True Blood“Sparks Fly Out”
Original Air Date: Oct 5, 2008
Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com
Hi, and welcome to the Alan Ball Tolerance and Acceptance Power Hour. Today we will be discussing why it is wrong to: a) be a redneck, b) not understand metaphors, and c) pick on Lafayette. All are possibly punishable by death from one of our handsome and mysterious murder suspects. Also, we will be showing you the power of metaphor through our patented “Beat it Into You” technique.
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Original Air Date: Oct 5, 2008
Andi - TwoCents Reviewer
andi@thetwocentscorp.com
Hi, and welcome to the Alan Ball Tolerance and Acceptance Power Hour. Today we will be discussing why it is wrong to: a) be a redneck, b) not understand metaphors, and c) pick on Lafayette. All are possibly punishable by death from one of our handsome and mysterious murder suspects. Also, we will be showing you the power of metaphor through our patented “Beat it Into You” technique.
Oh, I should probably add that it’s wrong to ride in a car anywhere with Bill Compton, lest you be subjected to the sound of dying bunnies or tortured kittens or whatever the hell that is he calls music. Sookie realizes this and dumps his ass. She blames it on how scary he was with the cop, but I know better.
The next morning Tara rips Lafayette a new one for giving Jason V (aren’t we all glad they took the “juice” off the end?). And I’m wondering if she has a voice that isn’t set to scream?
Back at casa de Stackhouse, Gran is fielding angry calls about Bill’s scheduled speech for The Decedents of the Glorious Dead and I find myself very annoyed at those people! Be nice to the little old lady! At breakfast, Sookie tells Gran she decided that she and Bill don’t have enough in common. I could’ve told you that.
And then comes something no one ever needed to see. Jason demonstrates how they drained the blood from his uber-erection on a sausage and the entire audience is less wholesome for it. Eew!
Lafayette, apparently not all that bothered by Jason’s demonstration, convinces the idiot to try V again. But he stresses the need for control and its right here that I get annoyed. They are taking some serious liberties with this character and I don’t really like “pusher” Lafayette. He’s already a dealer and a prostitute; does he have to be a clichéd PSA too?
Anyway, he blathers on about V being amazing and brilliant and the life force of all things and how it has a nice bouquet and a long finish and I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. Yes, there are about twelve wine tasting jokes in there, but I also have to raise the metaphor alert. Sigh.
Back at Merlotte’s, Sookie tells Arlene that she won’t be seeing Bill anymore and Sam’s so pleased that he works up the balls to ask Sookie out - to watch Bill’s speech, of all things. So, because “love is in the air,” Andy puts on his detective hat and asks Sookie about Tara and Jason’s relationship. Sookie’s confused so she confronts Tara, who admits to lying, but has to repeatedly say, “Lalalala,” in her head to keep Sookie from knowing that she slept with Sam.
Much of the town gathers at the church that night to listen to what their resident vampire has to say, and Hoyt and his mama make fools of themselves trying to move a cross. They cover it with an American Flag (metaphor alert!) and Bill promptly removes it, proving that he is not a minion of Satan.
Real quick roll call here; is everyone on the metaphor bus? Bueller? Good, moving on.
Bill sits alone in the kitchen (we might need a bigger bus) listening to all the people coming in and he’s none too pleased that Sam’s brought Sookie.
Jason shows up high as a kite and seeing Tinkerbell in the trees. He heads inside and sits by Tara, whom he now realizes is in love with him, and stares at her in a creepy, brain-dead kind of way.
Bill stands at the podium and blathers on about the war and it’s boring, but seems to endear him to everyone except three rednecks with a garlic press. Kids and their crazy homemade weapons these days, I swear. Next it’ll be death by lemon zester.
After the meeting, Bill and Sam have a stare-off for a moment, but Sam and Sookie leave to drink coffee and share pie. It’s really sweet. Well, sweet until he kisses her and she gets all virtuous, admitting that she kissed Bill, causing Sam to react a little violently and Sookie to take a taxi home. But we did learn something that you might want to pay attention to. Sookie has trouble reading Sam’s mind. What do you think that means?
Andy and Bud show up at Bill’s house to question him about the murders and we understand what Sookie saw in him all along: He has Frescas for guests! I don’t think the Fresca is a metaphor for anything, but I’m pretty sure the old skool toaster is. Raise the alarm.
Bill explains that a vampire could not have murdered the girls or the bodies would be drained. So Andy and Bud leave Bill to his toaster, his Fresca, and his memories, which turn out to be about the nasty woman who turned him while he was on his way home from war. What a bitch, right? And what did she mean Bill was hers forever? Uh oh.
Meanwhile, Jason’s still high and having visions of Tara in a jungle, possibly dressed like Tinkerbell (is that kink you have, Jason?), and Hoyt’s attempting to pick up women. The rednecks are at Merlotte’s too and Lafayette beats them around after they make a crack about their burgers having AIDS. I’d sound the alert, but this one’s really more of an Obvious Moral Lesson Alarm than anything else.
Outside, Tara is taking out the trash when she finds Jason banging a girl by the dumpster. Does all the sex have to be so raunchy? I realize that you can’t do subtle to save your life, Alan, but could you at least try?
A taxi drops Sookie off at home and we all cry a little when she finds Gran dead on the kitchen floor.
Okay, what was the consensus? Overall, not even close to a favorite episode so far, but my hat’s off to Stephen Moyer for being pretty consistently awesome.
Great review, if not a tiny bit negative for my liking. It's thorough, and I agree with a lot of your points. I really enjoyed this episode (actually I've liked all the eps so far), and I can't really find much to complain about (except what you said about Tara's voice. It does get pretty tiring. And the sex IS too raunchy).
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