The True Blood 'Sex and Violence' Meter: 'Beautifully Broken'
· In the throes of sibling rivalry, Sam and his brother strip down and shape-shift in a desperate attempt to salvage my interest in this storyline. It's not working, guys! Sex: +2.
· Jessica calls the hardware store to inquire about renting a chainsaw, though her basement corpse vanishes before we get what would have no doubt been an iconic image of Jess channeling Bruce Campbell from Evil Dead. A pity! Violence: +1.
· Old vampires really like to dress Bill up in dumb clothes while they speechify at him, don't they? For some reason, Bill is tuxed out like he's going to the Oscars while the Vampire King and his fey lover drink "cruelty-free" blood. Oh my God, do vampires have their own version of Whole Foods? Insufferable. Violence: +1.
· "You're prettier than most girls," Andy tells Jason. Let's just be glad that Any is never going to have vampire blood sex dreams about Jason, because that's one nude scene from Ryan Kwanten that we don't need to see. Sex +1.
· Sam and his dog-brother run around. It's as exciting as it sounds! Sam almost gets hit by a truck. Then he's naked. Sam, guys. Am I right? Sex: +2.
· Eric's a little too on-the-nose this season with his attraction to Sookie, isn't he? It was better when he wasn't talking about how he wanted to "possess what is [Bill's]" or extending a blatant offer of "passionate, primal sex." Sex: +2.
· Tara meets her own Mysterious Love Interest, who's like a hot, British version of those "I lost ME to METH" billboards I see all over West Hollywood. Outside Merlotte's, this mysterious vampire helps Tara take out her frustrations on some convenient redneck punching bags. There's some definitely feel-bad "Spike and Buffy" sexnanigans in store for these two. Violence: +5, Sex: +1.
· In the middle of a drug bust (Violence: +2), Jason meets the third Mysterious Love Interest of the episode. She vanishes as quickly as she came, and Jason stands there shell-shocked that he didn't have to drop trou in this episode. (Sex: +1.)
· OMG Lorena's horse-riding outfit. It is perfectly ridiculous -- not that we get any time to really enjoy it before Bill sets her on fire. So satisfying! (Violence: +5.)
· Sookie fires her gun at an advancing wolf as Eric gets his fangs out. Another exciting cliffhanger that will potentially be resolved offscreen! Violence: +2.
FINAL TALLY: After last week's strong showing for sex, violence made a strong comeback in the second episode of True Blood, winning handily 42 to 20.5. Can the cast get its mojo back? Maybe things could use a little less conversation about citrus-flavoroed blood, and a little more action.
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“Why didn’t you tell me (that your mom would be played by Alfre Woodard)?”
Exactly what I was thinking. I could hear the sitcom-y canned-applause in the distance when the camera revealed her.
Yay! Godric's back (albeit via flashback)!
"a hot, British version of those 'I lost ME to METH' billboards" is a PERFECT way to describe that guy! He's also one of those lucky recipients of the "kinda-ugly-and-yet-somehow-also-kinda-hot" merit badge that only British guys seem to be able to carry off. It's the accent, I think.
Ugh. I hate Godric.
Even though not much happened of interest on this week's show, Eric was HOT. Seriously. Even though his attraction to Sookie is beyond me.
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