Death Count: 4 Humans dead? and 3 Vampire Deaths
Right after the events of the previous night, Sookie ponders about the idea that her grandmother could be watching over her then asks Tara if she believes that Gran may be in heaven. Then a strange comment made by Sookie where she states that she hopes to sit on her porch with her grandchildren with Tara right next to her as two sweet old ladies. One resolution with Sookie this season which seems in the long run to be a good or bad depending on the audience is that Sam surprisingly hires her back after he knows she has been gone for more than two weeks!! Although that last week is excusable because he realized Tommy fired her but the time before is no excuse since he was disappointed in Sookie missing for nearly a year. Dressing up as a bunny is lighthearted punishment, that girl has got to be the worst employee to exist but maybe a decrease in drama along with Sam new's best friend Alcide coming into Merlotte's every so often could bring her back into her pre-supernatural drama routine. Sookie in this season has gone to where she can be sympathetic to almost pathetic in the way that she constantly says she is no one's human but yet she needs to be in the middle of the danger for Eric and/or Bill to rescue her. This was something that irritated me from the beginning of Season 4 because her independence should have been the main priority instead it was falling in love with a vampire who she would have never even considered sleeping with had he not acted like a child and realizing despite how much she hated Bill, she still loves him but she is not the main priority of his life. What I was glad about Sookie in this finale is that she finally made the choice that she should had made in the beginning where she declines all suitors and decides to be her own person. She does this after Bil renounces her and Eric states that they have no obstacles in being together. Choosing neither vampire does seem to redeem her character slightly but the moment is somehow ruined at the beginning of the scene where she seems to have an orgasm from Eric and Bill drinking her blood in order to heal themselves, showing that Sookie will continue to tease both Bill and Eric the next season regardless of their supposed changes.
All the vampires in this episode (expect for Jessica) are in a dilemma caused to the events of the last episodes. Pam marches to Fangtasia demanding an explanation to Eric then has her long overdue rant in her hatred towards Sookie in her entertaining quote "I am so sick of Sookie and her stupid fairy vagina!!! I found it rather tragic that the only person who was at Pam's side at the end of this finale was her the pincushion Ginger since she realized that the one person who she could be herself with now considers her expandable over the same humans that they spent years in humiliating. Not all the problems of Pam where completely Sookie's fault because Eric acting like a lovestruck child did not help their situation and it does contradict Eric's behavior towards Pam from the last 3 seasons where he now puts Sookie first before the very progeny whose torture in Fangtasia during Season 3 changed Eric into the Vampire Hamlet. Bil and Eric are first shown in this finale half naked, tied up (prayers have been answered) and ready to be burned at the stake as Marine now uses the powers of both Lafayette and the recently deceased Jesus to take her revenge on the two vampires that lead to her demise. Then are saved by Holly's counteract followed by a series of ghosts from Bon Temps cemetery convincing Marnie she is better off than the vampires because death brings peace whilst the undead seek redemption throughout their "soulless" existence. Afterwards, Bill and Eric are then given a peaceful last moment with Sookie where she states to Bill that she forgives him and continues to love him which does not mean that they will start over instead that there might be hope between them and should there be a relationship with Eric, it would have to be one where they both aware of each others faults and still be willing to give to themselves at the end of the day meaning that Eric can not be "brain-damaged" and Sookie is not in the rebound to realize this. The last sight of Bill and Eric for Season 4 comes in the form where Nan and her "gay storm troopers" appear to issue the true death but a change of events has revealed that not only has Nan quit the AVL but she wants to mutiny against the authority by blackmailing Bill to join her or she will reveal to the authority about Sookie's magical origins. We are finally viewing that Nan Flanagan a character we have all come to either love or hate since episode 1, a complete force to be reckoned with is pretty limitless even with her cruel demeanor. Even if she told the authority that Sookie was fairy, what makes her believe that it can benefit her? Eric's supposed friends in high places may be able to her executed and have the other vampires pardoned or for that matter, she was the one that gave Bill power and if Bill is willing to survive she will be the first one on his death list since there is no longer any control over him. Referring back to in ep. 2 of Season 4 during the second flashback, Bill swears a blood oath to Nan where he remains loyal and truthful as long as he lives in order to remain king. Since Nan was the only who proclaimed him king, the blood oath can no longer be a worry in regards to Bill since there is no proof of treason on his part making him not only powerful towards Nan a deadly force to be reckoned with. After nearly 30 years of humiliation, lies and disastrous disagreements; Bill finally stakes Nan after Eric kills her guards. Two things I learned from that scene: 1)a vampire's head is still intact after being staked through the heart where you can see Nan's hair perfectly coiffed 2) Eric's brash behavior worked to their advantage.
