Hail to the King, Baby True Blood “Hitting the Ground” HBO Sundays 6PM Written by Brian Bockner Directed by John Dahl “Could we hurry this along? I am getting cold feet.” —Queen Sophie Ann At this point, I’m ready to swear fealty myself to the King of Mississippi. Russell Edgington is the most delicious villain we’ve seen in True Blood so far—arrogant, suave, witty, and ruthless. He is the only vampire I’ve seen yet who can hold his own onscreen with Eric Northman, and pitting these two against one another in a blood feud is a stroke of genius. In this episode,…
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True Blood: “I Got a Right to Sing the Blues”
True Nature True Blood “I Got a Right to Sing the Blues” HBO Sundays 6PM Written by Alan Ball Directed by Michael Lehmann “What are you?” —Russell Edgington A lot of questions about the true nature of things get asked in this episode of True Blood. The above quote comes from vampire king Russell’s interrogation of Sookie, after he has seen her throw a man across the room with lightning. But the question might well have been asked of every other major character. Is Franklin Mott a psychopath or is he playing some deep spy game with Tara? Is Jason’s new-found…