Comic-Con in San Diego has got to be one of the biggest events of the year for all all things fun and fantasy. There are panels of our favorite shows and movies, tons of fans, and of course, a slew of sneak peeks. So of course True Blood is going to have a panel and show their fans — us Truebies — some sneak peeks. So check out this trailer for True Blood Season 4. I think this season is going to be the best True Blood season yet! What do you think? If this doesn’t whet your appetite, I don’t know what will! Enjoy!

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Well, tonight’s episode was short and not so sweet, except for the scenes between Eric and Sookie. Those were so sweet they were almost syrupy, but you just can’t help but say, “Awww!” Yet even Eric managed to feel the burn and if the title was based on any one character’s storyline tonight, I’d say it was Eric’s. (Last week was Jason’s.) So let’s get to it!

So when we last saw Eric and Sookie, she was giving him heck for dining on her Faery Godmother Claudine. Now she’s worried Mab’s faery goons might show up at any moment so she tries to hustle Eric inside. But wouldn’t you know it? The big Viking is drunk! He guzzled so much faerie blood that he is so drunk he actually falls over. And then, wanting more, he goes to nibble on Sookie for dessert.

“Eric, you’ll kill me, no!”

This cry of alarm from Sookie breaks through Eric’s stupor and looking quite appalled that she thinks he would hurt her, he tells her that he would never hurt her. Obviously she is quite special to him even in this amnesiac drunken state. Then he playfully pinches Sookie’s butt and it’s so funny because even though Eric in his right mind seems capable of much mischievousness, I still can’t imagine him being downright playful. Anyhow, as we expect Sookie squeals with mock outrage but she still can’t herd the big vampire into the safety of the house. Eric wants Sookie to catch him, so he takes off into the night. Alarmed for him because dawn is right around the corner and he doesn’t seem like he can handle himself if someone tries to harm him, Sookie takes off after him, albeit at a much slower pace.

At Fangtasia, Bill is questioning Pam about Eric’s whereabouts. When is Bill ever going to learn that trying to get Pam to tell anyone anything about the Northman is like trying to get blood out of stone? No luck there Bill.

“You like the feel of it, don’t you Bill? That crown?”

Yes, Pam, he probably does is all I can say in answer to your rhetorical question. Bill leaves none the wiser.

Now the next scene is disturbing and disgusting to me on so many levels. Not only because the woman on top of an unwilling Jason is a gross mean bully on Hung, but because what she’s doing to Jason is just so absolutely wrong. And then crying and carrying on… All I keep saying is, “Poor, poor Jason.” The thing he’s always been so proud of is the cause of all his current troubles. You really need to choose better women Jason. Right now he’s on the conveyor belt of breeding and I just don’t know how he’s going to recover.

But he does manage to escape. Becky has been sent in for her turn and here we see that Jason is actually a big romantic. He tells her that a girl’s 1st time should be special and with someone you really like who really likes you back. Becky, who never wanted any part in this horror anyway, takes pity on Jason and cuts him free. Jason takes off running.

Meanwhile, Nan is giving Bill an earful for sending Eric after a bunch of Wiccans. This is not something she can take to the authority.

“No dead humans!”

And there’s an unspoken “OR ELSE!” attached to that order. Uneasy is the head that wears the crown, hey Bill? After all, nan does have a point. How many retired kings (or queens) do we know?

Marine is in the throes of a dream where she sees what happens to the evil spirit who possesses her every once in a while. Here she is in her human form tied to a stake and is about to be burned. Since this is just a vision the evil spirit is giving her, Marnie is unable to do anything, though she calls out for this horror to stop. Unfortunately we know that the witch is going to burn. What a horricble time in history. I can’t wait to see more of this witch, who obviously hates vampires, and her history. She begins to burn and there is nothing Marnie can do about it…

Alcide shows up at Sookie’s door in answer to her request for help. How nice it must be to have hunky vampires and werewolves as friends, hey? Alcide strips down and shifts into werewolf form, all the better to smell a vampire, my dear. He and Sookie take off searching for an errant Northman.

Maxine shows up at Merlotte’s on the war path. She is worried about Tommy and tries to pick a fight with Sam who doesn’t bite. Sam manages to keep his zen — those “anger management” classes must be working, hey Sam? — and Maxine finds it strange that Sam does lose it. And I’m surprised too because she sure tries hard to get a rise out of Sam.

