So, I didn't write about True Blood episode 9 last week, so I got 2 to review this week!
I will start off by saying that "I Will Rise Up" contained my 2 favorite scenes ever to grace True Blood. The first is Sookie's dream sequence with her and Eric in bed. I knew this had to be a dream sequence or a fluke when I saw a picture a few weeks again. While Alan Ball does not follow the books exactly, I believe his storylines follow that of the respective book. My hope is that Sookie and Eric really don't "get together" until season 4. There is a scene from Book 3 that is sexual between them but it's not the same.
What I will say about this scene is that it was perfect. The writing, the acting, and the feel to it. Sookie felt like Sookie, Eric felt like Eric, and I liked Lorena hovering in the background. And as much as I like Stephen Moyer, he hasn't been doing it for me this season. For one, he looks like he's about halfway through getting his geisha makeup on. Really people, the man is better looking than that. Make him look as if he's walking into Merlotte's for the first time again. And Bill this season has been such a wet blanket. I'm sorry but all he does is whine. Add to the fact that Alexander Skarsgard and Anna Paquin had more chemistry in their one bed scene than Anna has ever had with Stephen. I feel Team Bill getting slim nowadays.
But enough about that love triangle. Let's turn to another: Hoyt, Jessica, and his momma. Maxine Fortenberry provided the other best scene of the episode. I love that Hoyt is finally standing up to his mother. And in the process we learned that she is a very bigoted woman. Here are the things she hates and why:
Methodists.(I got my reasons.)
African-Americans.(Hush, that's a secret.)
People who don't take care of their gardens.
People who park their trucks up on their lawn.
Ladies who wear red shoes.(It looks cheap.)
Families with lots of kids.
And checkered curtains and cats and dogs, and bait, every girl that Hoyt ever liked.
Alan Ball you are pure genius. I have met sooo many Southern women like Maxine. And major props to actress Dale Raoul for making what could be a really unlikable character so funny. Though it was kind of low to point out that Jessica can't give Hoyt babies. You have to let the kids leave the nest...especially if that kid is 28. Can't wait to see you again Maxine!
Things that had Bite:
- Lafayette and Lettie Mae rescuing Tara from Fruit Lady and Dairy Boy.
- Eric having way too much fun watching Sookie suck the silver bits from him. Eric in general.
- Stan being dead. He's such a better character in the books anyway.
- Jason. His witch and son a bitch line. Hahaha.
- Steve and Sarah on tv. Sarah's hair line to Nan.
Things that Sucked
- Maryann and Eggs. The wheels on the bus go round and round. So does this storyline. And it sucks because I like Michelle Forbes. Eggs needs to go the way of the dodo. The dodo can come back and replace him.
- Godric. The writing, the actor, the makeup- nothing was good. He killed children in the books. That's why he wanted to meet the sun. Here, I really don't care. And those special effects were like something out of an '80s movie.
- Nan Flanagan- I like her only when she's on the tv.
So only 3 more episodes after this. And I just saw the first of those 3 so I'm going to talk about that one in another entry!
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