True Blood September 11 Season Finale Recap: Will Tara die from Debbie’s gun shot?

Marnie exacted a terrible revenge on Jesus and Lafayette.

September 11 – Halloween descended on Bon Temps, marking the reappearances of several faces from the past and the departures of a few current ones. Marnie, who has taken possession of Lafayette’s body, prepares for the Wiccan festival of Samhain, during which the line between the living and the dead becomes blurred and, for tonight, the body count will be mighty high. When Jesus wakes up and apologizes to “Lafayette” for getting him involved in witchcraft he learns that breakfast is served with a side order of revenge. Kissing his boyfriend goodbye as he prepares to leave for work, Jesus realizes Marnie has invaded Lafayette, but she traps him by driving a fork through his hand into the breakfast table. She then ties him up and forces him to transfer to her all his dark magic, killing him with a knife after she has absorbed the voodoo demon that dwells within him. (Body count: one). At Sookie’s house, Sook is unnerved by a vision of her grandma’s murdered body. She shares with Tara how lost she feels without her grandmother and the two muse about how she would advise them to stay out of trouble. This, alas, is not in the cards for the girls today. Sam is joined at Tommy’s grave by a grieving Mrs. Fortenberry, who asks him to call her mom now that they don’t have any family left. Maxine spoke too soon, however, because Sam’s gal Luna and her daughter Emma take her place by Sam’s side after she leaves. When Sam returns to Merlotte’s, he gives Sookie her job back and a pair of bunny ears to wear alongside fellow waitress Arlene, who makes a cute zombie couple with Terry. A handsome marine friend of Terry’s shows up at Merlotte’s to reminisce. He looks harmless enough, which can’t be good. While throwing out garbage later on, Arlene is spooked by the ghost of Rene, who tells his cher that the ghosts of Terry’s past will bring her trouble. Sook is startled by Holly decked out like a fairy and smoking some pot, or “Mother Nature’s Valium,” as she puts it. Tara, having discovered Jesus’ dead body at Lafayette’s house, tells Sookie and Holly that Marnie has returned and is in possession of Lafayette. The three dash to warn Bill and Eric, whom Marnie has already captured and chained up in silver for a burning at the local cemetery. When Tara, Sookie and Holly arrive, Marnie launches into one of her long-winded rants about how vampires victimized witches for centuries. Eric and Bill egg her on to distract her while Holly encircles them in a protection spell and Sook blasts Marnie, who turns mega-demonic in her rage, her tongue flicking like a hungry serpent. Holly joins hands with Sookie and Tara to conjure the spirits of the dead buried around them. Among the conjured souls is Sookie’s grandma Adele, who reaches into Lafayette and yanks Marnie out. Antonia appears and blows out the fires burning Eric and Bill. She convinces Marnie that death is preferable to life and that vengeance against vampires is pointless since they are already damned to live forever. 

Has Sookie lost her best friend forever?

