Holy Tara And The Unholy Roller: The Racialicious Roundtable For True Blood S5, E3

Pam (Kristin Bauer) confronts Eric.

Joe: Obligatory two snaps for Pam’s fabulous sleeping face …

Alea: Perfection. Kristin Bauer is a total dreamboat.

Joe: If Twilight were more like this Pam/Eric storyline, I would have gone to see it.

Alea: Bill and Lorena make an appearance in Pam’s origin story. It’s kind of like they’re almost responsible for bringing her and Eric together …?

Alea: There’s something super off about Jason’s former teacher. Prince Charming the cat seems a little too … sinister? Canny? I don’t know … it meowed when Crystal, the werepanther, was mentioned, but maybe a cat is just a cat.

Joe: I noted the meow as well. Maybe the cat and Crystal hung out once … Ah, the Pelt parents make their appearance. And, Mrs. Pelt, that’s quite an accent. She’s serving up some Katharine Hepburn realness.

Kendra: On Bon Temps Pond? The Louisiana Story? Bringing up Sookie? Alcide’s Rib? Guess Who’s Coming to Merlotte’s?

Joe: LOL.

Alea: Kendra, I am slain. [Heart puns so hard.]

Joe: Hmm, without giving too much away, it looks like they’ve changed a big part of the Pelt storyline from the books.

Alea: Jason’s realization about his previous relationship with Ms. Steeler is a rather weighty one. Because his sexuality and its effects on other men have been explicitly problematized multiple times this season–Hoyt calling him “girlfriend-f-cker” and the kid sucker punched him in 5.2–I think we’re going to see an attempt at a “serious” unpacking of Jason’s almost mechanically libidinous nature.

Salome (Valentina Cervi) seduces Bill.

Alea: Hey, US Weekly is the most reliable of the gossip magazines. Equating it with the Bible is a little bit harsh.

Joe: “Dangerous female sexuality.” It looks like one of the writers read Salome’s wiki too …

Alea: Valentina Cervi … was an excellent casting choice. After Pam, she’s maybe the only good thing so far about this season.

Joe: Tracy’s Togs! Well, it looks like they took a few book storylines and shook them up! Without getting spoilery, non-book folks, Charlaine Harris originally named that store Tara’s Togs. (Don’t worry, it has virtually nothing to do with any plot at all, and also, the show Tara would never in a million years use the word “togs”.) The interesting thing about that is now we know there’s a clean break for her character from the books, so Tara could leave the show at any point. I foresee a touching emotional exit at some point a la Godric.

Alea: Does that man really smell that damn good? Jessica just ran off into a field somewhere and started spinning around like she’s Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music? Is he fae?

Joe: Alea, that’s my guess. You would think she would mention him smelling kind of like Sookie if so, though. Maybe at some point.

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