True Blood 7//22/12 - In The Begining There Was Lilith...or Akasha?

   Has no one, besides me, noticed the similarities in last night's episode of True Blood and the movie/book "Queen of the Damned"? I would LOVE Anne Rice to weigh in on this. Last night, True Blood took that fork in the road where good series run out of creative options and start to mimic the standard before them. As soon as Lilith appeared in that seedy bar in the French Quarter and let her first gasp of freedom, I uttered the name...AKASHA?
   In the film interpretation of "QOTD", Lestat drinks from the mighty and stone sleeping Akasha, partaking of the Ancient Bloodline of Vampires. This is the strong blood origin of the vampires of Anne Rice's series. It makes Lestat powerful and it unleashes Akasha on the world. She proceeds to attempt to get the vampire race to fall at her feet or face death. Ultimately, the vampire coven that knows better than to let her rule the world with tyranny and death, kill her. They put their blood need aside for the greater cause of living in the midst of humans. DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
   The situation may be a tad different in Bon Temp, but the premise is the same. A small group of renegade fanatical Vampires worshiping their leader. The leader is a female. The whole vampire/ human balance of existence is at risk. Maharet kills Akasha in "QOTD". Who, if anyone, will rise up to take out Lilith? Will Russell be Lilith's Lestat?
   All I can say is that I am a bit disappointed in how this season is going. If it were not for the hope of Russell's weekly sarcasm and antics, I am not sure I would still be rearranging my whole schedule to watch it. This season is scattered and too loose. Also lacking, the soundtrack. It is all leaving me a little MEH. We are halfway in now. Will it turn around? Or will I start watching "Falling Skies" first and waiting for the replay of "True Blood"?

Here is a sneak peak of next weeks episode via HBO: