Challenge 9

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CHALLENGE 9
FINALE REVIEW

Challenge: For this challenge, I want you to write an at least 400 word review on the season finale of "True Blood" - any of them are fine, so if you haven't had a chance to see "Evil is Going On" yet you can also do "You'll be the Death of Me" or "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'". Your review must be full sentences, no lists.

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Re: TEAM LOU PINE'S

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The season 3 finale of True Blood. Hmm… Kind of a hot mess interspersed with moments of, not brilliance, exactly, but at least something that will keep me along for the ride at least a little longer. (On the bright side, I do still have some vid ideas that, with the addition of Alcide to the mix of Sookie’s men, should work out quite well.)

Most of the episode had me head-tilting to a greater or lesser degree. Especially Eric and Godric’s scenes together. I’d been hoping for flashback scenes ala season 2, but what the frak was that? Hallucinations I could understand, given that Eric was burning from the sun pretty badly, but what we got was about as compelling as the Fairy scenes (another plot point that had me yelling WTF? at the TV).

Now that I’ve had a few days to process, although the Eric/Godric hallucinations still hit some kind of embarrassment (for Eric) squick factor I didn’t know I had, they work a little better for me storywise. Even so, those scenes and the times that Eric referred to the hallucinations as gospel coming from his Maker, struck me as ASkars doing the best he could with a script that seemed to be at odds with the backstory we’d already been given.

The Fairy storyline, though, just makes me want to hurl things at my screen. Between Godric as Angel and Sookie traipsing to the Fairy lands that are all sweetness and light and something out of, I dunno, Greek mythology or something, this episode was definitely not my favorite.

And OMG what the frak is up with Sam’s backstory??? Did they really have to make him a murderer and bring him down to the level most of the other characters? Oy.

But let’s look at what worked for me in the episode. I loved that Tara made a conscious decision to become a “new person.” In some ways, the scene where she cut her hair reminded me of Kara Thrace in BSG making a conscious decision to not let what had happened to her rule her life anymore. Tara was awesome in season 1 but she became so broken in season 2 that I was afraid that break in her psyche would become permanent. Now, again, I have hope and that’s part of what will bring me back for season 4.

I also loved the interplay between Sookie and Russell and her whole attitude toward the vampires. That was kinda made of win. And the scene at the end, between Sookie, Eric, and Bill was awesome. All three actors really sold it. That scene alone might have brought me back next year.