True Blood

Nothing But the Blood

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Daniel Minahan<br><b>Written by</b> Alexander Woo<br><br>In the parking lot outside Merlotte's, Tara screams her head off. A foot, toenails painted red, protrudes from a trash bag in the trunk of Andy Bellefleur's car. Drunk but taking charge, Andy steps up and yanks the bag aside, revealing the body of Miss Jeanette, whose heart has been ripped from her chest.</p><p>When the police arrive, Officer Kenya Jones questions Tara, who at first denies knowing the victim. Sookie can hear her friend's thoughts, however, and counsels Tara to be honest with the police. Sheriff Dearborn is also on the scene - and noticing that his lead detective has had a few too many - when Tara comes clean with Kenya, ensuring a long night of questioning.</p><p>Bill Compton's also in for a taxing night with Jessica, who doesn't appreciate the list of conservative rules she must abide by while living under his roof. After Bill takes a call from Sookie (and explains to Jessica that she's not allowed to eat his girlfriend when she arrives), he sends the girl upstairs to change into some more modest clothes in preparation for the big introduction.</p><p>In some unknown dungeon, filled with haunted and broken people dressed in rags, Lafayette does his best to hold himself together despite looking several weeks worse for wear. The door swings open, and everyone cringes as a hooded prisoner is thrown into the room, blubbering. It's Royce, one of the rednecks from Bon Temps.</p><p>Bud and Kenya interview Tara at the police station, trying to get to the bottom of her relationship with Miss Jeanette. In light of Tara's &quot;pig on the highway&quot; story, they're not inclined to believe her recap of the exorcism in the woods, but when Lettie Mae arrives - beside herself over her savior's death - she corroborates Tara's account. But when her daughter explains that their &quot;demons&quot; were just part of a scam, Lettie Mae loses her composure.</p><p>Maryann rushes to the police station to pick Tara up, and when she sees Lettie Mae outside, warmly introduces herself and coos: &quot;I've always wondered what it would be like to gaze into the eyes of someone so devoid of human compassion that she would abandon her own child when she needed you most.&quot; Lettie Mae sputters, and Tara - pleasantly shocked - jumps in the car with Maryann.</p><p>When Sookie arrives at Bill's house, any opportunity to finesse his confession evaporates when Jessica steps out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel. Sookie is shocked that Bill was forced to turn Jessica (and feels a bit guilty for her role in the situation), but she's unable to accept that he's kept this secret from her for so long. &quot;What else are you keeping from me,&quot; she asks before walking out the door.</p><p>At a hotel ballroom in Shreveport, the anti-vampire group Fellowship of the Sun holds a prayer breakfast. Jason is here to meet the Rev. Steve Newlin, whose book has been comforting the young man through his recent difficulties. Introduced by Fellowship supporter Orry Dawson, the two of them hit it off, and Steve and his wife Sarah invite Jason to the Light of Day Institute, a special program that comes with a special price tag: $1,200.</p><p>Sam drops in at Maryann's house, where her manservant Karl answers the door. While Sam waits in the foyer, his attention shifts to an ancient statuette, and he flashes back to his previous encounter with Maryann. A 17-year-old Sam in dog form scrambles through a doggie door into a stranger's home. Inside, he finds a table stacked with food, and when he reaches for the odd (and likely valuable) statuette, Maryann surprises him but promises not to call the police ... He snaps out of it as Karl returns to inform him that Maryann is asleep. As Sam leaves, he notices the giant pig outside, watching him.</p><p>Sookie, doing her best to pack up Gran's bedroom, answers a ring at the door to find Sid Matt Lancaster, the family lawyer. He delivers the bad new that her Uncle Bartlett is dead, found in the creek that runs behind his home. Offering condolences, Sid Matt also hands over a check for $11,000 - the man's entire estate, which he willed to Sookie.</p><p>At Maryann's house, she lounges poolside with Tara and Eggs, dispensing her strange brand of wisdom over a joint. As Maryann explains how the Greeks considered their gods much more accessible than people today do, Tara adds that her mother thinks she has &quot;a direct line to Jesus.&quot; Maryann and Eggs suggest she stop fixating on the misery Lettie-Mae causes, and when Maryann leaves to get more food, Eggs and Tara start to get cozy together. Karl interrupts their moment, offering towels. When he returns to the house, Maryann smacks him viciously to the ground: &quot;Nobody. Needed. TOWELS!&quot;</p><p>At work on the road crew, Jason and Hoyt talk about Rene and how they strangely miss him despite the fact that he was a psychotic killer. Jason can't balance out these feelings of loss and anger any more than he can reconcile the Fellowhip's hatred of vampires with a strong sense that he belongs with them. As he explains to Hoyt how Orry came to him in jail, Sookie pulls up. She doesn't want the check from Uncle Bartlett - refuses to accept it, in fact - and forces the money into Jason's hands. Jason thanks God, recognizing this sign that he's meant to go to the Light of Day Institute.</p><p>Sam, daydreaming in his office, again remembers the first time he met Maryann: The two of them have sex, and as she climaxes, she begins to vibrate in a strange, supernatural way. Afterward, while she showers, he flees, stealing a bag of cash from her house. A knock at his door interrupts the memory, and Arlene comes in to introduce Daphne, a pretty young woman who she insists Sam's got to hire to help out with the waitressing.</p><p>Later that night, Andy is back in the bar, drunkenly &quot;investigating&quot; the murder of Miss Jeanette and getting on everyone's nerves. When he stumbles into Bud, though, the sheriff loses his patience and takes Andy off the case. Across the bar, Jason and Hoyt do their best to rekindle their days of carousing, but something is off. When Jason tells a bar skank named Shawnelle that he needs to &quot;stay pure,&quot; it's clear the party is over.</p><p>Later, Maryann shows up in Sam's office, saying she was told he has a gift for her. He tries to apologize and return the money he stole, but she's not interested. When he warns that he won't let her hurt Tara to get back at him, Maryann laughs sinisterly and asks him, &quot;How in the world did you get the impression this is about you?&quot;</p><p>Back at the old Compton place, Bill tries to find the right mixture of Tru Blood flavors to satisfy Jessica. &quot;Two parts O-negative, one part B-positive,&quot; he says. &quot;Remember that.&quot; When Sookie shows up to talk to Bill, she charms Jessica into leaving them alone to talk, surprising her boyfriend with the subtle act. Forcing herself to be calm, Sookie asks whether Bill killed her Uncle Bartlett. He admits that he murdered the old man for what he'd done to her, and Sookie replies that she can't worry about someone dying any time she gets hurt. Bill promises to atone for what he's done and says he can't lose her - that she's showed him that love isn't lost to him as he thought it was. &quot;I love you,&quot; she tells him as they kiss passionately and head toward the bedroom ...</p><p>In the dungeon, Royce tells Lafayette that he's going to try to escape when he hears someone opening the door. It's Eric, who's come to take Royce upstairs for questioning about the fire that killed three vampires in town. But when Eric starts to take him away, Royce gouges the vampire's face with a silver cross pendant. Irritated but unharmed, Eric dismembers the redneck on the spot, showering Lafayette with gore as Royce squeals in agony.</p></div>

Keep This Party Going

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<br><b> Written by </b>Brian Buckner<br><br>Lafayette looks on in complete shock as Royce's dismembered body parts rain down on the basement dungeon. Eric, spattered with blood and more concerned with the highlighting foils in his hair than the gore surrounding him, drags Lafayette upstairs for questioning. In a room with Pam and Chow, Lafayette cuts to the chase: He knows he's here for selling V, and he's willing to give up everyone he's dealt with. When Eric asks what happened to Eddie, the prisoner stumbles for a moment but then admits that it &quot;might have been&quot; Jason Stackhouse who killed the vampire. Eric and Pam - talking together in Swedish - quickly agree that punishing Jason would just complicate things with Sookie, but Eric isn't through yet. A friend of his, a vampire named Godric, has gone missing in Dallas, and Eric wants to know if Lafayette can give up any drainers who might be responsible. When he's unable to provide Eric with useful information, Lafayette is forced, screaming, back to the dungeon.</p><p>Bill and Sookie lounge in bed, enjoying the glow of the makeup sex they've just had - until Sookie is floored by the sudden realization that Jessica is in the house and probably heard every sound they just made. Their conversation shifts to dealing with the difficult young vampire, and Sookie - empathizing with the teenage outsider - thinks they should go easier on her. Bill, however, warns that she's too dangerous; her barely controlled impulses couldn't be further from human.</p><p>Jason, clean shaven and bright-eyed, rides a Light of Day Institute bus to the leadership conference, singing along with his fellow campers. Jason's seatmate, Luke, is a former all-American football player who's spent years awaiting this opportunity. Though he can't believe Jason's luck, being accepted so quickly, Luke suggests that they bunk together.</p><p>At Maryann's house, Tara approaches Eggs in the garden and tells him that she wants to know more about him. Protective of his past, Eggs tries to dodge her questions, but when she becomes worried, he fills her in: He use to live under a freeway overpass, and he's still broke. He spent time in prison for drugs and armed robbery ... and assault. The news concerns Tara, but at least now she knows the truth.</p><p>Sam's new waitress, Daphne, isn't showing much talent for her work. But Sam is more than happy to let her spill mustard all over the bar rather than wait on the woman sitting in Daphne's section: Maryann. He tries to take a hard line and kicker her out, but when Maryann reminds him that she forgave the $100,000 he stole from her, he backs off and takes her order - enough food to feed half of Bon Temps.</p><p>The LODI activities at Jason's conference are getting into full swing, kicking off with a welcome from Rev. Steve Newlin's attractive wife, Sarah, who speaks to the campers as they receive their silver &quot;Rings of Honesty.&quot; The day culminates in a game of Capture the Flag, in which Jason and Luke find themselves competing head to head. After some determined back and forth, Jason takes Luke down with a fierce tackle, winning the game - and impressing Steve and Sarah.</p><p>Sookie stops by Merlotte's to visit Tara, asking her friend how everything's going. Tara admits that living with Maryann feels weird in some ways, so Sookie invites her to move into Gran's old house. Before Tara can answer, Daphne drops a tray across the room, and Tara hustles Sookie out before Sam can rope her into working during her night off. On the way out, they pass Maryann, who stops Sookie and introduces herself. Sookie is slightly suspicious, hearing weird chanting echoing in the woman's thoughts, but after reminding Tara to let her know if she wants to move in, she leaves. Maryann - once all eyes are off her - does not look pleased with Sookie's offer.</p><p>In the dungeon, Lafayette realizes that he might be able to use a metal rod from Royce's severed leg to break his chains. Using his feet to drag the body part closer to himself, he fishes through the flesh until he's able to yank Royce's femur off of the rod, which he then wraps his chain around and smashes against the floor until it snaps against the metal spike. Free, he escapes upstairs - to the empty daytime barroom of Fangtasia - but he's headed off by an armed, and somewhat off-base, woman named Ginger. Convinced she doesn't have the stomach to shoot him, Lafayette continues to advance ... until she blasts a hole in his thigh. He goes down, and she starts apologizing profusely, handing him towels to stem the bleeding.</p><p>With Bill out running errands, Sookie and Jessica spend time together at his house, talking about their families. Jessica, crying tears of blood, explains how she misses her parents and sister. Sookie, touched by Jessica's loss and relating it to her own feelings toward Gran, ignores her better judgment and agrees to drive Jessica by her parents' house - just to look in from across the street.</p><p>At a mall in Shreveport, Bill shops for something modest for Jessica to wear and is surprised when he turns around and finds Eric following him. The older vampire wants Sookie to help him track down his missing friend in Dallas. When Bill balks at the idea of sending her to Texas, Eric explains that he's only asking as a courtesy. He intends to use Sookie regardless of what Bill says.</p><p>Jason's superior performance during the Capture the Flag game has earned him the opportunity to act in a role-playing session with Sarah, in which she plays a vampire-rights advocate and he plays a Fellowship evangelist. Partway through the exercise, however, Sarah says he'll never change her mind because - as she pops in a set of plastic vampire fangs - she IS a vampire. Thinking fast, Jason grabs a flagpole from behind him, snaps it over his knee and lunges at Sarah with the makeshift stake at the ready. A hush falls over the crowd ... until Rev. Newlin starts clapping slowly. The applause builds, but Jason doesn't notice - his mind is busy replaying Eddie's grisly death.</p><p>Sookie's plan to make Jessica feel better goes horribly off the rails when, after stopping at the house, the vampire bolts out of her car and knocks on the door. Before Sookie can talk sense into the girl, Jessica's mother answers, overjoyed to see her daughter alive - or so she thinks. At Jessica's request, Mrs. Hamby invites them both inside.</p><p>At Merlotte's, Maryann continues to order food, and the liquor is flowing. At Maryann's request, even Andy Bellefleur - who's had a few himself - gets up to dance. At the bar, Eggs comes in to talk to Tara, explaining that he can't do anything about his past, but he is changing. &quot;For the first time in my life,&quot; he tells her, &quot;I actually like who I'm becoming.&quot; As the party spirals more and more out of control, Sam pulls Maryann into his office, demanding to know what she's done to these people. Her answer is to vibrate briefly, which transforms Sam into his dog form on the spot. She warns him to think twice before threatening her again.</p><p>Lafayette lies bleeding at Fangtasia, waiting for Eric to arrive and decide his fate. When the vampire enters, he offers to either kill him or let him bleed out, but Lafayette suggests a third option: turn him into a vampire. &quot;I would be your bad-ass vampire,&quot; he promises. Eric smiles, and he, Pam and Chow descend on their injured prisoner.</p><p>Jessica's reunion with her family starts out alright, but after her father hugs her warmly, he quickly yells at her for disappearing. As his anger mounts, Jessica's fangs extend, which only infuriates him further. Sookie tries to get Jessica to calm down, but it's too late. The girl has her father up against the wall, his own belt wrapped around his neck. As she's about to bite into him, the door flies off its hinges and Bill stands in the doorway. Furious, he commands Jessica to release her father and orders Sookie to get out. &quot;This is your fault,&quot; he screams at her. &quot;Now get the hell out of here!&quot;</p></div>

Scratches

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Scott Winant<br><b> Written by </b> Raelle Tucker<br><br>Bill, behind the wheel of Sookie's car, speeds back toward Bon Temps with his girlfriend and Jessica. Sookie begs him to slow down, so he skids to a halt at the side of the road, furious at the women for endangering Jessica's family. Sookie apologizes repeatedly, but Bill admonishes her, demanding that she grow up. Hurt and angry, Sookie springs from the car, vowing to walk all night before she spends another moment with him.</p><p>Her 20-mile hike back to town is cut short at a few hundred feet, though. After rounding a bend, Sookie becomes aware of something in the darkness. No sooner can she make out its shape - something humanoid with the head of a bull - than the creature is upon her, shredding her back viciously with its talons. Bill bolts from the darkness at superhuman speed, and though he manages to scare off Sookie's attacker, the damage is done. He tries to feed Sookie his blood to heal her, but she chokes after the first swallow, spitting up mouthfuls of white foam.</p><p>Daphne walks into Sam's office at Merlotte's to tell the boss that she's short more than $60. Frustrated - not just about the money - Sam tells her she'll have to pay it back; he's running a business, after all. Close to tears, Daphne pushes her night's tips into his hands, adding that she'll have to pay him the rest later. As she takes off, Tara steps into the office, informing Sam that he needs to give Daphne &quot;positive reinforcement.&quot; But hearing Maryann's words come out of Tara's mouth just aggravates Sam further.</p><p>Jason snaps awake in the middle of the night, disturbed by a dream in which Eddie appears in his bunk at the Light of Day Institute and attacks him. Beside himself with guilt and horror, Jason starts to pray, begging God for a sign that he's on the right path. Luke answers from across the room, winging a pillow at Jason and growling at him to shut up.</p><p>Bill brings Sookie to Fangtasia in hopes that Eric can save her. The older vampire summons help - a female dwarf called Dr. Ludwig - who ascertains that Sookie has been contaminated with a potent poison. Fighting against the clock, she pours some liquid into the wounds and digs in with her gloved fingers in an attempt to clean the gashes. As she works, Eric and Bill move to another room, where they try to determine what attacked Sookie. Eric dispatches Pam and Chow to search the forest, but they come up empty-handed. When the doctor is finished with Sookie, Bill returns to her side. With the poison treated, her body is able to accept his blood, which heals the deep wounds on her back. After Sookie fades into relieved unconsciousness, Bill awkwardly thanks Eric for saving her life.</p><p>Tara wakes up find Maryann in the kitchen - along with giant platters of food and Karl ready to serve it. Maryann explains that she's having some people over, but Tara is more curious about the tension that's become apparent between her new host and her former lover. Maryann says she barely knows Sam, but instinct tells her that he's jealous of Tara's finding fulfillment elsewhere. Tara's not convinced, but a large joint that Maryann has rolled is enough to end the conversation.</p><p>In the parking lot of his bar, Sam packs up his truck with labeled boxes holding all his possessions. When Terry pulls up, Sam asks the cook to look after the bar while he's &quot;away.&quot; Terry isn't thrilled with the idea - he can barely handle the stress of flipping burgers - but he supposes he has no choice in the matter. Sam thanks him, but Terry responds by accusing him of running away. Sam gets defensive, and Terry calls him a coward.</p><p>Jason sits in a circle of LODI recruits, listening to a former fangbanger describe how she was used up and discarded by the vampire she thought loved her. When Sarah prompts Jason for his thoughts, he says that his sister dates a vampire and admits that he doesn't see things as being so black and white. Convinced he doesn't belong, Jason leaves the room, but Sarah follows him outside. She tells him how at first she supported vampire rights ... until her sister was hooked on V and murdered by vampires. She consoles Jason, saying it's his goodness and humanity that make him vulnerable to these creatures' lies. She asks him to pray with her, and now in tears, he falls to his knees.</p><p>Sookie wakes up the morning after her ordeal, not only healed but feeling fantastic from the dose of vampire blood. Ginger, the strung-out daytime caretaker at Fangtasia, strikes up a conversation with her, but Sookie hears in the woman's thoughts that Lafayette is locked in the basement - and there's a gun behind the bar. Racing to the weapon, Sookie trains it on Ginger and demands to see Lafayette. In the dungeon, she's unable to free him from the chains but promises to get him out somehow. That night, once the vampires have awakened, she makes a deal with Eric: She'll travel to Dallas to search for his lost friend if he frees Lafayette - and pays her $10,000.</p><p>Back in Bon Temps, Jessica wakes up at Bill's house and heads to Merlotte's, where she sits down and notices Hoyt, alone at another table. Summoning his nerve, he walks over, compliments her smile and offers to buy her a drink. When she asks for Tru Blood, Jessica worries that he'll be scared off, but she's pleasantly surprised. &quot;You're a vampire - that's awesome,&quot; he says.</p><p>Tara and Eggs talk over their personal struggles as the party at Maryann's house builds around them. The folks of Bon Temps are really letting loose, with unlikely couples like Mike Spencer and Jane Bodehouse forming in the crowds. Andy Bellefleur shows up in his official capacity to ask Maryann to keep the noise down. As he tries to find her, he notices a large pig in a dollhouse in the backyard. At this point, Maryann spots him and convinces him to stick around and have a drink. He agrees, but when he asks Maryann if she has a livestock permit for the pig, the animal has disappeared.</p><p>In Dallas, Jason has dinner with the Newlins, who go out of their way to make the recruit feel comfortable in their home. While Sarah prepares dessert, Steve explains to Jason how he believes that vampires murdered his father. In fact, he says, everyone needs to prepare for the war going on out there.</p><p>Jessica and Hoyt leave Merlotte's in favor of hanging out at Bill's house. But some making out on the couch turns embarrassing when Jessica's fangs pop out involuntarily. She tries to cover her face, but Hoyt stops her, telling her she's beautiful. Flattered and aroused, Jessica tells Hoyt how long she's waited for this moment ... before diving onto his neck.</p><p>Sookie and Bill drop Lafayette off at his house, and though they offer to take him to a hospital to treat his leg, he refuses. Once inside, he collapses on the couch, covering himself with a blanket and weeping, totally overcome by what he's been through. Outside, Sookie and Bill talk in the car. After having witnessed the evil that vampires are capable of, she says she's not as trusting as she used to be. She hates Eric for his brutal torturing of Lafayette, even if he did save her life. And she knows there's darkness in Bill as well, though she chooses to see the good ...</p><p>Maryann's party continues to get more and more hedonistic, with drunken men and topless women everywhere. Tara and Eggs lounge in the hot tub, maybe the only two people at the house making an honest connection - until a half-naked sorority girl climbs in between them and starts rubbing Eggs' neck. Tara gets out, put off, and notices for the first time the strange scene unfolding around her. Eggs follows her into another room to talk, and outside both their views, Mike and Jane writhe together on the grass, their pupils blacking out their entire eyes, as if by some supernatural force.</p><p>Sookie and Bill arrive at his house, and they open the door to find Jessica, fangs extended inches from Hoyt's throat. Enraged, Bill flings Jessica off of him, and when Hoyt protests, turns on him with his own fangs on display.</p><p>His truck packed, Sam prepares to leave. But when Dean the dog whimpers at him in the Merlotte's parking lot, Sam smiles and agrees to go on one last late-night run with his four-legged friend. The two identical dogs dart through the forest until they come to a lake, where one dog leaps off of the dock - and emerges from the water as Sam in human form. &quot;Come on in,&quot; he calls to the other dog, but it stares back blankly. A moment later Daphne emerges from the woods, telling him that she'd also been thinking of taking a dip. They make small-talk and smooth over their earlier argument before Daphne slips off her shirt to come in the water, revealing a series of deep, gangly scars on her back, identical to the wounds Sookie just suffered the previous day.</p></div>

