Someone Got Blood in the Wheat! True Blood, S4, E11

Labor Day weekend meant the entire roundtable was off doing summery things and not thinking about Sookie and her foolishness. So by the time a few of us dragged ourselves away from summer and back into school/work/life, we realized the usual level of snark was off this week. Our slimmed down roundtable has no cross chat – and a bit less bite. But don’t despair – we’re planning something huge and ridiculous for the finale. Until then, Kendra and Amber join me to poke at the plot emerging from the randomness that is Alan Ball’s plot chrysalis.

Vamping it Up

Latoya: This is what PMS used to feel like? I got a mani-pedi at four? This is the True Blood I signed up for! Marnie has officially flipped a shit.

Kendra: I have to agree with the sentiment of “fucking Sookie.” I think it sums up what we’ve all been feeling for the majority of the season, and will choose to believe that’s the writers understanding our gripes.

Latoya: Oooh…the fucking Sookie comments set Jason off. And he’s attacking the menfolk. Jason is a great brother.

Case of the Missing Baby, Redux

Latoya: Wow. Judas!Debbie does have some kind of a heart left. She essentially said to Marcus, “I was just fucking you homes, I was gonna get right back.”

Kendra: Drug addictions cured by children? Marcus’ logic is… questionable.

Amber: Tell me about it. I didn’t think Marcus had coward in him, but Alcide called it from the jump. He’s managed to murder, kidnap, and homewreck all in a matter of hours–that may be a Bon Temp record. If he can flee the scene of the crime (with Debbie) I’ll give him a standing ovation.

Kendra: Oh hell, did one of those bullets just kill Emma or Luna? And I am loving that they’re actually using abjuring as it was from the books.

Latoya: Damn, this was a rough ass ending to their story. That poor princess baby.

Amber: That was a rough ending. When Emma hugged Sam I realized that no one considered her when they decided how to deal with Marcus. Although they won’t miss him, Emma really will…always. They’ve changed her life forever.

Pam’s Snatching Chains Like It’s the 80s!

Kendra: Pam, I would have just done the same thing. You get yours, honey.

Latoya: Damn.

Amber: Ruthless! Although, I also would have stopped an execution for vintage Cartier. Why ruin it with vampire innards?

Dealing with a Devil

Latoya: That spell is seriously great business. Wow, they will really kill themselves for Sookie Stackhouse. I’m amazed at this. Sookie is just gonna sit there and cry.

Kendra: I’m going to need someone to explain to me why Erik and Bill would have just agreed to this deal. One would think that at some point the draw of wheat and sunshine wouldn’t be so strong. Pam knows what’s up though.

Latoya: Pam called Sookie Bo Peep! I thought she was a bit more Miss Muffet myself.

Amber: How did Sookie become more important than the great vamps of Louisiana? How does sacrificing both of their lives for Sookie make any sense at all…? I need someone to explain it to me too because right now it just seems like machismo BS. “Look at me Sookie…I love you more!”

Kendra: I can’t quite put into words how I feel about Marnie’s reasonings behind her actions. She’s not a woman scorned, but a woman ignored. I almost wish we had more backstory on her because at this point she’s just unsympathetic to me, and nowhere near as fun as MaryAnne. Thoughts?

Latoya: She’s like that kid who was bullied in school, and becomes a petty asshole the first chance she gets.

Amber: Marnie’s drunk on power. Overnight she was able to demand attention and respect from those who previously ignored and hurt her and it’s gotten to her head in a very dictatorial sort of way–you know that whole “the end justifies the means” trope. Even if the “end” is motivated by selfish desires.

Faerie Business?

Latoya: Evil Faerie lovin’? Damn, Andy can’t catch a break this season. And why is he just having impromptu wood sex?

Amber: This faerie lovin’ woods romp is so random and I have a feeling it’s going to get Andy into trouble. I really wish he woulda asked himself if sex in the woods with a supernatural being was a good idea before just making oaths to “the light” and gettin busy.

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