If there’s one thing you can rely on Felton to be it is a disgusting pig, and he doesn’t disappoint when he starts to question Becky about her time spent with Jason. It doesn’t take the genius long to find out that Jason has flown the coop and the hunt is on. Felton and his panther posse take off hunting for Jason.

L, J, & T (sounds like a Lafayette, Jesus and Tara sandwich, don’t it?) have cornered Marnie and are trying to convince her to reverse the spell for all their sakes and the sakes of the coven. They don’t know the extent of Marnie’s evil counterpart’s power just yet, but when they do, I bet it won’t take long for the wheels to start turning in Tara’s head. Unfortunately Marnie can’t reverse the spell. She has no clue how. It wasn’t her who spelled the Viking, she pleads, it was her. And we know her who, but Tara doesn’t.

“Her who?”

Tara always asks the pertinent questions, doesn’t she? Anyway, they convince Marnie to give it a go, but Marnie has no luck reversing the spell. Surprised? No? Me neither.

Sookie and Alcide’s vampire hunt ends up at the edge of a lake. And who pops out of the water all smiles and cuteness? Well it’s the Northman himself frolicking away in the sunlight! He invites Sookie to come and play the Norse goddess to his Norse god and he promises to slay the sea monsters, aka “krokidilers” that he calls to oh, so sweetly. Alcide watches all this, his werewolfy face perplexed by the new Eric hijinks. But alas, no sooner did the fun begin than it is over when Eric begins to burn, literally, and feel unwell.

“I don’t want to go back to the darkness.”

Poor Eric. Sookie covers him up and croons to him soothingly like one would a sad child and tells him to run back to the house and that she will follow. Eric obeys and Sookie and Alcide follow him.

As Jason stays one step ahead of the panthers who are tracking him, Tommy is reuniting with his mom. Anyone else think this is the epitome of a bad move? I tell you I have never trusted Melinda. She needs a T-shirt that reads, “BAD MOM”.

Sam makes a surprise visit to Luna’s and Luna isn’t pleased. And just when you think she has another dude on the house, a little girl comes outside. Well, SURPRISE! Baby shifter’s out of the bag.

After a quick glimpse of more running from a beaten and bruised Jason, we catch up with Eric and Sookie just as Sookie is tucking the vampire in.

“Stay with me. Please.”

How Sookie can resist such adorableness I will never know. Eric pleads so sweetly! Alcide is eavesdropping on the pair as he stands outside and when Sookie comes out him and Sookie have a brief argument over the fact that Eric is in Sookie’s house. But one well placed barb about Debbie and it blows all the steam out of Alcide sails. They hug it out as “friends”. And when you have vampire hearing, I guess it’s hard not to eavesdrop, right Eric?

Tired of running and knowing he has to make a stand, Jason does his best Rambo and hides in tree as he sharpens a spear made from a thick tree branch. He drops out of the tree onto the panther who is standing under the tree and plunges the spear into the wildcat. Jason kills Felton who manages to swipe at Jason and slice him up on his leg with his panther claws before shifting back into his human form and dies. And who should appear? Well it’s Crystal.

“I’m Big Momma Kitty now.”

Your also a big piece of work, Crystal. Jason wants no part of her or her plans. But he may not have a choice come the full moon, will he? And I agree with you wholeheartedly, Jason. Crystal really is the worst thing that ever happened to you!

Portia has taken Bill to meet her and Andy’s grandma Caroline. Bill is at his charming best. Excuse me while my eyes roll back in my head. Bill’s parlor room antics are nauseating. But Andy, or should I say Andrew is funny. He’s just itching to get out of there. Now where have we seen Grandma Caroline before? Knot’s Landing? Hmmm…

Sam is working his way into Luna’s… heart and is being real sweet and indulgent towards Emma. He tells Luna she should have told him she had a daughter and that he wouldn’t have taken off. I believe he is genuine when he says this. And since it’s a time for truth, Luna tells Sam about her stalker ex who is Emma’s dad and a werewolf. I can see this causing Sam some trouble, do you?

Marnie and L, J & T are still searching for the spell that will set things right and having no luck. Marnie is calling upon her spirit guides who don’t seem to be listening until a book drops on the floor all on its own. Can this be where the reversal spell is perhaps?

Back at Alcide’s and Debbie’s, Alcide returns home and you just KNOW Debbie can smell Sookie all over him. I just have one thing to say, “Alcide, if you think for one moment that Sookie doesn’t bother Debbie in the WORST way, you are in for a surprise!” I’m just not buying Debbie’s I’ve turned over a new leaf bull.

