowled gleefully, “You haven’t even noticed that I shaved!” Tara was faking passion in order to plot her escape, and when Franklin commanded her to “Feed on me!” we saw her grimace but then take some lusty chomps. A bit later, Franklin sated, Tara sent a mental message to Sookie, telling her, “I’m gonna get us outta here”… and made good on her promise by bashing in Franklin’s skull with a mace.

Still another couple: Russell came upon Queen Sophie Anne, fresh from a session of scratch-off-ticket playtime, and proposed to her again, this time his entreaty carrying some weight. He promised to settle all her debts, and so she grudgingly became his betrothed.

Sam and Jason each had to make discoveries. Sam has tumbled to the idea that those scratches on Tommy’s back aren’t from the beatings of his father, but, it now seems clear after a conversation Tommy had with his mother, and another that Sam had with Sheriff Andy, that Tommy shifts into a pitbull and is used in illegal fights.

Jason, meanwhile, had to discover something about himself. He came upon the hot-shot quarterback having back-seat sex with a girl, and rousted the kid out of the car with cheerful vigor. But when he said, “Here’s the difference between you and me… ” he had to pause, because he realized there’s almost no difference — he’s just a barely grown-up version of that cocky quarterback, and that self-revelation threw him.

But the episode circled back to its bleeding heart: Bill still alive but gravely hurt, Sookie at his side — “Please don’t be dead” — ending with Lorena biting deep into Sookie’s neck.

Stray silver-bullet observations:

• Sookie’s imitation of Bill has now been equaled by her imitation of Eric.

• Russell saying that Hitler was right about there being a “master race,” but “Adolph” didn’t have the right one — his words as creepy as anything he’s actually done.

• I hope Lafayette and Jesus can patch things up, despite Jesus finding out that his new lover-man deals in V.

• Arlene and Jessica in the restaurant, taking advantage of a picky eater: fine comic relief.

• The return of the political element — TV news debate of the right-wing’s attack on vampire rights; Russell mentioning that the American Vampire League would work with the IRS against the Queen if it would tamp down rumors that “vampires are running Wall Street” — all of this was most welcome.


What’d you think?

6 comments:

  1. Arlene was so funny in this one...this week ROCKED big time. Tara was THE BEST - she had spunk and she sure kicked Franklin's butt!

    I just loved all the storylines apart from Jason's - he is so getting me on my nerves!

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  2. I have to say that scene in the car between Lafayette and Jesus, was a real winner for me. I think because it felt like home. By that I really resonated with that whole scenario, I felt like I had been there before with that exact conversation, down to the debate about just kissing or asking can I kiss you. Loved it.

    This show is all about torn lovers. Bill and Sookie...Lafayette and Jesus...Tara and Eggs...Jason and Crystal...Hoyt and Jessica...Arlene and dude from first season...so I doubt Lafayette and Jesus are going to make it and adopt a million Asian children.

    I give Tara A for Affort, but she made some huge mistakes. First Franklin is not dead, she did not smash or stake his heart, so all he is going to be is angry and psychotic, when he wakes up. Second, she drank his blood, so now he has a bonded sense, for wherever she is. The psycho can find her wherever she is at. Poor Tara, she just can't win with this one. One thing for sure it made her forget about her problems with Eggs death. Have you seen her body when she runs, she looks like a Zimbabwe track star.

    Lastly there is one thing I'm confused about. How does one get to be King or Queen?
    I mean I thought at first it was because you were old and been around for years, but in this episode, I became confused. If Eric is older than Sophie-Anne, and because he is older, he can practically kill her any time he gets a chance, what's to stop a person older under the power of a King or Queen from killing them. I thought that's what made them powerful Queens and Kings, because they are old like Russell, who is 3,000 years old. I just didn't get it.

    To me they are changing Sophi-Anne's character. She was this sophisticated powerful woman, in last season, and now I feel like she is a weak, joke now.

    Still unsure what Russell's motives are. If he is with Talbot, why does he want to marry Sophie-Anne. If he is so powerful of a vampire, why not just kill her and take over Louisiana?

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  3. By the way I know what Sookie is? and Crystal's secret?

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  4. is this real a new episode of true blood will be on air again wow thats great i like to
    watch true blood season 3 episode 7 online i love this tv series i should watch it.. so guys don't miss this episode or you will miss one half of your life...

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  5. STEVEA - IT IS NICE TO SEE TARA GET HER OLD SPUNK BACK HUH?

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  6. YB & DL - YOU SHOULD BLOG ABOUT THAT CONVO...

    I THINK LAFAYETTE IS GONNA MAKE IT, BUT THEY WILL HAVE ISSUES...

    I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL FRANKLIN COMES LOOKING FOR TARA...

    IT IS OUT OF RESPECT THAT A VAMPIRE WOULDN'T KILL A VAMPIRE KING/QUEEN WHO THEY ARE STRONGER THAN...

    SOPHIE ANN IS WEAK THIS SEASON, SHE NEEDS THE MONEY...

    RUSSELL WANTS HER SO HE CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD, BUT HE NEEDS A QUEEN TO DO IT...WEIRD I KNOW!

    I HEARD THAT SOOKIE IS PART FAIRY AND CRYSTAL IS A WARE-PANTHER...RIGHT?

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