True Blood is Back and Better Than Ever

June 17, 2009 Patrick Hickey Jr. TV 0

Episode Commentary: ‘Nothing But the Blood’

Fans of the series, feel free to read, there are NO SPOILERS.

After waiting months for the show to come back on the air after the season one finale, the naked and blood-soaked debauchery millions know and love known as True Blood, is back for a second season.

Wasting no time getting back in the thick of things, viewers will find that Bon Temps is just as sexy and dangerous as it was before.

Some may say it’s even worse, or better, depending on how it is you get your fix.

Continuing to pick up the pieces after a near-death battle with fang hater Drew Marshall, AKA Rene Lenier, Sookie Stackhouse, played by Anna Paquin [X-Men, Almost Famous] must deal with another death in her family, while her best friend,Tara Thornton, played by Rutina Wesley [How She Move, Numb3rs], must too deal with the loss of someone in her life.

This serves as the main story arc for this episode, but there is so much more jammed into this 58-minute series premiere that many fans of the series won’t be able to wait until next Sunday.

Follow ups on the stories of Bill Compton, Sam Merlotte and every one’s favorite homosexual, drug dealing, short order cook, Lafayette Reynolds are also weaved seamlessly into the episode, making it one of the best in the series so far.

The continued appearances of the ultra-sexy Maryann Forrester, played by Michelle Forbes, of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica fame, provide more than their fare share of plot twists throughout and make us think what the future holds for her and Merlotte. The same thing goes for Thornton too, who’s life seems to be changing at a breakneck pace.

The introduction of several new characters, including the vivacious Daphne, played by Ashley Jones [The Young & the Restless] and the sultry Sarah Newlin, played by Anna Camp provide the show with more beautiful faces who can act, making True Blood even more appealing to new viewers.

However, it wouldn’t be a real episode of the show if there wasn’t some steamy sex scene or ultra-bloody rip fest.

Rest assured there is.

And one of them may have you in tears.

This ability to combine such a wide range of emotions into such a short period of time make this episode a classic in the series, but continue to cement the notion, that True Blood is quickly becoming one of the best shows on Cable right now, if it isn’t already.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

True Blood is Back and Better Than Ever

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