In the aftermath of the final confrontation with Marnie, Pam is mourning the loss of her maker Eric to Sookie and her “precious, fairy vagina.” Her blood-stained tears prove premature, however, when Sookie, who feeds Eric and Bill her blood simultaneously to heel them from their burns, chooses not to be with either of them. She forgives Bill for lying to her when they first met and pledges her love for him. Likewise, she admits to Eric she fell for him long before he became the gentle Emo Viking who annoyed a good portion of Truebies all season long.  It’s the best for all of them, she promises before breaking down in tears. Does Alcide have a chance with Sookie after all? The hunky werewolf made his bid for the fairy’s heart at Merlotte’s, telling her he had made a final split with Debbie. For now, Alcide has to deal with the discovery that Russell Edgington’s cement prison, now a parking lot, was excavated and all that’s left at the scene are Russell’s empty silver shackles! Also in for a scary discovery is Jason, who gets punched out by Hoyt after telling him he did the deed with Jessica. Jess shows up at Jason’s house dressed in a provocative Red Riding Hood cape. After a steamy round of sex, they agree to remain friends with benefits for the time being. When a hungry Jess leaves to feed on a stranger, Jason answers a knock on his door and opens it to reveal Reverend Steve Newlin of the Fellowship of the Sun. It turns out that Rev. Newlin has been vampirized. Is he in cahoots with Russell? In another Bon Temps cliffhanger, Sam says goodnight to Luna only to be confronted by a snarling werewolf out to avenge the death of Marcus Bozeman. Nan Flanagan storms Bill’s home with a platoon of troopers. Enraged that she’s been “retired like a fat first wife” from the AVL by the Vampire Authority, Nan tries to recruit Bill and Eric into a mutiny against the Authority. She makes the lethal mistake of telling them she knows that Sookie is a fairy to get leverage against them and Eric decapitates her goon squad while Bill stakes her into a gooey pile of blood and guts. (Body Count: two). Violence visits Sookie’s home yet again when a vengeful Debbie shows up with a shotgun meant for Sook.  Tara pushes her friend out of the way, taking Deb’s bullet instead. Sookie wrestles the gun from Deb and shoots the she-wolf dead. (Body Count: three). Cradling Tara’s body, Sookie cries out for help. Is the Bon Temps body count up to four? Tune in next summer!  The Biting Remarks blog is taking a break until then. If you’re a Vampire Diaries fan, please follow my episode previews and recaps starting September 15 at www.nightbites.wordpress.com.

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True Blood Season Four Finale: Which villain will return to Bon Temps?

Will King Russell return to terrorize Bon Temps?

There’s just a little over a week left until the fourth season finale of True Blood and the Web is buzzing with speculation about the identity of two returning characters, which, according to Alan Ball in the current issue of TV Guide, include a beloved character and a despised one. Tommy is arguably a bit of both depending on whom you talk to, but it’s too soon for Sam’s brother to make a miraculous return from the dead. The list of possible sympathetic characters who might turn up in Bon Temps include Sookie’s grandma, Tara’s ex-boyfriend Eggs and my personal favorite, Eric’s maker Godric. What I’m more interested in, however, is which villain is slated to pop up to terrorize Sookie & Co. in season five. The list of possible suspects is endless but my top picks are: Lorena, Bill’s obsessed maker, Russell Edgington, the vampire king of Missisippi whom Eric and Bill buried in cement, and that maniacal maenad from season two, Maryann. Sizing up each villain’s probabilty of returning, I’d look at how the True Blood writers would explain their sudden reappearance. In the cases of Lorena and Maryann, I would think that Marnie, being a necromancer, possesses the ability to reanimate the ashes of one of those lethal ladies. Marnie, who’s hellbent on revenge in the after life, would love to leave the residents of Bon Temps a nasty parting gift. Maryann, being a twisted version of Mother Earth, is a better candidate for this theory. Then again, she’s been gone for over two years so those maenad ashes would be pretty hard to find much less revive. Lorena, on the other hand, got her black heart staked last year so perhaps resurrecting her is an easier feat to pull off. Russell, of course, was last seen vowing to return for revenge on Eric and Bill. The smart money is on King Edgington being the returning baddie. But does that make him too obvious a choice? This is True Blood after all. Tune in September 11 to find out — and don’t miss my recap following the show!

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Is Maryann returning to get her claws into Sam again?

Will Sookie have to deal with Lorena again?

So Social TV to air interview with True Blood cast member before the September 11 season finale.

You all know I loves me a good recap (wink), but I’m also well aware there are many other creative Truebies out there keeping the faithful up on the latest Bon Temps scoop. Today I give props to Krystelle Lorraine, the producer and host of So Social TV, a YouTube video series serving up fun updates on cool TV shows like Glee, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood, of course. I met Krystelle on Twitter where she tweets as @LoveKrystelle. She showed me the latest edition of So Social TV’s True Blood update, which includes a recap of last Sunday’s “fall of Marnie” episode and Twitter mentions that include a version of the infamous Rolling Stone cover doctored to illustrate a scenario between Eric and Bill that Lafayette has probably envisioned once or twice. Take it from me that ArleneFowler’s tweets are hysterical. Make sure to follow her feed. Mention her and chances are she’ll tweet you back. In the meantime, tune in to So Social TV on Sunday at 8 p.m. to see an interview with a True Blood cast member that will run prior to the season finale. Here’s a link to their channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/KrystelleLorraine

True Blood September 4 Episode Recap: Marnie takes over Lafayette’s body!