Shake and Fingerpop

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Michael Lehmann<br><b> Written by </b>Alan Ball<br><br>At the Light of Day Institute, Jason walks down an unlit path on the way to his bunk house. Upon arriving, he finds the door ajar, and after creeping inside, he's horrified to find his roommates scattered about the room, covered in blood. Before he can react, a dark figure sneaks up behind Jason and grabs him, subduing him before biting viciously into his throat ... but there's no blood, only hysterical laughter as the lights come on and his &quot;dead&quot; friends stand up and mock him. When the attacker reveals himself as Luke, at first Jason plays it cool, but then he punches Luke in the face, breaking his nose. &quot;Vampires are not a joke,&quot; Jason yells at everyone in the room. &quot;There's a war going on!&quot; The others look at him, intimidated.</p><p>Bill glowers in his living room, furious to find Hoyt alone with Jessica. He kicks the young man out of the house, warning him that it's not Jessica he's trying to protect. But Hoyt refuses to believe she'd hurt him - and says as much as he leaves. Hurt and embarrassed, Jessica tells Bill that she wants to take things slow with Hoyt; then she heads upstairs. Sookie is starting to like Jessica - and though she's learned firsthand how dangerous the vampire can be, she thinks Bill should add her to their Dallas trip. Admitting that he's somewhat envious that Jessica doesn't have to feel as cut off from humans as he did early in his vampire life, Bill agrees to bring her along.</p><p>Still swimming in a pond out in the woods, Sam and Daphne talk about Bon Temps - particularly about how much Sam likes the town. As they get ready to leave the water to go eat some sweet potato pancakes, Daphne jokes about seeing him naked, promising he doesn't have anything she hasn't seen before. But when she pulls herself out of the water, Sam notices the deep scars winding down her back.</p><p>In Maryann's kitchen, Tara wraps up a phone call with Sookie, who's excited about her friend moving in. Maryann walks in, overhearing the last of it and saying she's disappointed to see Tara go. When her houseguest thanks her for everything she's done, Maryann responds simply, &quot;I'm sure you'd do the same for me.&quot;</p><p>Jason sits around at the LODI compound, discussing the biblical implications of vampirism with his equally dim buddies. Before they can settle on whether Jesus or Dracula was the first vampire, a voice echoes over a loudspeaker, calling Jason to Rev. Steve Newlin's office. His friends jeer, thinking he's about to get in trouble, and Jason still isn't sure what he's in for after he shows up to find Steve sitting in a Utility Terrain Vehicle and holding a pistol.</p><p>Sookie welcomes Tara to her new home, pouring a couple glass of iced tea and handing over a birthday gift. Touched, Tara opens the present - a framed photograph of Gran with Sookie and Tara as children - and asks Sookie why she's going to Dallas. Hoping to get by with the excuse that Bill &quot;has business&quot; in the city, Sookie eventually tells Tara about the deal she struck to save Lafayette.</p><p>Mike Spencer examines the body of Miss Jeanette at the morgue, explaining to the police that though the woman was paralyzed by animal scratches, her heart was cut out with a knife. As Bud and Kenya discuss the case, Andy stumbles in drunk, holding a file folder and asking Kenya about the pig Tara reported seeing during her car accident. Bud reprimands him for drinking on the job, and when Andy pushes back, the sheriff relieves the detective of his badge.</p><p>Banging on Lafayette's door, Tara says she knows he's inside and may as well open up. He gives in, and Tara immediately jumps down his throat for not telling her that he'd returned, let alone that he was locked up in a vampire dungeon, shot and fed upon. Refusing to go to the hospital, he advises her to keep her mouth shut about the vampires. In no mood to entertain Tara - even if it is her birthday - Lafayette sends her on her way.</p><p>At Merlotte's, when Sam shows up, Terry asks whether he's still planning on leaving town. Cagey about providing a straight answer, the owner ducks into the walk-in cooler as Sookie arrives in the kitchen. When Terry tells her that he's afraid to take on the responsibility of looking after the restaurant, she tracks down Sam, wanting to know what's going on with him. He's not interested in talking, though, and the conversation ends with Sookie taking a few days off to go to Dallas - and possibly returning to find him gone.</p><p>In the forest at the LODI camp, Jason and Steve speed down a trail in the UTV, firing the paintball pistol at pop-up vampire targets. Steve commends Jason for being a dead-on shot and suggests he use wooden bullets - the modern-day stake. When Jason replies that he's seen a vampire dissolve after getting staked, Steve practically swoons in awe. After finishing the target course, the two of them head back to Steve's house, where Sarah cooks up her famous ribs. As she tends the grill, Jason zones out, fantasizing over the Reverend's wife dancing and licking barbecue sauce off her fingers. As they all bite into their dinners, Steve tells Jason that he's training a holy army to do God's work, and he needs Jason to join up.</p><p>Alone at Sookie's house, Tara hears someone outside on the front porch, which puts her immediately on edge. Totally creeped out, she sneaks over to the door, and as she pushes it open ... a shout of &quot;Surprise!&quot; comes from Maryann, Eggs and Karl. Holding a cake, Maryann explains they've been planning the party for days and have called all her friends.</p><p>That night at Merlotte's, the draw of Tara's party leaves the bar empty except for Andy, Sam and the waitresses. The now ex-cop drinks away his troubles until Sam cuts him off and closes up the place - if the whole town's out at the Stackhouse place, they might as well go, too. As they're leaving, Lettie Mae stops by to see Sam, and though he explains he's not &quot;together&quot; with her daughter anymore, he accepts a birthday present for Tara.</p><p>Bill and Sookie's Anubis Air flight lands in Dallas, where a limo driver waits for the two travel coffins to be loaded into his vehicle. Sookie can hear the man's nervous thoughts, worrying that night has already fallen. Still, she's surprised when he tries to grab her and stifle her scream with his hand. Within seconds, Bill's coffin has exploded and he's standing behind the driver, pinning his arms and warning him not to make a sound.</p><p>Sam arrives at Tara's house and immediately runs into Maryann. He tries to warn her against hurting the people he cares about, saying that revealing his secret would mean giving up her own, but the woman calls his bluff. As she walks off, Sam spots Daphne. Tara and Eggs dance together in the crowd as the party starts to get rowdier. Outside, away from the party, Maryann closes her eyes and begins to chant in a strange language. As her incantation builds, so does the intensity of the carousing. Tara and Eggs make out while dancing as everything slips a shade out of control.</p><p>Jason returns to the bunk house after his dinner with the Newlins, quite proud of his new promotion. But when he gloats slightly over Luke and the others, they take him down a peg, saying that almost 20 recruits have been selected. Luke rubs it in by pointing out that Jason shouldn't expect special treatment just because the Reverend's wife has the hots for him. Angry but embarrassed, Jason packs his gear, leaving the bunk to go stay with the Newlins.</p><p>At the Hotel Camilla, Sookie and Bill check in while Jessica plays with the limo driver, who she's glamoured thanks to Bill's instruction. When Bill returns to interrogate the man, he finds out that the Fellowship of the Sun sent him to kidnap Sookie, though they didn't know her name.</p><p>Eric appears outside Lafayette's window, asking for an invitation but making it clear he has all the time in the world to wait. His human friend, on the other hand, isn't going to last long with an infected gunshot wound, so Eric offers his blood as the cure, which Lafayette has no choice but to accept. Drinking greedily from the vampire's wrist, the cook heals so quickly that he immediately starts dancing. A call from Bill interrupts them, and Eric departs hastily. When he arrives at the hotel in Dallas, Bill is irritated that he allowed them to walk into an ambush. Conversation turns to Godric, the missing vampire, and Bill can't understand why Eric cares about him so much. The older vampire explains that the Dallas vampires are on the verge of attacking humans if Godric isn't found, but the answer doesn't completely satisfy Bill.</p><p>The party in Bon Temps is quickly going haywire. Maryann continues to chant and vibrate, and the partygoers start to lose themselves completely, removing clothing and reveling in unison to the music. Upstairs, Tara and Eggs have sex in Sookie's bed. Maryann raises her arms, and her hands transform into wicked-looking, three-fingered claws. In the kitchen, Sam and Daphne are unaware of the pandemonium breaking loose outside, but Daphne throws him completely when she leans into his ear and whispers, &quot;I know what you are.&quot;</p><p>Sookie opens the door to her hotel room to find a bellhop named Barry dropping off an attractive young man that Jessica ordered from the in-room menu. Shocked as she is by the delivery, Sookie is even more surprised when she can hear the bellhop reading her thoughts. The two of them have a brief conversation entirely in their minds - until the bellhop flees down the hallway.</p></div>

Never Let Me Go

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>John Dahl<br><b> Written by </b>Nancy Oliver<br><br>In the woods behind Sookie's house - where Tara's birthday party continues to rage unabated - Sam tries to play dumb after Daphne reveals that she knows his secret. Amused, she starts to strip down and Sam follows behind picking up the clothing she sheds ... until he finds a small doe standing in front of him - a doe that shifts into Daphne before his eyes. Shocked and thrilled, Sam accepts her kiss, but their moment is interrupted when Terry and Arlene, looking for some privacy of their own, stumble awkwardly into the boss and his naked employee. &quot;It's in the air, I guess,&quot; Arlene says.</p><p>Sookie chases Barry the bellhop down the hall at Hotel Carmilla, shouting wordlessly for him to stop. Giving in to her mental yelling, the other telepath finally stops to have a conversation. But Sookie's charming introduction and insistence that the two of them can learn from one another isn't enough to edge Barry past his fear that vampires will find out what he's capable of. Begging her to keep his secret, Barry leaves. When she returns to her room - breaking up Bill and Jessica's argument over ordering humans from the room service menu - Sookie brushes away Bill's fear that she doesn't understand the danger she's in. She also points out that their bedroom is perfectly secure, from sunlight as well as intruders, which means Bill can finally sleep with her. In the next room, Jessica experiences a bit of romance herself - chatting with Hoyt endlessly on the phone about TV and comic books.</p><p>At the Light of Day Institute, Jason and his fellow Soldiers of the Sun recruits get a rude awakening from Gabe - their holy drill sergeant. They all suit up and head outside, where Gabe screams his way through calisthenics training as Sarah looks on.</p><p>Sookie visits the hotel lobby to peruse the continental breakfast, but mostly she's hoping to take another crack at Barry. When she tries again to win him over, the bellhop says his telepathic ability has made life miserable for him. A nearby guest's thoughts start to invade their conversation, and Sookie explains to Barry that he can control the intrusion if he tries. But he tells her, &quot;There's enough people in my brain already. You're on your own.&quot; When she reports back to Bill about finding another telepath, he's not happy about it. But when he asks Sookie to lay low so he can protect her, she balks: If she wanted to just shut up and take orders, she'd have stayed at Merlotte's. Bill gets her point but is concerned that Eric has been so intense about the situation. It's never good when 1,000-year-old vampires become unpredictable.</p><p>When Daphne arrives for work at Merlotte's, Arlene gives her a hard time about last night's unfinished prep work, obviously irritated that the new waitress is getting cozy with their boss. Sam soon walks in, but his quiet flirting with Daphne is cut short when Lafayette returns, as if from beyond the grave. Everyone is thrilled to see him - especially Sam, though the bar owner makes a show of being angry about his cook's unannounced vacation. Sam gladly welcomes him back, but he also notices Lafayette's newly disturbed bearing.</p><p>Tara, after waking up with Eggs in her bed, comes downstairs to find Maryann cooking. When the strange woman explains that her home was actually borrowed from a client and that she needs a new place to stay, Tara becomes flustered, apologizing but making it clear that she can't invite guests to stay at Sookie's. Maryann seems wounded, and when Tara goes into the living room to ask Eggs why Maryann moves around so much, he questions her sudden paranoia. &quot;You have no clue what family is,&quot; he tells her.</p><p>Jason's LODI training has progressed to long runs, and many of his fellow recruits are flagging - namely Luke. As Gabe screams at Jason's competitor to climb over a chain-link fence, the former All-American's body just can't give any more. But when Gabe turns the situation over to the recruits to handle, Jason helps Luke over the fence, earning praise from Gabe and a gaze of utter joy from Sarah.</p><p>Bill, Sookie and Eric meet with the Dallas vampires - Stan and Isabel - in their up-market lair. Unfortunately, all the locals can do is bicker while Eric becomes more and more irritable. Stan wants to start an all-out war, and Isabel calls him out for making a power grab in Godric's absence. Finally Eric loses his tenuous cool, hurling a piece of art across the room. He vilifies the vampires for allowing a traitor to leak word of their arrival to the Fellowship, which sent an attacker to intercept Sookie at the airport. As the arguing begins anew, Sookie silences them all by volunteering to infiltrate the Fellowship, against Bill's protests. Bill pulls Eric aside, wanting to know exactly why this search for Godric is so important. Eric replies with the story of how he became a vampire - at Godric's hand. After Eric was mortally wounded in a Viking battle, the vampire (appearing to be little more than a teenage boy) struck at night, killing Eric's two companions but offering the wounded leader eternal life.</p><p>At the Newlin's house, Sarah and Steve quarrel quietly, the minister's wife angry that he doesn't fill her in on his plans for the church. Steve brushes her off when Jason enters the room, taking the young man to a secret bunker in the basement, where Steve has stockpiled weapons of every kind: crossbows, rifles, submachine guns, missile launchers, silver throwing stars ... This army of the Lord is getting more serious than anyone suspects.</p><p>That night, after Steve is gone, Jason lounges in the bath tub, recovering from his strenuous day. Sarah sneaks into the room, quietly locking the door behind her, and despite Jason's weak protests, starts to wash his chest. She explains that God wants Jason to receive a reward for all his hard work, and as her hand slips below the water's surface, he can't help but agree.</p><p>Maryann and Karl pull up outside Merlotte's, where a busy night is unfolding at the bar. Maryann closes her eyes, and as she concentrates the employees inside the bar start to unravel - with all their frustrations seemingly directed at Tara. Finally, the frazzled bartender loses it, yelling at all of her coworkers. Looking satisfied, Maryann signals Karl to drive away.</p><p>After the bar closes that night, Sam and Daphne finally have some time alone ... on the pool table. As they undress each other in the middle of the empty barroom, Sam goes for the joke. &quot;Nice rack,&quot; he says. Daphne replies: &quot;Nice balls.&quot;</p><p>When Tara gets home from her hellish night at work, she finds Maryann waiting up for her in the kitchen, dressed in a very Gran-like manner. She starts to tell Tara that they've started looking at houses, but Tara interrupts, telling Maryann she's welcome to stay.</p><p>At Hotel Carmilla, when Sookie asks a desk clerk where she can find Barry, she learns that the bellhop quit his job earlier that day. Disappointed, Sookie heads upstairs with Bill. As they settle into bed and things begin to heat up, a beautiful vampire walks by their door, baring her fangs when she hears the sounds coming from inside.</p></div>

