Episode Commentary: “I Wish I Was the Moon”
Well, it finally happened.
Eric and Sookie did the nasty.
In what will go down as one of the most important moments in the series, it appears that these two are now together.
Make no mistake; this is a definite turning point for the series.
While it’s strange the way it happened, it’s one of the most interesting stories in the season. With Bill Compton [Stephen Moyer] unable to kill Eric [Alexander Skarsgård] like he had hoped, it’ll be intriguing to see where this arc goes over the course of the last half of the season.
Speaking of intriguing, it’s obvious that there is sexual tension between Jessica [Deborah Ann Woll] and Jason [Ryan Kwanten]. Will his dreams come true, minus Hoyt [Jim Parrack] of course? Will he and Jess do the “humpity bumpity†too?
The questions don’t stop there though. With Marnie [Fiona Shaw] and Lafayette [Nelsan Ellis] both now possessed, how will they change the flow of the series? The same thing can be said with Tommy [Marshall Allman], who now has the ability to shift into human beings, following the stress from killing his parents.
Unlike previous episodes and many of the developments in season three, these happenings force you to think what could happen. With the season now at its midway point, there will be plenty of drama the rest of the way. And that’s a great thing, especially considering how disheveled the plot appeared a few episodes ago. While there is still perhaps too much going on at any one time, the show has done a solid job of containing itself. Many of the small storylines involving Tommy, Hoyt’s mother, the panthers, the werewolves, the fairies, the Bellefleur’s and Rene’s baby have either been pushed to the side for a rain day or developed enough to make them viable and worthwhile. This is the type of writing that made the show what it was a few short years ago. It’s nice to see the creative team go back to their roots in a way.
At the same time, this season still has plenty of work ahead of it.
The witches are dangerous beings, but their backstory has to continue to be fed to audiences. It can end up as a huge hit or miss depending on how it’s done. The creative team behind “True Blood†best be careful here. The entire season is riding on it.
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