True Blood Season Four Coverage: Shallow Puncture Wounds and Dead Fairy Godmothers

Episode Commentary: “If You Love Me, Why Am I Dying”?

With Eric’s memory lost, you’d think how he and Sookie dealt with it would be huge moment for the series. Ironically, it wasn’t paid all that much attention during this episode. While it happens to be the most intriguing plot development of the season, too many other things came first.

As a matter of fact, there’s just so much else going on right now, nothing is able to get the attention it deserves.

And it’s a true shame that’s the case. The one liners delivered when Sookie and Eric are together are what drive the episode.

Deep storylines are one thing, but scrambled plots are another. Right now, “True Blood” is incredibly close to becoming the later, in spite of the fact that it’s still an enjoyable show.

If vampires, werewolves, fairies, witches and shifters weren’t enough, Bon Temps continues to get super-naturally gentrified. Now the panther’s are getting real attention. Between that and the continued focus on vampire bureaucracy, Andy’s drug problem, the return of werewolves, Rene’s demon son, the witches coven and Jessica and Hoyt, “True Blood” is unable to essentially sink its teeth into anything.

Did we mention Sam’s brother and Mrs. Fortenberry are in this episode for a spell as well and another angle is introduced?

As a result, this show bounces around like crazy and never gets its feet firm in any one of the sub-plots. Even worse, it’s impossible to know what the main plotline is at this point.

Overall, this is one of the weakest written episodes of the past season and a half.

Is it a waste of time? No, but currently this show is in wait and see mode. Wait for things to slow down and see where it takes the show. It still provides a buffet of sexiness and blood, but it teases, rather than induce a television-induced orgasm.

Again, while “True Blood” is still a wild ride, [and we’re not just talking about the sex scene near the end of the episode] it’s far from as polished an experience many fans of the show are used to. Considering the way the show has trailed off after season one, it may never reclaim its past glory.

Chances are however, most viewers won’t mind. They’ll still find themselves “glammored” in front of the television every Sunday night.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 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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