Jason nearly died during Marnie's climactic battle with the vampires.

September 4 – In tonight’s episode we learn that Lafayette’s power as a medium makes him vulnerable in an inconvenient, and possibly deadly, way. Just as Bill, Eric, Pam and Jessica prepare to launch their attack on the Moon Goddess Emporium, Jason arrives and alerts them to the fact that Sookie is trapped in the witches’ coven along with Tara and the others. Bill and Eric decide it’s time to come up with a plan B. Inside the emporium, Marnie continues to experience resistance from her reluctant coven mates. When one of them tries to leave, Marnie hexes a knife and sends it plunging into her heart. Alarmed at the lengths Marnie is going to, Jesus pretends that the dead coven member still has a pulse and, with Lafayette’s help, carries her body into a bathroom where he can privately prepare a spell to force Antonia’s captive spirit out of Marnie’s body. Holly and Sookie try to reason with Marnie to no avail and when Marnie uses Sookie as a bargaining chip with Bill she commands the vampires to step into the force field to burn to death. Bill and Eric fight off a sneak attack by Marnie’s zombie vamps but Pam puts a stop to the negotiations by shooting an RPG at the shield, which causes an explosion of flames that nearly burn Jason to a crisp. Jessica acts fast and saves him by feeding him her blood.  Marnie pulls out her own big gun by joining the coven—including Sookie—in a circle to conjure a necromancing spell to force Bill, Eric, Pam and Jessica to walk toward the force field while a desperate Jason struggles to stop them. Jason’s thoughts alert Sookie to the danger and she zaps the entire coven, interrupting Marnie’s latest attack. Eric, furious that Pam put Sookie’s life in danger, banishes her from the scene. An enraged Marnie traps Sook in a circle of flames that starts to close in around her. Lafayette warns Jesus to speed up his spell and Jesus’ demon persona kicks in, breaking the mystical bond between Marnie and Antonia and setting the grateful Spanish witch free at last. With Antonia’s spirit out of her, Marnie’s power is reduced and the vampires enter the Emporium where Bill shoots her dead. In the aftermath of the battle, Sookie glances over at Bill and Eric. She has a decision to make!

How will Andy's encounter with the fairy figure into next week's season finale?

In Shreveport, Alcide and Sam learn that Marcus is visiting Debbie. An angry Luna is also hunting Marcus down for taking Emma. Marcus is trying to convince Deb to leave Alcide and become a mom to Emma when Sam, Alcide and Luna arrive. Sam and Marcus have an old-fashioned fistfight sans powers and Sam emerges the victor. When Marcus tries to sneak attack Sam in wolf form, a vigilant Alcide charges him, killing him in the process. Alcide then formally breaks things off with a devastated Debbie. Walking back home after his intervention at the hands of Terry, Andy encounters a beautiful fairy in the woods who makes love to him and elicits a promise from him to protect her, touching his finger with her glowing one. When he later relates the tale to Arlene, she tells him to forget it and concentrate on his new sobriety and his pursuit of Holly. At home, Lafayette comforts a guilt-ridden Jesus by praising his heroism in rescuing everybody from Marnie’s crazed plans. As an exhausted Jesus drifts off to sleep, Marnie’s floating spirit leaps into Lafayette’s body. Talk about sleeping with the enemy!

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True Blood August 28 Episode Recap: Eric Gets His Memory Back!

Marcus Bozeman may face the wrath of both Sam and Alcide for his multiple sins.

