True Blood 6x07 "In The Evening"
It's been a long time since I posted about True Blood. I do still watch the show, if on fast forward through the weres' storyline, and most of the Bellefleur's (poor Terry, RIP) - which use to be a lot easier last season when the vampires weren't so active during the day, because you could safely skip the 12 hours of in-show time that they were meant to be resting.
This season is still wildly uneven, but I am enjoying the hell out of most things House Godric and Sarah Newlin related. Bill is suffering from a case of the writers not knowing how to make a character with godlike abilities interesting in the way he uses his powers; we just get Bill acting all high and mighty, whining in a trance to Lillith, whilst actually accomplishing very little.
Meanwhile, Eric and Willa and Pam and Tam come up with plans under duress and great physical danger, carry them out, rolling with the punches and never, ever surrendering or letting themselves become incapacitated with grief or despair. I think that's what separates them from Jessica, a sweet and mostly innocent character who has nevertheless become pretty unbearable over the last few weeks.
Which brings me to Nora Gainesborough. RIP Nora. I don't think the show ever did you justice (too much telling, not enough showing), but you were given a decent, poignant send-off. I'm conflicted about how Nora was so resistant to drinking Billith's blood again - choosing to die rather than do so - because: a) her rationale for resisting wasn't clearly spelled out in the show, although my interpretation was that she now saw Lillith as an abomination who led her astray from her maker, Godric; and b) Eric overruled her dying wish anyway, which is a highly jerk-like thing to do, except that her dying wish was seen as illogical and wrong within the context of the scene as shown.
Basically, I thought there was a lot of missed opportunity there to make it a highly emotional scene which played into Nora's guilt over her former fundamentalism and betrayal of Godric, Eric's guilt over his inability to rescue Godric from himself and now having his oldest surviving relative also telling him to let her die, and both siblings' mourning of their father. Instead, the writing only got us maybe halfway there. I fear that we will never again see the kind of incandescence that we had in "We Will Rise Up", and that is a sad thought.
On the plus side: HAL OZSAN AS THE MOTHERFUCKING VAMPIRE KING OF LONDON. Best. Cameo. Ever. I really hope that we haven't seen the last of him; but if you need an actor to turn up in Stuart England and chew scenery for 3 minutes, and never be seen again, you can't go wrong with Hal Ozsan.
Speaking of Worst. Cameo. Ever. Stacy Haiduk as the werewolf whore that Alcide's dad was banging. Oh, sweetie, you deserve much better than that.
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This season is still wildly uneven, but I am enjoying the hell out of most things House Godric and Sarah Newlin related. Bill is suffering from a case of the writers not knowing how to make a character with godlike abilities interesting in the way he uses his powers; we just get Bill acting all high and mighty, whining in a trance to Lillith, whilst actually accomplishing very little.
Meanwhile, Eric and Willa and Pam and Tam come up with plans under duress and great physical danger, carry them out, rolling with the punches and never, ever surrendering or letting themselves become incapacitated with grief or despair. I think that's what separates them from Jessica, a sweet and mostly innocent character who has nevertheless become pretty unbearable over the last few weeks.
Which brings me to Nora Gainesborough. RIP Nora. I don't think the show ever did you justice (too much telling, not enough showing), but you were given a decent, poignant send-off. I'm conflicted about how Nora was so resistant to drinking Billith's blood again - choosing to die rather than do so - because: a) her rationale for resisting wasn't clearly spelled out in the show, although my interpretation was that she now saw Lillith as an abomination who led her astray from her maker, Godric; and b) Eric overruled her dying wish anyway, which is a highly jerk-like thing to do, except that her dying wish was seen as illogical and wrong within the context of the scene as shown.
Basically, I thought there was a lot of missed opportunity there to make it a highly emotional scene which played into Nora's guilt over her former fundamentalism and betrayal of Godric, Eric's guilt over his inability to rescue Godric from himself and now having his oldest surviving relative also telling him to let her die, and both siblings' mourning of their father. Instead, the writing only got us maybe halfway there. I fear that we will never again see the kind of incandescence that we had in "We Will Rise Up", and that is a sad thought.
On the plus side: HAL OZSAN AS THE MOTHERFUCKING VAMPIRE KING OF LONDON. Best. Cameo. Ever. I really hope that we haven't seen the last of him; but if you need an actor to turn up in Stuart England and chew scenery for 3 minutes, and never be seen again, you can't go wrong with Hal Ozsan.
Speaking of Worst. Cameo. Ever. Stacy Haiduk as the werewolf whore that Alcide's dad was banging. Oh, sweetie, you deserve much better than that.
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