I fast forwarded a whole lot this week. The cast is far too large and separated from one another for these writers to handle. They've lost the plot. Everything outside of the vampire's, and maybe the wolves, is complete drivel. I hope they find away to bring everyone together, and kill off the rest (Arlene/Terry, Jessica/Hoyt, Sam), because when the show is good, its really good. But when its bad, its unbearably uninteresting.
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True Blood Season 5 |OT| - Everything Is At Stake
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PhoncipleBone
Banned
And his experimental male enhancement ointment.
BadAss2961
Member
I'm feeling the vibe between Tara and Pam.
*tears roll down cheek* that's one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. Add that crazy body. HHHHNNNNNN
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Deleted member 22576
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Huge letdown after how thrilling last week was.
Kept waiting for some super intriguing mystery to show up in the wedding tape.. But NOPE.
Kept waiting for some super intriguing mystery to show up in the wedding tape.. But NOPE.
HarryHengst
Member
Too much info. Why do you feel the need to share with us that a woman makes you horny?
I want to be more than comrades with her.
KibblesBits
Member
Damn, and she's not even wearing a wig. I have competition.
FalsettoVibe
Member
I want a gif of Tara on that stripper pole.
Cornballer
Member
HBO vids on youtube:
- Episode #56 Preview (please spoiler tag any discussion)
- Inside the Episode #55
- Jessica's Vlog #4 (Episode #55)
- Episode #56 Preview (please spoiler tag any discussion)
- Inside the Episode #55
- Jessica's Vlog #4 (Episode #55)
KibblesBits
Member
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It was a really hideous outfit.
Devolution
Member
Has anything actually happened for 7 episodes? Like really.
That's the thing, though. Everyone's got a favorite character/plotline. If they drop something, they lose a chunk of their audience.
That said, I don't think Terry is anyone's favorite. I hope they do something interesting with his line soon, or wrap it up completely.
I think the season has been good, but I wasn't really sold on the latest episode... didn't enjoy it as much as the previous episodes.
That said, there was a lot of plot movement happening... could be the beginning of a really solid string of episodes, but I'm worried it bumbles into the same type of morass that has plagued several of True Blood's seasons.
I came into this year a non-believer. The first chunk of the season really won me over... hope this is just a blip.
That said, there was a lot of plot movement happening... could be the beginning of a really solid string of episodes, but I'm worried it bumbles into the same type of morass that has plagued several of True Blood's seasons.
I came into this year a non-believer. The first chunk of the season really won me over... hope this is just a blip.
Death Dealer
Member
The head of the authority got killed.
Honestly, I'm a little confused about everything that happened with the vampire plot line. I mean I knew Nora was, and it was obvious Salome had mixed loyalty too, and then one guy questioned what was going on and Russell killed him. So I guess the killing of Roman was some kind of prophesy ? And I guess all the vampires, except for Bill and Eric, are hardcore sanguinistas now ?
The Arlene wedding tape went on far too long. I wish Tara would kill her.
Nizz
Member
Hmm, I don't remember that. Maybe she was weirded out that Jesus was gay?
I shit you not, I think it was a Sy-Fy Saturday night original movie (dat seal of quality) named... get ready.... Truebloodthirst. The movie had to do with vampires and synthetic blood. Don't know if there were werewolves or fairies or what (didn't watch more than a minute) but maybe that's what you ended up watching?
*edit* Haha, here's the IMDB listing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1982882/
and a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebwz0-K6iZM&feature=related
Yeah, it was. Some parts even made me uncomfortable.
Yep, me too. The best thing about it is that they don't spend too much time with every storyline. They present a bit of story A, then jump to B and after a few minutes, they jump to C, etc. It has been fast and dynamic enough.
Haven't been bored so far, I like this "new" format.
That gave us one of the best lines/scenes on the show:
"You just killed my fairy grandmother!"
"Sorry"
Eric's expression is priceless!
KibblesBits
Member
Yes.
True Blood is a soap opera. You follow the lives of the residents in the small fictional town of Bon Temps. Alan Ball is a creative genius. He's having success in a dying genre. Watching True Blood has me wishing that one of the networks would take a shot at doing a daily prime time Soap.
God, I hate how nonchalantly everyone especially Sookie reacted to Claudine's death. So stupid. "Eric, you just killed my fairy godmother! My protector! Let's bang!"
KibblesBits
Member
That whole four episode long sex/shower/fantasy session was terribad.
mr stroke
Member
While I agree, the problem here is that a Soap opera runs 5 times a week so there is time to go through 10 different story lines. True Blood only has so many shows a season and Alan Ball's unwillingness to kill off any characters and have a focused plot is killing me. Love the show but it needs to trim the fat.
