True Blood

[Rappy Veteran]

bill being captured by the were's!

[veritas310]

Wasn't Bill most likely taken by Eric?

[Rappy Veteran]

Wasn't Bill most likely taken by Eric?

That's the obvious assumption seeing as he said he would take care of him but Ball has said the werewolves would be in the next season and they are not friendly

[veritas310]

I see... Any idea on how long we have to wait for a new season, Spring 2010?

[Rappy Veteran]

I see... Any idea on how long we have to wait for a new season, Spring 2010?

around the same time of this year

[veritas310]

It's going to be a long ~9 months. :)

[Rappy Veteran]

Yeah going to suck, I am going to read the books so I am up on what could happen thought that's never the way :p

[Hurmoth]

Maybe I'm the minority here, but that finale was painfully slow and rather dull. Two thumbs down for this season. The first season was great, but this season dragged on and I didn't care about any of the characters anymore. They were all trash in my eye and I couldn't get into them whatsoever. (N)

[gregb0b]

Maybe I'm the minority here, but that finale was painfully slow and rather dull. Two thumbs down for this season. The first season was great, but this season dragged on and I didn't care about any of the characters anymore. They were all trash in my eye and I couldn't get into them whatsoever. (N)

I'd love to get into daphnie and bills maker :ninja:

I can see where ur coming from though... Season 1 was so legit it was ****ing nuts compared to season 2. However, I wouldnt say this season was dull.

[Rappy Veteran]

I'd love to get into daphnie and bills maker :ninja:

I can see where ur coming from though... Season 1 was so legit it was ****ing nuts compared to season 2. However, I wouldnt say this season was dull.

Yeah I agree it certainly wasn't dull at all but everyone is welcome to an opinion so its all good :)

Season 3 is going to be a looooong wait!

I am just pleased Maenad is gone and for those are who are interested in the books she just disappears after she kills a bunch of people for her sacrifice but she doesn't die.

[BlackSteyrAug]

I am just pleased Maenad is gone and for those are who are interested in the books she just disappears after she kills a bunch of people for her sacrifice but she doesn't die.

Agreed! Can't believe Jessica did that either. :(

I got a mad crush on that actress.

[ViperAFK]

Good episode

How did sam transform into a bull without one to imprint on?

Edited September 14, 2009 by ViperAFK

[Rappy Veteran]

Good episode

How did sam transform into a the bull without one to imprint on?

maybe bill brought an animal book with him :p

[BlackSteyrAug]

I'm also glad Eggs did what he did. I didn't like that character.

[ViperAFK]

I felt bad for eggs :(

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

I've got this episode on pause at home while I am at work, I am wetting my pants to watch it when I finish in 16 minutes!

[Rappy Veteran]

I felt bad for eggs :(

Yeah eggs head exploded nicely...I feel next season jason will be depressed about killing someone

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Guess what got delivered to my companies office in Houston today??

my drinks from the HBO store!!! :D

YAY!!

[Phantom Helix]

Guess what got delivered to my companies office in Houston today??

my drinks from the HBO store!!! :D

YAY!!

Please tell me if they are any good, i wanna buy some but need an idea what other drink they taste like and if you think they would go good with Alcohol lol

[Rappy Veteran]

Guess what got delivered to my companies office in Houston today??

my drinks from the HBO store!!! :D

YAY!!

woot, how long till you get them?

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3 guys are going out there next week, so i should get them in a week or so i think..

however, if they decide they can't take them (apparently they are quite heavy), then i'll have pay for some more shipping i think :(

[YBG]

I wonder why the queen is selling her vampire blood

[Rappy Veteran]

I wonder why the queen is selling her vampire blood

have you seen the lights in her palace! she needs to pay the bill some how! :rofl:

[Rappy Veteran]

Though last night?s True Blood finale tied up a bunch of loose ends, it also untied a bunch more! For instance (spoiler alert): Who kidnapped Bill? Why was Eric mostly MIA? Will the Queen return? Are Jessica and Hoyt over? What is Sookie? And that?s for starters. Luckily, series creator Alan Ball agreed to a little post-episode Q&A to finish us ofSome folks were surprised by the structure of the finale and your decision to wrap up the Maryann story in the first 30 minutes.

ALAN BALL: I try to look at the show as basically almost like it?s a novel, and each episode is a chapter. I guess I?m influenced by the fact that when I watch TV shows, I watch the [DVD] boxed sets. Ultimately, it?s just organically the way it worked out. And the season finale last year was very Why wasn?t there more Eric in the finale? finale?

BALL: There is a reason for not seeing Eric in the last part of the episode, but if I explain it, I?ll be [giving awaWill he be prominent next season?xt season?

BALL: Yes. Although, when I saw your [latest episode of Ausiello TV], for a moment I thought, we?re going to have to kill Eric, because you are the man. I thought wow, I had many seasons of Eric planned but I guess I?ll have to oSpeaking of which, are you surprised at how passionate the Sookie/Eric fans are?Eric fans are?

BALL: Yes. I try not to get involved in that because it just sort of ? it?s too confusing. I don?t want it to influence what the show is. Personally, I?m like, yes, Eric?s hot, but beyond that he?s dangerous, and I don?t know if he?d love anybody besides himself. What?s the appeWhy wasn?t Sookie susceptible to Maryann?s powers but Jason was? Do they have different parents?was? Do they have different parents?

