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True Blood Season 2: What Did You Think Of The Season Finale?

Ollie Chong aka AdoreBill 145

true-blood-season-finale-8-newLast night we watched the season finale of True Blood and all I can say is it is going to be a very long 9 months until season 3 returns in the summer.  Some storylines were clarified while new ones developed that will having us speculating developing theories as to what we may see for season 3.  What did you think of the finale?  What were your favorite scene and why?  Was it the dance and proposal scene with Bill and Sookie?  Who do you think kidnapped Bill?  What did you think of the whole Maryann scene?

The season finale also brought up a series of questions that may or may not get answered in season 3?  Some the pop into my my mind are: How did the Queen know Sookie is more then human?  Did Bill seem surprised when Sookie stated she didn’t believe she was human as well?  Now that Sam drank alot of Bill blood, what will that do to Sam?  Who kidnapped Bill? Eric, Lorena or maybe someone else?

Please join us in our forum where you can post you comments and join in discussions with fellow True Blood fans to ponder these questions and speculate on season 3.

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Ollie Chong aka AdoreBill

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Ollie Chong is one of the administrators for truebloodnet.com and a regular contributor to the news and editorial pages. She has a B.Sc. (Honours) in Psychology/Sociology and a M.A. in Counselling Psychology. She brings to the site over 15 years experience in the mental health care field and has worked in administration, research and teaching at various organizations and had her own private practice as a psychotherapist.

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Joan C

I have really enjoyed reading all the comments. Everyone has an opinion. I have truelly enjoyed the whole season (except for Maryann stuff) and am looking forward to next year! However, I agree that Bill proposing to Sookie was shocking and an attempt to hold onto her. I think he is really worried that Eric will interfere in their relationship and lure Sookie away. Kind of pathetic. At first, when she was hesitating on saying yes, I felt like her deep-down feelings for Eric was causing her to question her feelings. I am still asking myself why she didn’t say yes right away. You snooze, you lose, Sookie!

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Ann

All in all I thought that the season finale was very melancholy. The poetic lisence of Bill proposing to Sookie then getting kidnapped was a bit over the top. I enjoy both Bill and Eric’s presences in the show, but having read the synopsis of the 3rd book, I find that in the show, Bill was made too weak, so if he is supposed to be meaner next season, I would find that to be fake and take a lot of work, I think too that Eric’s character could have shown a gentler side to him. Other wise Sookies choice is, “The two timing jerk” or “the head over heels lover”
Eggs was boring. I too really like the Jason/Andy couple to be great, and hopefully they will also be a good comedic relief in the next season.

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Mandi Loves Vampires

I really enjoyed the FINALE! I am torn between Eric and Bill! I love them both- Eric is hotter to me, but I love Bill too! Poor Sookie! Decisions!!!!
I have read the books- but kind of enjoy the storyline being so different from them- I never know what to expect, and I am glad.
I love VAMPIRES!!!!! I cant wait 9 months! HBO execs listen to us! No long wait- just start next season now!

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juju

hoh i love it this last episode !!
especially the last scene it’s change in good we are more in the human environment of Sookie , I have followed this series since the start and I downloaded because I live in France i can tell you it’s was worth the shot!! some
things are not like the book but it’s still good =)
I hope that next season will surprise me even more !can’t wait !love that show !!!

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Constance

I wasn’t impressed with the finale, I felt like it was ok for an episode, but not a finale. I’m glad Sam got to be the one to kill Maryann, he deserved that…though I already figured he would be the one to off her, and I had jokingly told my daughter that Sam would turn into a bull and kill her. Guess I wasn’t too surprised when that happened. 🙂

The scene with Egss was good…I wish they hadn’t had Jason be the one to kill him though, just think how messed up he’ll be now! As if he wasn’t already! I enjoyed the whole Jason/Andy bit, they are great together.

Other than that, the last part of the show was just plain blah…and when Bill handed Sookie the tickets for Vermont, my daughter and I both said…no, they are not going to go there…but they did…I was glad that Sookie hesitated and left, because frankly, if I’d had to watch Bill grovel any more I would have lost my supper. It just makes him look so weak. Bill is much stronger than that and it takes from his character to put him in that light….I guess the posting earlier says it for me…is this the “Bill/Sookie” hour? If that is what it’s going to be, then I am sooo bored with it already.

I was disappointed, again, with the not enough Eric scenes….I am really looking forward to him getting to shine next season.
And no…I don’t want it to be the Eric/Sookie hour either…that would be just as boring if they poured it on as thick as they do with Bill…and Eric’s character is not one to grovel, so I wouldn’t want to see that.

As far as clues about Bill being dishonest/hiding something, there have been several of them…I noticed them (but, I’ve read the books) but my husband has not…even he said Bill is hiding something several times. So, it is not just trying to find something because of the books.