Jessica and Jason's problems are the least concerned with the main story arc that this love triangle between Jason, Jessica and Hoyt probably has been the hardest and most complex this series has done in terms of love triangles. None of them are equally good or bad and these are people that are identifiable as well as looking back since when they were first introduced back in Season 1, all three of them are now in the position that they are due to forces beyond their control. Jason's loss of his best friend and perhaps his family was due to his sexual selfishness; Hoyt's loss of his family and friends was to his immaturity and inability to cope with the decisions those around him made; Jessica's loss over her life back in Season 1 then the loss of Hoyt this season was due to having a restless attitude which can be faulted to her age and experiences but I think that her losses are probably the less tragic because Jessica has not only accepted them but proudly embraced when others question her. Hoyt still has a lot of maturity to catch up on while Jason continue to assess the depths of Jason Stackhouse. A task not easily able to maintain but for Jason and Jessica, they seem to coping with their insecurities together not making entirely friends with benefits but almost seem to have replaced the main counsels in their lives through each other. Although the downside to this is Jessica wants the Jason from Season 1 who can get any girl he wants while Jason continues to feel guilty over what he has lost in order to sleep with Jessica and ponders whether or not it was worth it.
Although Jason's and Jessica's story was not involved with the main storyline they did interact in the main plot whereas Sam's story was so far from the main plot that it could have been a program on its own. This episode he does not seem to have any presence other than being "adopted" by Maxine during Tommy's funeral, rehiring Sookie and having one last scene with Luna where they think to themselves the idea of having a happy ending can be possible. Sam's story line somehow was normal compared to the others but its connect with some other stories that seemed to have been resolved between episodes 2-11 with Marcus that was more focused into Alcide's story and Tommy's skinwalking which was more focused on Tommy struggling to change after killing his parents and being shot by Sam a year earlier.
The semi-humans in this show, I think their story was perhaps the most tragic this season because these were people who did not ask for any of the problems that lead them to make the decisions that they made. Tara had a great new life but only the return of Sookie and the realization that Pam will kill her without a moment's notice causes her to join Marnie's coven watching as both vampire and humans struggling to live due to deeds of creatures who were no longer in this world over 400 years earlier. The reason that Lafayette and Jesus were even in Marnie's coven in the first place was just to teach Lafayette in expanding his power while they were both enjoying their lives together. The outcome of this coven leads to Tara's and Jesus' deaths (not given information about this until next season but I am sure that the old Tara will no longer be alive) and Lafayette discovering that he is a medium. Ever since Season 1, Tara and Lafayette always state that they will do whatever it takes to have better lives yet they constantly have so much heartache that when seeing them from the very first episode on their humor and optimism to now I can't help but cry and wonder what went wrong. Jesus and Lafayette could have had a happy life together yet Jesus states that all that happens in life doesn't matter when death occurs which does comfort Lafayette better than Tara's speech about being unaware. Tara is as always willing to do whatever it takes to save those that she loves and taking out a bullet for Sookie when Debbie appeared on a drug induced rampage for blood which is how Season 4 ends....Sookie screaming for someone to help her while Tara is drowning in pool of her own blood nearby a dead Debbie with the strangest dying moment "please don't kill me" she loses her threatening demeanor from this to where even in the end, Debbie remains to be perhaps the most tragic supernatural side character on True Blood.
The ending may had been more sad than suspenseful because characters that were mostly innocent were the casualties of the main storyline. Tommy dies due to a misunderstanding from Sam and Marcus, Jesus dies because Marnie wanted his power, Tara becomes involved with Marnie only after Pam threatens the death of Naomi. Debbie wanted a baby and a normal life yet Alcide was never going to give her what she wanted and she saw no other alternative than a subconscious suicide to the other person she believed that stole the man she loved from her. Not even dying was the direct result; Pam a character who had to beg to the Bill for help after her face was rotted is given a banishment from her the same maker she risked her pride her and Hoyt is betrayed by his two best friends. For a sadder finale, the characters that seems to have shined the most from this episode where Bill, Jason, Lafayette, Jesus, Pam, Jessica and even in some small way Marnie. Showing that the those that left to the other world found peace while those that stayed may continue to seek the redemption that continues to haunt them.
New Facts for Season 5
- Steven Newlin is a now a vampire and Jason has about a few hours to find out what his purpose is before dawn approaches
- Russel is back and judging by the last time he was seen, he may be out for fairy blood or royal blood
- A werewolf arrives in Merlotte's which has some consequences for Sam and perhaps Alcide
- Rene warns Arlene that Terry not be the sweetheart we have come to known which may have something to do with his old army buddy appearing in the Season 4 finale.
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