True Blood - Shake and Fingerpop
You have the same ton of developing threads, scattering about but somewhat tied. Maryann is the orbit, kinda taking some juice from the vampires. Eric and Jess have to pop in to let us know the vamps still own the camp. Speaking of camp, the Fellowship of the Sun is obviously important in the second season as a story arc. I'm not all that warm and fuzzies with it, but I get where they're going with it. Inside a potentially dangerous vampire-hunting group, there is Jason Stackhouse, vampire-lover Sookie's brother. On separate sides and yet completely separate from each other, without truly realizing the distance that currently splits them apart. He's unknowingly being pulled into the Newlins' marriage, seemingly a fixture of fondness between them. It is weird for me, this triangle. Throw the jealous Luke into this as some guy used to probably being Top Dog as Jason just steals his thunder time and again, and I'm kind of ready for this to go where it needs to and evolve into another story. Discussing where the vampires come from in relation to the Bible, and Jesus Christ, as Jason and Luke debate, is hilarious, though.
Tara's birthday serves as an excuse for Maryann to throw her a party, so with everyone gathered (and Merlotte's suffering as a result with shrinking to no clientele) she goes into her "tremoring, summoning the *it* bit" while those in attendance get all freaky and jiggy with it. Eggs and Tara are upstairs in Gran's room in Sookie's house fucking their brains out...it is quite softcore. But as bodies close in tight and dance provocatively, clothes come off, soon while Maryann is locked into this summoning everyone begins to eats dirt, punch each other, collapse into animals wallowing in the ground, and others smashing food in their faces. Sam decides to stay in Bon Temps after Daphne convinces him there's reason to. She has the scratches scarring her back and her knowledge of Sam's secret isn't a concern to her. Daphne makes no bones about her attraction to Sam with the episode hinting at a possible sexual encounter upcoming. They also have a midnight swim that allows the two to chat, flirt, and get to know each other.
Bill and Sookie head for Dallas with Jess in tow, after Hoyt is asked to leave. Sookie believes the trip would be good for Jess to get out. Bill teaches Jess to glamour a chauffeur who was hired by the Fellowship of the Sun to kidnap Sookie. So someone not only knew about this trip for Eric but told the Fellowship about it. Eric isn't above pointing out his stature to Bill often. Sookie points out that Bill prefers humans because he hates vampires. So you have this dichotomy. Bill was turned against his will, agonizes he had to turn Jess, and all of this has lent to a burning hatred for everything vampire...It indeed is a burden he tries to contend with nightly. Eric wants to find Godric because if he can be captured by humans, powerful as he is, no great vampire is safe. And if vampires feel endangered they might react, and that would cause war.
Lafayette is dealing with his bad gunshot wound on his leg, and Eric proposes an offering of his blood knowing his friendship to Sookie could be beneficial long-term. Lafayette knows this, and doesn't want to, but losing his leg and possibly dying isn't an option he finds to his liking. Eric's blood gives Lafayette the necessary energy and unlimited drive to dance the night away. He could be at that for quite some time. Eric just moves on with that typical look of disinterest and cold, joyless reaction.
I love Jess. She's unpredictable, and her behavior can be immature and born out of teenage angst. But there's that smile, the vulnerability, blunt honesty that isn't reined in or filtered. And dealing with her new death-life is gradual, frustrating, and demands patience. Bill might just need Sookie to help him be a proper parental figure, through advice from a woman's perspective. Although the Fellowship angle is my least favorite the accidental fantasy Jason has of Sarah with the beer bottle and ass shaking cracked me up. Luke mocking him about being Sarah's boytoy might have merit. Andy's alcoholic decline is documented with the sheriff taking his badge and efforts to get wasted at Merlotte's denied. Considered a loser and no cop job to give his life meaning, Andy is a pitiful shell. Dearborne cracking wise about the type of animal attacking the victim doesn't exactly go over well with his female African-American deputy!
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