TRUE BLOOD – "I Hate You, I Love You"
Season 4, Episode 5: “I Hate You, I Love You”
The mystery continues this week as to how long Eric will be without his memories. So far he seems to be adapting to his situation, as is Sookie. She can’t help but like the new, kinder, gentler Eric. When he dreams that he and Godrick feed on Sookie, Eric wakes up and actually enters her room fangs out ready to live out his dream only to be caught cold by Sookie waking up. Embarrassed by his actions, he explains he had a bad dream and ends up snuggling with her in bed while she strokes his hair telling him that everything is going to be fine. She is definitely falling for him.
Tara later visits Sookie and they share a heartfelt chat about being honest with the people they love only to find that Sookie was lying the whole time when Eric comes walking into the room. Freaked out (obviously) Tara unloads all of the evil vile things Eric has done to Sookie and her friends and bolts. Being confronted with his past transgressions doesn’t sit well with Eric and he decides to leave because he doesn’t want to her Sookie anymore. Before he can go though she calls him back and the makeout session begins.
Last week we left off with Tommy in quite the pickle with Joe Lee and a chain tight around his neck. Tommy fights back and get the upper hand. In a frenzy of self-defense he grabs a pipe and kills Joe Lee and his mother. Now there was no remorse for killing Joe Lee (because he was scum) but Tommy really didn’t mean to kill his poor momma even though she sold him out. Having never killed anyone before Tommy shows up on Sam’s doorstep with the bodies in the back of his van asking for help which Sam doesn’t hestitate to give. So off to the swamp they go. A true brother bonding moment. Did you know alligators like marshmallows? Me either.
Jesus convinces Lafayette to go to Mexico to visit his grandfather for help in dealing with their vampire problem. Even though he hates his grandfather for making him kill a goat when he was 9 years old he thinks his grandpappy has the mojo they need to protect themselves. Upon their arrival gramps says he’s been expecting them.
Alcide gets an unexpected visit from a local pack representative wondering why he hasn’t registered with them since he now lives in their area. He blows him off with the old “I’m a lone wolf” line. This doesn’t sit well with the union and I’m betting this is going to be a continued source of problems for him.
Poor, poor Arlene. She now believes that the ghost of Rene is haunting them and Terry decides to bring in a little spiritual help to rid their house of evil spirits once and for all. Where’s Zelda Rubenstein when you need her? The Reverend shows up with his new wife Lettie Mae and they proceed to do a very hokey process of shooing the devil away. I’m thinking if they are haunted by Rene’s ghost that he’s laughing his arse off at them.
Having been rescued by Jessica’s blood Jason starts having the obligatory sex dreams that comes with such salvation. What starts off as a lusty dream with Jessica soon takes a quick turn into the absurd with Hoyt sitting next to the bed while they’re at it chastising Jason the whole time for stealing his girl. As if that wasn’t bad enough before he can wake up it’s Hoyt straddling him. Yep that did it. Wide awake now. In the meantime, Jessica is still feeling guilty for having glammed Hoyt last week and her guilt shows in her actions to the point that Hoyt has noticed and thinks something is going on.
This episode has been no kinder to Bill than the previous ones. Still trying to deal with his witch situation and having his hands tied by his bosses not to hurt any humans in the process he is finding a solution to be hard to come by. His goons have delivered Marnie to the holding cells under his house, which are much nicer than the dungeon under Fangtasia, so that he can interrogate her. Only problem is she doesn’t know much since everything she has done has been under the control of the Spanish witch Antonia. Even glammed she doesn’t know anything. Bill calls the remaining area Sheriff’s together where we’re given a history lesson about how a) vampires like to hide in plain sight by being priests and such and b) that Antonia once used her necromancer witch moves to raise all of the dead within a 20 mile radius in the middle of the day. Yep she burned a lot of vampires that way. So now we know why Bill is a little more than troubled by the witches. Poor Pam is so upset that Marnie can’t undo the rotting curse she put on her that not only are her parts falling all she lets it slip about what happened to Eric. Bill is not happy to know that Pam has been keeping this from him and gets Pam to spill the beans.
And to top that off Bill has to endure a very uncomfortable conversation with Portia about how incest is legal and she stills wants to be with him even though they’re blood related. Fed up, and grossed out, he finally glams her to make her freak out at the sight of him.
I’m looking forward to next week since things are coming to a head fast. Bill now knows Sookie lied to him and has been hiding Eric. What he doesn’t know is that he might not like what he finds when he shows up. And did I mention that next week there is going to be a full moon? Jason knows one is coming and he’s more than a little concerned as he should be.