August 28 – The big reveal of tonight’s action-packed episode is that Marnie isn’t so much an unwilling pawn of the vengeful Antonia as she is the instigator of Antonia’s ongoing wrath against the vampires. At the tolerance festival Eric and Bill have a death match during which Bill fends off the older Viking vamp with silver bullets.  Just as Eric gets the upper hand on Bill, Sookie zaps him with all her fairy might, breaking him free of Antonia’s amnesia spell. In an instant, Eric returns to his adorably snarky self and a look of dread flashes across Sookie’s face. Has she lost the man with whom she fell in love? Antonia’s spirit appears on Marnie’s face, momentarily startled by the carnage she had set in motion. Marnie composes herself and teleports her cronies and two vampire slaves out of the hotel ballroom. Jason has guilt pangs over hooking up with Jessica and asks her to wipe the experience from his memory. Insulted, she sets out to find a human to feed on. Alcide is rushing Tommy to the nearest hospital following his beat-down by Marcus’s goons when Tommy suddenly writhes in pain as his shapeshifting goes haywire and his bones crack uncontrollably. Foregoing medical attention, Tommy asks to be taken home to Merlotte’s where Sam bids a sad farewell to his repentant, trouble-making brother. Marcus Bozeman is a dead werewolf, Sam promises. Marcus, meanwhile, visits with a vulnerable Debbie, who’s feeling ignored by Alcide. Perhaps Marcus can satisfy her long-denied desire to have wolf pups? Eric tells Sookie that he still loves her but she can only respond that although she returns his love she also loves Bill. Pam, her face strangely waxen from the extreme facial treatments she underwent to camouflage Antonia’s deterioration spell, rushes into the arms of her maker, only to find him distracted by his romantic travails with Sook. Bill decides the only way to win the war with Antonia is to resort to an old-school witch burning and orders Eric, Pam and Jessica to join him in the assault on the coven. First the vampires must endure an uncomfortable day together silvered in Bill’s increasingly crowded crypt. The only thing the bickering vamps can agree on is how much they all hate the annoying Nan Flanagan, who returns their disdain in kind.

Can Nan Flanagan keep Bill in line?

Sookie pleads unsuccessfully with Bill to spare Tara, then shares Bill’s plot against the coven with Jason, Lafayette and Jesus.  Jesus decides to approach Antonia, hoping to release his old friend Marnie from her control. What he doesn’t realize is that Marnie is very much running the show, even convincing a conflicted Antonia to continue her vendetta against the vampires through Marnie’s body. It appears that years of being bullied for her Wiccan ways made Marnie just as bitter as the ancient Spanish witch.  Sookie, Jason, Lafayette and Jesus arrive outside the Moon Goddess Emporium and Jesus taps into the magic of his family’s voodoo-priest spirit to make it across a powerful –and painful—force field erected by Antonia. When he tries to get through to Marnie she informs him she is a willing partner in Antonia’s war against the vampires. Tara and Holly cast a spell to open the door to the Moon Goddess Emporium and run outside to meet Sookie but Antonia zaps the three back into the emporium in a blinding flash! Terry and Arlene find Andy’s stash of V and tell him to quit the stuff or he’ll never see their kids again. Terry and Andy later hash out some long-simmering family issues during an intervention that ends in their coming to blows. Having released their aggressions, the two make up and Andy promises to conquer his addiction. Speaking of aggression, as night falls, a dark van pulls up to the Moon Goddess Emporium and Bill, Eric, Pam and Jessica step out dressed in SWAT gear and carrying heavy artillery. Time to burn the house down!

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True Blood August 21 Episode Recap: Jason and Jessica Make Love!

Nelsan Ellis did a masterful job of acting the part of Mavis, the tortured ghost.

