You'll Be the Death of Me
- Episode aired Nov 23, 2008
- TV-MA
- 53m
Sookie comes face-to-face with the killer as Jason's fate is up in the air. The town of Bon Temps learns a horrifying secret about a resident.Sookie comes face-to-face with the killer as Jason's fate is up in the air. The town of Bon Temps learns a horrifying secret about a resident.Sookie comes face-to-face with the killer as Jason's fate is up in the air. The town of Bon Temps learns a horrifying secret about a resident.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll entries contain spoilers
- Goofs(at around 20 mins) When Sookie gets in her car upon leaving Merlott's, she lets out an exaggerated sigh and her breath is visible. So despite the setting of summer in Louisiana, it's clearly a cold day on the Los Angeles set.
- Quotes
Jessica: [enters with Eric and Pam] Hi, daddy.
Bill Compton: [furious] What is this?
Eric Northman: There are favors and there are... favors.
Pam: She is extremely annoying.
Bill Compton: You can't do this! We had a deal!
Eric Northman: Yeah, well now the terms have changed. She's yours, unless you wanna give me Sookie?
[laughs as he draws his fangs]
Eric Northman: It's just a suggestion. Though a few nights with this one may change your mind.
Pam: Good luck.
Eric Northman: [in Swedish, as they leave] O du ljuva frihet.
[translation: Oh sweet freedom]
Jessica: [as Bill turns to her] So, who's good to eat around here?
- ConnectionsFeatures The Little Princess (1939)
- SoundtracksI Know It's You
Written by Bob Mair and G.E. Stinson
Performed by Sonny Ellis
Courtesy of Black Toast Music
It took me a few episodes to be into it and it took me most of season 1 to really put a finger on why I liked it, because at times it is all very silly and trashy, with the plot devices and twists being far from those that I would expect in the shows that I have already mentioned. I think it took me a minute because I had expected something else but once I got the taste of it, it made sense on its own terms and I got interested in all the various threads and characters. Setting it in the Deep South is a key reason that it works for me in a way that perhaps it would not have done had it been in a major city. The humidity and heat of the location is really well conveyed and, along with the small town and the accents, it compliments the hot and rather gaudy nature of the material. Once you get into the trashy rather overblown nature of some of it, there isn't much of it that doesn't engage. Whether it is the central romance or the murders, Jason's drug use, the internal politics of the vampire world, Tara's personality struggles or the colourful character of Lafayette, all of it just seems to work. It maybe trashy but the professional and thorough delivery keeps it far away from being disposable or silly – it is just wearing the sheen of trashy drama. The show is funnier than I expected as well because of this trashy aspect – it uses it to have fun, to not be too serious or full of itself and the effect is positive.
The cast certainly seem to get this. Paquin is great as the central character – never out of shorts and quite the Southern lady, she plays well to the more interesting stuff below the surface while keeping her sexual and brave character strong. Moyer is a lot more sturdy and he works well with her. His weird way of speaking took a minutes to get but otherwise he is charming and charismatic while also able to keep our interest with just hints of his struggle to mainstream and other pains. The supporting cast tend to scene-steal though. In particular Kwanten is much better than his cut-out-school-jock character starts out as and I look forward to see where he goes with season 2. Wesley had impressed me in How She Move – not a great film but she engaged me. Here she does a similar turn hidden behind a character who is at first a bit too "feisty black woman". She is very good at letting her eyes and face soften before toughening up – very good at it; only problem I had was how often she did it versus doing anything else. I like her a lot though. Ellis braves comparison with equally colourful character Omar from The Wire but is quite different. His character is important within several plot threads but is also just plain old good fun at times. I liked Trammel a lot more as the season went on and am interested where season 2 goes with him as well. Support outside of these main roles is generally very strong, with Skarsgård, Porter, Preston, Sanderson, Bauer and others all doing good work.
Overall True Blood is not the show that I expected it to be with my assumptions based on Sopranos, The Wire etc kicking round in my head. While it is different though it is actually very good if you come to it for what it is. It appears to be trashy, passionate and explicit like some cheap novella or alternative-reality soap opera and indeed it is (and fun with it), but the plot threads and characters are all engaging, making the show work very well indeed. Not to all tastes but it is a very entertaining show.
- bob the moo
- Oct 19, 2009
Details
- Runtime53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1