JULY 12, 2011 1:43PM
True Blood S4 Ep 3 - If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?
My apologies, but this will be a short one. I hope to be able to pontificate better next week.
This week's theme was domesticated house kittens. Eric and Bill have now officially swapped statuses. While Bill swaggers around like the ruthless vampire boss he has become (complete with a nasty dictatorial execution for an infraction that the condemned vampire didn't seem to deserve), Eric has now become an adorable kitten for Sookie. The witches' amnesiac spell should have rendered him quite dangerous to someone who's blood is like catnip, but instead the indomitable romance-heroine-ness of Sookie trumps his vampire nature, and he follows her around, utterly besotted, soaking his feet and mewing helplessly while she cages him in an inner chamber of her home. She's even trying to give him up for adoption!
I almost forgot the return of Alcide and Debbie Pelt. Sookie wants to give up her kitty to two werewolves. Debbie Pelt is twelve-stepping and has gotten Jesus (the Son of God, not Lafayette's boyfriend). Thi
Also housebroken is Jason Stackhouse, who is being set up to become a tomcat for the meth-head trailer park werepanthers. I haven't much cared for this storyline, but the anthropologist in me loved the clan's dinner gathering where they retold an origin myth. Well done.
They say cats are independent and think for themselves, yet poor Hoyt was cut off from his righteous anger by Jessica's vampire glamour. Jessica is dealing with her indiscretion unscrupulously. I still think this is the best romance storyline on the show.
The rest continues as it has been: Arlene's baby is the Bad Seed, Andy Belleflour is a V addict, Sam's brother is grifting Hoyt's mom, I sense a future in ass-kicking and Vampire Slaying for Tara, and the witches continue striking back. As well they should. Jesus (Lafayette's boyfriend, not the Son of God) is righteously angry about Eric's treatment of Lafayette.
Next week Nan Flanagan makes use of the word 'wiccans', and I plan to explore that implication. Where do you draw the line between fictional TV 'witchcraft' and designating it as 'wicca', a flourishing religion in the U.S.? Do wiccans feel they own the term 'witch' and 'withcraft'?
Best line award goes to Eric, but I forget the actual line. It ended with him referring to Sookie as 'Snooki".
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Comments
Chiller, excellent
wrap-up. Yes you were brief, but nothing was lost. I'm interested to see
how closely the HBO folks will jibe with the book. Eric under a spell
in the book--yes. Bill the King of Louisiana--No. I have to admit, the
"Snookie"/Eric story line has awakened the Harlequin romantic in me.
Eric all sweet and docile...I like!
Yep! My wife was the
same way with sweet and docile Eric. I'm interested in at what point
does the bad boy continue keeping his appeal by staying bad v. by
transforming into being devoted and loving.
I almost gave up a clue
about Eric's journey, but stopped short. Having read ahead, sometimes I
can't remember if I know a thing from the books or I saw on HBO :) I
think fictional bad boys are more appealing to most women, but the fact
that Eric is a bad boy forced to express his softer side...that's what's
so fun about his transformation.
so many stories going on, separate and tied together you have to be a vampire to keep track of all the bloody trails.
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