“In this, I see God.” True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “I Will Rise Up” Written by Nancy Oliver Directed by Scott Winant Eric: This is the beginning Holy aphrodisiac, Batman! They oughta be bottling Eric Northman. Besides absolutely dominating this episode, it turns out that just a few drops of his blood is enough to turn Sookie into a witty, ironically self-aware temptress–at least in her dreams. If this is what a mouthful of Eric does to a human, the imagination staggers to think what a pint or so of it did to Lafayette two weeks ago. We start…
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True Blood: “Timebomb”
Devil in a Sunday Hat True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “Timebomb” Written by Alexander Woo Directed by John Dahl Sookie: Eric’s your maker, isn’t he? Eric: Don’t use words that you don’t understand. Sookie: You love him, don’t you? Eric: Don’t use words I don’t understand. One of the things I love about shows like True Blood is that they let us explore sticky real-life situations in a non-threatening manner. Take, for example, vampire law versus human law. Last year we saw the Magister ordering the death of a blameless human (Jessica) as part of vampire “justice”. This year…