True Blood News - Season 4 news and spoilers

I know this can be considered “old news” but if you are like me, you like any news about True Blood that you can get. Life Story magazine put out an issue mostly about Twilight, but there are 6 pages of an episode guide to Season 2, complete with comments by Alan Ball.

Alan Ball’s comments about episode 209: “I Will Rise Up”. “My favorite episode of [the] season. I love the whole story between Eric and Godric, and Sookie gets to see Eric’s human side. Then there’s the whole choice by Godric to move on; his attitude of, ‘I’m done and I want to embrace whatever is going to happen to me now, even if it means oblivion, even if it means the end.’ That last sequence was tough to shoot, because we shot part of it on a building rooftop in Los Angeles – where we basically had 20 minutes to get it because of the light – and then we shot part of it on a stage with green screen, then we went to Dallas and shot background plates so that you would have recognizable landmarks. Then there were all the special effects technology questions of how we were going to have Godric go up in flames. So it was tough, but I thought it paid off.”

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52 Inch Plasma to the Face, Y’all

This week on True Blood, we meet the vampire Jesus and he is awesome, Eric makes a not very convincing church geek, Sookie gets all Jerry Springer fightin’ for her maaaaaaaaan, Jason makes lots of vampire friends, Maryanne cooks up something nasty yet again and domestic violence is the in thing. Also, beware The Lukenator!

Ahh TV Crack, how I love you. Even though you send me into fits of shrieking panic minutes before the show when I’m trying to find my smokes and get hubby to sit the farck down and stop yammering, and later on disturb my beauty sleep with receding adrenaline and disturbing imagery. And yeah, leads me to spend far too much time at work thinking about whether I will see Bill naked AND fangy simultaneously one more time this season. Bastards. I cannot believe we only have four episodes left of this crazy shit and I just don’t know what I’m gonna do with myself when it’s all over. Something useful like gardening? To hell with that. If you are looking for snark you’ve wandered into the wrong recap, this episode was like a box of choccies with none of those nasty mint or coffee ones that I usually spit out. I loved everything and everyone except those on my ‘Needs to Die in a Horrific Gore Splat Fashion’ list. Even Jason Stackhouse, and hallelujah’s people, that’s a miracle.

We begin with pretty Godric snapping Gabe’s neck in gallant defense of our Sook, who’s always getting rescued by gorgeous men and it’s just not FAIR! Hiss, spit, jealous fuming from this writer. Alarms squeal in the church as Eric sneaks in and down the stairs, looking hot and staying hot for the entire episode, despite his butch looking racerback vest. Bill, Eric, Godric…I’m suffering from an overdose of lickable vampires at the moment, so excuse me if this recap gets covered in drool. Sookie and the audience are amazed to see Eric being all sweet and respectful to his maker, and then doing what he’s told, which is to get Sook past the Fellowship nutjobs and out of the church to safety. Without ripping limbs off randomly! Instead he hilariously pretends to be a church geek for a few moments to try and get past the door. Like a six foot five pasty white, blonde Adonis in black leather is in any way convincing, even with that Cleetus grin. ‘Hey y’all!’ LOL!

Geek Eric

As the bigot militia are not buying it, he has to smack a few people around to get past, but outside there’s more of them. They duck back through the church and unfortunately white suit motherfarcker Steve Newlin is at the altar with yet more bigots and they get boxed in. Sookie gets called a Vampire Whore of Satan (hee!) and Eric gives himself up for roasting to save Godric and Sookie as well. His brownie points are increasing. Bill, where are you? Next we see Jason get shot in the balls with a paintball gun (no, Sarah didn’t kill him after all, he’s too good in bed for that) and then get dragged back to Bon Temps for a few minutes. Lafayette is dealing Tarot to Tara when a distressed Eggs turns up. He’s had another blackout, in which he killed Daphne and cut out her heart but he doesn’t remember that. He probably won’t remember eating it later either. Damn that Maryanne and her bad juju cooking and spells and general shit stirring. She’s at the top of my Needs to Die list, of course, along with…

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Lafayette has mad skills with his flamboyant self. I haven’t read cards for many moons and I didn’t get a good look at his layout but I did get a look at this card.

The Justice card is a Major Arcana card. Please note that the Justice card does not indicate punishment. It’s more about balance and adjustment although the adjustment will not be pleasant.

The law of cause and order develops the law of Karma. And karma can be a bitch, showing that all your actions will return to you eventually. So be nice ;)

In the suite of swords, her blade has a double edge. Justice teaches the fairest yet the cruelest lessons. The Justice card should be a harsh reminder that “what comes around goes around,” deeds of the past form the foundation for present and future events.

Still… this can mean many things. Most numbers on the cards are cross-summed by adding the digits. The Justice card is the number XI, and is connected with the number 2 (II) High Priestess card.

The High Priestess is pictured wearing plain blue robes with her hands placed in her lap. A lunar crescent lay at her feet and a horned diadem with a globe in the center is on her head. The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge.

The moon on the crown as well as the crescent that lay at her feet show her eagerness to illuminate what you may not see. She will reveal the secrets you need to know.

Behind her throne, the curtain that leads to the deepest, most esoteric and secret knowledge; the pomegranates that decorate it remind us of Persephone, who was taken down into the land of the dead, ate its fruit, and became the only goddess allowed to travel to and from that strange land. This indicates that when you get the High Priestess, you’re going to be learning some very odd things. Very odd.

The number one in a Tarot reading usually signifies a new beginning and Bon Temps, LA is definitely racing toward a new beginning.

So what does all this mean. Well, it is all left up to interpretations and the complete spread of the cards. Has Lafayette been smoking too much of the happy stick, or is he onto something? We want to know what you think. Is Eggs being used as a form of Justice? Has Tara done something wrong in her past to make her a target for Maryann?

If you want to get a little deeper, check out Athena who was the patron goddess of Athens at Wikipedia and has a connection to the Justice card. Dig deep fans and let us know your thoughts.

Other research sites we found to be of interest were www.aeclectic.net

Ready for next sunday episode? You can enjoy a little preview of it with this promo picture of the upcoming ep 8, season 2 Timebomb.

Bill Compton and Sookie Stackhouse

“Timebomb” Season 2 Episode 8 – Sookieʼs captivity takes an unexpected turn when Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) arrives to do his masterʼs bidding on the eve of the Fellowshipʼs lockdown. In Bon Temps, Sam finds himself in hot water after making a gruesome discovery at Merlotteʼs, and Andy (Chris Bauer) proves no help in coming to his defense. Sent home by Bill, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and Hoyt (Jim Parrack) learn that when it comes to sex, every time is the first time. Tara (Rutina Wesley) and Eggs (Mehcad Brooks) devour a mysterious meal prepared by Maryann, with unexpected results. After Jason pays off his debt to the vampires, Godric (Allan Hyde) looks to enlighten his more single-minded followers. Written by Alexander Woo; directed by John Dahl.