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In Bon Temps, everyone has something to hide. But when new
threats emerge, no one can conceal the secrets of their past.
After Sookie discovers Bill was kipped, she heads to
Mississippi, where she becomes entangled in a world ruled by
werewolves and a powerful Vampire King. Eric is also drawn to the
King’s domain to settle an old score; Jason falls for a
mysterious woman; Lafayette can’t avoid love or demons; and Sam
uncovers the truth about his birth family. It all leads up to the
revelation of the series…Sookie’s true identity.
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The 12 episodes composing True Blood: The Complete Third Season
are either the best yet or the most ridiculous, depending on
one's opinion of the increasing number of monsters entering the
scene. As last season saw an onslaught of pagan and ancient
Greek-derived "supernaturals," as they're called by Bon Temps'
citizens, this season welcomes everything from werewolves, to
vampire royalty, to that surprise-being that Sookie Stackhouse
(Anna Paquin) finally discovers she shares genes with. While the
first two seasons centered on the spicy love affair between
Sookie and Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), this season branches out
once again from the vampire-human cultural blender. From the
first episode, "Bad Blood," when Bill is whisked off to meet the
King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare), whose
villainous scheme will inform all ensuing episodes, one gets less
of Sookie and Bill, and more of everything else.
For example, Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) reveals himself this
time around, starting in the episodes "Beautifully Broken" and
"It Hurts Me Too," in which he tracks down members of his past
and in turn meets some new family, like his mischievous brother,
Tommy Mickens (Marshall Allman). Following up on Eggs's death at
the end of season two, Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer) and Jason
Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) have multiple dramas, especially
in later episodes like "I Smell a Rat" and "Fresh Blood." This
season, too, presents some of life's greatest challenges to Tara
Thornton (Rutina Wesley), as if she hadn't suffered enough after
her new love Eggs was . Hoyt (Jim Parrack) and Jessica
(Deborah Ann Woll), as a foil couple to Sookie and Bill's
vampire-human coupling, have enormous hurdles to jump over simply
to continue dating. While all of these dramas make the characters
in Bon Temps come alive like never before, the silliest of the
plots continues on, unfortunately, as Queen Sophie-Anne Leclerq
(Evan Rachel Wood) has to battle King Edgington for Vamp-Blood
sales territory. On the up side of that chess-game narrative,
Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) and his femme ale, Pam De
Beaufort (Kristin Bauer), play much larger roles this season, and
in the finale, "Evil Is Going On," Eric not only discovers his
deep past history but struggles through his rockiest present
dangers thus far.
Interestingly, though Sookie is still the protagonist, True
Blood appears to be shifting to a wider view, emphasizing the
overall community and the effects supernatural warfare has on Bon
Temps collectively. Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis), still one
of the most charming characters, discovers more about his past,
thanks to nurse Jesus Velasquez (Kevin Alejandro), and Jason too
discovers a new calling, thanks to Crystal Norris (Lindsay
Pulsipher). If anything, this season of past recollections and
the realizations of future callings will allow for this excellent
series to carry on into infinity, as magical creatures continue
to grace this setting enriched with full-fledged characters.
Vampires were, as the cast confirms this time around, only the
beginning. --Trinie Dalton