You probably make a really good point, and there are certainly scenes that I could have done without (Andy visiting the former sheriff, Hoyt and this stupid hate group, Jason hating vamps AGAIN). But for the most part, I really like all of the characters that make up the True Blood universe and don't want them being killed off just to trim the fat. Actually, Steve Newlin has been more annoying than anything so he could go.
It looks like they are going to be combining a few arcs soon though so that should make some people happy.
Starsunder
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-Pyromaniac-
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The season better end with some fat trimming and a game changer. That's how you keep things fresh.
-Pyromaniac-
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yeah things got more interesting on almost all the story fronts.
KibblesBits
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THESE THINGS ARE ALL INCREDIBLY RELEVANT TO THE SEASON
Sucks I put that behind a spoiler.
Andy visiting Dearborn has to be a plot hook for later in the season. All that scene did was highlight the fact that Dearborn is cheating on his wife which is a piece of information we didn't need if its not going to be revisited. The other 2 plot threads I agree with though I'm sure they're plot hooks for certain things too.
Then it seems there is nothing to take out.
BadAss2961
Member
I liked it. It was a nod to simpler times... Though every season seems to trump the one before it in complexity.
I could be wrong, but my speculation is that Dearborn is the Dragon (the head of the hate group). We know he's never liked supernaturals, inasmuch as they keep murdering people, and he goes abruptly from "this isn't a good time" to "get the hell lost" when Andy mentions what he came to talk about. The rest is just my inference from the episode construction, which I know is thin.
I expect the hate group will get much more attention when the massacre hits the news. Sadly, the plotline I think is least necessary or interesting this season is the one with the main character in it.
I thought that Dearborn would be Dragon too, but the coroner guy made a reappearance too. And Dearborn had a lady friend mistress to entertain the whole night and was played for audience laughs. The coroner though did have access to the guy who got shot with a bow to send that info to the hate group early.
Wait, unless Dragon turns out to be Hoyt's own mother, I don't really care about this plot line.
Wait, unless Dragon turns out to be Hoyt's own mother, I don't really care about this plot line.
Not sure if this is old or posted already, but I was on Youtube when one of the ads caught my attention. It's a commercial with Jessica!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZQscRiwJo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZQscRiwJo
Hours Left
Member
I HATED that scene. Perhaps my least favorite moment in the series.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
I feel so bad for Hoyt.
Dude is so confused and just wants to be accepted, so he's just going along with whatever or whoever is willing to accept him at the time.
=(
Dude is so confused and just wants to be accepted, so he's just going along with whatever or whoever is willing to accept him at the time.
=(
Cornballer
Member
New episode tonight.
They fucked Hoyt up when they decided he should break up with Jessica and now they have no idea what to do with him, it's pathetic.
I don't. He's "a grown ass man" as he's so fond of telling his mother, so he needs to grow up, stop acting like he's going through puberty, and re-enacting high school level drama in her personal life and actually grow the hell up if he wants to be taken seriously.
I've never been one of those that complains about the cast size, and calls for "trimming the fat" on this show, but if they're going to keep Hoyt where he is I could go for him being trimmed in a fairly brutal fashion at this point.
I didn't have huge issues with last weeks' episode, the one scene that rubbed me the wrong way was when
Emma gets offered V by the pack-leader guy and her grandmother shoots him down. Just a few scenes back she was defending him and the whole setup of that scene made no sense, Emma is just there for no real reason and then the grandmother showed up. It was a horribly scripted and setup scene, but I guess I'm just glad it's there otherwise they would have just dragged the grandmother being ignorant and defending the guy through another three episodes.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
She was defending him because she didn't know he was a V user, and didn't want to believe he was. Then she flipped out when he offered it to Emma and she got confirmation that he was.
Or so I thought.
Or so I thought.
BadAss2961
Member
I like the Hoyt storyline. It's pretty messed up what happened between him and Jessica, and you know it's all going to end tragically.
KibblesBits
Member
I think that stupid love triangle still has a few more twists until it is done.
I understand that, I'm just saying the logistical setup of that scene was just weird. I don't even remember where that stupid barn is that they were all sitting around, so Emma is just there alone, for no real reason? Is the grandmother letting her run rampant unsupervised? Then the grandmother shows up out of nowhere, so she was either there and the pack leader thought he had time to go on this tirade about V before she got back from the bathroom - or something - or it's just poorly plotted because they had to find some fast way to get the Grandmother better informed and couldn't get a good good plotline setup.
KibblesBits
Member
Notice what happened to the V Emma had?
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