August 21 – Bill swipes Sookie out of Alcide’s arms and saves her from her bullet wound by feeding her his blood. When she comes to, however, all she can think of is saving Eric from the clutches of Antonia Gavelan, which is enough to send Alcide running. Still, she thanks Bill for saving her and the two exchange meaningful looks. The taste of Bill’s blood stirs up old feelings and Sookie has a sexy dream in which she settles a fight over her between Eric and Bill by tempting them into a three-way. She points out that it’s sexist for them to insist that she has to choose between them when if there were two women involved they would learn to share. When Sook wakes up from the dream she realizes she needs to first find Eric before she can sort out their triangle with Bill.  Eric is under the complete control of Antonia, who plans to use him at an upcoming vampire tolerance festival to show vamp-friendly humans how dangerous the bloodsuckers really are. When Nan Flanagan comes to town for the festival, Jessica cries her eyes out to her about her messy love life, reminding the droll vampire publicist why she never became a maker herself. Bill brings Nan up to speed on the witch war and Eric’s disappearance and she joins him and Jess in getting silvered during the daytime. A grouchy Nan is not pleased with Bill’s performance as king. After Hoyt finishes packing Jessica’s stuff in a box, Lafayette, possessed by Mavis the ghost haunting baby Mikey, pushes his way with Mikey and the weird doll in tow. Flashing a gun, Mavis reclaims “her” home, managing to fend off Andy and Jason, who notices how V has jacked up Andy’s strength as he holds down Terry after he and Arlene show up at the house. Arlene is savvy enough to bring Jesus on the scene and the sensitive brujo lowers Mavis’s defenses, using his magic to help her remember that she and her baby were buried under a tree in the front yard. Digging up the makeshift grave, Jesus reunites a grateful Mavis with her dead baby in the after life. It turns out that Andy isn’t the only one taking V. Debbie, slowly unraveling over her nagging doubts about Alcide and Sookie, buys some V from a street pusher. She then visits Sookie and offers her help in fighting the witches. Sookie reads Deb’s thoughts and decides she’s telling the truth. I’m not convinced. Nevertheless, Debbie agrees to help Sookie rescue Eric from Antonia by distracting the witch with an offer to support her war against the vampires, giving Sookie a chance to sneak into the Moongoddess Emporium. She discovers from Eric that Antonia is plotting to assassinate Bill at the Tolerance Festival, and is confronted at gunpoint by Tara, who tells her through their psychic bond where Bill is and that Antonia is holding the coven captive.Tara tells Sookie to charge her to distract Antonia with a commotion, allowing Sook and Debbie, who tried to double-cross Sookie, to escape. Antonia takes Eric and leaves the coven members trapped in Moongoddess with a spell that makes every door handle hot as molten lava to the touch. Sam and Luna have a nice camping trip with Emma. Meanwhile, Marcus gives Tommy an invitation for Sam to meet him to work their differences out. When Tommy shifts into Sam and shows up in his place, he’s knocked bloody by Marcus’s pack mates until Alcide steps in before they kill him. That Tommy is one dumb shifter! Hoyt asks Jason to deliver Jessica’s things to her and, sure enough, the two end up doing it wildly in the back of Jason’s pickup truck to the strains of a Taylor Swift song. Classy! At the tolerance festival, Bill takes the stage after Nan to make a speech while Eric breaks in with Antonia, who hexes Bill’s guards to beef up her ranks. Soon, pandemonium erupts as the sheriffs rip through the startled crowd, sending bodies flying while Eric makes a beeline for Bill. “Run!,” screams Sookie.

Will Jason ever learn to control his carnal urges? Hopefully no.

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True Blood August 14 Episode Recap: Sookie Gets Shot!

Can Alcide really stay away from Sookie? Don't bet on it!

