The Witch War True Blood “Spellbound” Sundays, HBO, 10PM Written by Alan Ball Directed by Daniel Minahan “There’s no such thing as forever.” — Sookie True Blood started out as a series of murder mystery books, but is now pretty much a Southern Gothic soap opera. I’m no longer used to seeing this much violence in a single episode; I hate to say it came as a welcome change of pace, but it was more interesting than watching pretty people sit around and moan about their love lives. Given the generally slow pace of story development in this season, it…
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True Blood: “The Cold Grey Light of Dawn”
Soul Power True Blood “The Cold Grey Light of Dawn” Sundays, HBO, 10PM Written by Alexander Woo Directed by Michael Ruscio “It is Antonia Gavilán de Logroño, and I have returned!” – Marnie/Antonia It’s payback time for centuries of victimhood, and the charge will be led this year by a reincarnated witch who was burned by vampires during the Inquisition. Is this a delicious plot, or what? A 400-year old ghost named Antonia possesses the otherwise bland and uninteresting Marnie (Fiona Shaw, The Tree of Life), and the combination is dynamite. Marnie/Antonia (Martonia?) wreaks vengeance on the vampire who raped…