sexier than I thought it would be.

Ooooh yeeeaaah. Made me all wibbly.

I hate the Buffy trope that whenever you sleep with a guy he goes all evil. Or at least indifferent.

Are we talking about Sam or Bill? If Bill, I think that he was just trying to get the vamps away from the crowd. It was a volatile situation, and one guy had already been thrown across a room. I don't think that he doesn't care about Sookie.

It's a little like high school where the boy that likes you has to pretend like he doesn't so his friends won't make fun of him. Only in this case, so his friends won't kill you.

If we're talking about Sam, well, Tara deserved it. She's been running hot and cold on him since the beginning. It's always bad form to run out after sex, unless somebody's in the hospital, and an explanation and making up must happen.

Yeah, I realize Bill's behavior has a reason. I don't doubt his affection for Sookie and his need to defuse the situation and get the vamps out of Merlotte's made him act expeditiously. I think I like Sookie's reaction. She seemed confused at first but then didn't get angry or show her hurt--she's confident in Bill's feelings for her and did everything she could to warn him of the vigilantes, rather than pout or cry about what he said or get jealous of skanky vamp girl.

Sam's just as hot & cold with Tara, so he sort of deserves it, too. He doesn't want strings but he acted all hurt when Tara took off. He sends as many mixed signals as Tara does. She's at least honest about her dysfunction. I think they're both so emotionally fragile and distant that I love them together.

I just went to the library and borrowed three Sookie Stackhouse audiobooks.

I can't help myself.

Ngah. I really want to see this damn show! Regardless of whether or not it's pants! I am intrigued!

Same here. Cleolinda's recaps are luring me in.

I swear, it's like I'm a Victorian stereotype but vampires are all. about. the. sex.

Come, join me in the Victorian stereotype corner! We have a lovely fainting couch, a selection of teas, and laudanum!

Ah, Jilli, I was hoping you would wander through. I take it from your post above that you'd still be interested in borrowing the first 6 eps on VHS? If so, drop me a line (profile addy's good) with snailmail address. I think I can get it in the mail by the end of the week.

Epic, you darling! I will email you right now.

Epic, you darling! I will email you right now.

I won't be able to respond before this evening. The bastidges at Corporate have blocked all external email, but expect acknowledgement tonight.

Cleolinda's recaps! Pure, purest gold.

I loved her Van Helsing and LOTR parodies so much, I've used them as theatre during birthday parties.

Love, love, love.

Plus, she caught things I couldn't have. Informative!

One tape into the Stackhouse novels and now I feel like a know stuff. Not a lot of stuff, but two of my burning questions have been answered. Phew. Relief.

I think I loved the little moments in this episode more than anything main character related. The Bellefleur fishing trip was made of awesome. Pam! I want more Pam. She could have her own spin off, The Pam Show, and just stand around giving fools the stink eye for an hour and I would totally watch. I loved the bank clerk and I love Tara's mom about 10,000 times more than I love Tara. (Although I am still liking the Tara/Sam dynamic) Not enough Lafayatte, but then again, there can never be enough. Sookie and Bill mostly annoyed but mainly because, as others have said, it felt like we got a lot of filler tonight with them.

And Jason. Sigh. I was so praying that neo-hippie girl was actually a vampire herself and would kill him once she got him back to the house. Even after they got naked (And seriously, is it in homeboys contract that he must be bare assed at least once every episode?) and was way too pink to be dead, I kept hoping that maybe she had on make up. But no such luck. They live to bore another day.