Whatever the controversies of the scene, one thing is absolutely sure: it was pitch perfect. OK, so it’s a small complaint, but definitely a valid one. Having said that, Lorena has threatened Sookie before, and the outcome was altogether different. I’m sure the scene was completely necessary to show Bill’s unravelling in what he sees as an eerily familiar set of circumstances.

That’s not necessarily a complaint, mind. As it stands, it’s already been hailed as the ‘twist heard round the world’ by one reviewer, and has ensured that, if nothing else, the controversy machine rumbles on. Any earlier and the entire episode would have been lost to extended gasps and incredulity. It’s no surprise that the scene is the last of the episode. It Hurts Me Too, is an episode packed with lots of great stuff: Eric’s ‘gift’ to Laf, Arlene’s realization that the baby isn’t Terry’s among others, all vital plot points, no doubt, but with the airing of the Bill/Lorena scene, almost everything else is pretty much white noise. But at least Joe Lee had some trousers on. The second family reunion is as fraught as the first, albeit with way more alcohol, but you know your family is trouble when they try to rob as payback for trying to keep your liquor license.

Unfortunately, his new family follows him straight there. Stung by little bro Tommy’s little stunt with the truck, he turns tail and runs back to Bon Temps. He doesn’t find things anywhere near as easy as Franklin, as his handling of the new family bears out. It’s a little worrying just how easy Franklin is finding the women of Bon Temps. The new vamp in town is now the repository for all current Bill Compton knowledge, courtesy of Jess, and as Tara is the next best thing to Sookie, he makes a beeline straight for her. After her uncharacteristic pummelling of the rednecks last week, this week she’s back to her very characteristic ways of being brainwashed by any passing non-human.įranklin, Bill’s tall dark and mysterious replacement, glamours his way into to the Stackhouse place, after first talking his way into Tara’s knickers not twelve hours earlier. Elsewhere, Tara is laying the ground (in places, literally) for yet another spot of supernatural trouble over at Sookie’s house.

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