Review of True Blood, Episode 2 Season 4

True Blood, Episode 2

The episode opens with Eric’s assertion that he can protect Sookie from other vamps that might be attracted to her.

Sookie asks King Bill for protection from Eric and meets his new love interest, Katerina, who is head of his security as King of Louisiana. Bill tells her that Eric has friends in high places and it would take time. It is obvious that Bill still loves her. There are flash backs to the last episode in True Blood, Season 3 with additional footage as to how Vampire Bill defeated the Queen.  It wasn’t a fair fight as he had help from his close allies, the Vampire League.

Jessica goes to Fantasia to pick up a good looking guy and talks to Sookie while there. Sookie tries to get Pam to side with her against Eric without success. Pam tells her that it is her best interest to have Eric’s protection. Pam is one of my favorite characters, a real tough cookie.

Sam and his new love interest Luna, of the shifter horse persuasion, get together. Sam and his brother start taking steps toward repairing their relationship.

Out in Hotshot, poor Jason is tied down and awaiting what the panthers are going to do to him. Crystal was not able to get pregnant so they want new panther blood in Hotshot. They have selected Jason to become a panther.

King Bill and the Vampire League are concerned about the power of the Wiccan circle when they find out that they brought a dead bird briefly back to life. They are afraid that they will have power over the vampires. Vampire King Bill  sends Eric to confront the circle of Wiccans which Layfayette and Jesus belong to. The circle puts a curse on Eric.

Sookie leaves Fangtasia and spots a confused amnesiac Eric wandering down the road toward her house.

I didn’t find too many surprises in this episode and much of the action was telegraphed in True Blood, Episode 1.  The curse leveled against Eric and Jason’s abduction by the shifters at Hotshot were taken from the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris  Much of the rest of the story is all brand new and  original.  So far the True Blood writers have done an admirable job of expanding on the characters in the novels to make the story lines endlessly varied.   If you are a fan of the novels, expect to be surprised at the directions you will be taken in the True Blood  TV series