Hard-Hearted Hannah

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Michael Lehmann<br><b> Written by </b>Brian Buckner<br><br>In the lobby of Hotel Carmilla, Eric feeds on a &quot;blood hooker,&quot; a fang-marked young woman whose &quot;sexy and scared&quot; performance is every bit as desperate as her line of work. Eric, turned off by the farce, casts her aside to greet a visitor ... Lorena, the vampire who created Bill. It's clear to Eric that some connection remains between Lorena and her progeny, a connection he hopes will distract Bill enough for Sookie to be pried away. Lorena, skeptical but willing to play along, flashes back to her previous life with Bill ... In 1920s Chicago, the pair of them cavort with a rich couple who are throwing a party at their home. Posing as French socialites, Bill plays the piano as Lorena woos the pair, alluding to the fun the four of them could have once the rest of the guests retire for the night. Bill finishes his song to much applause, struts over to the young woman and kisses her hand, sealing the deal.</p><p>Upstairs at the hotel, Bill and Sookie lounge in bed but are interrupted by a visit from Isabel and a human named Hugo, whom she introduces by saying, &quot;He is mine.&quot; Hugo has volunteered to join Sookie in infiltrating the Fellowship of the Sun, a favor he's doing for Isabel out of love. Glad to have the backup, Bill and Sookie accept the offer.</p><p>Sam and Daphne recline naked on the pool table at Merlotte's, blissed out. Sam, tracing the lines of the scar on her back, asks how it happened. Daphne tells him she never got a clear look at whatever creature attacked her as she ran through the woods, but she'll never forget the pain of the wounds - or the sickness that followed for more than a week. Impressed by the woman's resilience, Sam says he's never met anyone like her, but she responds by asking if he's ever told anyone what he is. &quot;You shouldn't be ashamed of what you are,&quot; she tells him.</p><p>At Sookie's house, Tara calls all over Louisiana to find a pump to fix the water heater, and Maryann's grousing over the cold shower. When she realizes she'll have to drive more than an hour to a shop in Ferriday to pick it up, Tara lays down a case for Eggs to go with her, slyly rescuing him from Maryann's foul mood.</p><p>As Jason and Luke wait for the Newlins to meet them outside the church, they wonder why they've been summoned ... and Jason worries that he has a pretty good idea. But when Sarah and Steve arrive, it's clear that the two recruits are being given a Christian opportunity: To build a wooden platform on which a vampire will &quot;meet the sun.&quot; Relived that his adulterous bath remains a secret, Jason still notes the cold reaction he gets from Sarah.</p><p>As Sookie and Hugo prepare to leave the hotel, they talk about what it's like to date a vampire. Hugo says he and Isabel have been together about a year, and lately they've been arguing about his desire to be turned into a vampire. Sookie is initially shocked by the idea, but when Hugo brings up the realities of aging alongside an unchanging companion, she's confronted with an ugly future she hadn't considered.</p><p>At Merlotte's, Sam and his staff set up for the evening rush. Arlene flirts with Terry, Maxine Fortenberry gossips with her girlfriend, and Andy shows up looking for Lafayette. When the suspended detective finds him in the kitchen, he interrogates the cook about his whereabouts over the past few weeks. But Andy pushes too hard, and Lafayette - still traumatized by his near-death experience - collapses under the stress. Terry, knowing PTSD when he sees it, chases Andy away and talks his coworker down. Out in the dining room, similar fireworks are going off between Hoyt and Maxine, who's deactivated her son's cell phone so he can't talk to Jessica. Furious, Hoyt tells her to stay out of his business and adds, &quot;The reason she calls me at night is ... she's a vampire.&quot;</p><p>Jason and Luke make some progress with their carpentry, but Jason's guilt over his tryst with Sarah is eating at him. Luke senses something's bothering Jason, but he assumes it's just run-of-the-mill fornication - not full-on adultery with the minister's wife. As Jason mulls over celibacy as a solution, Luke assures him that repentance is possible: &quot;God is an open-minded guy,&quot; he says, &quot;to a point.&quot;</p><p>Sookie and Hugo pull up to the church - unknowingly driving right past Jason - and Sarah welcomes them with open arms. Nervous, Sookie becomes immediately talkative, spilling details about her &quot;fiancé&quot; Hugo and how they're looking for a church to marry them, a church that doesn't sympathize with vampires. Sarah takes them inside to meet Steve; Sookie's plan seems to be moving along perfectly.</p><p>At Hotel Carmilla, Lorena relaxes in her lightless room, a hand stroking the necklace she's wearing. She's flashes back to the old days with Bill ... In the bedroom of the rich couple they charmed, everything is slick with blood. Lorena braces the horrified man against a chair, snapping his neck as Bill sinks his fangs into the woman. When Lorena walks over to the bed, Bill gives her the dying woman's necklace, and the two of them have sex as their victim gurgles beside them.</p><p>The Newlins insist on giving Sookie a tour of the church, but as they work their way through the building, she starts to hear sinister thoughts leaking from Steve and panicky worries escaping Sarah . It turns out the Newlins know who she is and why she's there. Backpedaling and hoping to avoid a visit to Theodore Newlin's underground tomb, Sookie attempts every excuse for leaving. But soon Gabe shows up to help with &quot;the tour,&quot; and when she refuses to go downstairs, he drags her into the basement. Sarah looks on, aghast and unable to believe her husband is capable of this.</p><p>Back at Hotel Carmilla, Bill senses that something is wrong with Sookie, but Lorena has appeared in his room and refuses to let him go. As his maker, she still has power over him - and she uses it to kiss him deeply.</p><p>Lafayette stocks the walk-in at Merlotte's, where he's horrified to see Pam appear, holding a bottle of vampire blood she expects him to sell. He tries to resist her demands, but it's no use; he accepts the drug with no clue why she and Eric are forcing him to do this.</p><p>Andy drives down a Bon Temps road at night, when suddenly a pig and a dog leap out in front of his sister's old Mercedes. Recognizing the pig from Maryann's house, he jumps out of the car and chases it into the woods, but both animals evade him. After Sam and Daphne shift back to their human forms, Sam says he was surprised to see her turn into a pig and mentions that Andy seemed to recognize her. Daphne says the pig is her &quot;go-to shift,&quot; but she laughs off the idea that Andy would know her animal form.</p><p>Eggs and Tara return from their drive to find Sookie's house and lawn littered with trash and clothing. As they follow the trail, they come to a party raging with an intensity they've never seen before. All the townspeople are naked and writhing in a massive orgy while Maryann vibrates and leads the bacchanalia. Nearby, a bull mask rests on a rock.</p><p>At Hotel Carmilla, Jessica gets a surprise when Hoyt arrives with flowers, apologizing profusely for what his mother did. Overcome with joy, she drags him into the room.</p><p>Jason walks into the darkened church, looking for the Newlins, and he finds Sarah weeping on a balcony. She tells him between sobs that, though she always knew she was meant to be with a great man, she now knows that Steve Newlin isn't that man - Jason is. The two of them are meant to be together, she tells him, as she reaches for his belt.</p><p>Sam and Daphne continue to walk through the woods, and when they hear drum music, Daphne turns toward it. Sam tries to stop her - joking that drums only lead to hippies and cults - and her smile disappears immediately as two naked people with blacked-out eyes grab him and drag him toward the orgy. Sam sees Maryann, and as Mike Spencer lowers the bull mask onto her head, Sam spies a large ceremonial dagger ... and unleashes a wrenching scream.</p></div>

Release Me

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Ruscio<br><b> Written by </b>Raelle Tucker<br><br>A drunken Andy Bellefleur stumbles through the woods, still searching for the pig that crossed the road in front of his car. As he tries to get his bearings, he notices drums and strange noises drifting through the trees. He finds their source - the people of Bon Temps, naked and wild, chanting as Maryann prepares to cut out Sam's heart as a sacrifice. Andy fires a gunshot in the air, accidentally providing Sam with enough of a distraction to shift into an owl and escape, but when the detective grabs Terry to get his attention, the veteran twists Andy's arm violently, breaking it with an awful crack. Andy lays on the ground in agony, gazing up into his cousin's black eyes.</p><p>In the basement of the Fellowship of the Sun church, Sookie attempts to talk Hugo through an attack of claustrophobia while trying to piece together who could have betrayed them. The Newlins knew they were coming ... could Stan be setting them up and eliminating Godric as some sort of power grab?</p><p>Lorena continues to hold Bill captive in his own hotel room. She's older and more powerful, and it's impossible for him to escape. Lorena flashes back to the last standoff they had - more than 70 years ago. Returning from a musical, she brings a souvenir home for Bill: a pretty young chorus girl. Tempted as he is to feed, Bill can't continue this violent existence, torturing humans for sport. Lorena at first laughs at him, then softens, promising he'll outgrow this sensitivity. But Bill pushes back, saying he refuses to be the monster she's turned him into. Present-day in the hotel, Bill assures Lorena that if Sookie is hurt he'll drive a stake into &quot;whatever semblance of a heart you have left.&quot;</p><p>Eric and Isabel lurk outside the Fellowship church, discussing their options and laughing at the humans' feeble preparations for war. Eric asks Isabel why she'd get involved with a human like Hugo, and she responds that their short lives enable them to feel things much more strongly. She finds it curious, &quot;like a science project.&quot;</p><p>Inside the church, Jason and Sarah lay semi-dressed on the balcony. Sarah, weeping with joy, says she's finally found the man that God intends her to be with. She wants to tell Steve immediately (breaking her marriage vows doesn't give her the excuse to then lie about it), but Jason talks her into waiting, at least until the lock-in and morning ceremony have ended.</p><p>Jessica and Hoyt relax in their hotel room, and when Jessica admits that she's a virgin, Hoyt tells her that he is, too. She says she wants to be his first ... but not tonight. It's time for her to go to sleep before dawn. Stripping to her underwear, she climbs under the covers and cuddles with him.</p><p>Eric and Isabel return to the hotel, where Stan again makes the case for a full-scale attack on the Fellowship. Eric has had it with this foolishness, but after seeing the ragtag enemy for himself, he can't imagine them holding Godric for weeks. The only conclusion he can draw is that his maker has been destroyed.</p><p>Steve comes downstairs to visit Sookie and Hugo. He tries to charm them, promising to let them go free if they'll answer some questions. Sookie refuses, but Hugo blurts out both their names and their mission. Steve, immediately recognizing the Stackhouse name, rushes out to find Jason while Sookie makes a last-ditch attempt to call for help. She reaches out with her mind, hoping to send a silent message to Barry, the telepathic bellhop.</p><p>Bill and Lorena lay in the hotel, weakening physically as they enter the daylight hours without sleep. Bill begs her to let him at least send help to Sookie ... Eric perhaps. Lorena laughs, telling him that Eric is the reason she's there to begin with. &quot;He wants the girl,&quot; she tells Bill. &quot;Just let him have her.&quot;</p><p>Steve, driving an SUV, finds Jason with his bags packed, walking off of the compound. Convinced that Jason's in league with the vampires, Steve orders Gabe to take care of him, so the burly drill instructor pulls a knife and drags Jason into the vehicle.</p><p>Eggs and Tara wake up on the couch at Sookie's house with no idea of how they got there and assume they must have blacked out from the joint they smoked. The appearance of Maryann, who's wearing a dress and covered in blood from a rabbit she killed for dinner, does little to settle their worries.</p><p>On the dock at the lake, Sam finds Daphne ... and levels a gun at her. Crushed and furious, Sam says he trusted her more than anyone he's ever known. But the girl is a heart-and-soul follower of Maryann, who Daphne says has the power to control humans but not supernatural creatures. Maryann is a maenad, she explains, the closest thing to God that humans will ever see. She channels violence, lust, excess ... and she cannot be destroyed. Confused and more worried than ever, Sam walks away.</p><p>Hugo's anxiety continues to build in the Fellowship basement, and as he get agitated, Sookie can hear his thoughts more clearly ... he's the traitor! She confronts him, and he admits the truth - that after Isabel refused to turn him, he realized she'd never let him be her equal. Vampires only care about their own kind, Hugo tells Sookie, which is why he joined the Fellowship.</p><p>In the woods, Gabe holds the knife against Jason, who pleads with him, saying there's been some kind of mistake. But when his captor mentions Sookie, Jason spins around knocks the knife from Gabe's hand, takes him to the ground and then knocks him out with a fierce blow to the head. Jason runs back to the road, heading toward camp as it gets dark. He initially runs from the headlights of an oncoming SUV, but when Sarah calls to him from behind the wheel, he stops, relieved to see her. But before he can tell her what happened, she raises a gun and shoots him.</p><p>As a crowd gathers at Merlotte's, Lafayette places calls from the ladies' room, trying to move the V that Pam tasked him with. Tara and Arlene come in, and Arlene tells Tara that she's worried that she and Terry blacked out and had sex, which is a bit too much of a coincidence for Tara's taste. Out in the barroom, Andy bursts through the door, shouting at the crowd of &quot;devil zombies&quot; that they won't get away with what they did last night. Everyone laughs him off - except Tara and Sam.</p><p>At the lake, Daphne stands on the dock, as if waiting for someone. When Maryann and Eggs appear, she greets her master with absolute adoration. Maryann kisses her disciple softly on the lips before Eggs, his eyes glassy and black, plunges the ceremonial dagger into Daphne's chest.</p><p>At Hotel Carmilla, Bill and Lorena flash back again to their past. Holding a stake against his heart, Bill threatens to destroy himself unless Lorena sets him free from the control she has as his maker. Weeping blood, she complies. Back in the present, she explains to Bill that she's trying to help him by separating him from Sookie. A knock at the door interrupts them. It's Barry, with the message from Sookie, and though he tries to deliver it from outside the room, the door swings open and he's dragged inside.</p><p>Gabe returns to the church basement, battered and filled with rage. Hugo says that Sookie knows she's been betrayed and begs Gabe release him, but the thug responds by punching Hugo in the face and then kicking him into unconsciousness. His plans for Sookie are even more sinister. Ripping the front of her dress open, he forces himself on her. She screams, scraping at his face with her nails as he unbuckles his belt. Suddenly Gabe is torn off of her, and when Sookie looks up, she sees him suspended in mid-air, trapped in the grip of a tattooed, 15-year-old boy. Traumatized, Sookie asks, &quot;Godric?&quot;</p></div>

Timebomb

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>John Dahl<b><br> Written by </b>Alexander Woo<br><br>In the basement of the Fellowship of the Sun church, Godric holds the thug Gabe by his throat as Sookie looks on with a combination of relief and horror. Gabe calls the vampire by name, pleading for his life, but Godric answers by snapping the man's neck. Hearing a crash in an adjacent room, Sookie thinks that Bill has finally arrived to rescue her, but instead Eric sweeps in and kneels at his maker's feet. Godric says he can take care of himself and orders Eric to escort Sookie from the church - without shedding blood in the process.</p><p>At Hotel Carmilla, Bill questions Barry about the message he received from Sookie. Lorena, however holds the bellhop in a death grip ... and then sinks her fangs into his neck. Taken aback by the man's unique flavor, Lorena falters, asking Barry, &quot;What are you?&quot; Before Barry can speak, Bill slams a plasma TV into the back of Lorena's head. She hits the floor, unconscious, and Bill darts to Jessica's room, where he finds her and Hoyt in the midst of losing their virginity. Shocked, angry and embarrassed, Bill orders Hoyt to take Jessica back to Bon Temps immediately before bolting out the door himself.</p><p>After hours at Merlotte's Lafayette tries to divine Tara's future with a Tarot card reading, but they're interrupted when Eggs bursts into the bar, edgy. He's blacked out again, he says, losing several hours before waking up disoriented by the lake. Both of them scared now, Tara and Eggs leave to go home.</p><p>Sookie and Eric make their way through the Fellowship complex. When Eric comes upon a ragtag crowd of guards, he at first pretends to be human, but when they become suspicious, he disarms them easily. A quick look out the door reveals an approaching mob, so Eric and Sookie flee toward the church sanctuary. From the altar of this quiet room, Steve Newlin's voice rings out. He assures them that they're headed straight to hell, and as his homegrown army quickly surrounds Eric and Sookie, Newlin says they'll make perfect replacements for Godric in his &quot;ceremony.&quot;</p><p>Lying on the road at Sarah's feet, Jason realizes he's not dead; she just shot him with a paintball gun. He attempts to explain that he was only trying to escape her crazy (and well-armed) husband, but Sarah is inconsolable after being betrayed. She fires a paintball into Jason's groin, leveling him with pain. &quot;We have your sister,&quot; she tells him. &quot;You're no more than a bunch of heartless, two-faced vampire-f**kers!&quot; Not appreciating the slur against his sister, Jason knocks Sarah to the ground and grabs her paintball gun. Jumping into her utility terrain vehicle, he tears off toward the church. When he gets there, he finds Sookie with Steve holding a gun to her head, Eric chained to the altar and Bill surrounded by stake-wielding Soldiers of the Sun. Jason fire a paintball with dead aim, knocking the gun from Steve's hand and then follows up with a shot right between the minister's eyes.</p><p>Sookie sets Eric free, and the vampire seizes Steve. Before Eric can figure out to do with him, however, Stan and a squad of Dallas vamps stalk into the room. &quot;We'll kill you,&quot; Stan threatens the minister, &quot;same way we did your father.&quot; Stan gives the order to massacre everyone in the room, but then Godric appears on the balcony commanding everyone to stop. He confronts the humans, asking if they're prepared to die for the religious madman, and they answer by standing down and exiting. The vampires, too, walk away from the scene. Jason apologizes to Sookie for being foolish enough to follow these extremists. As everyone leaves, Steve assures them that their day of reckoning will come, but Jason quips back: &quot;I've already been to heaven. And it was inside your wife,&quot; before decking the preacher.</p><p>Sam receives a call on his cell phone, with Merlotte's showing up on the Caller ID but no one at the other end of the line. He rushes back to his darkened bar, and when he goes inside, he's horrified to find Daphne's corpse in his walk-in, her heart cut out of her chest. Police lights start flickering through the windows as Sheriff Bud Dearborn's voice fills the air.</p><p>In the kitchen at Sookie's house, Maryann begins work on a feast, beginning with a pan full of chopped vegetables. But her key ingredient is on the cutting board - a human heart, which she carefully slices into bite-sized pieces and adds to her pot.</p><p>Bud and Kenya interrogate Sam inside his bar, saying they got an anonymous tip. Sam knows Maryann is setting him up - and says as much - but Bud is concerned that nothing with the bar owner ever seems to check out. Andy bursts into the room, drunk as usual, and does his best to corroborate Sam's story with his own tales about massive orgies and a clawed bull wearing a dress. Bud is far from convinced.</p><p>Tara and Eggs return home, still shaken by their memory loss, but when Maryann offers them a &quot;Hunter's Soufflé,&quot; they both dig in. As they eat, they can't believe how great it tastes. Slurping up the bright red sauce, they become more and more enamored with the meal, gushing about how delicious it is.</p><p>At the lair of the Dallas vampires, Jason apologizes to Bill for being prejudiced against him and gives the vampire an awkward hug. Bill tries to explain to Sookie that he couldn't rescue her because he was held hostage, but he leaves out the details about Lorena. Sookie and Bill both stare daggers at Eric for gambling with their lives to save Godric, but the Nordic vampire doesn't seem to care.</p><p>Isabel drags Hugo before Godric, explaining that he's the one who betrayed them. And Godric - much to Stan's dismay - grants Hugo mercy, suggesting he leave town as it's &quot;not safe for you here.&quot; Eric tries to bring a woman to feed his maker, but the ancient vampire isn't hungry. Mostly, he's tired, and when Eric becomes angry about the Fellowship and their hatred, Godric counsels understanding: &quot;We ARE frightening,&quot; he tells Eric, lamenting that vampires haven't evolved in thousands of years - they've only become more brutal.</p><p>Jessica and Hoyt try to have sex again, but the vampire is crushed when she finds out that her the chastity she'd lost seems to have found her. Everything heals for a vampire, after all, and she's going to be a virgin for eternity. As she weeps, Hoyt has no idea what to say to comfort her.</p><p>Bud and Kenya lock Sam up in jail, where he finds a who's who of Bon Temps incarcerated for various public disturbances - most involving wanton sex. Mike Spencer and Jane Bodehouse are both chagrined to be behind bars, though neither can quite remember what they did to get there.</p><p>Tara and Eggs continue to receive far too much enjoyment from Maryann's soufflé, and as they eat, their eyes turn black and frenzied. Soon, they're hitting each other - hard - in the face and exalting in the pain. Maryann looks on, thrilled with the result.</p><p>At the Dallas lair, Lorena slips in through the crowd and finds Sookie to introduce herself. Dripping with menace, Lorena explains that she and Bill go way back, and as Sookie pieces things together, Bill steps in to get rid of Lorena. When the vampire caresses his cheek, Sookie's had enough and starts to mouth off to Lorena, telling her, &quot;Go find someone else you trashy bitch. You've lost this one!&quot; Lorena goes wild, grabbing Sookie, her fangs extending. But Godric steps in, separating them and banishing Lorena from his area, disgusted with her behavior. He asks Bill to escort her out.</p><p>With Lorena gone, things start to return to normal, but then Luke steps into the middle of the room, calling for everyone's attention. Jason tries to talk to him, but his former camp-mate refuses to listen. Instead, he tells everyone, &quot;I have a message for you all from Reverend Steve Newlin ...&quot; Opening his jacket, Luke reveals a bomb strapped to his chest and covered in wood and silver. Before even a vampire can react, he pushes the button on the detonator.</p></div>

I Will Rise Up

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<b><br> Written by</b> Nancy Oliver<br><br>Outside the Dallas vampire lair, Bill sends Lorena away, telling her that she's dead to him. Their farewell is cut short, however, when an explosion erupts behind them - Luke has detonated the bomb strapped to his chest.</p><p>Bill races inside, where he scans the bloody tableau, calling Sookie's name. She's alive, shielded by Eric, who urges Bill to chase after the rest of the Soldiers of the Sun before they can escape. Bill catches a young boy, who pleads for his life, but Bill sinks his fangs into the enemy's neck. The vampire doesn't drain him, though; he sends the soldier back to the Fellowship, commanding him to tell his leader that vampires showed him mercy.</p><p>Inside the gore-spattered lair, Eric tells Sookie that the silver shrapnel he's taken is killing him - she'll have to suck it out to save him. Disgusted but grateful for his help, she agrees. But when Bill comes back inside and finds her working on the second slug in Eric's chest, he's furious. The silver was no threat, Bill tells Sookie; it was just a ploy to get her to drink the Nordic vampire's blood. Now, they'll share a connection forever.</p><p>Isabel and the other Dallas vamps conduct a survey of the damage - a few destroyed vampires, Stan included, and several humans - and then Godric orders everyone to reconvene at the Hotel Carmilla. Once Bill and Sookie make it back to their hotel room, they vent over Eric's trickery. Though Bill is furious, he doesn't blame Sookie. It was, after all, her goodness and desire to help that Eric took advantage of. He warns Sookie, though, that she may start to feel a sexual attraction toward the older vampire ... It's part of the blood's power.</p><p>At Bill's house in Bon Temps, Hoyt tries to comfort Jessica, who's still upset over her permanent virginity. Adamant that it doesn't affect their relationship, Hoyt suggests they take things to the next level: It's time for Jessica to meet his mom.</p><p>Covered in bruises from their fight, Tara and Eggs continue the disturbing trend of remembering nothing from the previous night. And they aren't amused when Maryann makes light of it as they compare notes in Sookie's kitchen. Maryann suggests that maybe it isn't so bad to lose control. Maybe the two of them are reaching a higher plane. Eggs is willing to consider the idea, but Tara, who's spent decades on the receiving end of a raging drunk's blackouts, is not about to accept inebriation as a spiritual journey.</p><p>At the hotel Carmilla, Jason has taken over Jessica's room. He and Sookie both loaf around, miserable after the events of the past few days. Jason tries to explain how he ended up with the Fellowship, that they made him feel like he was worth something. Sookie, understanding but still incredulous, asks if he ever thought for a moment what Gran would think of a group like the Fellowship. Jason says he can't think about Gran. It's too hard. He and Sookie are all alone now, and they have to stick together and be a family. He apologizes for being a &quot;dumbass f**kup,&quot; and Sookie smiles. They're as close as they've been in a long time. As their heart-to-heart ends, the Newlins come on the hotel TV, melting down fantastically during an interview with Nan Flanagan. As the spokeswoman for the American Vampire League grills them about their involvement in the suicide bombing, Steve and Sarah devolve into outright bickering in front of the camera.</p><p>At Merlotte's, Arlene approaches Terry carefully, trying to address the nights they've spent together that neither of them remember. Terry's squirrelly at first, but as Arlene becomes upset, he opens up, telling her that he can't remember whether they had sex. Glad that they've both been granted a dubious pass on this one, Arlene takes his hand and gives it a squeeze. Out in the dining room, though, things don't go so smoothly once Lafayette gets a look at the bruises covering his cousin. He can't believe Tara would let Eggs hit her - especially after living with an abusive mother her whole life. The cook lunges at Eggs, who's just as ready to fight, causing a scene in the middle of the restaurant. Tara manages to separate them and drag Eggs out the door, taking a wayward punch from him in the process.</p><p>Hoyt confronts his mother in her kitchen, demanding to know why she's so filled with hate. Her prejudice extends far beyond vampires, he points out - all the way to families with lots of kids and women who wear red shoes. She doesn't know what to say, only that he's her baby boy and she doesn't want to lose him. Frustrated, he assures her he's a &quot;grown-ass man&quot; and isn't willing to tolerate any rudeness toward Jessica.</p><p>Sookie sleeps beside Bill at the Hotel Carmilla, but she dreams of Eric - naked and in bed beside her. Even worse, he's charming. Teasing, he tells her she'd make a great vampire, and she argues playfully with him. But the fantasy goes south when Lorena appears at the foot of the bed and reminds Sookie that she's betraying Bill. Sookie wakes with a start.</p><p>Sam - along with half of Bon Temps - sits in jail as an exhausted Bud Dearborn tries to figure out what to do with everyone. Maryann shows up looking for Sam and suggests the sheriff make things a little easier on himself by releasing all the revelers he's picked up. Vibrating quickly, she takes control of Bud, smiling as his eyes turn black. She stalks into the holding area and demands to see Sam Merlotte. But the bar owner has transformed into an insect and flown away, leaving nothing but his clothes behind on the floor of the cell.</p><p>Hoyt introduces Jessica to his mother at Merlotte's, but in spite of his warnings, Maxine doesn't cooperate. Jessica tries to win her over with compliments, but the older woman is obstinate, telling Jessica that she can't allow her son to spend the rest of his life with a vampire who can't give him children. Crushed, Jessica leaves, with Hoyt following behind.</p><p>At Sookie's house, Eggs, Tara and Maryann play cards - until Lafayette and Lettie Mae interrupt. They want Tara, and even after her eyes turn black and she starts to rage against them, Lafayette drags her out the door. Eggs tries to follow - his eyes also black - but Maryann tells him to stop, sure that Tara will come back on her own.</p><p>Nan Flanagan shows up at the Hotel Carmilla to dress down the Dallas vamps for their involvement in this &quot;PR mess.&quot; Godric insists on taking all the responsibility, giving up his title as sheriff. Eric balks at Nan's rudeness toward his maker, but Godric doesn't care. And when he explains that he agreed to meet the sun, that the humans weren't holding him against his will, everyone is shocked. But Godric just seems tired. He apologizes to the group for all the harm he's caused and tells Eric, who's beside himself with anger toward Nan, that they need to talk. As the meeting breaks up, Bill approaches Eric calmly and then punches the vampire in the face. Eric gazes back coolly, telling Bill, &quot;That doesn't change anything. I'm part of her now.&quot;</p><p>Maryann walks into Merlotte's, her easygoing act cast aside to reveal a glimpse at her true power. In an otherworldly voice, she informs the room: &quot;The God Who Comes demands his sacrifice. Where is Sam Merlotte?&quot; Everyone's eyes turn black. But Sam is nowhere to be found.</p><p>On the roof of Hotel Carmilla, Godric tells Eric that he can no longer exist as a vampire. It's unnatural, he says, and it must end. Eric's heart is breaking, and he says he won't let Godric go alone. But as Eric's maker, the older vampire commands him to leave. Sookie arrives, and though she can only pull patches of English from their Swedish conversation, she knows exactly what is going on. She promises Eric that she'll stay with Godric until the end. As sunrise nears, Eric says goodbye and goes inside. Sookie weeps softly next to Godric, who tells her that he's filled with joy. He warns her to stand back as the sun crests the horizon, and as she watches, Godric disappears into white-hot radiance.</p></div>

New World in My View

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Adam Davidson<br><b>Written by</b> Kate Barnow &amp; Elisabeth R. Finch<br><br>Sookie returns from the roof after Godric's death, shaken but more concerned about Eric, who she finds slumped over the edge of his bed, weeping tears of blood. She comforts him, kissing his face lightly, and when he responds with his own kiss on her lips, she returns it. As they become more passionate, Eric pulls back, his fangs clicking into place. Sookie reaches out, exploring his teeth gingerly with her fingers. Eric gets the message and dives into her throat - But Sookie snaps awake in the back seat of an Anubis Air hearse. It was just a dream ... again.</p><p>Sitting next to Sookie in the car, Jason knows an erotic fantasy when he sees one and starts to give her a hard time. But they're interrupted when the driver of their transport hits someone in the street of Bon Temps. Jason and Sookie both jump out of the vehicle and into a version of their hometown that's been vandalized almost beyond recognition. The people they ran over - a half-dressed couple - giggle maniacally and limp away.</p><p>Maryann marshals her followers at the Stackhouse place, where a giant totem has been erected out of fruit, flowers, dirt, meat and God knows what else ... Karl and Eggs, his eyes black as pits, serve her every whim, promising to find Kobe beef too add to the monument as an offering to her God Who Comes.</p><p>In Andy's motel room, Sam hides as a car pulls up. It's the detective, returning from the deserted police station, and he's managed to find a bottle of booze along the way. Handing Sam the personal effects left behind in his jail cell, Andy still isn't clear on what's going on in town. The previous night's explanation feels pretty hazy. Sam quickly fills things in again: Maryann's an ancient creature called a maenad, the pig worked for her, she wants to sacrifice Sam to her god, and it may be impossible to kill her. As Andy tries to digest this, the phone rings - it's Arlene. She's calling from Merlotte's where a crowd of possessed townspeople has pinned her down, and she's afraid her kids are going to get hurt. Sam suspects it's a trap, but he can't bring himself to turn his back on her.</p><p>Sookie, Jason and Bill arrive at the old Compton house, and when Jason calls the sheriff's office, all he can raise is the answering machine. Something is obviously wrong in town, but any chance to discuss it slips away when Maxine Fortenberry - looking unkempt and sporting black eyes - stumbles down the stairs toward them. Hoyt and Jessica chase after her, and once they get Maxine under control, explain how the whole town's gone mad. Everyone's eyes have turned black, and they're planning to offer Sam as a human sacrifice. Jason decides he's going to Merlotte's to get to the bottom of things, despite Sookie's protests, and after Hoyt explains that Maryann has taken over the Stackhouse place, Sookie and Bill leave to confront her.</p><p>Sam and Andy arrive at Merlotte's and walk into the very trap they expected. One look at Arlene's eyes is all the warning they get before they're surrounded by lunatic townspeople. Andy pulls out his pistol, firing warning shots into the air, but it has no effect. Terry easily disarms him and empties the weapon into the walls, accidentally shooting the arm of a local man- who starts laughing. Sam and Andy flee into the walk-in refrigerator, sealing the door behind them. Terry, in full military mode, addresses the disappointed crowd, saying their mission has been accomplished: The targets are trapped. He orders Jane Bodehouse to call Maryann to report the victory, and everyone cheers.</p><p>At Lafayette's house, he and Lettie Mae have tied up Tara, who spouts the most hurtful words her possessed mind can come up with. Lettie Mae starts to pray, and when her nephew joins in, she looks shocked. &quot;Jesus and I agreed to see other people,&quot; he tells her. &quot;Don't mean we still don't talk time to time.&quot;</p><p>When Bill and Sookie arrive and find Maryann's totem in the front yard of Sookie's house, it's clear things have gone even further than they suspected. The inside of the house is decorated with branches and candles; dirt and leaves are strewn everywhere. As Sookie takes it all in, her cell phone rings. It's Lafayette, asking for her help with Tara and warning her to get out of the house right away. She hangs up, but Maryann appears, blocking their escape. Bill sinks his fangs into their enemy's neck, but her black blood causes him to foam at the mouth and vomit. Sookie immediately understands that Maryann was the creature that attacked her in the woods, and when the strange woman advances, Sookie pushes back and is stunned to see sparks burst from her hands and shock Maryann. With no idea what just happened, she and Bill flee into the night.</p><p>Jason arrives at Merlotte's armed with all the power tools he can carry. He sneaks into the bar and, cranking up a chainsaw, threatens all the locals gathered in the place. They don't even blink. Even when he sinks the blade into the bar, they only laugh and cheer him on. Changing tacks, he grabs Arlene and holds a nail gun to her head, and though most of the group urges him to shoot her (Alrene included), Terry steps in to save his &quot;special lady.&quot; He orders everyone out of the bar, and Jason manages to rescue Andy and Sam. The reprieve is brief, however. No sooner do the men collect their thoughts and compare notes than a window shatters in the bar and the whole mob floods back in. Sam, realizing Maryann's minions will never stop, turns himself over to them. But once they get him outside the bar, Jason reappears wearing a gas mask and hurling road flares - impersonating the God Who Comes. As Andy holds up a stick behind him to look like horns, Jason &quot;smites&quot; Sam, who shifts into a fly, giving the appearance that he's been vaporized. Disappointed at the lack of destruction but convinced nonetheless, Maryann's followers wander off to give her the good news.</p><p>Sookie and Bill make it to Lafayette's house, where they find Tara in her strange state. Sookie tries to gaze into her friend's mind but sees only darkness - as if Tara doesn't exist at all. Bill suggests he try to glamour her while Sookie uses her power, and the tandem effort manages to break through, freeing Tara from the power of Maryann's will. But the reality that Tara's returned to is far more painful than being possessed - she needs to go save Eggs, she says.</p><p>Outside on the porch, Bill tells Sookie that he knows one vampire who may be able to tell them how to kill Maryann. But he must go alone. Sookie objects, but when Bill explains to her that the people of Bon Temps need her help more than he does, she knows he's right. He kisses her quickly and bolts away.</p><p>At Bill's house, Maxine is working herself into a frenzy, belittling her son and hurling insults at Jessica. Finally the young vampire reaches the limit of her tolerance and attacks Maxine. Hoyt looks on screaming as his girlfriend's fangs puncture his mother's jugular.</p><p>Bill arrives at his destination - a strange mansion patrolled by secret service agents, one of whom greets him, &quot;Welcome Mr. Compton. She's expecting you.&quot; Bill steps inside, bowing to his host and greeting her, &quot;Your majesty.&quot;</p></div>