August 14 – Jason tackles Jessica and pulls her back into the house to keep her from burning in the sun. At first Jess attacks him, but realizes he saved her when Antonia’s spell wears off. Then the two become impassioned. Bill is grateful to Jason for saving Jessica and laying silver on her again to protect against more spells from Antonia, but he asks Officer Stackhouse to let them rest up. Jessica can no longer deny her feelings for Jason and dreams that she breaks up with Hoyt, killing him when he becomes a whining wuss, then has sex with Jason in his truck. The reality is far different when she tells Hoyt their relationship is over.  He rages against her and revokes his invitation to her, sending her flying out of the house. When she tells Jason – who’s clad in a tight tank and painted-on jeans — about dumping Hoyt, he kicks her out, too, and cools his libido by doing push-ups. Officer Stackhouse later checks out the bloody remains of Mrs. Fortenberrry’s vampire neighbor and is appalled when Andy nearly licks the blood off the ground. Bill shows up to do some damage control PR when the local media covers the vampire’s apparent suicide and the newscast enrages Antonia, who is frustrated that her spell only killed a single vamp. Bill calls the Moongoddess Emporium to set up a meeting to work out a truce between their warring camps. Antonia agrees to meet him at a nearby cemetery at midnight. How appropriate!  Tommy breaks into Mrs. Fortenberry’s home and swipes her jewelry to pass himself off as her to get a windfall from the oil company guy but learns that the death of Maxine’s neighbor has freed up the house next to hers, lessening the value of her payoff. Whom will Tommy impersonate next? Sam is preoccupied with Luna’s ex, the wolf pack leader Marcus, who’s not keen on Sam hanging out with his little girl. Luna threatens to report Marcus to his parole officer. The werewolf gives Sam a not-so-subtle threat of his own. Marcus may be itching for a fight with Sam, but he forbids his pack from interfering in the escalating war between the vampires and the witches, reminding his pack mates that vampires are a dangerous threat to wolves. Alcide helps him subdue one hot-headed young werewolf who refuses to obey Marcus’s orders and promises Debbie he won’t see Sookie since she’s so involved with vamps. We all know that’s one promise Alcide is unable to keep. Sookie’s too preoccupied to think about Alcide, Bill or anyone else because she’s busy making love with Eric over and over again. After removing Eric’s silver bindings, she lets him feed on her to regain his strength then drinks his blood at his insistence so they can be united forever. In the afterglow of their marathon couplings, Sookie isn’t so sure that forever exists for anyone and tells Eric they need to support Bill in his campaign against the witches. A dream reveals to Lafayette that the black woman he’s seen visiting baby Mike had a child who was killed by its father, a wealthy white man who wanted to keep its existence a secret. When Lafayette awakens, the woman possesses him and promptly kidnaps Mikey!

What will Arlene do when she realizes Mikey's gone missing?

When Bill and Antonia meet at the cemetery, they each reveal they brought back-up and a fierce battle erupts. In the melee, Bill forbids Pam from killing Tara– ever – but is himself overpowered by Antonia’s minions bearing silver and a cross. Sookie uses her fairy blast to ward off a coven member but is then shot! Alcide, ever her gallant guardian, shows up and scoops her up into his powerful arms unaware that Debbie had been shadowing him in wolf form. Eric exhibits his savage nature during the battle and corners Antonia for a rematch, only to be hexed yet again. What will the sorceress do to the Viking warrior next?

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True Blood August 14 Episode Preview: Antonia Rages Against Vampires

We can all agree that Antonia the Spanish witch is one angry lady. She has plenty of reason to hate vampires. During the Spanish Inquisition she was fed on, raped and burned by vamps disguised as priests in the Catholic church. Not surprisingly, now that she has inhabited Marnie’s body she is hell-bent on getting retribution on all the undead citizens of the world! We Truebies may sympathize with her plight but it’s hard not to view her as a villainess, especially the way the talented Fiona Shaw is interpreting her.  Shaw, portraying Marnie-as-Antonia, captures beautifully the fury and regal bearing of the ancient sorceress gone mad with a thirst for vengeance. Now, on True Blood we’re accustomed to viewing vampires in a more multidimensional way and we recognize, just like Sookie and other “fangbangers,” that vamps come in many colors, personalities and characters. As sorry as we are for Antonia, she kind of creeps us out. In this scene from Sunday’s episode, Tara, who can relate to Antonia’s victimization by vamps, begins to sense that the witch’s plot is more about murdering vampires than protecting humans from them. Will she rebel against the coven’s plans, and if so, will Antonia let her get away with it? We all know what happened to the last person who betrayed the coven.

True Blood August 7 Episode Recap: Will Jessica Burn in the Sun?

Antonia is in full possession of Marnie and ready for retribution against all vampires!

