Posts Tagged‘tv reviews’

True Blood: “Everything is Broken”

Hypocrites True Blood “Everything is Broken” HBO Sundays 6PM Written by Alexander Woo Directed by Scott Winant “Just once, I’d like to not find a dead body in my house. Is that too much to ask?” —Sookie Stackhouse Boy, doncha just hate it when that happens? Sookie’s carpet cleaning bill must be a bitch by now, what with the Maenad mud still in place, and now two werewolves killed in her house. The fun part of our opening scene, however, was with Bill asking Sookie—as they nonchalantly wrap a corpse in a tarp for transport/disposal—whether she’d rather be sitting on…

True Blood: “Night on the Sun”

A Dish Served Cold True Blood “Night on the Sun” HBO, Sundays, 6PM Written by Raelle Tucker Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter “I can’t protect you. I’m no good to you.” —Bill Compton At last, Vampire Beel admits to his limitations, admits to his basic incompetence as White Knight, admits to his uselessness as a protector. I’m glad to see he can finally honestly look himself in the, er, mirror and assess himself honestly. Unfortunately, he’s not making this little speech to Sookie, the woman he has failed countless times to protect. He’s talking to Jessica, his unwanted progeny, who…