What an strange season final. It was...interesting, but a bit oddly structured.
What I liked: *Sookie running in and coming to Jason's defense at the jail. Even after all the crap he'd put her through, she was *still* there for him (which is why I can't understand how some people can hate her character). It was good to see Jason return the favour towards the end, though, when he came to check on on poor battered and bruised Sookie.
*Sookie's "swearing" in her car outside the bar. What made it funny was her desperately trying *not* to swear/say anything too "bad". She's such a good girl.
*Anna Paquin's/Sookie's scream and hitting Rene with the gun. Way to go, Sookie! *Sam running off to go help Sookie (very Supermanly) as soon as he knew she was in trouble (and thank you, show, for finally explaining just what exactly he was up to when rolling around in dead Dawn's sheets).
*Bill braving the sunlight to come to Sookie's aid. I mean...god, the poor dude was charbroiling to death and he just kept going until he was burnt to a crisp (for a second there, when Sookie looked over at his smoking corpse on the ground, I almost thought he'd been reduced to nothing but steaming ashes and wondered how he was going to come back from that. Then when she was slowly turning him over, I thought his neck was gonna break/his head was going to come off since he had been rendered extremely brittle/fragile from burning). I know there'll be those who hated Sookie for not immediately covering Bill up and getting him out of the sun...but, really, she probably thought he was beyond saving. Bit hard to think in such circumstances (at least Sam was there, with the clear thinking). It was good to see Sam come to Bill's rescue, considering how much he doesn't like him...even if he was only doing it for Sookie (but then he had to regress to his usual Bill-hating self at the end).
*Sookie finally killing that bastard, Rene, with the shovel! Oh my god, I SO very much wanted him dead after not only his sickening thoughts aimed at Sookie, as well as his beating her up, but MOSTLY for his kicking poor collie Sam! That bitch just HAD to die for hitting/kicking collie Sam! I was hating Rene so incredibly much during that whole scene, it was a massive relief when he received a shovel to the neck. Way to come through, Sookie! See? She CAN act accordingly when she needs to/the occasion calls for it.
*Everything with Mchelle Forbes. I can't believe I'm saying this...but Tara actually acted like a *human being* in her scenes with Maryann. Amazing! She was more likable in this episode than she's been the entire rest of the season.
*Sookie inviting Bill back in and them making up.
*Both Sookie and Tara screaming at the leg flopping out of Andy's car. They sure can scream (Anna Paquin especially - I love the way in which she does her screams. She did it in X-Men, as well as in earlier episodes this season). When she screams...she puts her WHOLE body into it. It's a really good scream - but, at the same time, kind of funny too.
Disliked: *Jason's born again attitude. Him "finding God" and being all "Praise the lord!"? A bit of a 180 there. Still...guess it's better than what he has been basically the entire season. Hopefully he might get some smarts to go along with his newfound religious beliefs.
*Jessica. Yes, I went from liking her/finding her hilarious one episode, to disliking her the next. To be fair, she was only in a minuscule amount of this episode (so she might still be good next season) - but just that little bit of her tonight was annoying enough. She's the bratty teenager - oh great. *eyeroll* Though Eric and Pam (looking very mumish in that blue...thing she was wearing) dropping Jessica off at Bill's, because they couldn't stand her, was pretty funny.
Questions: *The biggest one: What seemingly attacked Lafayette at the dumpster? It seemed like they were maybe trying to make us think it had been Bill (since straight after that scene, we cut to Bill arriving at Sookie's and him telling her that he'd "fed"). I'm almost positive Bill had nothing to do with it.
*Maryann shimmering and shuddering in the sun with her brown pig. What the hell was up with THAT? Yes, I realise that - given the way she interacted with Sam - she's most likely a shape-shifter...but still, that shuddering was really weird. Nice effect, though. I'm very intrigued about her history with Sam.
*Speaking of Sam...I was worried about him there at the end, emptying all the money out of the safe. What's he up to? In conclusion, I really enjoyed watching this first season of the show. Looking forward to Season 2!
