Party Town True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “New World In My View” Written by Kate Barnow & Elizabeth R. Finch Directed by Adam Davidson “Humans are shockingly susceptible to just about every form of thought manipulation.” —Bill the Vampire It takes a lot of chutzpah to steal from a vampire, but this episode of True Blood completely belongs, as I predicted, to Maryann the Maenad. There are vampires in this story, but none of them holds a candle to Michelle Forbes’ superb portrayal of this ancient priestess. In the flick of an eye, her smile changes from warm welcome…
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True Blood: “I Will Rise Up”
“In this, I see God.” True Blood HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “I Will Rise Up” Written by Nancy Oliver Directed by Scott Winant Eric: This is the beginning Holy aphrodisiac, Batman! They oughta be bottling Eric Northman. Besides absolutely dominating this episode, it turns out that just a few drops of his blood is enough to turn Sookie into a witty, ironically self-aware temptress–at least in her dreams. If this is what a mouthful of Eric does to a human, the imagination staggers to think what a pint or so of it did to Lafayette two weeks ago. We start…