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may have ulterior motives against his new bride, something the suspicious-natured Tara might relate to. The film was also spoofed on Mystery Science Theater 3000. In the flashback to 1935 Los Angeles, Bill is reading Gods & Monsters of Ancient Greece, which doesn’t appear to be a real book, so we can only assume that it’s a nod to the many parallels between the characters on the show and their Greek mythological counterparts. For this viewer, I just love that Bill is a big book nerd, and that for all he has to learn about the modern world, he still returns to the classics.

Relationship Crypt Falls: Is Tara so desperate for a man that she can’t see Eggs, her King of Sheba, is messed up in Maryann’s enabling ways? He plays the guitar a lot. But unless he’s dropping an album sometime soon, why isn’t she worried that he isn’t looking for a job?

Paging Dr. Creepy: Maryann wanders in with a rabbit for stew. It’s not that she’s filthy. Or that she communed with nature all night. Or even that she caught a rabbit for stew. It’s that in the absence of a snare I’m left with the disturbing image of her shimmering that rabbit into submission. And you know what they say about rabbits.

Encore: When Lafayette is on the phone selling V-juice, you can hear “Release Me,” performed by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. In 1971, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty began a professional partnership, scoring five consecutive #1 hits between 1971 and 1975, making them one of the most successful country duos in history. Between 1976 and 1981, they had seven more top 10 hits. Loretta Lynn has probably had more songs banned than any other artists in country music’s history, penning lyrics about divorced women, sex before marriage, birth control, and the anguish of losing a loved one to war. Until 2006, Harold Lloyd Jenkins, a.k.a. Conway Twitty, had had more #1 Billboard country hits than any other act in history. He died in 1993 at the age of 59. There are multiple meanings behind the use of “Release Me” in this episode, along with the fact that it’s a duet as it applies mostly to pairings: Sookie and Hugo are trapped in the basement of the Fellowship of the Sun; Bill asks to be released from Lorena; Sarah Newlin hopes to leave her husband for Jason; Sam remains in Maryann’s grip; Jason escapes from the Newlins; Hoyt and Jessica escort one another out of Virginville; and in the scene in which the song is heard, Lafayette returns to his role as seductive pusher, dealing to people who want release so badly, they’ll pay large to take a short cut.

2.08 ~ Timebomb

Original air date: August 9, 2009; Written by: Alexander Woo; Directed by: John Dahl

Sookie: Godric’s your maker, isn’t he?

Eric: Don’t use words that you don’t understand.

Sookie: You have a lot of love for him.

Eric: Don’t use words I don’t understand.

Sookie is saved by an unexpected hero. Sam makes a horrifying discovery at Merlotte’s. Maryann cooks an unforgettable meal for Tara and Eggs. And Jason makes good with the vampires.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of True Blood is how it explores civil justice when laws fail our personal agendas. Vampires have been able to take advantage of their secrecy to exercise their own laws. While vampire sentences are barbaric, their emphasis on loyalty is unparalleled even if some of their ideals are outdated. A human having an affair with another human’s spouse would be a humiliation, the pending court battle an exercise in property division: house, car, children. However, if a vampire took what belonged to another vampire, we can imagine what might follow. And sometimes outrageous measures are exacted against innocents, such as when Jessica was turned as part of Bill’s punishment. Or vampires act of their own accord. See Royce’s untimely demise for throwing a silver cross in Eric’s face. In this episode, Godric kills Gabe with an efficient snap. Unlike humans, vampires don’t tie up their legal system with cases to hinder other vampires. We’ve yet to hear of a vampire who was taken to tribunal under false pretences.

Whether