Not With a Bang, But a Whimper True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’” Written by Alexander Woo Directed by Michael Cuesta Well, I certainly never expected anything like that to happen here! —Lady at Merlotte’s Bar Yes, and she ought to know—that lady sitting at the bar talking to Sam in the last 20 minutes of this season finale was none other than Charlaine Harris herself, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels on which True Blood is based. Since the major storyline of this season—Maryann the Maenad—was vastly expanded from a minor subplot in one of…
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True Blood: “Frenzy”
Teen Queen True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “Frenzy” Written by Alan Ball Directed by Daniel Minahan Sometimes you need to destroy something to save it. That’s in the Bible. Or the Constitution. — Jason Stackhouse There are scholars who tell us that the word hero derives from the Greek goddess Hera, patron of cities. Someone who defends a city is acting in her name, and therefore takes a variant of her name. This would make Jason Stackhouse not only the warrior of the hour, it puts him in direct opposition to Maryann, who is acting in the name of…