Season one of True Blood left us on a bit of a cliff hanger with Tara, Sookie, and the Sherif discovering a body in Merlott's parking lot. Most people believed that the body belonged to Lafayette, because in the book series Lafayette's death is what starts off book two.
I won't give spoilers as to who the body really belongs to but I am very relieved to say it is not Lafayette.
It seems as if Season two of True Blood will be making further departure from the book series, and in a lot of ways I think it is a good thing. In the origional novels Lafayette is a very small character, the creators of the TV series really breathed a lot of life into that character and I'm glad they will be keeping him around for a bit longer. Who knows what other twists and turns will happen this season.
In the book series Jason never gets involved with The Fellowship of the Sun. I'm not sure how I feel about a man-ho former v addict like Jason getting involved with the fellowship, but I'm interested to see how it all plays out. Another change from the books is the newly sired vampire Jessica who simply does not exist in the series, at least not this early on. Those two major changes will undoubtedly impact how the rest of the series turns out, and especially in Jason and Lafayette's case change a lot of what happened in the origional series.
Overall the first episode was quite good, but it felt a tad disjointed, like they were trying to do too many things at once.
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In one tiny little hour True Blood attempted to cover: a murder in Metlotte's Parking lot, Romance between Bill and Sookie, Bills relationship with the new Vamp he made, Lafayette in a fricking dungeon, Tara and the new love interest, Maryanne and Sam's history, Jason getting involved with The Fellowship of the Sun.
Call me crazy, but I feel like things would have run a bit smoother if they only tried to tackle 3-4 of the 7 storylines currently going on.
It still has all the things you love about last season: the romance, the mystery, the supernatural, and of course a certain dark sense of humor; it's all still there. Yet they seem to have gotten into a bit more them most people can chew this season. If anyone watched tonight's episode without watching the previous season they would have been completely lost. But really you can't expect an edgy series like this to baby their audience, so I forgive them. Let's just hope episode two flows a little more smoothly.
The Season two premier "Nothing But the Blood" was entertaining. I wouldn't say that any loose ends from season one got tired up, but a whole host of new questions are on the table. There are a few mysteries that need to be solved this season.
Looks like this is gearing up to be another good season, although I highly suggest that everyone go back and do their homework. If you haven't seen all of season one, or you don't remember it very well I highly recommend another viewing before you jump on in to watching season two.
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