All the cast in True Blood is wonderful…even the Queen…I think they all deserve their chance to shine…some of them just have such a powerful presence that they overshadow others…and I think that is why people want more of Eric’s character…he just plays the part perfectly. It’s hard to notice anyone else when the handsome, strong viking is around.

I am looking forward to the next season…it’s going to be a long 9 months! 🙁

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SELENE

it’s incredible how Alan Ball was disrespected the Charlaine Harris books with this final, my god! now just missing that Eric has kidnapped Bill, to become Eric in the bastard of the story and Bill remains “the white dove” which does not kill a fly …a big disappointed…I’m thinking hard about whether or not the next season … I still prefer a thousand times the books…

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    Ollie Chong aka AdoreBill

    If Charlaine felt so disrespected I do not think she would have appeared in the season finale. She could have easily said no. Do not put words in her mouth. She has countless of times said in interviews she is enjoying the series and her and Alan Ball respect each other and get along well with each other.

    It is too bad you can’t not appreciate all the actors’ marvelous performances and separate the books from the show.

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Linda

Thank you for the comments about the Eric fans. There are many sites to voice their fervor – this is supposed to be about the show and all the characters.

I read all the books after seeing the first season. Why? Because I could tell from Stephen’s portrayal that Bill was hiding something – from the very first episode. I don’t think I was “reading” into it; perhaps people just aren’t giving his acting enough credit. BTW, I also don’t agree with people who are anti-Bill and pro-Eric because of the books. As a previous post said, characters are complex and not all good or all bad. I actually like Bill better in all the books than in Season 2 – he was too human for me – he lost his edge.

The episode? Up and down. The Queen selling V is intriguing, the “wedding” was silly (except for Lafayette’s dress) until they brought out Sam, and the proposal made sense (Bill wants to keep Sookie away from Eric and will do anything he can – and yes, he loves her – we got that), Jessica’s behavior change was great, and Jason now has a chance to become more complex too. I did think Eric was going to appear in the bathroom too, so that suspense worked very well.

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Hijadejosefa

Thank you Nikki!! I LOVED the finale also but I am Team Bill also. I enjoyed the finale. I would have liked to have heard more dialogue between Sookie and Bill over how their relationsip would work, the sacrifices on Sookie’s part (not able to conceive naturally one of Bill’s children). Instead it seemed like the ring did it instead of their love.

I think one of two people kidnapped Bill–either Lorena, because of her veiled threat when she left Bill or Eric in trying to keep Bill quiet regarding Sophie-Anne’s drug dealing.

It’s going to be a long three months but at least MaryAnn is gone. I hope Allen Ball brings back Barry the bellboy and there is more of a story line between him and Sookie finding out about their “powers”.

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Tams

I can’t believe how serious most take this show, It is TV people and a show that is derived from a book but yet a fantasy.Don’t get me wrong I love the show and I for one not having read one book, I don’t want to ever compare like most and do I enjoy that element of surprise. Last nights episode, lets face it, wasn’t the best one of the season but still tied up alot of loose ends. MaryAnn is finally gone, even though i enjoyed what she brought to the show. Eggs thank god (no pun to the god that comes) also gone he was so boring to me. Now lets see, we have Andy now protecting his new BFF Jason, Tara whom lord knows will have more anger (lol), Sam will find his real parents (what will they be) and Eric being afraid of the Queen was classic, best line of last night (I will turn your fangs into a new pair of earrings)ha Lafayette in a dress, well anything he does is wonderful(and he made season 3 wooohoooo),Hoyt finally standing up to his crazy momma for good and getting a backbone and going back to Jessica, and we now have our new little vampire on the loose to destroy, mankind….Bill and her relationship was so cute. Now as far as whom kidnapped Bill let the possibilities began, is it Eric,Lorena someone else…..This show is fantastic on so many levels, I don’t know what more you people wanted from an hour but i sure got my movie tickets price worth and then some.Happy Sucking All, see ya next year……………..

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Christine

I thought the finale was great fun. I have to say, that the fan-girling, esp. for Eric (and book people who take things waaaay too seriously) is absolutely destroying this show for people who want to enjoy for the ENSEMBLE CAST, for it’s humor and for being outrageous and from its complete departure from reality.

With that out of the way, I thought it was poetic justice that it was Sam who dispatched Maryann.

I’m glad that Evan Rachel Wood redeemed herself this episode — when her fangs came out and she jumped Eric, she proved to be the scariest vampire on the show. She brought terror back to being a vamp.