BALL: They have the same parents. We will find out what Sookie is [next season]. There are such things as dominant and recessive genes. Maybe Jason is fundamentally human but he has a trace of some non-human stuff. He?s kind of a ridiculously perfect [human being]. He?s athletic and has that charisma thing, so maybe he had some help in that regard. [Laughs] Ultimately, if you look at percentages, he?s mostly human. Sookie has a stronger genetic predisposition in another direction. People who have read the books know exactly what I?m talking aWhat?s up with the Queen?s Yahtzee obsession?>What?s up with the Queen?s Yahtzee obsession?

BALL: You?re 400 years old. What are you going to do? [Laughs] It?s somethinFans are polarized about Evan Rachel Wood as the Queen. A big complaint is that she doesn?t come off scary enough.big complaint is that she doesn?t come off scary enough.

BALL: She will. You don?t want to introduce a character you?re going to see later and blow your wad up front. It?s funny because the fans are so rabid. Of course, that?s fantastic. And the fact that they?re so completely wrapped up in the show and they get upset and they think, ?I don?t like that! I love that.? It means people are watching and the show is really affecting them. I think of the show as having a long life. You can?t explain everything and blow your wad in the first episode the first time timWill she return next season as a series regular?hing. It will make sense.

Will she return next season as a series regular?

BALL: She won?t be a series regular, but she will appear. Every state has its own vampire royalty. We will meet the King of Mississippi and there will be some interesting stuff happenAs much as I loved Michelle Forbes? portrayal of Maryann, the story felt like it dragged on a little long. Why did it take her so long to get to the endgame?t like it dragged on a little long. Why did it take her so long to get to the endgame?

BALL: That?s part of what the queen talks about. They?re always improvising. She really can?t conjure up a God. But she?s so fervent in her belief; she keeps trying this sacrifice and that sacrifice. She?s completely delusional. She killed Miss Jeanette and I think she thought that was going to work. She always thinks it?s going to work. It never does because the God who comes never actually comes. But she so fervently believes that he willHave we seen the last of her?thousands of years. That?s how they were able to outsmart her.

Have we seen the last of her?

BALL: Yes, she?s gone. They destroyed her. She will never rise ? which I hate because I love [Michelle], and she was so much fuHow closely will you follow the third book next season?er and we hated to kill her but we had to.

How closely will you follow the third book next season?

BALL: We take the gist of the books, [but] we will depart whenever we feel like it makes better television as opposed to reading. We continue to use the books as templates. But now that I?ve read all nine books there are things that are revealed in later boWill you introduce werewolf Alcide?l probably happHave you cast him?an they do in the books.

Will you introduce werewolf Alcide?

BALL: Yes.

Have you cast him?

BALL: No. We will also meet Sam?s blood relatives, the super bad vampire Franklin Mott, we?ll meet Debbie Pelt, we will actually meet the people who live in Hotshot a little bit aheadHave we seen the last of the Fellowship of the Sun??ve sent writers out to write scripts over the hiatus.

Have we seen the last of the Fellowship of >The fact that Jason killed Eggs has me thinking you might restart the Jason-Tara love story next season. Will youact that Jason killed Eggs has me thinking you might restart the Jason-Tara love story next season. Will you?

BALL: Certainly, Jason is going to be consumed with guilt. And he?s going to feel like, ?I?ve ruined her life and I?ve got to make her feel better.? Whether that?s wise in any way shape or form remains to be seen. I think Tara certainly gave up on her obsession with Jaso>Is Tara ever going to be in a happy relationshipt ever happened to her, she might be more vulnerable to his charms.

Is Tara ever going to be in a happy relati>Any plans to give Lafayette a boyfriendg. We all wa>

Anything imminentut I don?t want to watch them on TV.

Any plans to give Lafayette a boyfriend?

BALL: Yes.

Anything imminent?

BALL: Nothing I can talk about. But certainly we will see more and more of Lafayette>Any regrets killing off Godric? As I?m sure you?re aware the character was very well-receivedst being afraid of Eric.

Any regrets killing off Godric? As I?m sure you?re aware the character was very well-received.

BALL: There?s no regret in killing him off because I think that [story was] really powerful. That was my favorite thing about the second book. Ho>

Are Hoyt and Jessica doomedory. He and Eric had a relationship for a thousand years. We can always go back and see him again.

Are Hoyt and Jessic>

You do realize how awesome those two are together, right problems ? as you probabl>

How long do we have to wait for season 3

You do realize how awesome those two are together, right?

BALL: I totally know that.

How long do we have to wait for season 3?

BALL: It?s probably going to premiere around the same time it did this year. We?re going to>

Is there anything I?m forgetting to ask you. I don?t know if HBO will bring the show back e>Who took Billnly won?t be later.

Is there anything I?m forgetting to ask you?

BALL: I?m surprised you didn?t ask who took Bill.

Who took Bill?

BALL: It was Hoyt?s mother.

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Insert your own fresh meat joke here: Off my just-completed one-on-one with Alan Ball, I?ve learned that True Blood has cast Tony winner Denis O?Hare (Take Me Out) as the king of Mississippi.

The veteran actor?s name may not be a household one, but you?ve for sure seen him. He?s appeared in roughly a million movies (Milk, Duplicity, Quarantine) and pretty much that many TV series, too (most notably a 10-episode run on Brothers & Sisters).

O?Hare joins True Blood as a series regular. He?ll debut early into the show?s third season, slated to air next summer.

[BlackSteyrAug]

Who took Bill?

BALL: It was Hoyt?s mother.

BAH! I knew it...