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Favorite season of True Blood so far **SPOILERS**

Joe Washington

Joe Washington

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What is your favorite season of True Blood so far?

Season 1-The series' beginning with the kickoff of Bill and Sookie's rollercaster romance, the introduction of Eric Northman, Grannie's tragic death, and Sookie's showdown with Renee.

Season 2-The season of tortured Lafayette, Jason's detour into the Fellowship of the Sun, the Maryann storyline that took some patience to get through at times, and Godric and how he allowed us to see another side of the Eric Northman we thought we knew.

Season 3-The rise of the werewolves, Bill and Sookie's half-season long separation, the return of Lorena and the scene between her and Bill that have people on Youtube talking and making spins on it for the many years to come, the introduction of the delightfully evil Russell Edington, and Tara's bad romance with the insane Franklin Mott.

Place your bets, everyone!

Personally, my favorite season is Season 3 because it seems to have given Bill and Sookie's relationship the spice it once had in Season 1 but disappeared early Season 2.
 
I think each season has progressively gotten better and better, although season 2 kind of did feel to be the nonsequitor storyline between seasons 1 and 3.

I also thought the werewolves were gonna be more of a threat, although they seem to be reduced to henchmen status. This season has been pretty phenomenal though.
 
Yeah I'd say this season has definitely been the most fun, with all the vampire politics and power plays going on.

The first had some good storylines, but it was so padded and drawn out that I'd have to call it the weakest.
 
I heard that season two wasn't very good. Can I skip season two and go into season three without missing much?
 
No, you can't because though season two wasn't great, it had some good things like Godric or the Hoyt-Jessica relationship.
 
Dream said:
I heard that season two wasn't very good. Can I skip season two and go into season three without missing much?
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The biggest criticism most people have is that it's oddly paced at times and it's not as focused as season one. But it's still a good season of TV, not worth skipping. The show has an arc, you'll be clueless about a few things in season 3 if you skip season 2.
 
Joe Washington said:
No, you can't because though season two wasn't great, it had some good things like Godric or the Hoyt-Jessica relationship.
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Yeah, I agree with this. Season Two is definitely a must-see but is still the worst and has the lowest "rewatchability" out of all the seasons. I love Jessica and I think Ensign Ro did a great job, but man were these episodes drawn out!

Season One is my favorite, simply because it was written in that ongoing murder mystery format that I really miss and did a great job at character development. Now, it's just drama in and around all sorts of the south. I don't like the Weres that much but I like Claudine so far and Season Three is better than Two.
 
One thing I have missed from season 2 and 3 is the lack of location shooting. A little at Longwood and a bit in Louisiana in 2 but it lacks the local feel that season 1 had.
 
Right now it's 1 -> 3 -> 2 but depending on how this season ends could go 3-> 1 -> 2.

Season One had a really strong last couple of episodes.
 
Okay, I finally saw the second season. Wow, it felt like I was watching two completely different shows at times. One that I loved, and one that I hated.

The Maryann plot was so bad! I grew to hate her whenever she came onscreen and how everyone in town turned into crazy people when they were around her. Her storyline dragged on and on. Every episode with her storyline was pretty much this: Maryann does something evil, Tara makes out with her boyfriend, and the town people act like freaks. I like my villains developed and she was nothing but the boring pure evil type. She was around for the entire season and it only took seconds to defeat her. What a let down.

However, I LOVED the Godric storyline and the trip to Dallas. It can not be said enough, Godric was awesome and played by a great actor. I really liked how it developed Eric. The vampire makers, Godic and Lorena, definitely saved the season for me.

I also liked Jason's storyline with the Fellowship of the Sun and how it ended up connecting with Godic at it's conclusion. In the first season Jason was pretty much a joke, but Jason gets some good scenes this season. Also it was great how he ended up helping during the big confrontation at the end.

I heard that season 3's plot is all over the place and the season finale was a massive disappointment. Is that true?
 
Pretty much. There were some good/great moments but a number of the plotlines set up in the first half of the season end with a whimper in the second half.
 
The biggest problem I had was that Maryanne appeared every episode in the season. Did Michelle Forbes' contract require her to be in every episode? It wasn't needed at all. They should have had her character disappear for three episodes in the middle of the season, so we could focus much more on the more interesting Godric and Jason's Fellowship of the Sun storylines. After Godic's death, I just stopped caring about the last three episodes.

The writers seem to be great at writing awesome moments, but they have no clue how to do season finales. I was a little disapponted with how season one ended too.
 
The only problem with the season three finale is that there are TOO MANY characters. This cast is in serious need of trimming. They can't do justice to all the plots. I think he's funny, but it's damn well time for Jason and the werepanthers of Hot Shot to go. It's absurd. Everything is getting short shrift.