Back in the Bellefleur parlor, Bill is in for a shock. If he had a heartbeat it would have skipped a beat when he finds out that Portia is his great-great-great-great granddaughter. Let’s move on. I just don’t even want to contemplate this ish, and neither does Bill as he makes a hasty departure. So did Grandma BTW. Portia runs after Bill and forces him to tell her why they can’t see each other any more. Well, do you really want to know, Portia?

Talking about ignorance is bliss, Terry is no longer deluded that Mikey is is his son. The baby has scrawled in bright red magic marker BABY NOT YOURS on the wall. This understandably freaks out the whole family. Except Mikey who is giggling away.

Sookie visits a depressed Eric who is mourning the fact that he’ll never swim in the sun again and see the sunlight in Sookie’s hair. Poor vampire. He’s feeling the loss of his humanity all over again.

“If you kiss me I’ll promise to be happy again.”

And if it wasn’t for Eric sensing Bill at Sookie’s door, we might have seen Sookie kiss that big blonde Viking. Damn you, Bill. You ruin everything!

With the perfect excuse to see Sookie, Bill arrives at Sookie’s place and intends to do search of the premises for Eric, since it’s the only place in the world they haven’t searched in this game of “Where In the World Is Eric Northman”. Sookie tells Bill a bold faced lie but it is enough to guilt Bill into not searching the house.

A very sick Jason collapses on the side of the road. Luckily for him Jessica and Hoyt are driving by and find him. See Jason? I TOLD you you had a Faery Godmother! Jessica feeds Jason her blood, (ahem, Hoyt, not everybody finds Jessica’s blood gross) and I’m wondering if Jason is going to fall for Jessica now. That would be one interesting love triangle considering Hoyt and Jason are BFF’s.

And even though you know it’s comin’, it’s still a horrible sight when you see Joe Lee Mickens snarling mug as he wraps a chain around Tommy’s neck. These two seriously take the award for world’s most horrible parents. Can you say BETRAYAL with a capital B? Melinda never left Joe Lee after all. They were just waiting for the perfect moment to trap Tommy and make him fight in the ring again. And with Joe Lee promising viciously to teach Tommy the meaning of the word obedience, well, despite the fact that Tommy can be a little turd, I feel so sorry for him. His life is about to turn to sh*t and I don’t know if Sam will be there to save him this time.

L, J & T have brought Marnie to Pam as promised and Pam isn’t impressed by the stupidity of the coven. I mean, what kind of witches can’t reverse their own spells is right, Pam. And look, there’s tara with her gun again. I don’t know why, but Tara is starting to bug me now.

“Fix my Maker!”

Well, this is one time Pam is out played. The evil spirit chooses this moment to appear and she casts a spell that reveals Pam’s “true self” and wouldn’t you know it, but beautiful Pam is turned into a rotting stinking corpse right before our very eyes. Horrified, Pam takes off. Now L, J & T have to know that they are the top dogs in Bon Temps now. And with an evil spirit and Tara hating on vampires like they do, I can see a whole lot more spells and mayhem being cast on vampires. This does not bode well for the undead. But, I’m sure Pam will get even with the Wiccans one way or another before this season is over. Haven’t we learned that you don’t mess with Pam?

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Eric after a fae dinner.

Well, last episode was awesome and if I know True Blood, things are going to be even better in the next episode “I’m Alive and On Fire”. But before True Blood is on once again in Vancouver I thought I’d share with you some of the things the last episode taught me. So here is my list of 24 Things I Learned from “If You Love, Why Am I Dyin’?”

24. Who knew Eric Northman had ticklish toes? I guess he does.

23. You can still see the old Eric in this new boyish and innocent Eric. Don’t let his adorable sweetness fool you. He’s still dangerous!

22. Seeing Andy use V is gross.

21. Even though Alcide is back with Debbie he still has a thing for Sookie.

20. Debbie cleans up real nice but I still don’t trust her.

19. Whatever Maxine’s reasons are for helping Tommy I’m still mad at him for wanting to screw her over.

18. Tara will never like vampires.

17. Family should always look after each other because you never know when you’re going to need your cousin to stop a pissed off vampire from killing you by holding a gun with wooden bullets on that pissed off vampire.

16. Never tell anyone you are a shape shifter and expect them to stick around.

15. Friends with benefits never work out. That means you Portia Bellefleur!

14. Always answer your phone when King Bill calls or else!

13. Always ask for what you want. It works for Portia Bellefleur, why shouldn’t it work for you?

12. Never accept strange gifts from gingers with fangs.

11. They sure do swear a lot on True Blood.

10. Portia will never be Sookie for Bill. Not even close.

9. Even Sookie likes to read Charlaine Harris.

8. Never think Pam will go easy on you if you mess with Eric.

7. Don’t mess with Pam.

6. Invoke an evil spirit and they will listen.

5. A blood sacrifice always seals the deal.

4. Beware of crazy hillbilly junkies. This means you Jason!

3. Stay away from vampires if you are a faery. No good can come from it. Unless you’re Sookie…

2. Sookie’s hair looks really good this season. Hair extensions really do work wonders!

1. Eric is absolutely adorable but no less dangerous!

Take a look inside “If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’?” and see if there are things you learned from the episode and dish me up a comment!

On the next episode “I’m Alive and On Fire”:

“Alcide helps Sookie hunt for Eric; Marnie searches for guidance to break a spell; Bill discovers a common bond with the Bellefleurs; Jason begs for liberation from Hotshot; Sam penetrates Luna’s inner circle; Arlene sees the writing on the wall; Tommy returns to his roots.”

via ~ IMDb

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this season of True Blood is blowing me away! Just when you think it can’t get any more awesome, it goes and packs a whole lot a story into 55 minutes. And what a 55 minutes it was. the title “If You Love Me, why am I Dyin’?” is so fitting. Poor, poor Jason. Won’t somebody help him? He just DOES NOT have any luck with women. I feel so bad for him. He’s in trouble… and it’s just getting started. As for Eric, all I can say is that I’m glad he has both Pam and Sookie to look after him, and boy, is he ever adorable!

“You just killed my Faery Godmother!” ~ this quote by Sookie is absolutely priceless and my favorite quote of the night.

We pick up where we left off with a shirtless, befuddled Eric standing on the side of the road. Sookie is not impressed and reminds him with a “You know perfectly well why I smell the way I smell” and an exnay on the mellsay tone of voice. Eric describes what she smells like out loud and we get a visual on just what Sookie smells like, and it’s no wonder the vampires go nuts for faeries. Wheat, honey… sunlight. As enticing as Eric’s description was, I couldn’t help but think of a Halsa Hair shampoo commercial with a picture of Sookie on it filled with viscous liquid that looks like honey. YUM!

Anyhoo, Eric’s fangs drop involuntarily and Sookie peels away in her little YELLOW car. (A car the color of sunlight? Now I get the color…) Thinking she is a safe distance away, she stops and looks back and there is no sign of Eric… because he is right beside her! He reaches into the car in a blur of movement and makes a grab for her.

Like any faery fearing for her life, Sookie takes off running and of course the enthralled and adorable Eric follows. Sookie being Sookie, she punches him in the face with a defiant “I am not your F-ing dinner!” Point taken. Mr. Northman is effectively cowed.

Eric hilariously calls Sookie “Snookie” (most definitely not! Bleh!) and reveals to Sookie that he has no clue who he is. But he does remember the sea, identifies it as being linked to his “home”. He breaks out his Mother Tongue and gets lost for a moment remembering the horrible events of the night. Namely Marnie’s cold empty eyes reaching into him and emptying him. How horrible! He also sees her face and the face of the spirit. Thank Odin he remembers that much! I’m actually surprised, and it’s vital info if Sookie and Pam are going to be able to help him.

He tells Sookie that everything he was was taken from him. He says this in such a forlorn manner that my heart actually squeezes with empathy. What Eric said obviously got to Sookie too because she decides to help him. She does lay down some ground rules though. No touching and no biting. Eric agrees and as they walk to her car he tells her he’s really grateful to her for her help. Awww! ‘I think Eric is absolutely adorable’ has become my favorite catch phrase for this season. Oh, and ‘Poor, poor Jason’. That’s another phrase running through my head, especially with this episode.

Back at MoonGoddess, Tara’s pissed about the whole Eric thing and so is everyone else. None of them know the extent of what happened to Eric yet. The coven wants to call the police and Lala’s trying to get them to see the stupidity of that move. “Eric is ancient, stupid powerful and he’ll kill all of us!” Well, Lala is right, Eric would kill all of them… if he was the old Eric.

Marnie is putting her own spin on what Eric did. She’s twisting it and turning it into a religion thing saying that Eric busted in on them unprovoked, tried to stop them from practicing their religion, and then attacked them. Again, all unprovoked. Oh, Marnie, you’re good. You should have been a politician. Jesus asks Marnie what she did to get Eric to high tail it out of there. Marnie claims to have no idea. I tell you, I’m not buying what Marnie is selling.