I was one of the people who thought that the Bill and Sookie relationship was irritating. Then I realized why it would bother so many people. Bill and Sookie’s relationship is completely un-romanticized love relationship — meaning it’s two people being schmoopy, irritated with each other, treating each other badly, taking each other for granted and being schmoopy and loving again and pushing and pulling and growing through it all — it’s like any old human relationship we see everyday. I think that’s what’s brilliant about it. In that way, it’s broken down the fourth wall and it’s snagged the audience into its realness, hence the “Oh shut Sookie!”, “Oh shut up Bill” and “You two suck!” moments that we’ve all had. We have all had a visceral reaction to their pairing.

That doesn’t mean I’m pro Bill — Everyone wants to see Eric be the Knight in shiny black leather. Eric is more fun. He’s classic “Magnificent Bastard” trope – the one we’d all like to capture. He’s a wonderful fantasy.

This finale felt very much the end of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. In spite of the victories and things going back to normal, nothing about it was glorious. I think there was a pervasive sadness to the whole thing. This entire season it seemed was about loss. Just think over the season what each of the characters lost. Lovers, parents, innocence, safety, makers, friends, a sense of self. Even Maryanne, at the end of her long life, lost her faith.

From what Allan Ball has said about Season 3 it’s about the characters finding strength through the losses and finding out and/or redefining who and what they are. So farewell to Season 2 — bring on Season 3!

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    cgpunker

    Yes! You nailed how I feel. Bill & Sookie COULD be amazing – but they are too schmoopy.

    I’m an Eric fan, but the only reason I hate when they relegate him to 3 minutes is because too often those are the funniest most interesting minutes. I was as pissed about the lack of Eric as I was the minimization of Jason & Andy (my new fave couple!)

    Give us MORE from the rest of the cast – more fun, more heart, even more angst – and people will stop screaming for Eric. (well, maybe not naked Eric, but it should calm down 🙂 )

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    Diana

    Christine, your comments are dead on!

    I do love Bill and Sookie together, but they need some conflict to remain interesting. In the ComicCon interview, Stephen Moyer did say that Bill may not be as nice next season, so there may be some dirty pool played on both sides for Sookie’s affections. Looking so forward to it.

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Nikki

I LOVED the episode. I feel like a lot of people are basing the episode off of how much of Eric they saw…and quite frankly the show is about more than just Eric. Whether you’re Team Eric or Team Bill, the finale offered us a lot to think about for the upcoming year. Maybe I’m biased because I’m Team Bill. But the ending still opened a huge door for Eric to swoop in next season. Who do you think Sookie is going to turn to for help? That adds a lot of angst, and I love me some angst! And lets not forget about all the other characters and how their worlds were turned upside down. Jason is now a killer, Tara lost her loverboy, Sam is trying to find out where he comes from. And while I don’t necessarily want a Eric/Sookie pairing, I so appreciate Eric as a character, and I’m excited that he is getting a storyline that is more his own rather than just him chasing after Sookie. I can’t wait for next season!

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    Lizzie 1701

    Completely agree! BY having the show “Eric” would make him one dimensional as someone has already written that Bill is. Plus by saying that Sookie and Bill have only known each other a short time, then why do the Eric followers want her to go move onto Eric? Do they want Sookie with Eric for a short period of time then move on to someone else? That will make her a skank in my eyes. This romance with Bill is so tender and romantic. Let them enjoy each other without throwing others at her.

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pam

definately not what i was expecting, why did eric only have such a small(dare i say) part. i was glad sam killed maryann atleast we got through with that storyline. I am hoping for more eric scenes in season 3. I can’t believe Bill proposed to sookie they haven’t been together that long.

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Tracie

Thank goodness they are through with the whole MaryAnn bruhaha. I was getting very bored with that. Plus, they really need to replace the Queen with an actress that can act. Evan R. Wood is horrible. I was hoping at the end that Eric would walk into the bathroom with Sookie and she would not choose Bill because of it. That would have been great! I have a feeling that it’s Lorena that kidnaps Bill because of the line she said before the bomb went off “I wish you hadn’t said that” or something to that extent. The one character that really gets me is Jane Bodehouse. She is great in that role. Let Season 3 have 75% Eric and I’ll be in hog heaven.

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    Ollie Chong aka AdoreBill

    LOL! I didn’t know this was called the Eric Northman Show. I’m sorry but if the show was just based one character it would be very boring. True Blood is a great ensemble show with many great actors who work very hard on the series. The interactions that occurs between all of them makes the show entertaining. 🙂

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      cgpunker

      That’s why I don’t like the Bill & Sookie show either. It’s one of the weakest plots they have right now…make it interesting or make it minor! 🙂

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Casey

I was not too pleased with the finale. It felt like just a regular episode to me, the last 30 minutes were just..blah. I hardly even remember what happened other than the b.s. proposal. I read the books, but I’m OK with the show not following it exactly, part of me even enjoys the show more than the books! It just wasn’t a very good episode in general. They had the whole dang season about Maryann, and it was ended so easily and quickly. Not to mention, where was Eric!? Other than the 2 flippin seconds in the beginning. I love True Blood. And I STILL love True Blood, but this was not a good finale.

