Minicap: True Blood

I feel incredibly conflicted about last night’s episode of True Blood. Was it good? No. Was it bad? No. While it was nice to take a bit of a break from Marnia and her increasingly annoying accent, the rest of the ensemble had the opportunity to shine – and simply didn’t. I don’t think it qualified as the worst episode of the season. It definitely had a few moments of genius. But this does not a great episode make.

The episode was off to a dismal start – especially in light of all of the masterful cliffhangers that were setup by last week’s episode. Somehow, Beel miraculously escaped the witches and used his blood to save Sook from her gunshot wound. Alcide proved virtually useless, and instead of causing a scene, Debbie just rolled over and feigned sleep!

Meanwhile… all hell broke loose when a possessed Lala took baby Mikey hostage inside Hoyt’s house, and Arlene and Terry had to join forces with Jesus, Jason, and a drugged-up Sheriff Andy in order to subdue the restless spirit of Mavis… Debbie got all hopped up on V again… Sook had an erotic dream wherein she had a threesome with Beel and Eric… Sam went camping with Luna and Emma… Tommy tried to be a hero for once and pretended to be Sam at a showdown with the violent Marcus, and Alcide had to step in before Tommy got beaten to more of a pulp… Hoyt boxed up the last of Jessica’s stuff and asked his bestie Jason to deliver it – which he did – along with multiple orgasms!

In the end, a crazed Debbie chummed up to Sook and helped her break into the MoonGoddess Emporium to rescue Eric. Instead, they discovered that Marnia was holding Tara, Holly, and the other Wiccans hostage, and that she planned to use a spellbound Eric as part of her plan to assassinate Queen Beel at the AVL-sponsored Festival of Tolerance. Sook arrived at the rally moments before Marnia unleashed Eric (and the other vamp sheriffs) on the crowd, and shouted desperately to Beel: “RUN!” Stay tuned for the full recap, and check out last week’s recap here while you wait!