Umm... What? Review: True Blood – “The Sun”

Season 6, Episode 62

Air Date: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 9/8c on HBO

RATING: ★★★★★

“The humans are fighting back.” – Nora Gainesborough

In the interest of keeping my sanity, I’m going to look at these episodes of True Blood (TB) subjectively. I don’t want to dissect them according to what I expect or what I’m used to reading in the Southern Vampire Mysteries series because TB has gone off the rails. Naked chicks dripping in blood and walking like models, faery grandfathers with bed-head, and over the top dramatics don’t make for great TV. I may not be sure what season six of TB is supposed to bring to television, but I am sure I’m not buying it.

Observations and thoughts:

Sookie, what are you doing, girl?

Sookie (Anna Paquin) finds a stranger and her morals? What happened to the potty-mouthed girl from previous seasons? Since she’s no longer hanging with the vamps, Sookie’s saying things like “fudge” instead of dropping the f-bomb. I guess they were a bad influence, huh? Is this where the season is going? Showing the dynamics between humans and supernaturals—and their underlying issues—introduces an overarching storyline of civil rights. It’s not as if TB is some kind of platform for human rights, but the underlying message is there—the “coming out” of shifters, humans taking back the night from vampires, and Sookie’s wanting to be normal—and I’m sure you can read between the lines. Since when has this become a political program where people’s agendas are introduced to the world at large with fictional characters? Or maybe I’m just reading too much into it.

I almost feel like I’m watching a warped version of Poltergeist the way Niall (Rutger Hauer) slips into a portal and comes out covered in ectoplasm. I find myself chanting, “Go into the light, Carol Ann,” because I just can’t help it. The light is what the fae hold onto anyway. They can produce it, make it into fireballs, and heal with it. Well, hello quick fix for Sookie’s diminishing humanity. The introduction of this new character is cartoonish, which makes me wonder if this is how the writers see the fae. Ha! I see Niall coming into the picture to help Sookie further along in her discovery of living with her differences. He’ll help her accept who she is and what she can do. Heck, maybe she’ll even harness the power of her microwave fingers and put an end to all the fighting in the world. Yeah, I’m just kidding. The Warlow storyline will hopefully come to a head this season and thank goodness. The mystery behind the vamp is boring me to tears.

I see Bill (Stephen Moyer) has been put in the position of savior of the vampire race. He’s the new force to be reckoned with. While he’s trying to coming to grips with his new role as Billith, I’m lost on what he’s supposed to be. He’s not a god, yet he’s invincible. We keep hearing he’s not Bill Compton any longer, as he can’t be both, but what is he? Is this going to be the running mystery throughout the season (boring)? Will we wonder how high a pedestal Bill will be put on to make up for all his faults toward Sookie? I’d love there to be a point to all this crappy CGI stuff.

Intriguing lines:

Arlene: “Life is really a shit sandwich sometimes.”

Sookie: “I shouldn’t be taking walks with handsome strangers. It never ends well.”

Ben shows up at a suspect time, don’t you think?

Speaking of handsome strangers, I know who I think Ben (Rob Kazinsky) is in the grand scheme of things (SVM readers will know him as Preston from a short story entitled Gift Wrap). If you haven’t read the short story, Preston is a gift from Niall to get Sookie through a rough patch she’s having with the men in her life. TB Sookie is at this point, so I get it, but why introduce a potential new love interest for her now when she clearly wants to be alone? And why is Sookie harping on her feelings for Bill when she was just with Eric (Alexander Skarsgård)? Did she forget their love affair? Not liking the consistency here, writers.

I’m afraid “The Sun” isn’t up to par this week. Even though the season has just begun, the mixed messages, boring scenes, and lifeless acting make me anxious for it to be over. True Blood is nothing but a nighttime soap opera that ups the ante in the dramatics department. Having Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) pray to Bill is just too much for me. Moyer’s role as a catatonic vampire deity for most of the episode fit my feelings while watching “The Sun.” I stared at the screen, eyes losing focus, wondering when something would snap me out of my stupor. Alas, I read a book most of the hour and was more interested in it than “The Sun.” *Fingers crossed* next week’s showing will be better.

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