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joluf

I don’t know. I don’t think it was as bad as everyone says. I’m glad Maryanne only took 1/2 the show. And even though I can’t stand Evan Rachel Wood, she did a bit better in this one. The Yatzee scene was fun, I thought. My heart ached for poor Hoyt. Sam deciding to find his family was interesting. And now Bill is gone so the next season is set up. Was it the best episode ever? No. But really, after Godric dying/Eric naked, everything is going to seem lame. At least I didn’t get bored during this episode like I did the last few.

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Renée

i was a bit dissapointed.
Almost no Eric..I mean come on..he’s the main reason I love TrueBlood!!
after Maryann died..the episode just died with her..
and I don’t want sookie & bill to get married..Eric is so much better..sexier..cooler..you name it.
No mr. Ball..you didn’t satisfy me with this finale..and a lot of (eric?)fans with me

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Dew

I do not know why people is so disappointed, I liked the finale except the queen’s part, I don’t know but for me the actress is not making justice to the character. True blood in a great show and you have to have an open mind to watch it and think that it you cannot focus in a single character and much less in continuing the story line of the books . As michelle forbes said they took a lot of risks for the end but that made it very interesting. And now the painful wait until the the third season!

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kristen

I was SO disappointed. Not only in the last 30 minutes, which seemed to have been thrown together last minute with hardly any thought at all, but the way things ended with Maryann. All season long they hyped up this goddess type character who had the entire town under a spell, chaos everywhere, couldn’t be stopped…then after 20 minutes of the “finale”, Sam killed her. i kept thinking…that can’t be it, there’s no way. But it was. The whole episode felt forced and unthoughtful. Total letdown. The finale and the 2 episodes that proceeded it left the series feeling weak to me for the first time in 2 seasons. I hope they get back on track for season 3. Did Alan Ball go on vacation or something??

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My Sharona

they really throw me off when they dont stick with the books but im guessin that Lorena got someone to kidnap him and this will lead up to what went on in the 2nd book(i think) in which she had to go looking for him.

the episode was very lackluster

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cgpunker

Hated. It.
Boring. Uninspired. Predictable. Terrible.

Okay, to be fair, the first 30 minutes weren’t bad. Sookie was great, strong, fiesty – the action was good because MaryAnn was ending. The last 30 “gotta make Bill look good” minutes were confusing, forced and like watching grass grow. I am currently on the fence for Season 3.

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    Kim

    Totally agree on the “gotta make Bill look good” statement. It WAS forced. There were a few hints dropped that Bill has something to hide but for the most part, I think they were shoving Bill’s “goodness” down our throats. Can’t wait for Bill’s secrets to come out and to see him in a different light. And one other thought….NOT ENOUGH OF ERIC!

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      Ollie Chong aka AdoreBill

      What secret are you hinting to? In the show? Or are you referring to the books? If so, those scenes have not been written and we do not know if they will be written. Let focus on the show and what has played up to now because it is much more interesting to speculate on what has happened up to now. The whole point is that it is not a carbon copy on the books but a adaptation. Therefore, enjoy the show and be surprised along the way instead of waiting for a scene to happen (which may or may not occur). Charlaine Harris herself said she is enjoying being surprised at the turn of events.

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        Cgpunker

        Even without the books there’s evidence that Bill has some secrets. Frankly he needs them because nobody likes one dimensional, and that’s where we are at with Bill

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          Ollie Chong aka AdoreBill

          LOL! However, take the stance from an non-book reader. Would you be looking for some secrets that Bill is hiding? Or as a book reader would you be looking for them in his slightest nuances based on information that you have from the books to match up with your theory. It is all in seeing what we want to see. A book reader may read certain things as a indication that he has some secrets while others who have not read the book would not because they would not have anything for their suspicions to be based upon. That is why it is best to separate the books from the show to because no one knows what’s going to happen.

          cgpunker

          I read the books after S1 – about half way through S2…and I thought there were clues about Bill beforehand. I don’t think the clues about Bill are all that subtle frankly.

          I do separate the books from the show. At least I try. 🙂 I generally like the differences – the medium lets the story be fuller – but I do not like how they seem to be changing the basic character stuff. And I wouldn’t like the writing for some of these characters even without the books.

          I like strong female leads and complicated men. Life is complicated. I don’t like when a character is dumbed down so we HAVE TO LOVE HIM/HER. I’m not a lazy viewer – and I don’t want lazy writing.

Mara

Just bad, not enough Eric, and the whole B/S dance/proposal was a boring mess.

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