We finally got some answers and some partial answers to the questions that have been at the center of this season.  But can anyone explain what some of Bon Temps’ humans were thinking this week?

The biggest reveal came in the first few seconds: Sookie is a fairy.  Okay, I’m not an expert on fairy mythology, but since when can fairies read minds?  Also, aren’t they supposed to be tiny with translucent wings?  Am I the only person who doesn’t think this makes sense.  Sookie pronounces it lame, but if I were her, I’d be peppering Bill with a lot more questions, such as, what other powers do I have and how do I control them?  Instead, her main concern is if the only reason Bill loves her is her delicious blood.

Lafayette saves Crystal’s father with the help of some V, but the ungrateful lout is furious that he has vampire blood inside of him.  He confronts his daughter and tells her it’s her duty to mate with the man he has chosen, but she vows never to return to PotShot.  Then she disappears until the end of the episode when it’s revealed that she can shift into a Panther.  I’m not sure what supernatural creature takes the form of a panther (werepanther?), but Jason is suitably impressed.

Meanwhile Sam’s dark past is revealed in flashbacks.  He’s committed grand larceny and double homicide.  That’s good to know.  But it raises some interesting questions about the rest of his shifty family.  Why are they making a pittance at dangerous dog fights when they could be stealing expensive jewelry?  Seems like shifters would never have to worry about money because they could steal with minimal risks to themselves.  Maybe Sam will help his little brother come to that conclusion…

Lafayette and Jesus go on a rollercoaster V trip together.  Jesus talks about the magical folk in his ancestry as well as Lafayette’s.  But the trip comes to a frightening halt when Jesus shows Lafayette his grandfather’s dealings with dark magic and Lafayette freaks out.  Lafayette has always avoided tainted magic.  At Sookie’s grandmother’s wake he threw out food people bought because of its bad hoodoo vibe.  But will his fear for Jesus’ grandfather be enough to keep them apart?  If Jesus can reconcile his feelings for Lafayette with Lafayette’s drug dealing, I hope Lafayette can ignore Jesus’ grandfather who is probably in Mexico and no threat to them (at least in the last two episodes of the season).

Hoyt pledges his love to Jessica and pitbull Tommy attacks him in the Merlotte’s parking lot.  Seeing her love in danger is the motivation Jessica needs to act.  She throws Tommy into the trees and heals Hoyt with her blood.  Now he’s going to be even more besotted with her and she’ll always feel when he’s in danger.  Are they truly back together though?

Tara is in love with her hero Jason again.  Until Jason tells Tara that he shot Eggs, and she runs off.  Now why in the world would he tell her that?  While Jason is distracted, Sookie gives him the slip and goes to Fangtasia to talk to Eric.  Are the Stackhouses taking stupid pills?  Eric uses the opportunity to look Sookie up in the basement until he figures out how he can use her to kill Russell.  And where is Russell?  All episode you’d think that Russell would be coming to kill Eric.  He’s faster and stronger so it should’ve been no problem to swoop into Fangtasia (good hiding place Eric) and rip his head off.  Instead he’s playing make-believe Talbot with a human prostitute.  I guess he can afford to be patient, but if I were after revenge I’d get to that first and play with prostitutes later.  There were so many logic problems like that where characters just weren’t acting smart that I finished the episode annoyed with everyone.

What did you think of this episode?  Are you satisfied that Sookie is a fairy?  What is Eric going to do with Sookie?

RIP my beloved psychopath

Another week, another mindf*ck.  I spent most of this episode anxiously waiting for bad things to happen to my favorite characters.  Sookie, Lafayette and Eric made it through, but others weren’t so lucky.

I was right.  Franklin wasn’t dead before, but he sure is now.  And I’m mourning him — deeply.  He was the best new character of the season.  He lit up every scene he was in.  While I enjoyed first season’s sarcastic Tara, I would have sacrificed this season’s scared, self-pitying Tara to keep him.

Instead of Franklin we’re hanging onto Alcide (eye candy for sure, but a little wooden as a character) and Crystal.  I don’t know about you, but I’m hating the Crystal story line.  So far it doesn’t connect to anyone else’s story (aside from a brief intersection with Lafayette).  And obviously something supernatural is going on there, but I’m not interested in it.  How many supernaturals does Bon Temps need?  Shouldn’t the majority of citizens be ordinary humans?  If not, the super part of supernatural loses its meaning.  All the new characters seem to have a supernatural secret (maybe even Jesus with his mysterious past and jaguar tattoo) and it’s too much.

The story line I sank my teeth into this week was the Eric v. Russell scenario.  Russell showed a spark of humanity in his treatment of the goop that constitutes Talbot’s remains.  Carrying around Talbot’s blood in a glass urn and talking to it is seriously creepy and deliciously disturbing.  But the best part of the episode was his televised speech at the end when he announced to America that humans are food.

Oh, one more complaint, what is with the Authority’s goons invading Fangtasia dressed like Robocops?  That was beyond ridiculous.  I have to say, this episode was not a favorite.  I’m waiting to see how it fits into the overall arc of the season, but I found a lot to be annoyed with.

What did you think?  Are you glad Tara was spared?  Do you see merit in some of the plot lines or characters I don’t like?  I’d be interested to hear from fans of Crystal or Alcide…