What I liked: *Sookie running in and coming to Jason's defense at the jail. Even after all the crap he'd put her through, she was *still* there for him (which is why I can't understand how some people can hate her character). It was good to see Jason return the favour towards the end, though, when he came to check on on poor battered and bruised Sookie.
*Sookie's "swearing" in her car outside the bar. What made it funny was her desperately trying *not* to swear/say anything too "bad". She's such a good girl.
*Anna Paquin's/Sookie's scream and hitting Rene with the gun. Way to go, Sookie! *Sam running off to go help Sookie (very Supermanly) as soon as he knew she was in trouble (and thank you, show, for finally explaining just what exactly he was up to when rolling around in dead Dawn's sheets).
*Bill braving the sunlight to come to Sookie's aid. I mean...god, the poor dude was charbroiling to death and he just kept going until he was burnt to a crisp (for a second there, when Sookie looked over at his smoking corpse on the ground, I almost thought he'd been reduced to nothing but steaming ashes and wondered how he was going to come back from that. Then when she was slowly turning him over, I thought his neck was gonna break/his head was going to come off since he had been rendered extremely brittle/fragile from burning). I know there'll be those who hated Sookie for not immediately covering Bill up and getting him out of the sun...but, really, she probably thought he was beyond saving. Bit hard to think in such circumstances (at least Sam was there, with the clear thinking). It was good to see Sam come to Bill's rescue, considering how much he doesn't like him...even if he was only doing it for Sookie (but then he had to regress to his usual Bill-hating self at the end).
*Sookie finally killing that bastard, Rene, with the shovel! Oh my god, I SO very much wanted him dead after not only his sickening thoughts aimed at Sookie, as well as his beating her up, but MOSTLY for his kicking poor collie Sam! That bitch just HAD to die for hitting/kicking collie Sam! I was hating Rene so incredibly much during that whole scene, it was a massive relief when he received a shovel to the neck. Way to come through, Sookie! See? She CAN act accordingly when she needs to/the occasion calls for it.
*Everything with Mchelle Forbes. I can't believe I'm saying this...but Tara actually acted like a *human being* in her scenes with Maryann. Amazing! She was more likable in this episode than she's been the entire rest of the season.
*Sookie inviting Bill back in and them making up.
*Both Sookie and Tara screaming at the leg flopping out of Andy's car. They sure can scream (Anna Paquin especially - I love the way in which she does her screams. She did it in X-Men, as well as in earlier episodes this season). When she screams...she puts her WHOLE body into it. It's a really good scream - but, at the same time, kind of funny too.
Disliked: *Jason's born again attitude. Him "finding God" and being all "Praise the lord!"? A bit of a 180 there. Still...guess it's better than what he has been basically the entire season. Hopefully he might get some smarts to go along with his newfound religious beliefs.
*Jessica. Yes, I went from liking her/finding her hilarious one episode, to disliking her the next. To be fair, she was only in a minuscule amount of this episode (so she might still be good next season) - but just that little bit of her tonight was annoying enough. She's the bratty teenager - oh great. *eyeroll* Though Eric and Pam (looking very mumish in that blue...thing she was wearing) dropping Jessica off at Bill's, because they couldn't stand her, was pretty funny.
Questions: *The biggest one: What seemingly attacked Lafayette at the dumpster? It seemed like they were maybe trying to make us think it had been Bill (since straight after that scene, we cut to Bill arriving at Sookie's and him telling her that he'd "fed"). I'm almost positive Bill had nothing to do with it.
*Maryann shimmering and shuddering in the sun with her brown pig. What the hell was up with THAT? Yes, I realise that - given the way she interacted with Sam - she's most likely a shape-shifter...but still, that shuddering was really weird. Nice effect, though. I'm very intrigued about her history with Sam.
*Speaking of Sam...I was worried about him there at the end, emptying all the money out of the safe. What's he up to? In conclusion, I really enjoyed watching this first season of the show. Looking forward to Season 2!