Hurts So Good?

Episode Commentary: “It Hurts Me Too”

Just when you thought that this week’s episode of “True Blood” was a stinker, things pick up for the first time this season in one of the most outrageous sex scenes in the history of cable sitcoms.

While many critics and fans were dismayed by the sexual encounter between Bill Compton and his vampire-maker Loretta, saying it was borderline rape, it was easily the most memorable moment in the series this season.

Many men have problems looking their mate in the eye and wish they could do what Compton did. Perhaps, in the end, it’s envy, rather than disgust after all.

And truth be told, no one heard Loretta say no while in bed with Compton. Being undead, when she was getting her head spun around her neck in one of the craziest variations of the the doggy-style position ever witnessed, she looked like she was having a pretty damn good time.

And so were viewers.

Embracing its “adult” roots, this show has to be raunchy, bloody and gritty in order to maintain its cool.
Make no mistake about it, “True Blood” is not “Twilight” and to a lesser extent, “Vampire Diaries.” If that sentiment wasn’t proven this week to its viewer base, then nothing else was.

The “good” vampire amongst a lot of true blood suckers, Compton proved tigers never lose their stripes in a huge swerve that the show badly needed. With the continuing story lines with Lafayette, Jason, Eric, Tera and even Terry beginning to pick up steam as well, the show is beginning to position itself to pick up some serious steam.

However, many viewers would argue that the show never took this long in previous years to get deep into the action.

What exactly does this mean for the series? It could be something as small as the story-telling devices are beginning to change, or in a worst case scenario, these devices are beginning to become completely different, resulting in a different type of show all together.

Either way, it’s kind of hard to argue with the anticipation of seeing what little Sookie Stackhouse is going to think when she finds out about all of this nonsense with what she believes to be her soon to be husband.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14260 Articles
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.

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