who were they kidding?
New Year’s Eve has traditionally been the time to reflect over the past year; today we’re taking the time to go through the True Blood events of 2009…
We started the year eagerly awaiting the Golden Globes ceremony. True Blood was up for best TV show and Anna was nominated for a GG for best TV drama actress. We couldn’t wait to see Anna and Stephen in public, since their relationship was one of the best kept secrets (to them maybe ;). And, let me tell you, we were not disappointed.
Anna won the Golden Globe, and we saw for the first time (outside of tabloids), a simple kiss between the two (a shy one, but enough to ensure that they were together). The photos that came later just confirmed what everyone knew. True Blood didn’t win for Best TV show but somehow we all felt that Anna’s Golden Globe was an award for the entire cast and crew… and also for the fans that were following the event; because make no mistake, us fans feel we were part of this thing.
Later that month, our insane curiosity was satiated, as the first photos of Anna & Stephen as a couple were released – the Vanity Fair Party photos. We spent whole weeks talking about how awesome they looked together and sharing our happiness that our favourite couple in fiction and real life, were having a solid relationship.
Then in April, we had the Paley festival, where we could see the main cast together after 4 months of anxiety. There we got some insight about what was to come in season 2; we knew it was going to be good. At the same time, the first promos for season 2 came out and we started to satisfy our lust accompanied by the broken deep voice of Bob Dylan’s “Beyond Here Lies Nothing.”
Next, on June 9th, cast and crew reunited for the season 2 premiere party at the Paramount Theater in Hollywood. Amazing photos and video interviews flooded the internet for the next week until the following Sunday.
Some dirty dancing hurt us so good
TB team at Season 2 premiere Kevin Winter/getty images
And then, the main event. June 14th was our big day as True Blood’s new season premiered on HBO. We all talked about the first episode en masse discussing what we liked, what was different, but we soon fell for the whole season. I was really happy to see that season 2 was so different from season 1, but for sentimental reasons, I believe season 1 will always be my favourite. I found what Alan and the other writers designed to be really brave – this insane orgy of absurdity. It’s the first show where I can forgive anything, no matter how stupid it appears on the surface, because you always see coherency in the plot eventually.