Frenzy

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Daniel Minahan<br><b>Written by</b> Alan Ball<br><br>Inside her eclectic but opulent mansion, Sophie-Ann - the Vampire Queen of Louisiana - feeds on the thigh of an agreeable young woman. Bill looks on, self-conscious. When the Queen finishes her meal, Bill explains that he needs to know how to kill the maenad that's been terrorizing Bon Temps. Sophie-Ann lets on enough about the creature to convince him she can help, but she then toys with Bill, insisting that he stay for a day and visit with her.</p><p>At the old Compton place, Hoyt manages to pry Jessica's fangs from his mother's neck. The young vampire struggles to explain that she couldn't listen to Maxine badmouth Hoyt any longer, but he's furious and yells at Jessica: &quot;She's my mama! She gets to!&quot; Gathering his bleeding and insane mother, he leaves.</p><p>Tara, unbound but blocked from leaving Lafayette's house, pleads with Sookie to let her go help Eggs. It's too dangerous, Sookie tells her, and then Lafayette piles on, informing Tara he won't let her go back to a man who beats her. This is news to Lettie Mae, and as she also starts to become involved, Tara loses it and screams that just because all their lives are miserable doesn't mean they should ruin hers, too. Stung, Lafayette handcuffs her to the coffee table and goes out on the porch to stand watch with a rifle.</p><p>At his bar, Sam explains to Andy and Jason that he can take on the shape of any animal. Predictably, this blows Jason's mind. But despite Sam's obvious familiarity with the supernatural, he fails to convince Jason to avoid Maryann. The young paramilitary trainee is determined to fight the maenad - with whatever weapons he and Andy can dig up at the police station. At this point in the conversation, Sam catches a movement outside, and when he goes to investigate, he finds Arlene's kids, Coby and Lisa, hiding hungry and frightened in the woods. Jason and Andy leave to gear up, and Sam takes the kids inside, telling Jason, &quot;You're a damned fool.&quot; Sam fixes the kids some food, and as they eat and tell Sam about their mom, Coby suggests they ask a vampire for help ... giving Sam an idea.</p><p>Sookie and Lafayette stand guard on his porch when a text arrives from Bill, saying he'll be late. Sookie finds out from Lafayette that she isn't the only one having sex-filled dreams about Eric after drinking the vampire's blood. Inside the house, Tara goes to work on Lettie Mae, trying to convince her troubled mother to set her free - that this is the one chance to repair their relationship. Lettie gives in, tricking Lafayette into handing over his gun and then holding him and Sookie hostage as Tara makes a break for it.</p><p>Jason and Andy raid the arms locker at the police station, where Andy manages to subdue Bud Dearborn as the frenzied sheriff square-dances around the building firing his pistol. On the way out, a local named Kevin shoots Andy in the chest, and just as Jason turns a gun on the attacker, Andy lifts his shirt, showing Jason the Kevlar that saved his life.</p><p>Lafayette is nearly overcome with stress, hallucinations of Eric dancing before his eyes as Lettie Mae trains her gun on him. Still, he and Sookie manage to disarm her and escape - if rushing to Maryann's with plans to kill the creature counts as any kind of escape.</p><p>Tara hurries into Sookie's house, where she finds Eggs with his eyes blacked out and a big grin on his face. She tries to hustle him out the door, but Maryann corners her first. The maenad explains that Tara is the one who summoned her: Miss Jeanette's exorcism may have been fake, but the power of the ritual was enough to pique Maryann's curiosity about Bon Temps. Maryann vibrates lightly, which has no effect on Tara, who says she's free of the maenad's control now. So Maryann punches Tara in the face, hard, and when the girl looks up, her eyes have turned black. At this point, the mob from Merlotte's returns to tell Maryann about the return of her god and the smiting of Sam - and she's furious with their idiocy.</p><p>Hoyt does his best to console his mother in the kitchen of her house, but she's more concerned with the concoction she's &quot;cooking&quot; for Maryann's next bash. When Hoyt tries to stop her, she digs deep to hurt him, telling her son that he's always held her back from doing what she wanted. She says Hoyt is weak, just like his father was before he killed himself. This is news to Hoyt, who always thought his dad was shot by a burglar. &quot;I lied,&quot; Maxine says. &quot;Otherwise we never would've gotten the life insurance money.&quot;</p><p>Sam takes Arlene's kids to Fangtasia, hoping Eric will be able to help with the problems in Bon Temps. Cagey and condescending, Eric makes it clear to Sam that he's being generous by getting involved at all, though the vampire is secretly pleased at this opportunity to make an impression on Sookie. He tells Sam there is someone he can talk to and then flies off into the night - literally.</p><p>Bill lounges poolside with the Queen of Louisianna, who insists that he feed from her stable of humans. When she won't allow him to beg off, Bill capitulates, but he can't allow her to detain him any longer - Sookie needs his help. As he plays a game of Yahtzee with the Queen, he reminds her as politely as possible that he must leave. Finally, to keep him just a few minutes longer, she gives him the information he's looking for: The only way to kill Maryann is to let her meet the God Who Comes. Only then will she be vulnerable. Bill thanks her for her help and leaves, but he runs into Eric on his way out. Bill immediately understands the vampire's ploy to get closer to Sookie and warns Eric to stay away from her ... or else he'll tell the Queen that Eric is trafficking in vampire blood.</p><p>Sookie and Lafayette arrive at what's left of her house, and they are jumped by Terry and Arlene. Lafayette captures the couple's attention by scattering a bag full of pills on the ground, while Sookie heads to the house. Soon, however, Maryann and Karl catch up with Lafayette, and when he fires a shot at the maenad, she deflects the bullet into her manservant's skull.</p><p>Andy and Jason park their truck near Maryann's place and get ready to attack, but before they go, Andy tells Jason he thinks the all-star quarterback has had it too easy. Sounding like an idiot - but a credible one - Jason shoots back that being a ripped sex machine takes a lot of work. Not to mention that every person he's ever loved has died. Cowed, Andy nods, and the two of them bury the hatchet in preparation of what's to come.</p><p>Inside her house, Sookie finds a handful of deranged locals holed up in the kitchen. After an uncomfortably close encounter with Mike Spencer, she goes to her room, where she finds Tara and Eggs converting her bed into a nest for a giant egg. She turns to flee but runs into Lafayette, whose eyes have turned glassy and black.</p></div>

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Michael Cuesta<br><b>Written by </b>Alexander Woo<br><br>Inside Gran's bedroom, Sookie watches in horror as a black-eyed Lafayette advances and orders her to take off her clothes. She strips to her underwear, terrified, and he hands her a toga. He then marches her downstairs, where Maryann holds court, wearing Gran's wedding dress and surrounded by frenzy-eyed women in togas. &quot;You're going to be my maid of honor,&quot; she tells Sookie, who's as enraged as she is frightened.</p><p>Sookie promises she won't let Maryann get away with taking over the town, but the maenad is more interested in Sookie's strange powers. Ordering the rest of the bridesmaids away, Maryann prods Sookie to reveal what she is and how she was able to shoot electricity from her hands. The waitress has no answer, but Maryann doesn't care - Sookie will serve as perfect bait to lure Sam back into the sacrificial circle.</p><p>At the Queen's mansion, Eric plays a bored game of Yahtzee, waiting for his opening to ask about the maenad. Sophie-Anne has other concerns, however - like how Bill found out that she's been having Eric sell vampire blood. Pouncing on top of him, Sopie-Anne extends her fangs menacingly. He swears that Bill has no idea she's involved, and the Queen accepts Eric's assurance that he'll take care of the situation.</p><p>Jason and Andy creep toward the mania unfolding at the old Stackhouse place. Jason, feeling like an action hero with a gun in his hand, tosses a weapon to Andy, who's almost ashamed to admit that he's never killed anyone. Both men are spared the deflowering, however. They don't even make it to the porch before they're overcome by Maryann's power, their eyes flipping to black.</p><p>Inside the house, Maryann forces everyone in her wedding party to lick the giant ostrich egg she's chosen to &quot;represent fertility&quot; at her ritual. Grossed out, Sookie follows suit, but she still defies Maryann, telling the maenad that her God is not going to show up. Jason enters to tell Maryann that the &quot;vessel&quot; has arrived, and when Sookie refuses to cooperate, Maryann subdues her with the threat of killing her brother.</p><p>Outside the house, Bill arrives with Sam in tow. The vampire offers Maryann her &quot;vessel&quot; in exchange for Sookie, and despite the waitresses screams, hands Sam over. The crowd becomes even more agitated and starts to chant as Sam is bound to a plank and placed before the totem. As Sookie shrieks in the background, Eggs plunges Maryann's ceremonial dagger deep into Sam's chest. But when Sookie meets her dying friend's eyes, she's shocked to receive a mental message from him: Distract Maryann! In a fit of confusion and grief, Sookie pushes the totem over and confronts Maryann, whose rage is absolute. Before the maenad can use her power to destroy everyone around her, however, a giant bull approaches. Her God has come. She raises her arms in welcome, and the beast gores her, unleashing a torrent of her black blood. Just as she expires, a willing sacrifice to her own God, the bull changes shape...into Sam. He pulls his arm from Maryann's chest, gripping her darkened heart.</p><p>Bill explains that Sam drank enough of his vampire blood to heal the dagger wound, apologizing that he couldn't inform Sookie about their risky plan. As Sookie hurries back toward the house, Bill and Sam share an awkward but agreeable moment before the vampire follows his girlfriend. The townspeople immediately snap out of Maryann's trance, astounded by the scene surrounding them. Sookie orders everyone off her lawn and goes inside, where Tara's trying her best to reassure Eggs, who's beside himself after finding his hands covered in blood. Upstairs, Bill holds Sookie until dawn.</p><p>The next day at Merlotte's, everyone takes guesses at why the whole town blacked out, ranging from pharmaceutical experimentation to space aliens. Sam even contributes his own rumor: A tainted shipment of vodka. Mostly, though, the town is ready to get back to normal - except for Eggs, who's tortured by guilt over atrocities he can't remember committing. He catches Sookie in the parking lot and begs her to unshackle his memory, like she did with Tara. Hoping to lessen his suffering, she agrees, but when Eggs sees Miss Jeanette, Daphne and Sam all killed at his hand, he runs off, totally overcome.</p><p>Later that night, Eggs comes back to the bar parking lot clutching the dagger and begging Andy to arrest him for murder. When Jason steps outside and finds Eggs threatening the police officer, he fires a shot, hitting Eggs in the head and killing him instantly. Andy takes the gun and tells Jason to run before anyone sees him. As the bar empties into the parking lot to see what's happened, Tara runs to her boyfriend's body, wailing.</p><p>Bill prepares for a date, as does Jessica, who says she's going to try to smooth things over with Hoyt at his house. Bill comments that the young man would be a fool not to accept her apology. He bids Jessica a warm goodnight as he leaves to take Sookie to a French restaurant. Across town, Hoyt leaves his mother's house to come patch things up with Jessica, but his ex-girlfriend is at a truck stop, having a big-rig driver for a midnight snack.</p><p>Bill's date with Sookie goes off just as he'd hoped. The two dine in a restaurant he's rented just for the occasion, and as she finishes her dessert, Bill pulls out a small black box. &quot;Miss Stackhouse,&quot; he asks, &quot;will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?&quot; Struggling for words, Sookie eventually manages to spit out that she's not even sure if she's human, let alone ready to get married. She asks for a moment to collect herself and flees to the bathroom, where after looking at herself in the mirror she realizes that she's in love with Bill and wants to marry him. She bursts back into the dining room, shouting, &quot;Yes! I will marry you!&quot; But she's greeted by an empty room, where Bill has been replaced by an overturned chair and the signs of a struggle.</p></div>

Bad Blood

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Daniel Minahan<br><b>Written by</b> Brian Buckner<br></p><p>Dressed in a lavender gown and wearing her new engagement ring (even though she technically hasn't said yes), Sookie rushes out of a French restaurant, calling after Bill. But the vampire has disappeared, along with his car. In a different parking lot, outside Merlotte's, Tara weeps over Eggs's body as police and onlookers gather around her.</p><p>Jessica returns home to the Compton place, dragging a trucker named Hank who she's drained to the brink of death. She's terrified that Bill will come home and catch her, but that's not going to happen. Held hostage in the back seat of his own Bimmer, Bill has been bound in silver chains by a group of bikers. The vampire's cell phone rings, with Sookie's name appearing on the caller ID, but the lead biker, Coot, throws it out the window - and then viciously stabs Bill with a knife.</p><p>Deputy Kenya Jones arrives at the French restaurant to investigate Bill's disappearance, but she makes it pretty clear that she could care less about missing vampires, particularly this one, who seems to have simply left in a huff after his proposal was rejected. Sookie heads over to Bill's house, where Jessica is watching in horror as Hank squeezes out his last breath. She manages to hide the body in her cubby before Sookie bursts through the door. Jessica wants details about the proposal, but Sookie cuts her off, ordering her to call if Bill comes home.</p><p>At Merlotte's, Terry tries to console Andy in the aftermath of Eggs's death, explaining that he knows how it feels to take a life. Andy is touched but can't really relate - Jason is the one who actually killed Eggs, and now Andy is just trying to avoid going to jail as an accessory to murder. The bar is tense, and when Arlene tries to express her gratitude to Bud Dearborn for protecting Bon Temps, Tara erupts with rage and grief. Lafayette manages to steer Tara out the door, and Andy leaves to visit Jason. He finds the ex-jock shaken and edgy at his house. Warning Jason that their story has holes in it, Andy orders him to act normal, which for Jason means to go out and chase some tail. &quot;Conscience off, dick on,&quot; Andy tells him.</p><p>Sookie goes to Eric for help and receives an eyeful of the Nordic vampire when she interrupts his escapades with Fangtasia's new go-go dancer Yvetta. She explains that Bill has vanished and insists they track down Bill's maker Lorena, convinced that she's involved . But Eric explains he's duty-bound as sheriff to investigate any missing vampires in his area. As Sookie leaves, it's clear that Eric's as blindsided as she is. Pam advises Eric to tell Sophie-Anne that Bill is missing - before she finds out from another source - but Eric's not yet willing to risk the queen's wrath for losing track of the one vampire who can link her to selling vampire blood.</p><p>Bill's car swerves down a country road, as the men inside drink Bill's blood, getting higher and higher. Bill warns them that he could quickly die from his wounds, but that doesn't stop them. Sneaking on a pair of gloves, the vampire manages to escape from his chains and immediately kills one of the thugs before grabbing the steering wheel and crashing the car. Bill crawls from the wreckage and staggers into the woods, sending a psychic &quot;call&quot; to Jessica, who feels her maker's contact but has no idea what it means.</p><p>Sookie returns home to find Lafayette comforting Tara, who's in a state of shock over Eggs's death. When Sookie hears how it happened, she immediately tells Tara how she tried to help Eggs by restoring his memories. Tara loses it, attacking Sookie and shrieking that the only man she's ever loved is dead. Lafayette takes Tara back to his house and Lettie Mae comes to take care of her daughter. After Lafayette leaves for work, Tara's mother enlists a reverend for help. His visit seems to calm Tara, and Lettie Mae feels she's saved her daughter from darkness. But when Tara goes to take a shower, she tries to overdose on pills before Lafayette returns and kicks the door in to stop her.</p><p>In a rundown motel room, Sam awakens to a knock at his door and answers it to find a shirtless Bill, asking to be invited in. Sam obliges - and wistfully agrees to take a shower with the vampire - but just as Bill leans in for a kiss, Sam hears his phone ring...and awakens from the vampire-blood-induced dream. Sitting up in the same motel room he dreamt of, Sam answers the call from a local official, who gives him the latest lead on tracking down his parents: He apparently has a brother, Tommy Mickens, who's earned a reputation for ripping people off at a local tire shop. Sam pays the business a visit, and a worker with &quot;Tommy&quot; stitched on his shirt insists that the Mickens kid left months ago. Sam is hardly convinced, and when he later follows Tommy home, a mailbox full of past-due bills confirms that he's located his biological family.</p><p>Hoyt calls Jessica, who has been unable to revive her dead trucker. Hoyt wants to know if she received his flowers, but Jessica has more pressing issues to deal with. Later, with Sookie's help, she figures out that Bill's &quot;call&quot; was guiding her toward a place, and when the two women rush to the spot, they find his overturned car and a corpse with a brand linked to something called &quot;Operation Werewolf.&quot;</p><p>Queen Sophie-Anne brings the Magister to Fangtasia, where he tells Eric of his concern that vampires are colluding with humans to sell vampire blood. He makes it clear that the punishment for such an offense would be dire. Once Eric and Sophie are alone, she orders him to sell off his entire supply of the drug literally overnight. Pam delivers the message to Lafayette, who has no idea how he'll move so much product so fast, especially with everything that's going on with Tara. Pam is not sympathetic.</p><p>As the evening crowd at Merlotte's grows, Arlene is shocked when her sense of smell suddenly becomes unbelievably sensitive. There's only one explanation...she's pregnant again. In the barroom, Jason does his best to follow Andy's advice and act natural, so he flirts heavily with two beautiful veterinary students. He and an unwilling Hoyt bring the girls back to his house, but once things heat up, Jason can't perform. Every time he looks at the girls, he envisions bullet holes in their foreheads. He tries to explain the problem, and the girls can't get out of the house fast enough.</p><p>Bill, weakened and ravenous from being drained, visits the house of an old woman and glamours her into letting him feed. Once he's finished, he gives her a handful of cash, imprinting her memory with the idea that her son wanted her to have the money. As Bill flees into the night, howls echo around him, and when a pack of orange-eyed wolves surrounds him, ready to attack, Bill tells them: &quot;I should warn you - I've fed.&quot;</p></div>

