The Olympic games are on and networks are taking a two
week-long break from new programming. Thank god we have HBO which, as everybody
know “is not TV”.
For over four years summers have belonged to True Blood. After quite a disappointing season last year,
I wasn’t expecting much from the show anymore. However, I gotta say, it looks
like True Blood may not be ‘sucking’
so much after all (cliché pun intended).
Here are some of the reasons True Blood is worth watching this season:
Fairies know how to party
Last season started on the wrong foot with that ridiculous
trip to fairy-land. Thank god they saw the error of their ways and while they
are keeping the fairies around, they replaced ‘fairy-land’ with the much cooler
fairy-night club which might be giving Fangtasia a run for its money.
The Magic of Mike
Magic Mike premiered over the summer and since then Joe Maganiello
decided he should not wear a shirt anymore. I don’t know about you, but I think
that is reason enough to have my eyes glued to the screen. If shirt-less werewolves
are not your thing, keep reading…
Pam is a maker
I have no idea why I never thought about it, but now that it
happened it is so clear that Pam and Tara were meant to be together. Pam is
just as cool as it gets and Tara is one smart-mouthed pain in the ass. Between
the two of them, it is almost too much sassiness to take if ‘you are picking up
what I am putting down’…
The Politics are back
What made True Blood great
in the beginning and separated from all those other vampire shows and movies
were the political allegories. The first two seasons were great at dealing with
the vampires ‘coming out of the coffins’, the political hierarchy of the vamps
and the opposition and discrimination of the humans and the church. This season
has it all back and what makes it even better? They threw a good amount of
religion into the mix! Now we know there is a Vampire bible, crazy religious
sanguinist fanatics, hallucinogenic gods, etc etc. This has the potential to be
great.
Now… I am a little
upset by Bill’s new beliefs and I still can’t get on board with the Lafayette
Voodoo storyline, but I am choosing to ignore that (as well as the smoke
monster, this isn’t LOST!). I am just glad to say I am enjoying the show almost
as much as past seasons and looks like it is not time to write it off yet.
Quotes:
“There are two things I try to stay away from: Humans who
eat a lot of fish and politics” Pam
“I better get back to slaughtering people in the name of
god” Eric
“No, the president of the United States is not actually in
Reynard Parish shooting and kidnapping people” Andy
Where to watch it? HBO,
HBO-Go
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