True Blood #9 - Plaisir d'Amour/Nov 2008 (TV Talk Only)

[Truth Seeker]

Plaisir d'Amour

Writers:Brian Buckner

Director:Anthony Hemingway

Bill (Stephen Moyer) breaks a vampire taboo in protecting Sookie (Anna Paquin) – and must pay a steep price as a result. Jason (Ryan Kwanten) and Amy (Lizzy Kaplan) break their own taboo by kidnapping a vampire named Eddie (Stephen Root) in order to harvest his blood. With Lettie Mae (Adina Porter) apparently cured, a skeptical Tara (Rutina Wesley) consults with Miss Jeanette (Aisha Hinds) about exorcising her own inner demon. Sookie returns home to yet another horrific tragedy, prompting Bill to enlist an unlikely bodyguard – Sam (Sam Trammell) – to protect her while he’s away.
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[dravot]

Best episode of the season.

I still hate what they're doing with Jason though. It has nothing to do with the book.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Oh my; Anna looked quite delicious in that black number.

Spoiler

I frickin' knew that Sam was the dog!

 

[Asmo]

I couldn´t hear what the vampire said to Jason about being glamered?
(I was just thinking, "why doesn´t he just glamer him?")

Asmo

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I couldn´t hear what the vampire said to Jason about being glamered?
(I was just thinking, "why doesn´t he just glamer him?")

Asmo

He said that he didn't have the ability to, that not all abilities are usable from the moment of being turned.

 

[Felon]

I couldn´t hear what the vampire said to Jason about being glamered?
(I was just thinking, "why doesn´t he just glamer him?")

Asmo

He said he was too depleted to glamer, and that he hadn't mastered the trick yet.

This series is precariously on the verge of self-parody. We now have a confirmed lycanthrope who turns into a cute doggy, and we get a full treatment of Eric the ultra-cliche' fair-haired, lean, sardonic, aloof super-cool vamp acting as a foil for Bill's laconic loner vamp. Not good.

 

[Felon]

Oh my; Anna looked quite delicious in that black number.

In general, Anna looks much better with her hair down.

 

[GSHamster]

This series is precariously on the verge of self-parody. We now have a confirmed lycanthrope who turns into a cute doggy, and we get a full treatment of Eric the ultra-cliche' fair-haired, lean, sardonic, aloof super-cool vamp acting as a foil for Bill's laconic loner vamp. Not good.

To be fair, all of that is directly from the novels.

 

[Krug]

Must have been dump blood on Sookie night...

 

[Felon]

To be fair, all of that is directly from the novels.

Was Eric's line "honestly, Bill, I don't know what you see in humans" from the novels? Because if it is, then I think there's something to be said for taking liberties.

It seems that the dialogue does a complete 180 at times. The dialogue from Stephen Root's character was decidedly more sincere than the banal B-movie posturing that we got from the cool vamp clique. I mean, for Eric to be this ancient creature, he sure doesn't exhibit much depth.