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True Blood: “Release Me”

The One That Got Away True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “Release Me” Written by Raelle Tucker Directed by Michael Ruscio When the guy in the room making the most sense is a raving drunk, you know you’re in trouble. Near the end of this episode of True Blood, Detective Andy Bellefleur stumbles into Merlotte’s Bar, filthy, reeking of booze, covered in pig shit, and with a newly broken arm in a cast. Roaring at the entire roomful of townies, he tells them he knows about their “devil worship” and their orgies. The only person in the room who doesn’t…

True Blood: “Hard Hearted Hannah”

Orgy Porky True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “Hard Hearted Hannah” Written by Brian Buckner Directed by Michael Lehmann “I don’t like drums. They only lead to cults and hippies.” —Sam By the end of this episode of True Blood, I needed some of Terry Bellefleur’s (Todd Lowe, Gilmore Girls) post-traumatic stress counseling. I could definitely have used a big ball of warm, yellow comfort. Most episodes of this show end with someone screaming; the big difference this time was that I was screaming along with Sam Merlotte. “Complacency” is definitely not a word in Alan Ball’s vocabulary. There’s never…