Beautifully Broken

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<b><br> Written by</b> Raelle Tucker<b><br></b></p><p>In the Mississippi woods, Bill Compton spits out the furry ear of a werewolf into the dirt. He is surrounded by the dead bodies of several other werewolves, and as his now ear-less attacker writhes on the ground in agony, the pack leader, Coot, advances on Bill. Before the battle can continue, though, a vampire rides up on a horse. He introduces himself as Russell Edgington, the King of Mississippi, and apologizes to Bill for the rough treatment he's received. Inviting Bill onto his horse, Russell gallops off toward his mansion, where his partner Talbot makes a show of welcoming Bill as an honored guest - even though his &quot;room&quot; features a solid silver door and a massive vampire guard.</p><p>Sookie visits Eric at Fangtasia, all but begging for help finding Bill. When she shows Eric the Operation Werewolf brand she discovered, the vampire flashes back to WWII, where he and Godric - disguised as SS members - captured a werewolf with the same marking. He doesn't share this detail with Sookie, who returns home, upset. Entering the house, she's frightened to hear noises, but it turns out to be Jason, whose guilt-ridden conscience kept him awake until he decided to start cleaning up the mess Maryann left behind. Sookie explains how upset Tara is about Eggs and starts to blame herself for his death, but Jason - all too familiar with that feeling - assures Sookie it wasn't her fault.</p><p>In Lafayette's bathroom, Tara struggles with him as he forces her to throw up the handful of pills she's taken. He drags her out of the house and gets in the car to go to the hospital. Lettie Mae wants to come along, but Lafayette barks at her, &quot;You've failed this girl for the last time, you hear me?&quot; In the car, Tara begs him to not take her to the hospital; she's afraid they'll lock her up for life after hearing her story. Lafayette knows she's right, but he's furious that she'd try to kill herself and leave him alone. Part condemnation and part pep talk, he tells her that she has the strength to deal with her problems - and he has something he wants to show her.</p><p>Hoyt tries to bring a six-pack of True Blood to Jessica as a gift, but the young vampire is way too freaked out over killing Hank to talk to him. He says he understands how she must have felt when she attacked Maxine, and he forgives her...but Jessica knows he can never know how she feels.</p><p>Sam wakes up in his truck with a shotgun to his head. His brother, Tommy, has found him sleeping outside the Mickens' home and herds Sam inside the unkempt house. But when Sam explains himself to his parents, Joe Lee and Melinda, the strange family is reunited. Tommy is not thrilled to find out he has a big brother, however, and walks out. Sam follows him, trying to explain that he's not there to cause trouble. Seeming to put the conflict behind them, the men shift into dogs (Tommy chooses a pit bull) and go for a run to clear their heads. As night falls though, Tommy purposely leads Sam into the path of an oncoming truck before shifting into a bird and flying away, leaving his brother shaken up on the side of the road.</p><p>Lafayette and Tara arrive at a psychiatric hospital, and just when Tara starts to think he's betrayed her and decided to have her committed, Lafayette leads her to his mother, Ruby Jean, who he checked into the facility. She verbally abuses her nurse Jesus, and Lafayette, who after the visit points out to Tara that there's darkness in their family - but that doesn't mean they have to give in to it.</p><p>Sookie arrives for work at Merlotte's, but as she approaches the door, the threatening thoughts of a dangerous-looking biker enter her mind. Before he has a chance to attack her, Terry appears. When they search the area for the man, all they find are discarded motorcycle boots and some wolf tracks. As a precaution, Terry gives Sookie a handgun.</p><p>Outside the police station, a crowd of reporters peppers Andy with questions about his &quot;heroic&quot; shooting of Eggs. He dodges the attention as best he can, and when Jason shows up, hustles the real killer away before he can incriminate them both. They go to Merlotte's, where the townspeople applaud Andy when his story comes on TV, but Jason - getting drunk - is a little envious of Andy's sudden fame. When they leave the bar, Andy insists on driving Jason home, but a police call to bust a meth lab waylays them. At the scene, Jason catches a glimpse of a beautiful woman before he manages to tackle an escaping drug dealer.</p><p>Bill dines with Russell and Talbot, and as strange blood delicacies are brought to the table, Russell offers Bill a job as sheriff in Mississippi - and asks for his help convincing Sophie-Anne to marry him and merge their kingdoms. Russell intimates that he knows about Sookie and believes that Bill is carrying out some kind of secret work for the queen in Bon Temps. Bill's not sure how Russell came by this information, but he quickly learns when Lorena enters the room. Bill hurls a lit oil lamp at her, lighting her up like a torch.</p><p>Tara drinks alone at Merlotte's, until she's joined by a mysterious vampire named Franklin Mott - who earlier that night broke into the Compton house. The two share a drink, and later, when Tara leaves the bar, he comes to her aid as two drunk rednecks accost her.</p><p>Eric visits Sookie at home and tells her his story of werewolf-hunting with Godric during WWII...They were searching for a pack of vampire-led wolves. He tries to downplay the possibility that he's telling Sookie all this because he cares about her, and before she can press him on having actual emotions, he rushes her inside as a wolf attacks them.</p></div>

It Hurts Me Too

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br> Written by</b> Alexander Woo<b><br></b></p><p>A wolf stalks across Sookie's living room, baring its teeth as she raises a pistol and fires. Before the bullet can strike the wolf, Eric leaps into its path at vampire speed, taking the hit in his chest to preserve the beast for interrogation.</p><p>As soon as the wolf sees Eric's wound, it shifts into a man, who scrambles to get a taste of the vampire's blood. Even wounded, Eric subdues the attacker, though he soon gives into his own rage and bites savagely into the man's neck - but not before Sookie hears him think about &quot;Jackson.&quot; They bury the werewolf in a fresh grave at the cemetery, and Sookie makes plans to go to Mississippi to search for Bill. Eric tells her a rescue mission would be suicide and asks her to try to stay out of trouble.</p><p>At Russell's mansion, Bill watches as Lorena begins to heal from the severe burns he inflicted on her. Russell, ignoring Talbot's grief over his damaged antiques, sends Lorena away so he can speak with Bill. The king informs the younger vampire that Lorena wants Sookie to die. In fact, the only way Bill can save her is by joining forces with Russell.</p><p>Tara and the mysterious vampire Franklin Mott have mind-blowing sex - as she allows him to feed on her - in a seedy motel room. Afterward, Tara leaves without giving her name, knowing that she's way too messed up to get involved with anyone, let alone a vampire. The next day, Mike Spencer calls Tara to let her know that Eggs' funeral is about to take place. When Tara arrives, the only other person attending is Sookie, who paid for the arrangements. The two women reconnect as a minister begins the ceremony.</p><p>Sam returns to his parents' house, not mentioning that his little brother Tommy just tried to get him killed on the highway, and explains that he's heading back to Bon Temps. His mother fawns over him, but he sidesteps the attention as best he can, casting Tommy a meaningful look on his way out the door. That night, Sam sees Sookie at work - and notices her engagement ring. She explains that she's leaving town for a few days to find Bill and asks him to look after Jessica, since she's all alone. Knowing he can't talk Sookie out of anything, Sam agrees.</p><p>In light of his performance at the meth bust, Jason decides he wants to become a police officer. To pass the written test for the job, he has Hoyt quiz him, but the preparation isn't going well. Hoyt is also having trouble concentrating...his mind is focused squarely on Jessica.</p><p>In a doctor's office, Arlene undergoes an ultrasound proving the suspicion that she's pregnant. Unfortunately, it also proves that the father is Rene. Later at work, Arlene tries to broach the topic with Terry, and as soon as she says she's pregnant, he's overjoyed - so much so that she can't bear to tell him the truth.</p><p>While &quot;working&quot; on the road crew, Jason falls asleep in his truck and has an anxious nightmare about taking his test. Even worse, he wakes up to Hoyt's screams after his friend finds a headless body in the ditch they're digging. They call the police, and when Bud Dearborn arrives, he's so fed up with the constant murders that he quits his job on the spot. After work, Jason heads over to Merlotte's, where he offers his support to Tara, wishing he could just come clean about his responsibility for Eggs' death.</p><p>As Bill sleeps through the day at Russell's mansion, he dreams of the last time he saw his wife, Caroline, shortly after Lorena turned him into a vampire. At first, she's glad to see him, but when he sees that his son Thomas has died of smallpox and begins to weep tears of blood, Caroline is horrified. As she screams at him, Lorena walks through the door, telling Bill that he has no choice but to glamour his wife so she never remembers seeing him. Later, as Bill buries his son, Lorena tells him, &quot;The only way to show your love for a human is to stay away. Forever.&quot;</p><p>Sam 's family surprises him by showing up at Merlotte's, and when he tries to cover his dismay by buying them all lunch, a free meal quickly turns into a monstrous bar tab. When Sam steps in to stop Tommy from drinking underage, a liquored-up Joe Lee gets in his face. Sam gently kicks them all out, but later that night, when his security alarm goes off, he finds a pit bull rifling through his office...until it shifts into a bird and flies out the window.</p><p>Eric visits Lafayette to bestow his &quot;top salesman&quot; with a gift: a brand-new Bentley. Eric explains that Lafayette could become a very rich man selling V, but the cook/road-crewman/drug-dealer refuses to get further involved with Eric's enterprise. Smiling, Eric urges him to think about it and then flies away.</p><p>Sookie continues the never-ending job of cleaning her wrecked house when a large bearded man appears, frightening her until he explains that Eric sent him to protect her. He introduces himself as Alcide and explains over tea that a dangerous gang of werewolves has taken root in Jackson - and his girlfriend recently left him for its leader. Alcide brings Sookie back to Jackson and takes her to the werewolf bar Lou Pine's, where she manages to pick up a lead from the thoughts of a biker named Gus. But when the werewolf tries to force himself on Sookie, Alcide has to jump in and rescue her.</p><p>At Russell's mansion Coot reports to the king that his men were unable to abduct Sookie. As Russell begins to lose his temper, Bill interrupts, explaining that he's decided to take the king up on his offer and pledge his support to Mississippi. Russell is thrilled (and calls off the hunt for Sookie), but Lorena seethes that she won't get her pound of flesh. Afterward, upstairs, Bill explains to Lorena that she's taught him for a second time that humans have no place in a vampire's existence, and he swears that he'll never love her. She kisses him furiously and he responds, taking her on the bed with rage-filled passion. As they have sex, he viciously snaps her neck, twisting her head gruesomely and as he releases an agonized wail.</p><p>Franklin Mott pays a visit to Jessica and gives her the severed head of Hank the trucker. Now that he's done her a favor, he says, she can reciprocate by telling him all about Bill Compton. After leaving Jessica, he shows up at Sookie's house, and when Tara answers the door, he glamours her and forces her to invite him in.</p></div>

9 Crimes

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> David Petrarca<b><br> Written by</b> Kate Barnow &amp; Elisabeth R. Finch<b><br></b></p><p>Sookie patches up a wound on Alcide's shoulder that he received in the fight at Lou Pine's, doing her best to repair his ego as well by mentioning that the werewolves had been drinking vampire blood. This disgusts Alcide, who's also worried about Debbie Pelt, his ex-fiancee who's now engaged to Coot. A bit of sexual tension builds between Alcide and Sookie, but they're interrupted by Sookie's cell phone. It's Bill, and he's calling to break up with her. Alcide does his best to console her in his tough-love kind of way, but this is a deep blow to Sookie.</p><p>Tara, still under the glamour of Franklin, calls Sookie to determine her whereabouts, but Sookie is too upset to talk to her. Franklin, not pleased, bites Tara savagely. Before going to ground for the day, he ties his captive to the toilet.</p><p>After Bills hangs up with Sookie, he turns to a triumphant-looking Lorena and tells her that he'll never love her. Lorena says that she knows his feelings will change over time, but he responds by punching her full-on in the face, sending her flying into the hallway. He slams his silver door shut behind her, burning his hand in the process.</p><p>While Yvetta dances for Eric at Fangtasia, the vampire lapses into a fantasy about Sookie. He hovers outside her window, and when she invites him inside, she says she can smell the saltwater in his memories. They slip closer together, sharing a moment and then a kiss...until Yvetta snaps him from his daydream, asking, &quot;I boring you?&quot;</p><p>Sam bursts out of Merlotte's holding a handgun and looking for his brother Tommy. Instead, he finds Melinda camped out in his parking lot. She tells her son that Tommy sometimes acts out whenever the family &quot;falls on hard times.&quot;</p><p>Sookie wakes up to breakfast with Alcide, who can't believe that she still wants to find Bill. He advises her to move on, but she's not taking any pointers from a guy still sleeping on the floor after his ex left with their bed. Later, Alcide's sister Janice, a stylist, stops by to disguise Sookie for her infiltration of Lou Pine's. While she works, Sookie overhears in her thoughts that Debbie isn't just getting engaged to Coot - she's being inducted into his werewolf pack. When Alcide comes home, Sookie tells him the truth, and he agrees to go with her to Lou Pine's.</p><p>At Merlotte's, the community throws a retirement party for Bud, who passes the law-enforcement torch to Andy. From the bar, Jason angrily eyes Kitch Maynard - the high school QB who's about to break Jason's record - and when the kid shows no respect during Bud's speech, Jason gets in his face. Across the room, Arlene complains to Sam that she needs another waitress to help her out, but later that night when he brings Jessica on to work as a hostess, Arlene isn't happy about having another redhead to compete with.</p><p>Lafayette takes a cooler full of V to the trailer-trash town of Hot Shot to make a business contact with Calvin Norris, a local dealer. Calvin's not interested, though, and when Lafayette catches some of the locals stripping his SV9 outside, things go downhill fast. Just as Lafayette finds himself surrounded, Eric swoops in to save him - and close the deal. But Eric's victory is short-lived. Pam calls to tell him that Fangtasia is being raided by the Magister, and he's found their stock of V. When Eric arrives at his bar, he finds the Magister torturing Pam and demanding answers.</p><p>Sam finally finds Tommy sleeping naked in the woods and when he offers to let his little brother come live with him, Tommy balks, saying he could never abandon his parents - no matter how screwed up they are. Sam understands and tries to help by allowing the whole family to live in his rental property...as long as they can quit drinking and stealing.</p><p>Sookie - made over convincingly as a rocker chick - arrives at Lou Pine's with Alcide and quickly splits with him to do shots with some bikers at the bar. But when Debbie strides up and threatens Sookie, Alcide steps between them. Soon Alcide and Coot are facing off, but before they can get into a fight, the whole bar quiets down as Russell appears onstage. Speaking in German, he thanks the wolves for their support - then opens a vein to pour his blood into shot glasses. The bikers drink greedily as Russell departs, and Debbie is branded with the Operation Werewolf sigil. Everyone in the bar starts to shift, including Alcide, who barks at Sookie to escape while she can.</p><p>Russell leaves Lou Pine's to meet up with Bill and Lorena outside a strip club in his limousine. Bill has glamoured a girl so broken that she has lost her will to live, the closest he can find to a willing participant in what's about to take place. Still, when all three vampires bite into the woman, she shrieks in pain and horror.</p></div>

Trouble

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<b><br> Written by</b> Nancy Oliver<b><br></b></p><p>In the foyer of Russell's mansion, Tara sits petrified in a chair while Franklin and Talbot bicker with each other. When Bill walks in with Russell and Lorena, Tara rejoices for a moment - until she realizes the vampire has no intention of rescuing her. Franklin joins Russell in his office, showing the vampire king the documents he stole from Bill's house and reporting that Sookie is actually in Jackson.</p><p>Eric arrives at Russell's mansion, supposedly searching for Bill as part of a vampire-blood-dealing investigation. But Bill immediately blows his cover...and points out that Eric is the one selling V for the queen. Intrigued, Russell says he may be able to help save Pam from the magister and invites Eric to stay, much to the delight of Talbot.</p><p>Sookie wakes up to the sound of Alcide fighting with Debbie in his apartment. The werewolf's ex warns him that Russell will kill him if he tells anyone what he saw at Lou Pine's, and when she notices Sookie, Debbie loses her temper and has to be dragged out by Alcide. Sookie wants to find out more about Russell, but Alcide says he needs to confer with his packmaster. But when they go to meet the alpha dog, Colonel Flood, he says he's well aware of Russell's crew but there's nothing that can be done. The vampire king is too powerful, and Flood is scared, though he'll never admit it.</p><p>Jason shows up for his first day on the job at the sheriff's office, and Andy puts him to work...washing police cruisers. When he sees Crystal drive by in an old truck, he jumps into a cop car - shirtless - and pulls her over. He asks her to meet him at Merlotte's that night, and when she refuses, he tells her he'll be there anyway.</p><p>Sam helps the Mickenses move into his rental property, while Tommy and Joe Lee glare at each other over the tops of cardboard boxes. Across the way, Terry is moving in with Arlene, and he couldn't be happier. Sam suggests Joe Lee help Arlene out as a handyman, and then he jumps in his truck with Tommy to go to work.</p><p>At Russell's mansion, Tara is tied to a bed next to a sleeping Franklin. Using her teeth to loosen the ropes, she manages to escape. She bolts out the door and into the sunlight, but as she gets farther from the house, she hears a wolf growling as it gives chase. Moments later, she's taken to the ground by a grinning, naked Coot. Later that night, Franklin is hurt and enraged that she tried to leave him, but he softens when she explains that she's human and has certain needs...like food. Unfortunately, he suggests a solution to this problem: turning her into his &quot;vampire bride.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>In the parking lot at Merlotte's, Lafayette finishes a cigar as Jesus, his mother's nurse, approaches. At first Lafayette is on guard, but he softens when he realizes Jesus just came to spend time with him. Lafayette returns to the kitchen while Jesus hangs out at the bar for his entire shift. As Jessica seats customers, she notices Hoyt come in with a young girl, Summer, who bores him from across their table as he sneaks glances at Jessica. Jason sits at a table, waiting for Crystal, and Andy comes over with good news: Jason can be a cop - all he has to do is pass the physical...and the written test. Jason leaves the bar, depressed, but his spirits lift when he sees Crystal outside. They walk off into the woods, where they kiss, drawn together by an intense feeling they don't quite understand.</p><p>Russell jovially questions Bill about the documents that Franklin found in his home - Sookie's genealogy charts - which the vampire king suspects are part of Bill's search for other telepaths in her family. Bill laughs at the suggestion, but their conversation is interrupted by Coot, who has information for his master. Later, Coot finds Bill and rubs in the fact that Sookie is in Bon Temps, shacked up with Alcide. Intent on warning her about the danger Russell poses, Bill knocks Coot out, dispatches a guard and flees the mansion.</p><p>After work, Tommy hangs out with Sam in his trailer, until Joe Lee shows up drunk at the door. He yells at both his sons, but Sam isn't intimidated. When he threatens to throw Joe Lee out, the old man relaxes and leaves on his own. But it's clear to Sam that there's something Tommy isn't telling him about their father.</p><p>Talbot leads Eric through the mansion, explaining how Russell has collected the many relics decorating his lair. Eric picks up an item, which Talbot identifies as &quot;some random tribal crown,&quot; but Eric knows this piece. He flashes back to his mortal life as a Viking prince, when a pack of werewolves attacked and killed his family at the command of a shadowy figure who stole his father's crown. As his father died in his arms, Eric swore revenge.</p><p>Bill arrives at Alcide's apartment, begging Sookie to leave Jackson before Russell and his minions find her, but it's too late. The vampire king and his wolves arrive, and when Coot tries to grab Sookie, she shoots him with a burst of light. This thrills Russell, who exclaims, &quot;Fantastic!&quot;</p></div>

