True Blood, Season 4

Wow. Fun episode. Who was the wolf that confronted Sam? I thought it was Debbie at first but I somehow doubt she "dealt" with Sam and then made it to Sookie's.

Ok, the fairy business is starting to confuse me, the way they've played with it this season it seems they're going to be a major focus of S5.

-Jesus, I liked him, but I saw it coming.
-I don't really notice women often, but damn Jessica was hot.
-Holy crap Tara. A part of me wants her to be made into a vampire, just because with her character development it'd be interesting from a dramatic standpoint.
-Debbie had it comin', she only had herself to blaaame.
-I vote the werewolf was Marcus.
-Yay Russell is back, fantastic character.
-Steve Newlin as a vampire, I blame Russell, should be fun for next season.
-Rene's warning got me curious, is his ghost just fooling with Arlene, or does Terry have some serious skeletons in his closet. His friend looked really disappointed when Terry said he was married(in an unexpected roadblock kind of way, not that way).
-Nan's death scene was awesome, looked more than a little planned by Bill and Eric if you ask me.

Aside from the entire Fairy plot being dropped along with the Panther hybrid Jason never coming forth I enjoyed this season and I can say everyone that died outside of Jesus I was glad to see die.

Honestly though what the hell was the point of those Fairy and Panther episodes if the plots were both just..dropped.

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Originally Posted by Inazuma Reverend Newlyn is back.... and a vampire!

This was a fun surprise. I'd been kind of wondering what happened to him after the Godric incident.
Apparently a vampire finally got a hold of him.

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Originally Posted by Inazuma Russel is loose!

The fact that they didn't kill him outright almost guaranteed that he was available to make a comeback.

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Originally Posted by Inazuma Bill kills Nan!

She was a contant threat to Bill throughout the whole season.
She was going to have to be "handled" one way or the other.

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Originally Posted by Inazuma Debbie (apparently) kills Tara!

This was probably the most shocking shock of the episode. While it's true Tara was never much of a character in the books they had made her basically one of the core characters of the TV show. At this point it'd just be cheesy if they just "saved" her at the beginning of next season so they pretty much have to let her be dead for real. I'm guessing she'll make at least several ghost appearances via Lafayette.

I thought it was interesting that, just like Sookie's Gran said, at the final moment of death Sookie was all alone with Tara.

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Originally Posted by Inazuma Sookie kills Debbie!

This was the -least- surprising shock of the episode since putting a shotgun to Debbie's face was pretty much exactly how Sookie killed Debbie in the books. For me I was never really wondering -if- that was going to happen but -when- it was going to happen.

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Originally Posted by MentalMaden Poor Jesus. He's was becoming a favorite of mine.

Yeah Jesus dying was sad. But it provides some tragic drama for Lafayette and like Tara he'll probably be back fairly often as a ghost.

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Originally Posted by MentalMaden And once again Pam steals the show with her line about Sookie and her Fairy @#%^#@.

I continue to be impressed with how "right on the mark" Kristin Bauer has played Pam on the show.
She's still one of my favorite characters in either the books or the TV show.

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Originally Posted by Jasmine Strega Wow. Fun episode. Who was the wolf that confronted Sam? I thought it was Debbie at first but I somehow doubt she "dealt" with Sam and then made it to Sookie's.

Yeah that wasn't Debbie. I figure it'll be someone who was an ally of Marcus. I imagine part of next season's storyline will deal with Alcide being the new packmaster and this was probably some part of that.

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Originally Posted by Shatterghost Rene's warning got me curious, is his ghost just fooling with Arlene, or does Terry have some serious skeletons in his closet. His friend looked really disappointed when Terry said he was married(in an unexpected roadblock kind of way, not that way).

Yes we all know Rene was a bad serial killer. But I think he honestly cared for Arlene and the kids. Arlene hates Rene and is scared of him, but it'll be interesting if it turns out that his -actual- ghost becomes a sort of guardian angel for Arlene if Terry does turn out to be bad for her. Remember that they've already established that Arlene always ends up getting involved with the "wrong" man - maybe Terry will turn out to be another "wrong" man.

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Originally Posted by Matthew_Orlock Aside from the entire Fairy plot being dropped along with the Panther hybrid Jason never coming forth I enjoyed this season and I can say everyone that died outside of Jesus I was glad to see die. Honestly though what the hell was the point of those Fairy and Panther episodes if the plots were both just..dropped.

The Fairy and Panther plots were both fairly big ones in the books. It does seem strange that the TV show sort of dropped both of them. I think Andy's Fairy "hook-up" last episode will help revive the Fairy plot in the next season but it's hard to say if Jason's Panther thing will be coming back. Clearly Jason will have his hands full with Jessica so that might be enough for him to deal with.

A mild prediction on the werewolf at Sam's. I think it might have been Emma. It's a bit of a stretch but it ties to her line in the episode when Arlene asked her what she was (for Halloween) she said "Either a shifter or a werewolf like my Daddy". Something tells me next season they'll cut to the wolf stopping growling and licking Sam and then reveal its her.

It'd be an interesting twist if that wolf was Emma, but even if it was I don't think she'd be all "scary and snarly" with Sam, even if she was trying to surprise him for Halloween. Besides she might still be a bit too young to shift anyway - I might be wrong but I think the Stackhouse books established that people can't shift until they hit puberty.

Of course her dealing with learning how the whole shifting thing works might be a topic for next season.

Aww man, the 4th hottest person on the show died

All I could say was GOOD RIDDANCE. Tara dying is the best thing to happen in the show since ever. Sad about Jesus, Lafayette and Jesus were the best romance on the damn show bar none.

Sorry, folks, was out of town for almost two weeks, and during that trip I actually got around to reading the fourth Sookie Stackhouse book that this season is based on. I'll post a recap after I grab something to eat.

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Actually Lothic, it is Book 4 where Jason is kidnapped and bitten (and rescued by Sookie and Sam) and Book 5 where he changes. Where the show really made a difference besides the obvious is actually starting the story during season three, given that Jason was almost completely absent from the third book they had to give him something to do I guess and stretched it through this season, and I'm guessing even into the next.

Plus, I think it would be very very difficult finding someone that looks like the books describe Quinn and actually act.

I didn't even think to consider that Terry's war buddy might serve as the "re-imagined Quinn" character in the TV show next season. I agree that if they do try to shoehorn a Quinn-like character into the show he's probably going to have to be a fairly modified version of the book character. Might as well make him a big manly-man Iraqi war vet sergeant.

Very possible, but even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Authority initially, they can use their act to gain favor with them. You know how Vamps love their politics.

I figure that Bill and Eric did not know what to do with Nan until she threatened Sookie. I was expecting the season to end with the Harem ending for Sookie.