Bill really needs to die. He is beyond hypocritical. Of course, if I hadn't fallen in love with you, I'd have turned you over to Sophie Anne so she could put you in a cage, Sookie. But I'm full of self loathing about it. :rolleyes: Screw you, Bill. You're a murderer like every other vampire. Except maybe Jessica--her victim's death was an accident.

Sam needs a little lesson and pots and kettles and dark colors.
 
I must be the only person that loved season 2. I watched it all in one day, though. They're all great, but I think S2 is the best. It was the only one I never had waning interest in.
 
Season 2 closely followed by season 1 (very closely).

Season 2 had the awesome Church of Light storyline and Godric and not even the (at times) tedious Mary Ann storyline could diminish that.

I love Jasons arc in that season and was very moved by Godrics end and especially Eric's breakdown when he realizes his maker will die.. awesome acting by Saarskard.

Season 1 was an awesome introduction to the characters, one of the best i ever saw on TV and it had a very good main storyline (albeit having spoilt myself by reading the book halfway through the season in one day :p).

Season 3 suffers from too many new characters and storylines which was really pulling down the season finale.. best thing though was Russel Eddington. A delightful bastard and psychotic played to perfection by Denis O'Hare and it was especially cool how he handled an interview at Comic Con 2010 where he alluded to his spine ripping appearance but didn't spoil it (it hadn't aired at the time of CC '10) and how he was astonished reading the script for the scene :techman:

So my advice for True Blood? Tone it a bit down with the characters and give the established ones a little more room or just bump up the volume to 15 or 20 episodes (the popularity and success of the show should be able to greenlight more episodes easily).
 
Crystal and the useless werepanthers took up faaaaar too much time this season. I'd have killed to see some more heart to hearts (or knock down drag outs) between Sam and Tommy, or more conversations and revelations about the histories of Eric and Pam and how he came to make her. Skaarsgaard, Bauer, Trammell and Marshall Allman are all talented actors.

Werepanthers???? :scream: :scream: Why, when there are werewolves being wasted, are we watching werepathers from Deliverance universe? Why--when we could witness Eric's grief weighing him down--are we watching Jason "fall in love" two mere months after Amy's demise? Tara's story was interesting to me, too. Anything would have been better. The character of Jason has been completely sidelined and made irrelevant. No one even thought to inquire if Jason exhibited any fae characteristics. He's islanded. He shot Eggs and yet he's islanded. No confrontation between Tara and Jason about it.
 
yeah the shapeshifters & weres were really wasted this season, we only got to see Sam & Tommy turn into dogs a couple of times. I was expecting a big shifter/were battle at the end.

I actually really liked season 2, yeah that Mary Anne stuff dragged a bit, & so did some of Jason FOTS storyline, but I loved how most of the characters came together at the end to deal with the same crisis. Thats something I missed from this season, everyone was so isolated.

hmm, non-battles, isolated characters... this show is reminding me more & more of Heroes. Yikes.:vulcan:

Dorian what do you think of what there doing to Sam? Im not liking it so far, I miss the old Sam. :(
 
I like it to a certain degree, melancholymecha and understand the desire to throw in the unexpected--but I think it was done too abruptly. Yes, I understand that PTSD doesn't always kick in immediately after traumatic events, but this isn't a classic case of PTSD like Terry suffers from. I suspect that the writers decided to give Sam a murderous past on a whim. Him being willing to throw Tommy away for doing things no worse than Sam has done himself is what bothers the hell out of me. Sam didn't know Maryanne was a killer when he stole from her. He'd just seen her shimmer in the bed a little. She was kind to him, took him in, and he cleaned her out because she was "different." Isn't Sam "different"? He was obviously running cons and stealing from people with the jewelry and money. He wasn't in physical danger when he shot the two thieves, the man and the woman who stole from him.

Sam's angry.....just like Tommy. He doesn't trust.....just like Tommy. There's a bounty of emotional material waiting there to be played and to enhance the character development of these brothers, but are the writers bright enough to take advantage? Changing Sam's character could pay off big time if they use Tommy to make Sam aware of his own hypocrisy. Tommy was cloistered and abused. He can't read. You don't just throw off years of abuse. It shatters you. Your self esteem is in the toilet. Sam freed Tommy of his parents then just as quickly kicked him out because he was refusing to write down an order--when he couldn't. Sam not even batting an eye when Tommy screamed that he couldn't read shocked me the most in terms of his character. Yes, Tommy's done so bad things but so has Sam. Sam went out of his way to make himself Tommy's protector and he's failing miserably. He owes Tommy more slack than that. Sam felt he was wronged in life, so he's taking it out on Tommy. Tommy did the same thing. It could be a marvelous, rich plotline but are the writers up to the task? I hope so.

I can deal with Sam shooting the thieves if the storyline pays off. If.
 
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