August  7 – The vampire community in Bon Temps braces itself for the onslaught from Antonia Gavelan, the vengeful Spanish witch who has possessed Marnie and compelled her rapist Luis to free her from captivity. Luis pays Bill a visit and tries to kill him, then stakes himself on purpose during the ensuing struggle after announcing Antonia’s resurrection. In Shreveport, Alcide and Debbie are initiated into Marcus Bozeman’s pack although Alcide is clearly less enthusiastic about their new pack mates than Debbie. Deb agrees to let Alcide check on Sookie, whom they last saw toting a rifle looking for Jason in the woods. When the wolf couple find her, they realize that a naked and moaning Miss Stackhouse is in no need of assistance while in the company of the virile Eric Northman. The look on Alcide’s face reveals that finding Eric and Sookie in the act is more than just awkward. Deb picks up on his hurt feelings. How long can Alcide fool himself that he belongs with her? Pam is not having a good night. She attacks Tara and her girlfriend and just as she’s about to kill Miss Thornton, a crowd of camera-toting humans hunting for vampire photo ops to sell to TMZ interrupt her. She’ll get Tara eventually, the rotting bloodsucker promises before speeding away. That’s the last straw for Tara, who breaks up with her gal to protect her from the ever-present danger surrounding her. Tara is later recruited by Antonia, who’s expanding her circle of human spirits to build her power so she can destroy all the vamps just as she had done 400 years earlier. Bill prepares a defensive strategy and orders his sheriffs to command all vampires to either flee the area or silver themselves in their crypts to avoid being compelled by Antonia’s spell to walk into the sun. He even takes silver to Sookie so she can protect Eric just after the two had made love over and over in every position imaginable. Bill senses that their reunion was a “happy” one.

Can Debbie hold on to Alcide?

Eric is afraid Sookie will leave him when he regains his memory and reverts to his old personality. Sookie fears they may not have any choice in the matter. At Merlotte’s Andy has a V craving that ruins his date with Holly. Lafayette sees the phantom woman hovering over Arlene’s baby Mikey and Sam gets cursed out by Luna. When she reminds him about his rude behavior after their lovemaking, the two realize it was Tommy who took Luna to bed in Sam’s form. A livid Sam banishes Tommy from his life forever. Will Mrs. Fortenberry take him back? Hoyt is heading for heartbreak as upside-down push-ups fail to remove erotic visions of Jessica from a sweaty, shirtless Jason’s mind. Hoyt can sense he’s losing Jess, but what will he do when he discovers it’s because she’s heading right into Jason’s well-muscled arms? As sunrise approaches, the vampires in Bon Temps prepare for the agonizing process of being silvered to save them from Antonia’s impending spell. Pam, who gets the mother of all chemical peels in her ongoing quest to reverse the decaying hex Antonia put on her, is covered in a silver mesh blanket and locked in her coffin as she howls and curses a bloody streak. Sookie remains by Eric’s side as all Hell breaks loose and the vampires beg to be freed into the sun’s rays. Bill and Jessica lie side by side weighed down by silver but his decision to not lay silver over her neck enables her to break free and escape into the light just as a desperate Jason races to stop her. Have we seen the last of Jess?

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True Blood August 7 Episode Preview: Alcide and Debbie Get Initiated

HBO’s latest sneak peek video reveals that Shreveport packmaster Marcus, played by Daniel Buran, has succeeded in recruiting Alcide and Debbie to his pack, which is your typical motorcycle crowd.  Debbie, unsurprisingly, is eager to be part of a group again while Alcide isn’t as happy to be hanging with his new pack mates. He may not be as sophisticated as Bill or Eric but he’s definitely outgrown the werewolf crowd. There’s a regalness to Alcide that makes him more like a lion than a wolf. Since he met Sookie he’s begun to pull away from the crass world of the werewolves and seems destined to be a loner in Bon Temps when he finally wises up and dumps Deb for good. In this scene she shows how brittle her recovery is through her reaction to Alcide’s concern over leaving Sookie in the woods.  We all know that Sook’s having a grand old time with Eric – finally — but Alcide only knows that he’s protective of the telepathic cutie. Deb’s not liking it one bit. If you ask me, she’s going to drop the understanding wifey routine in no time and will be pouncing on Sook when Alcide isn’t looking. Let’s face it, Deb’s much more interesting as a rampaging, pyschotic wolf bitch anyway.