Beware The Sheriff In The Window

Hello my darling Truebies, have you missed me? 

Finally, we are into Season 6 of "True Blood". I feel like I just woke from a long zombie sleep. I did! Thank Goddrick, I have my favorite fangers to occupy my TV until "Walking Dead" starts again in October.

Initially, I was skeptical about how good this season would be so I purposefully waited to blog until I was sure I could do so without turning traitor. Two episodes in, I am sure we are safe from disappointment. You had me at RUTGER HAUER.

Most people are unaware of Rutger's true importance to Vampire fiction. My beloved Anne Rice patterned the character of Lestat after him for her books. That fact weighs highly in merit with me because I consider Ms. Rice to be a visionary and pioneer in the genre. Everyone else just takes from her.

Of course, Rutger has done Buffy and the remake of Salem's Lot for TV. But, we'll take him as a fairy for now. 

It is interesting how Salem's Lot was brought to my mind. I enjoyed the tv remake in 2004, But, I prefer the original. One of my favorite scenes in that original is when the little boy has turned into a vampire and is floating outside the window of his friend begging him to open it so he can come in a bite him. We saw a similar scene last week,in True Blood, when Eric Northman floats outside the window of the daughter of the anti vampire governor. The last scene of that episode show her glamoured and willing to open that window. Eric- 1 Governor-0.

I am enjoying the season so far. I'm still not all together sold on Bill's latest transformation. I adore The Fairy Babies and it is good to see Pam and Lafayette back to their true sassy personalities.  

The Walking Dead (S3E3) Zombie Maternity Ward

I'll admit, I took last week off from the blog because I was a bit down from the slow speed of episode 2. Every series has their fill in/build up episodes. I am absolutely positive they were just giving our emotions and intellect a break to prepare us for the gut wrenching episode that unfolded last night.
What was the shortest, disjointed gestation in TV history came down to a moment in a boiler room with a crude Cesarean for Lori. Poor Carl, it's bad enough to see your mom in labor but to have to put her down afterward to prevent "the turn" was a man up event like no other. I would say he would be scared for life, but we're talking life after life here and he has already been deflowered of his senses.
It was a joyous day, Herschel was up and about minus a leg, and a wretched day, Carol is missing, and T-DOG IS EATEN... No T-Dog, No! ( Twitter momentarily blew up.) Let's balance that up with a dash of Merle sass and we had an awesome episode
The emotional fall out on next episode should be intense, if Ricks reaction is any indication. Never put off saying "I love you" because you never know when your loved one is going to be maternally excavated to death. The poll on "Talking Dead" with Chris Hardwick had Rick taking his frustrations out in a massive zombie kill. I think not. I think he is going to simmer for a few episodes and snap on someone we least expect. Or not. Nothing is like the comic books...and that may be for the best.