9 Crimes (11 Jul. 2010)

Sookie joins Alcide at a raucous engagement party for Debbie Pelt, his former fiancée; Eric is given a deadline to locate Bill; Andy gets a promotion and draws Jasonʼs attention; ... See full summary »

Director:

David Petrarca

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator), Charlaine Harris ("Sookie Stackhouse" novels by),

Stars:

Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Paquin	...	Sookie Stackhouse
Stephen Moyer	...	Bill Compton
Sam Trammell	...	Sam Merlotte
Ryan Kwanten	...	Jason Stackhouse
Rutina Wesley	...	Tara Thornton
Kevin Alejandro	...	Jesus Velasquez (credit only)
Marshall Allman	...	Tommy Mickens
Chris Bauer	...	Andy Bellefleur
Kristin Bauer van Straten	...	Pam De Beaufort
Nelsan Ellis	...	Lafayette Reynolds
Mariana Klaveno	...	Lorena Krasiki
Todd Lowe	...	Terry Bellefleur
Denis O'Hare	...	Russell Edgington
Jim Parrack	...	Hoyt Fortenberry
Carrie Preston	...	Arlene Fowler

Storyline

Sookie joins Alcide at a raucous engagement party for Debbie Pelt, his former fiancée; Eric is given a deadline to locate Bill; Andy gets a promotion and draws Jasonʼs attention; Franklin takes Tara on a road trip; Arlene is irked by Jessicaʼs arrival at Merlotteʼs; Sam brokers a deal with Tommy and his parents, Melinda and Joe Lee; Bill "procures" dinner for Russell and Lorena.

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Plot Keywords:

werewolf | party | male nudity | bare chested male | shape shifter | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 July 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

The Trianon Apartments, 1750 North Serrano Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

William Sanderson's final appearance as a regular cast member.

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Quotes

Pam De Beaufort: [over the phone] We're being raided.
Eric Northman: So? Call the American Vampire League. They'll get their lawyers on it. I'm busy.
Pam De Beaufort: [in Swedish] It's not the police. It's the Magister.
Eric Northman: I'm coming there now.
Pam De Beaufort: Don't be stupid. Leave while you still can. They're looking for the V, Eric. The Queen set you up.

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Connections

References The Crucible (1957)

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Soundtracks

"I'll Cry A River For You"
(uncredited)
Written by Bob Mair and Nick Vincent
Performed by Bettie Wilson
Courtesy of Black Toast Music

User Reviews

"A woman...is only a woman. But a good cigar...is a smoke." Rudyard Kipling

Sookie doing relationship counseling with Alcide? Hmmmmmmmmmm...

Bill calls Sookie and blows her off. It's obviously false...but ironically, everything he tells her is the truth. That's the problem with True Blood -- everything has gotten so twisted around, it's lost it's believability.

Sam goes off after Tommy and finds Melinda and Joe Lee's van in his parking lot. He bangs on the van; Melinda opens the door and tells him they got evicted and have nowhere to go.

Lorena: "Wow...that was the best sex I've had in decades". (OK...some of the humor returneth...) On the flip side...I think it's fair to say that Lorena REALLY doesn't get it -- Bill's just not into you, sweetheart.

Eric has a dream/vision of Sookie while Yvetta pole dances for him. When he comes back to the present it's obvious, even to Yvetta, that he's bored. Now...I could be wrong...but I think boredom is a major key to the whole vampire existence. They live so long that everything becomes redundant after a while. Wealth...power...sexuality...wars...it all runs together for them. And I think it's also a reflection of Alan Ball's life as well, because his boredom is coming through in spades the longer TB continues.

Sookie meets Alcide's sister Janice, a great makeup artist, who's going to get Sookie ready to go to Lou Pine's looking really tough. Jason sees the latest QB star at Merlotte's, Kitch Maynard, where Bud happens to be having his retirement party. Bill plays his ace-in-the-hole and tells Russell (His Majesty) that he believe Sophie-Ann (The Queen) is the one behind Eric's selling of "V", because the IRS is eating away at her fortune. Franklin courts Tara. (OK..."courts" is a bit sarcastic. But hey...it's Tara.) Sam hires Jessica to be a hostess at Merlotte's, and Arlene's not pleased that she won't be the only redhead there any more because "people LOVE giving redheads tips". Lafayette's attempt to push the "V" isn't going so well 'til Eric drops by to close the deal. Some guy from Jessica's Bible study class recognizes her, and while she's glamouring him to make him forget, Hoyt sees her, and looks sad.

Meanwhile...Franklin is moving right along with Tara. He's a guy that doesn't seem to be afraid of commitments. In fact, he seems to have decided that Tara is his, and that's that. (Unfortunately for Tara, he's not really the democratic "consensus" type.)

Fangtasia gets raided by the magister who finds the stash of "V". Eric and Pam try to pin the blame on Bill. Time will tell how that works out.

His Majesty appears at Lou Pine's, where he provides his blood for them to all do a shot, while Bill, who told His Majesty that he was good at procuring, is in a strip club...procuring. The dancer he chooses has this to say: "I know the truth about life. It's a hell I'll never get out of alive." Meanwhile...Alcide's ex-girlfriend Debbie gets branded with the "Operation Werewolf" mark. The alliance between werewolves and vampires, and the connection to Nazi Germany, if quite interesting.

Finally...Russell (His Majesty), Lorena, and Bill have an A.Y.C.E. buffet with the dancer, while Damien Rice's "9 Crimes" plays into the credits.

An uneven episode, but more interesting than the previous one, IMO.