This past Sunday was the season finale of True Blood. Lots of things were tied up but other mysteries popped up of course. It was revealed to viewers that Rene, played by Michael Raymond James (pictured above), is murderer who killed Maudet, Dawn, Amy, and Gran because of their relationship to vampires, and he got his comeuppance. We should’ve seen it coming though. He was the only calm one throughout the time the women were being killed. Look at that photo above! He’s got the Benicio Del Toro bags under the eyes thing going on with dirty finger nails, and that Jack Nicholson crazy in the eyes! He just looks like he’s up to no good! The crazy thing is, I always thought his character was cute, but he looked extra sexy when he flipped character and was going after Sookie, calling her a “bitch” and a “cunt”. Don’t get me started on when he grabbed her out of the grave! OMG!
Now that it is a hard fact on the show that Jason is not a murderer, what is going on with him now? After getting out of jail and going to see how Sookie was doing after she killed Rene, he was last seen praising Jesus at a sermon in a church for the Fellowship of the Sun. I’m glad that he see’s that he’s more than just ladies’ man, but I don’t really think that is a good way to go for him, especially now that the vampires seem to be getting riled up over previous murders of vampires, v-juice, and people being murder for associating with vampires. All the Fellowship does is teach hate, and the vampires seem to keep a close eye on who is among their church. Which leads me to Lafayette. First, his supplier is kidnapped and killed by Jason and his girlfriend, then his politican lover says publicly that he is against vampires and that they are the cause of homosexuality. In the penultimate episode, Lafayette confronts the politico on his public stance knowing that he is a hypocrite for doing V and sleeping with Lafayette.
In the finale, Lafayette goes back to the bar after checking in on Sookie. He takes the garbage out to the back of the diner as something comes up behind him. Lafayette jumps on the trash bin but it’s obvious he couldn’t save himself. The look on his face as whatever it was came up behind him didn’t really look like shock to me. He was scared, but I think he expected for whatever it was to come after him. Lafayette was always the character that, aside from Gran, was a kind of moral compass. He himself was already as giving of himself as anyone really could be aside from him selling V, and he was the one that kind of told people to be out with the darker side of themselves. Their truer selves. I’m not sure who killed Lafayette, but I don’t think it was Bill, who was burned almost to death trying to save Sookie from Rene in the daylight and told Sookie that he fed. I really doubt that Bill would feed on anyone that Sookie said was a friend to her. Some possible choices to me are the congressman, the good ol’ boys Lafayette beat up earlier in the series, Jessica, or some other dark being.
Now that it is a hard fact on the show that Jason is not a murderer, what is going on with him now? After getting out of jail and going to see how Sookie was doing after she killed Rene, he was last seen praising Jesus at a sermon in a church for the Fellowship of the Sun. I’m glad that he see’s that he’s more than just ladies’ man, but I don’t really think that is a good way to go for him, especially now that the vampires seem to be getting riled up over previous murders of vampires, v-juice, and people being murder for associating with vampires. All the Fellowship does is teach hate, and the vampires seem to keep a close eye on who is among their church. Which leads me to Lafayette. First, his supplier is kidnapped and killed by Jason and his girlfriend, then his politican lover says publicly that he is against vampires and that they are the cause of homosexuality. In the penultimate episode, Lafayette confronts the politico on his public stance knowing that he is a hypocrite for doing V and sleeping with Lafayette.
In the finale, Lafayette goes back to the bar after checking in on Sookie. He takes the garbage out to the back of the diner as something comes up behind him. Lafayette jumps on the trash bin but it’s obvious he couldn’t save himself. The look on his face as whatever it was came up behind him didn’t really look like shock to me. He was scared, but I think he expected for whatever it was to come after him. Lafayette was always the character that, aside from Gran, was a kind of moral compass. He himself was already as giving of himself as anyone really could be aside from him selling V, and he was the one that kind of told people to be out with the darker side of themselves. Their truer selves. I’m not sure who killed Lafayette, but I don’t think it was Bill, who was burned almost to death trying to save Sookie from Rene in the daylight and told Sookie that he fed. I really doubt that Bill would feed on anyone that Sookie said was a friend to her. Some possible choices to me are the congressman, the good ol’ boys Lafayette beat up earlier in the series, Jessica, or some other dark being.
On the subject of dark beings, what is Maryann? I’ve read online from some people who’ve read the books that she’s a maenad, a creature that feeds off of debauchery and chaos. That would explain why she’s a “social worker”, but what is her realtionship to Sam? She knows he’s a shape shifter and can turn into a dog, but things don’t seem good between them.Toward the end of the finale, Sam was seen shovelling money from his bar’s safe into a bag while watching the door. Sam does own a lot of property in Bon Temps that actually used to belong to Detective Andy Belflour’s family. And what is up with Belflour? He seems so bent on proving himself for some reason. He’s definitely bitter of Sam, and he seems to have (had) a thing out for Jason when there were no clues as to who the serial killer was. I hope we get some background on the Detective and his brother, Terry. Terry Belflour seems like a nice guy who came back traumatized after his tour in Iraq. I like how was flirting with Arlene (poor woman; she was engaged to Rene) and she seemed receptive. Terry flirted with her in an earlier episode and seemed to like it then, maybe there always was something there but she and Rene were involved, so she couldn’t really explore it. Perhaps, if they get together Terry can teach Arlene how to not be a big damn bigot!
Back to Maryann, what does she with Tara? I’m guessing she’s holding something over Sam and is using Tara to get to Sam, as she already has. That maid stole Tara’s cell phone and deleted Sam’s messages on her phone before she could listen to them. And who or what is “Eggs” Benedict? He’s cute and seems sweet but like Tara said it could be too good to be true. Is he even human, or is he a creation of Maryann or even Maryann herself?
Why couldn’t Eric and Pam tame Jessica, the new vampire Bill made as his punishment for killing another vampire? She is really bratty, obnoxious, and annoying. I’m surprised Eric and Pam brought her to Bill’s place. Although, I did like the out nice twin set that Pam was wearing. She looked rich, waspy, and maternal in it!
A few were tied up: found (and killed) the murderer and Sookie seems to be back with Bill, for the time being, but so many questions were left unanswered: What is Jason doing with the Fellowship of the sun? What is Bill going to do with Jessica and Sookie? Who killed Lafayette? Is Maryann blackmailing Sam? Why was Sam packing up all that money? Is he ever going to tell Tara he’s a shapeshifter? Is Tara going to be okay? Does Bill have an alterier motive for being with Sookie? Is Sookie simply telepathic, or is there more to her that she doesn’t know about but that her grandmother knew?
I guess we’ll have to wait until Summer 2009…
