TV.com: You’ll Be the Death of Me - Sookie finds a connection to the murders in Bon Temps. Jason finds a new goal in life. Bill tempts fate, continuing to find a way to rescue Sookie from harm. Sam is troubled by a familiar face from his past.
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Recap & Review: Well, here we are. The final episode of the first season of True Blood. When I first watched the series, I went in with no expectations. It was simply a new show airing, and I had a free hour to check it out. I hadn’t read the books, and I hadn’t much about the series until the weekend it premiered. I reviewed the premiere, but I really didn’t plan to cover the whole season. My plans changed because by the end of the first episode I was hooked. I wasn’t the only one.
HBO saw something explode with this series about a small town in Louisiana where vampires live in a world that vampires are accepted as a part of every day life. By the end of the second episode, HBO knew this series was a keeper. A second season was ordered. This series came from the same man behind Six Feet Under, and with that highly popular series under his belt, he brought in his own fans, and even more. Helped by Twilight and the vampire myth, True Blood has become a huge hit, and there is talk that it even has a bigger first season than long time HBO staple, The Sopranos.
Last week, Sookie went in search of the killer, and she knows she is close to finding him. However, another body turned up dead with Jason the only possible suspect. He even suspected himself, so he turned himself in and confessed. However, Sookie knows he isn’t the one that did it, and we know now who the killer is. A man named Drew Matthews, who just happens Rene, Jason’s best friend. He killed every woman Jason said had sex with a vampire. However, no one in town knows this.
It doesn’t take long for them to find out though. Once Sookie finds out Jason in jail, she goes to him and then she goes to the bar to work. Not the best idea because of the talk of the town in Jason’s arrest. She soon leaves and decides to head home. When her car doesn’t start, Rene is nice enough to offer her a ride. However, his kindness isn’t that at all. In her kitchen, she reads his mind and she knows he killed her grandmother. She wasn’t meant to die. Sookie tries to get the gun and shoot him, but he has the bullets. She hits him with it instead, and run out. He chases her through the cemetery, and Bill wakes up while this is happening.
He braves the sun to help her, but it isn’t he that saves her. Sam recognizes the killer’s scent, and he rushes to Sookie’s. He turns into a dog and makes it there in time. However, Rene starts to beat him. While this is happening, Sam turns back to human, and this sets Rene off even more. However, Sookie wakes up and she grabs a shovel. In a quick moment, she kills him. The killer is no more. Sookie is black and blue, and Bill is burned to a crisp. Sam buries him, and we think Bill is dead.
Jason is released, and Tara even shows up. Not sure how she managed to pop back up out of nowhere. She has been staying with Marianne after the woman took her from jail. That whole deal is too good to be true. There is something about her, and Sam even knows her somehow. She also knows Sam is a dog. Sookie is now safe though, and she feels Bill is dead. However, he is not. He feeds on Lafayette, and he returns to her home. They finally reunite, and two weeks later it becomes legal for vampires and humans to marry - something out of the headlines with the current debate over the rights of gays and lesbians to marry. As the episode ends, Tara, Sookie and Andy make a shocking discovery. However, we won’t know what this is until the series returns next summer!
This series has become one of my new favorites. Great setting, characters, plot and dialogue. There were enough twists and turns to keep me tuning in week after week. I had never read the books, but now I am looking forward to doing that during the show’s hiatus. Sookie and Bill’s story is a main driving focus of the show, but I don’t think we can count Sam out yet. This threesome will have more in store for us I’m sure. What did you think of the season finale of True Blood and this series in general? Will you be going through withdrawals until the series returns in the summer months? I’ll cover any news developments on this series until it returns.
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