Poor, poor Jason. He’s all bit up lying on that dirty mattress at Crystal’s mercy. While he’s burning up with the fever that will turn him into a were-panther, the Hotshot crew is outside sitting around a campfire gnawing on raw meet right off the bone and talking about their origins and Ghost Daddy, Ghost Mommy and how the Sky People ruined everything. By the next full moon Jason will be a panther, Felton and Crystal will get what they want and then Felton won’t need Jason anymore. Crazy Crystal promises to keep Jason safe. After all she “loves” him, is grateful for everything he’s done and is going to do, and she wants to be with him. Sick. Sick. Sick and twisted.

Bill has just passed the sentence of the true death on a vampire who got caught on video feeding on a human when Jessica comes for visit. Even though she beats around the bush claiming to have come for Advil, Bill cuts to chase. She tells him about her feeding on another willing human that wasn’t Hoyt. Bill tells her to vamp up and tell Hoyt. Better he hear the truth from her than someone else.

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Back at Sookie’s, Eric waits for an invitation from Sookie to enter the house. He doesn’t know yet that it is his house and Sookie isn’t about to enlighten him. Sookie calls Pam at Fangtasia and Pam whooshes over. Sookie is washing Eric’s feet and discovers like the rest of us in another one of this episode’s adorable Eric moments that he’s ticklish. He senses Pam and when she busts in, Eric jumps up from the couch and shouts in a startled voice, “Who the F is she?!?” Totally hilarious.

Pam spills the beans about Eric owning the house which doesn’t make Sookie happy. Eric also finds out about biting Sookie.

This pleases Eric until Sookie succinctly puts him in his place and mentions going to Bill. Pam threatens Sookie and Eric shoves her to the floor and Pam slides across it. She gets up and Eric warns her to be nice to Sookie which is another LOL moment.

Pam is understandably afraid for Eric and believes this entire situation is all part of Bill’s plan to get rid of Eric for good. I agree. It’s decided that Sookie will hide Eric and for her services Sookie wants compensation.

Jessica tells Hoyt what she did and he’s pissed, but not for long because Jess glamours him into forgetting. Convenient and she doesn’t feel good about doing it but she doesn’t want to lose Hoyt. She’s definitely going down a dark path with that move. She’s definitely Bill’s progeny.

Meanwhile Sookie is making sure Eric’s cubby is safe. Here’s a clip.

Lala, Tara and Jesus are back at L and J’s place having talking over the night’s events. Lala’s in favor of going to Fangtasia and throwing themselves upon Eric’s mercy. Tara and Jesus aren’t. They talk Lala out of it, or so they think.

Andy is sitting in the Merlotte’s parking lot and calling Jason since Jason has been missing for 48 hours. Without Jason, Andy can’t stay off the V. Sam appears suddenly and Andy loses it, threatening Sam verbally and with a gun before speeding off with his siren’s blazing.

Sookie visits Alcide in Shreveport asking for his help. At first he thinks Sookie wants him to kill Eric, but before she can tell him everything Debbie comes into the room. She’s clean and sober and she’s found Jesus. In her defense, she really does clean up good. She also wants to earn Sookie’s forgiveness, but I don’t believe it. Caught off guard, Sookie leaves. Alcide follows her outside and isn’t happy when Sookie tells him to nevermind helping with Eric, but she does wish him and Debbie well.

Tara finds Sookie at Merlotte’s and asks Sookie to talk to Eric. Sookie claims not to have seen Eric and that he’s gone missing. When Sam comes up to talk to Tara, Sookie makes a quick escape. Sam and Tara go outside for a drink and to catch up when Jesus shows up and says Lala’s gone. So he and Tara hop in her car off to Fangtasia.

Bill’s at a restaurant trying to get a hold of Eric and having no luck and he’s not happy about it. He’s also having a meeting with Portia and she propositions Bill. Bill accepts after clearly stating that he will never love her. Ouch! Jess gives Mikey the haunted doll and Tommy trying to get Sam to help him swindle Maxine out of her house. Tommy’s got a get rich quick scheme and Sam wants no part in it. He’ll also tell Maxine about the natural gas gold mine she could be sitting on if Tommy doesn’t. This infuriates Tommy and he storms out and that’s it for Sam and Tommy’s truce.

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