I Got a Right to Sing the Blues

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br> Written by</b> Alan Ball<br><br>Sookie and Bill are dragged back to Russell's mansion by the king's goons. Bill tries to escape by staking one of the guards – and taking a shot at Russell – but the older vampire is much too powerful for him. Russell demands that Bill be locked up in the slave quarters and then orders Lorena to kill him. Aghast, Sookie begs Eric to tell her what's going on, but the Nordic vampire tells her to keep her mouth shut. He cares nothing for her, he says, and warns her to stay out of his way.<br><br>Russell joins Sookie in his office and puts on a façade of pleasantness as he asks her what she is exactly – because she's certainly not human. Sookie wants some answers of her own (and Russell is playful enough to indulge her), but when she finds out that Russell is the king of Mississippi and that there's also a queen out there somewhere, the information only confuses her more. Russell quickly tires of playing games, and when Sookie dodges his question about having other powers, he loses his temper, screaming in German and commanding her to answer.<br><br>The crew at Merlotte's is ready to close up when a lone customer named Peach walks in and wants to eat. Lafayette leaves Jesus at the pool table and heads into the kitchen to cook her meal, but when Arlene confides in Jessica that all her customers stiffed her (because the vampire glamoured them as they arrived), Jessica takes pity and glamours Peach as well. Not only does Merlotte's last customer of the night leave Arlene a massive tip, but she also allows Jessica to feed on her in the ladies room.<br><br>Outside in the woods, Jason and Crystal make out passionately, not sure where the intensity is coming from. But Crystal breaks away from him, upset, and says that they can never be together. &quot;Just forget me,&quot; she tells him before running off, &quot;for both our sakes.&quot; Later, he finds out why she was so cagey when she shows up at her house with flowers, only to find out that Felton is her fiancé.<br><br>Jesus sits with Lafayette in his car, and they talk, opening up to each other. When Jesus reveals to Lafayette that he doesn't know his father because his mother was raped, the cook/dealer softens. Nervous, but genuinely connecting, the men lean in for a kiss.<br><br>In the slave quarters at Russell's mansion, Lorena has Bill chained to the floor and tortures him with silver blades. As she carves a deep incision into his chest, Bill tells her that he refuses to become what she is – a heartless monster. He knows that Lorena's maker stamped out her humanity by forcing her to do unspeakable things … and Bill says he wishes he could have met her before that happened.</p><p>Tara, tied to Franklin's bed, puts aside her terror and tries to earn his trust, kissing him and begging to drink his blood. Franklin is turned on, and when Tara asks him to untie her, he obliges. Tara bites into his neck, drinking deeply. Later, when she realizes Sookie is being held in a nearby room, Tara sends a mental message to her friend, telling her to be ready for an escape attempt.<br><br>Downstairs, Eric plays cards with Talbot, doing his best to charm Russell's partner until the man of the house himself asks Eric to go for a drive with him. In the car, Russell explains how he uses werewolves to do his bidding and tells Eric that he plans to employ their help in sublimating the human race entirely.<br><br>Jesus takes in the décor in Lafayette's living room, telling his date that he takes the religious symbols seriously. As their conversation starts to get more intimate, they hear a crash outside, where Felton and his crew are smashing Lafayette's car. Lafayette and Jesus fight them off, but the savage beating Lafayette gives Felton – along with the revelation that Lafayette is a V dealer – drives Jesus away in disgust.<br><br>Eric's assumption that Russell is taking him to Shreveport to deal with the magister turns out to be incorrect. Instead, the king drives to Sophie's estate, where they kill some of her guards and corner the queen. She tries to fight her way past Eric, but he's older and more powerful and has decided he no longer needs to defer to her. Russell proposes marriage to Sophie – and more importantly offers to pay her debts – and she begrudgingly accepts. Not that the vampires are willing to take her at her word; before going to ground, Eric makes sure Sophie is &quot;properly restrained.&quot;<br><br>Lorena stays up past sunrise to continue her work slicing into Bill, whose blood pools increasingly beneath him. She's covered in blood herself, from Bill, from weeping, from the bleeds … and when Coot and Debbie stumble in, they can barely handle the sight of all that V. Feeling generous, Lorena allows them to drink directly from Bill's wounds.<br><br>Tommy sits in front of the TV in his brother's trailer while Sam tries to get to the bottom of whatever's going on between him and Joe Lee. Tommy seems like he's about to talk when Melinda shows up at the door and asks to talk to her &quot;youngest&quot; alone. Once Sam's gone, Melinda's demeanor shifts and she scolds Tommy for disobeying his father. Sam doesn't care about any of them, she says, and there's no way he'll stick by the family once he finds out the truth about them.<br><br>Sam turns up at Merlotte's to find a depressed Lafayette, but when Tommy never shows up for work, he starts to get suspicious of the reasons behind Melinda's visit. Arlene mentions that she saw his parents leave the house with &quot;some killer dog,&quot; and Sam immediately calls Andy, who tells Sam that there's some dog-fighting going on outside of town. Sam jumps in his truck and races off.<br><br>While Franklin sleeps at Russell's mansion, Tara sneaks out of bed, pulls a medieval weapon from the wall and bashes in the vampire's skull. She then runs to free Sookie, who insists on looking for Bill. As Tara sneaks across the grounds, she's terrified to run into a werewolf, but it turns out to be Alcide, who's come to help. Sookie manages to find Bill, drained to the point of death, but before she can take him to safety, Lorena leaps on Sookie and bites into her throat.</p></div>

Hitting the Ground

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> John Dahl<b><br> Written by</b> Brian Buckner<b><br></b></p><p>In the slave quarters of Russell's mansion, Lorena drinks deeply from the wound she's opened in Sookie's throat. Lorena is shocked at how delicious the blood tastes, but before she can savor it, a heavily drained Bill wraps his silver chains around her neck, giving Sookie the opening to stake his maker. She drives a piece of wood through Lorena's chest, turning the vampire into a wave of viscera that crashes down onto Bill.<br><br>Tara and Alcide burst into the room, warning Sookie that wolves will be on their trail any moment. Sookie refuses to leave without Bill, who's lost any sign of life. As they wrap him in a rug to block the sunlight, Debbie walks through the door, leveling a handgun on the group. After a brief struggle, Alcide manages to take the gun from her, but then Coot appears and rushes toward him. Alcide fires twice, hitting Coot in the chest and then the head. Everyone backs out of the room, leaving Debbie screaming in grief and rage over Coot's corpse, and they run to Alcide's work van and escape with more werewolves on their heels.<br><br>Hoyt sits in Jason's living room, listening as his friend explains that he's depressed over Crystal. Hoyt suggests Jason question the meth addict who's locked up down at the police station, and then their conversation is interrupted by Summer, who's come over to profess her feelings for Hoyt -- and ask him to sample her biscuits.<br><br>Sam drives up a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, looking for the dogfights that Andy told him about, but a shotgun-toting redneck turns him away. But once Sam drives out of view, he pulls off the road and shifts into a pit bull. Later, when a group of men see Sam wandering around as a loose dog, one of them loops a leash around his neck and leads him to the paddock where the rest of the animals are kept.<br><br>Sophie sits trapped in a silver cage at her mansion, while Eric calmly demands to know why she was so interested in Sookie. The queen refuses to talk, but Eric comes up with a creative source of motivation: He bites into the queen's human, Hadley, and threatens to drain her completely. The queen balks but remains silent … but then Hadley herself tells Eric what he wants to hear.</p><p>In the back of Alcide's van, Sookie tries to resuscitate Bill by pouring her own blood into his mouth. The attempt works far too well: Bill wakes up in an animal-like state and attacks Sookie. Tara and Alcide don't realize what's going on until it's too late. When Tara opens the back doors to check on her friend, Bill has returned to normal, but Sookie is drained and at the point of death. Enraged, Tara throws Bill into the sunlight before shouting at Alcide to drive to the hospital. Bill stands at the side of the road, staring at his hands, amazed that he's in the sunlight but not getting burned.<br><br>Before the man who captured Sam can put him in a cage, Sam shifts back into a human and knocks him out. He releases all the dogs from their cages and sets off an alarm, which quickly scatters the crowd betting on the fights. He finds Melinda and Joe Lee watching Tommy in the ring with a ferocious pit bull, and after Sam stares the other dog down, he turns on his parents. He orders Joe Lee to give his clothes to Tommy and then offers his brother a chance to leave these two behind forever. Tommy agrees and walks away with Sam.<br><br>In the dungeon of Fangtasia, the magister tortures Pam on a table until Russell and Eric arrive to put a stop to it. Russell explains that he's decided that the vampire &quot;Authority&quot; is obsolete, and he plans to sublimate humanity himself. He commands the magister to marry him to Sophie, and under the threat of death, the magister complies. But after the brief nuptials are complete, Russell kills the magister anyway, decapitating him.<br><br>Jason goes to the station to interrogate T-Dub, but the meth addict refuses to tell him anything about Crystal and her family unless Jason scores him a fix. Jason drives to Merlotte's and tries to get the meth from Lafayette -- who outright refuses -- but then he receives a call from Tara that Sookie is in the hospital.<br><br>Sookie has lost a lot of blood and fallen into a coma, and when the doctors try to give her a transfusion, her body rejects it … because she doesn't have a blood type. Jason arrives and urges his sleeping sister to hang on. Sookie is lost in a dream, however, where a mysterious woman named Claudine introduces her to a glen filled with dancing people who drink from a fountain of white light. Claudine urges Sookie to leave her world behind and join them, but before Sookie has time to decide, a darkness descends on everything. Claudine flees, telling Sookie, &quot;Don't let him steal your light.&quot;<br><br>In the hospital room, Bill arrives and offers to give Sookie his blood to try to save her. Jason thinks for a moment, and despite Tara's objections, allows it. Bill inserts Sookie's IV tube directly into his vein, and as the blood enters her body, she wakes up, takes one look at Bill ... and screams.</p></div>

Night on the Sun

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Lesli Linka Glatter<b><br> Written by</b> Raelle Tucker<b><br></b></p><p>Sookie awakens from her coma, takes one look at Bill and shrieks. After regaining control of herself, she tells her friends that she needs to speak with Bill alone. Tearfully, she tells the vampire that she's realized they'll never be free to love each other without constantly putting one another in danger. Bill is crushed, but he knows she's right. With tears of blood streaming down his face, he leaves.<br><br>At Russell's mansion, Talbot is furious that the king's new wife, Sophie Anne, is moving in with them. As his partner complains, Russell meets with Debbie in the study. She's overcome with rage and grief, and though Russell explains that Sookie is too valuable to kill, he promises Debbie that she can &quot;play with her&quot; when they go to Bon Temps to capture the waitress. Talbot continues to berate Russell for putting all these matters ahead of their relationship, but when the king suggests that Eric keep Talbot company while he's gone, Talbot's mood brightens considerably.<br><br>Bill comes home, and knowing that Russell and his minions will soon be coming, he &quot;releases&quot; Jessica, freeing her from his control so she can escape. But Jessica, already feeling abandoned, bursts into tears and refuses to leave. She tells him about the man she killed and the difficulty of being a vampire, and Bill starts to realize that not everyone is better off without him. Later, he teaches Jessica how to use her vampire powers in a fight … because one is definitely headed their way.<br><br>Sookie rests on her couch with Alcide, who's unwilling to leave her to fend for herself. She offers him a guest room to stay as long as he wants, and he reaches out to touch her face, promising, &quot;Some day it won't hurt so bad.&quot; Their moment is interrupted by Jason and Andy, who urge her to press charges against Bill for attacking her. Sookie refuses, and Jason gets angry, swearing he'll kill Bill and then storming out. Later, Alcide has to rush back to Jackson when he finds out that Debbie burned down his sister's shop. Holding Sookie's hand for a moment, Alcide tells her to take care of herself and promises to come back to see her.<br><br>At Sam's rental property, Melinda shows up in dog form to talk to her two sons. She starts by trying to defend Joe Lee, and when that fails, tells the boys how much she loves them … and then asks Sam for money. Disgusted, he gives her what's in his pocket and tells her he doesn't care how far it gets them – as long as it's away from him. After she leaves, Tommy breaks down into tears, and Sam consoles his younger brother.<br><br>Tara and Arlene are both haunted by their past traumas, experiencing terrifying dreams. For Arlene, it's Rene, the real father of her unborn child, while Tara can't get the sadistic Franklin out of her mind.</p><p>Lafayette comes home from spending the night with Tara and finds Ruby, crazy as ever, waiting on his porch. She raves on about how the vampires are coming for Lafayette, but it's not long before Jesus shows up looking for her, apologizing and telling Lafayette that one of the other nurses didn't keep a close enough eye on her. Lafayette apologizes to Jesus for the other night, and explains that he wants to quit dealing vampire blood but can't. Jesus, trying to understand, leans in and kisses him.<br><br>Jason rushes into his house and searches for shotgun shells loaded with wood from his Fellowship of the Sun days. He's about to burst out the door again when Crystal arrives, soaking wet. She tells Jason that she ran away from her family because she doesn't want to marry Felton. She and Jason start kissing and collapse onto the couch. Once they're through, Jason leaves, telling Crystal he'll be back in a minute. As he slips out the door, he grabs his shotgun.<br><br>In a booth at Merlotte's, Arlene interviews Holly, the bar's new waitress, who unnerves Arlene when she guesses that she's pregnant. Sam walks into his office to find Tara, horrified after another Franklin flashback and crying. Without asking anything, he takes her in his arms. Later that evening, Sam has to stop Tommy from instigating a fight with Hoyt over Jessica. Dragging his little brother into his office, Sam tells him to relax and start thinking about his future. But when Sam suggests going to college, Tommy shuts down, saying, &quot;College? You really don't know me at all, do you?&quot;<br><br>Eric sends Hadley to Bon Temps with a warning for Sookie: Russell is coming, and she can't trust Bill. Sookie figures that Russell will find her wherever she goes, so she's just going to stay put. But before she can ask Hadley any more questions, her cousin runs off, apologizing and saying it's all her fault but offering no explanation.<br><br>Felton and Calvin come to Merlotte's looking for Crystal. They can tell that Sam and Tommy are shifters, and the Merlotte boys can smell something odd about the meth dealers as well. Sam kicks them out of the bar, and when they return to Hotshot, Calvin finds Jason poking around – with a shotgun. Jason says that he's a cop and knows about their meth labs. He orders Calvin to leave Crystal alone unless he wants to go to jail. Calvin backs off but tells Jason that he has no idea who he's messing with.<br><br>Debbie and her pack of wolves make a move on Sookie's house. While Debbie heads upstairs to find Sookie, her wolves are stopped by Bill and Jessica, who race to Sookie's aid. In her bedroom, Sookie trains a shotgun on Debbie, but the she-wolf takes advantage of Sookie's hesitation and disarms her. An all-out brawl ensues, ending with Sookie viciously stabbing Debbie in the face with a pair of scissors. Leaping out the window and shifting into a white wolf, Debbie runs off to lick her wounds. Downstairs, when Jessica chases an escaping wolf out the door, Russell appears and grabs her by the throat. Bill convinces him to release her, but the younger vampire has no chance against the king. Just as Russell knocks his adversary onto the ground and starts to sink one of his silver spurs into Bill's face, a terrible feeling comes over him. Back at the mansion, Eric has finally taken his revenge, driving a stake into Talbot's heart. Russell races to his destroyed lover's side, granting Bill a reprieve.<br><br>Bill finds Sookie in what's left of her bedroom, with broken glass and furniture scattered everywhere. She hurries toward him and wraps her arms around him. &quot;I love you,&quot; she tells him, to which he responds, &quot;I'm sorry …&quot; They kiss, and then they're on the floor as their clothes come off...</p></div>

Everything Is Broken

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<b><br> Written by</b> Alexander Woo<b><br></b></p><p>Eric flies (literally) into Fangtasia and warns Pam that they need to seek sanctuary immediately - it won't be long before Russell comes after him for killing Talbot. Before they can flee, however, Nan Flanagan raids the bar with a squad of vampire storm troopers, looking for answers regarding the Magister's disappearance. Furious that she's losing precious lobbying time, Nan orders Eric to make a statement - live via satellite - to the vampire &quot;Authority.&quot; Playing his last card, he comes clean about Russell's murdering the Magister, revealing the ancient vampire's slaughter of his family and ages-old quest for world domination.</p><p>Bill and Sookie shower together, washing blood (his, hers, their enemies') down the drain. After getting dressed, Sookie realizes what a mess the house is and once again finds herself disposing of a werewolf corpse.</p><p>Jason comes home to find Felton, who's convinced that Jason kidnapped Crystal. But when Felton turns on Jason, Crystal knocks him out with a blow to the head and tells Jason to tie him up. They drive her unconcious half-brother out into the country, plant vampire blood on him and call the police with an anonymous tip.</p><p>Tara, overcome by her ordeal, has a drink with Sam in his trailer and is almost ready to open up a bit when the phone rings. It's Terry with a noise complaint about the neighbors: Tommy and a woman he's having extremely loud sex with. Sam drives over to talk to his brother, but Tommy just laughs him off and mockingly agrees to &quot;keep it down, sir.&quot; Sam leaves, furious but managing to keep his cool.</p><p>Jesus spends the night with Lafayette, and both men wake up in a great mood. Even Ruby Jean seems to be relatively even-keeled as she gets ready to return to the mental hospital with Jesus.</p><p>Jason and Crystal go to the sheriff's office, where they find out that Kevin, the officer who responded to pick up Felton, is in the hospital after being beaten nearly to death. Jason follows Andy into his office and suggests that they raid Hotshot and take down the whole V- and meth-selling operation. In the waiting area, T-Dub is led out from his cell and sees Crystal.</p><p>Sookie receives a call from Hadley, who begs her to meet up at the aquarium. When Sookie arrives, she finds that Hadley has taken her son Hunter out of daycare. Hadley admits that she's the one who told the queen about Sookie's powers and begs her cousin to forgive her...and then asks Sookie to find out whether Hunter has powers too. Sookie sits next to the young boy and has a brief mental conversation with him. She nods at Hadley, who bursts into tears and drags her son away to find somewhere safe she can hide him from the queen.</p><p>At Merlotte's Arlene accuses Tommy of stealing her tips, and when he yells at her, she retreats to Sam's office to cry. Holly comes in to check on her, and Arlene reveals that Terry isn't the father of her baby...and that she wishes she weren't having it. Out in the dining room, Lafayette serves Jesus dinner while Hoyt tells Jessica how much he misses her.</p><p>After having had so much of Sookie's blood, Bill has a vivid dream about Claudine and her strange world. At first she runs from the vampire, but Bill convinces her that he's trying to protect Sookie. In order to do that, he tells Claudine, he must know what Sookie really is. With trepidation, Claudine tells him. Bill wakes up, and heads to Sookie's house to tell her.</p><p>At Fangtasia, Russell (holding the remains of Talbot in a bottle) watches from the roof as Nan returns to deliver the Authority's ruling on Eric. She tells the Nordic vampire that the official stance is that the investigation never happened. The Authority expects Eric to eliminate Russell - with no further support - and make sure that none of this ever comes to light.</p><p>Calvin bullies his way into Merlotte's, and when he finds Crystal there with Jason, he starts in on Sam, who loses his temper. Shattering a glass over Calvin's head, Sam beats him savagely, punching him in the face over and over until Jason and Hoyt have to pull him off. Jesus and Lafayette load Calvin into a truck to drive him to the hospital. Crystal jumps in with them, and when Jason tries to stop her, she balks and then rides away with her critically injured father.</p><p>In the parking lot of Merlotte's, Tara watches the truck drive off and is horrified when Franklin appears and grabs her. He's enraged that someone he &quot;loved&quot; would try to kill him, but Tara is finished playing his games. &quot;If you're gonna f***kin' kill me, then kill me,&quot; she tells him. &quot;What's taking you so long?&quot; But before Franklin can go through with it, Jason arrives and blasts the vampire through the chest with a wooden bullet, reducing Franklin to a pool of blood.</p><p>Nan rides to the airport, watching the news in her limousine, when Russell appears onscreen and murders the anchor. Turning to the camera, he tells the American public that vampires are really like him, that they want to eat humans - and their children. He asks: &quot;Why would we seek equal rights? You are not our equals.&quot;</p></div>

I Smell a Rat

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Michael Lehmann<br><b>Written by </b>Kate Barnow &amp; Elisabeth R. Finch<br></p><p>When Bill explains to Sookie that she's a faerie, her reaction is immediate and to the point: &quot;How f**king LAME!&quot; But after he recounts his conversation with Claudine, Bill gets a more serious reaction from Sookie as he explains that faerie blood is intoxicating to vampires. He swears that his love for her has nothing to do with the taste of her blood, and she believes him...as much as she's able.</p><p>In the parking lot at Merlotte's Tara and Jason clean up what remains of Franklin, while Jesus, Lafayette and Crystal race to the hospital with a dying Calvin in tow. Realizing he's not going to make it, Lafayette stops at his own house and administers V to Calvin. The man's lethal wounds immediately heal, but he regains conciousness enraged that they fed him &quot;vamper juice.&quot; Stalking off as Crystal follows, he disowns his daughter and tells her she should have stuck with her own kind and married Felton like she was supposed to. </p><p>Sam drinks alone in his trailer, thinking back to the man he was before moving to Bon Temps. He and a woman named Charlene were jewelry thieves until she double-crossed him with her boyfriend, Jon. As he continues drinking, Sam re-lives the rest of his memory, tracking the couple who cheated him into the woods and killing them in cold blood. Holding a bottle of whiskey as tears run down his face, he comes out of his reverie next to their makeshift graves.</p><p>At Fangtasia, Eric goes over his will with a lawyer, bequeathing everything to Pam, who watches with growing concern. Eric assures her that Russell will destroy him for murdering Talbot, and as he watches Yvetta sign the will as witness, Pam walks away.</p><p>Bill watches television at Sookie's as Nan Flanagan tries to perform damage control after Russell's murder of a national news anchor. Bill is interrupted by the arrival of Eric, who says that he also knows what Sookie is - and that Bill is keeping a secret from her. Sookie interrupts their conversation, and before he flies off, Eric tells her that he doesn't expect to be around much longer.</p><p>At Jason's house, Tara finally opens up to Sookie about what Franklin did to her. Sookie does her best to support her friend, while outside Bill instructs Jason to keep Sookie safe from the werewolves that are undoubtedly coming for her. Later, Tara thanks Jason for being such a good friend, and when they briefly kiss, Jason can't take the guilt anymore and admits that he killed Eggs. Struck speechless, Tara walks out.</p><p>At Lafayette's house, Jesus says he wants to try V - that he believes it is magic. The two of them take doses and trip their way through time, where they watch their ancestors perform rites and witchcraft to benefit people. At the end, however, they wake up startled by the image of Jesus's evil grandfather performing black magic.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of Merlotte's, Arlene comes clean to Terry, telling him that the baby is Rene's and that it will grow to be evil. She's afraid he'll bail, but Terry embraces her and tells her that he'll raise the child as his own, surrounding it with as much love as he possibly can. Nevertheless, Arlene later approaches Holly the Wiccan waitress about ways to end her pregnancy.</p><p>Sookie dreams about Eric and realizes that she knows deep down that she can't trust Bill. She goes to Fangtasia to talk with the vampire, who cryptically says goodbye and then kisses her passionately. He leaves her in the office to talk with Pam, who beseeches him to find some way to use Sookie as bait to defeat Russell.</p><p>The vampire king works out his final stages of grief over Talbot by paying a male hooker who looks much like his deceased partner. Russell tells &quot;Talbot&quot; how much he loves him and that he's so sorry he wasn't with him when he died. As the hooker gets more and more freaked out, Russell begins to weep and then stakes the man through his chest.</p><p>Hoyt comes into Merlotte's and tells Jessica that he loves her for exactly what she is - and that he's broken up with Summer to be with her. Tommy looks on from across the bar as Hoyt waits for an answer. But a conflicted Jessica stays silent for a bit too long and Hoyt storms out. When Tommy gets in his face in the parking lot, Hoyt throws a single punch and drops him without slowing down. Tommy then shifts into a pit bull and mauls Hoyt, whose screams attract Jessica. She throws the dog far into the woods, and tells Hoyt, &quot;I love you too - now drink my blood.&quot;</p><p>Bill wakes up to find that Sookie has left and yells at Jason for failing to keep her safe. Fed up with letting everyone down, Jason shoots back that no one can stop Sookie from doing anything and rescinds his invitation, forcing the vampire to leave. Jason then hears a noise in the bedroom, and when he investigates, finds a black panther sitting on his floor...until it shifts into Crystal.</p><p>At Fangtasia, Eric rejoins Sookie in his office. She yells at him for locking the door and tells him that she's not some kind of prisoner. &quot;That's exactly what you are,&quot; he says as he scoops her up and takes her to the basement to be thrown in chains.</p><p> </p></div>

Fresh Blood

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Daniel Minahan<b><br> Written by</b> Nancy Oliver</p><p>Bill bursts through the door at Fangtasia to rescue Sookie, and when Pam stands in his way, he informs the younger vampire that he could easily kill her. When Bill attacks, however, Pam sprays him in the face with colloidal silver, blinding him. But downstairs in the basement, spurned Yvetta - still smarting from Eric's scorn - frees Sookie and then helps Bill to overtake Pam.</p><p>After Jesus and Lafayette come down from their V trip, Jesus is blown away by the experience and wants to do it again immediately. Lafayette isn't as enthused, and a few &quot;aftershock&quot; hallucinations disturb him so much that he asks Jesus to leave for the night. Later, his delusions come on even stronger when the religious figurines at his house start chattering and talking to him.</p><p>Jason, standing shocked in his bedroom, tries to process the news that his girlfriend is a were-panther. He wants to accept her, but everything is just too weird right now. He leaves to look for Sookie, but he ends up at the Bon Temps football field, watching Kitch Maynard practice. But something's not right - the kid is just too good. When it dawns on Jason that Kitch is using V as a performance enhancer, he approaches the young QB as a &quot;police officer&quot; and tries to intimidate him. But Kitch doesn't care, and even worse, he knows no one else will either. Jason goes home to Crystal and says that he wants to be with her - after all, no one in Bon Temps is what they're supposed to be. She's overjoyed, but she tells Jason that they need to find a way to protect the people of Hotshot from a DEA raid.</p><p>Hoyt, a little buzzed from drinking Jessica's blood, makes out with her and tells her that he doesn't care that she's killed people. He says if she needs to have human blood, she can drink his...and she does. Meanwhile, Summer shows up at his mother's house, apologizing that she couldn't win over Maxine's son.</p><p>Eric tracks Russell down at a museum, where he's killed the guards in order to enjoy one of Talbot's favorite pieces of art. Russell cordially informs Eric that he's going to destroy him, and when Eric explains the reason for his revenge, the mad king simply laughs and says: &quot;Life is absurd.&quot; Eric then plays his last card, explaining that he's found the key to walking in sunlight - and he can share it if he continues to live.</p><p>At Merlotte's, Holly agrees to help Arlene end her pregnancy, but their conversation is interrupted when Sam stumbles into the bar wasted and starts yelling at the patrons and staff. Across the room, Tara tells Andy that she knows the truth about Eggs' death, but to her surprise, the cop breaks down and apologizes, telling her that he wishes there was something he could have done to save her boyfriend. Sam in his drunken rage turns on Tommy, and when his little brother pushes back, Sam flips out on him and kicks him out of the restaurant - and his apartment. Sam follows that up by kicking everyone else out, too...except for Tara, who refuses to leave.</p><p>Bill and Sookie drive back to Bon Temps, discussing the limited chances of both their relationship and their survival. The discussion ends abruptly, however, when Russell literally stops their car with his hands. Bill and Sookie are dragged back to Fangtasia, but on the way in, Eric intimates to Bill that he has a plan to save Sookie.</p><p>In the forest, Holly performs a nature ritual on Arlene inside a ring of candles. As Arlene drinks a strange potion (including a drop of her own blood) Holly explains that if the soul is meant to be born, nothing can change that...but this could be the answer. Later that night, Arlene wakes up covered in blood. As Terry freaks out, she holds him and says she's lost the baby, but when the couple goes to the hospital to follow up, the doctor tells them that Rene's child is still &quot;on board.&quot;</p><p>Inside Merlotte's, Tara and Sam sit at the bar drinking and talking about how they're not so different after all. Tara does warn Sam, though, that speaking your mind isn't always the best way to make friends. They lean into a kiss, and as it intensifies, they head back to Sam's trailer. While they're in bed, Tommy breaks into the bar to crack Sam's safe.</p><p>At Fangtasia, Russell is ecstatic about his moment in the sun, but he insists that Eric go first. Both vampires drink deeply from Sookie, and when Eric steps out into the parking lot, he's unburned by the morning light. Russell observes from a security monitor in the bar, and after a few minutes joins Eric outside. In a flash, the Nordic vampire, who's begun to char slowly under the sun's rays, slaps silver handcuffs over Russell's wrist and then his own. &quot;Be brave,&quot; he tells Russell. &quot;We'll die together.&quot;</p></div>

Evil Is Going On

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Anthony Hemingway<br><b>Written by</b> Alan Ball<br><br>Eric and Russell smolder in the sunlight outside of Fangtasia, and as Eric finally receives his revenge, the apparition of Godric appears and tells Eric to forgive Russell...Not likely to happen. Still, Russell and Eric both receive a stay of execution when Sookie - healed by Bill's blood - bursts out into the sunlight to rescue them. She allows Eric to drink from her and heal his wounds, but a badly charred Russell is chained to the stripper pole with silver as Sookie stands guard through the day.</p><p>Sam and Tara wake up in his trailer, and as he cooks her breakfast, he teases that his is the only time she's stuck around till morning. When he tells her that he's a shifter, she's immediately freaked out, but Sam refuses to hide what he is any longer. Overcome by everything she's been through, Tara wishes she could just &quot;reboot,&quot; and Sam tells her it's possible - as long as she keeps moving. Later at night, Tara does just that, driving away from Bon Temps.</p><p>Hoyt shows up to work and finds his mother, Summer and his old high school guidance counselor waiting for him. They try to stage an intervention to protect him from Jessica, but Hoyt is having none of it. He tells them that he loves Jessica and that they'll just have to deal with it. Later that night, he takes his girlfriend to an apartment he's rented and tells her that he wants to marry her - even if he has to become ordained as minister and do it himself. Maxine, enraged and aggrieved, buys a gun...</p><p>Jason rushes into the sheriff's office as the DEA mounts up for a raid on Hotshot. Andy tries to talk him out of tipping off the dealers, but Jason and Crystal rush over and tell Calvin that the police are on their way. As Calvin orders everyone to destroy the vampire blood and hide the meth supplies, Felton shows up, strung out on V, and shoots his father to get to the drug. Felton forces Crystal into his truck, and she begs Jason to take care of the people in Hotshot, who can't look after themselves. Jason swears that he'll find her, and as Felton drives off, he turns to the people he's been charged with protecting.</p><p>Lafayette continues to hallucinate, becoming more and more afraid that he's going crazy like his mother. He calls Jesus for help, and when the nurse arrives at Merlotte's, he tells Lafayette that everything's going to be fine - he's just become more sensitive to magic. And when Jesus explains that he's a witch himself, Lafayette is worried enough that he's actually comforted by the news.</p><p>As the other vampires sleep through the day, Russell tries to convince Sookie to set him free, offering everything from money to murder. Sookie doesn't take the bait, though, and when she realizes that he's been hoping to use her blood to resurrect Talbot, she dumps the bottle of vampire remains down the bar sink. As the other vampires awaken, Alcide arrives at Fangtasia - Eric has promised to clear his father's debts if Alcide will let them bury Russell at one of his worksites. </p><p>Bill and Eric pour wet cement over the immobilized vampire king, and Eric explains that he couldn't risk killing Russell and allowing him to find peace in the afterlife. Godric appears again to try to convince Eric otherwise, but the Nordic vampire orders him away. As Russell disappears, Bill slaps a pair of silver cuffs on Eric and pushes him into another pit, filling it in as he calls one of Eric's assassins to kill Pam.</p><p>Sam stops by his rental property and finds that Tommy has taken off - and left the place a mess with water running and the fridge door hanging open. When he sees the place, Sam races back to Merlotte's and finds that Tommy has also looted his safe. Grabbing a handgun from his office, Sam manages to track Tommy down in the woods. His brother is distraught at being abandoned, but he refuses to give the money back. As Tommy walks off into the darkness, Sam raises his gun and fires.</p><p>Bill knocks at Sookie's door to tell her what he's done to Eric in order to protect her, and he promises to kill every vampire who knows what she is. But they are interrupted when Eric - covered in cement - swoops onto the porch. He tells Sookie that Bill originally came to Bon Temps at the queen's order to &quot;procure&quot; Sookie, and that Bill even allowed the Rattrays to beat her almost to death in order to give her his blood. Bill is unable to deny any of it, and Sookie rescinds her invitation, forcing the vampire out of her home. Bill goes back to his house, where the queen arrives to take delivery of Sookie, but Bill turns on her, attacking the much older vampire.</p><p>Sookie, weeping, visits her Gran's grave, where Claudine appears to her. The faerie asks Sookie to go away with her, and with very little to leave behind, Sookie agrees.</p></div>

She's Not There

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br>Written by</b> Alexander Woo<b><br></b></p><p>Sookie materializes in a grand ballroom full of faeries and humans. She's joined there by Claudine, who reveals herself as Sookie's godmother, and Sookie is offered a glowing &quot;light fruit.&quot; Before she eats it, she notices her Granddaddy Earl, who disappeared 20 years earlier. Earl thinks he's been there for only a few hours, and Sookie pieces it all together. They're caught in a trap. The faerie Queen Mab overhears Sookie's thoughts and confronts her. As the other faeries hold her down, Mab tries to make Sookie eat the light fruit. A sudden and powerful flash of light from Sookie's fingers lifts the façade; the light fruits are maggot-infested, the beautiful faeries are hideous creatures, and the grand ballroom is a desolate landscape. Sookie and Earl run from Queen Mab and her bombs of light, and with the assistance of a Claudine's brother Claude, escape through a portal into the Bon Temps cemetery. Earl, who'd tasted the light fruit, is dying. He gives Sookie his watch and disintegrates into the air.</p><p>Sookie arrives back at her home, which has undergone major renovations. Jason shows up wearing a police uniform and reveals the truth to Sookie. She's been gone for more than a year. He and everyone else thought she was dead, so he sold the house. To prove to Jason where she was, Sookie gives him their grandfather's watch.</p><p>At sundown, Bill and Eric show up at Sookie's home. They bicker until Bill commands Eric to leave. Sherriff Andy Bellefleur arrives as well, demanding to know where Sookie has been. Bill covers for her and says that she's been conducting &quot;vampire business&quot; on his behalf. Sookie thanks Bill for helping her but isn't ready to forgive him yet for lying to her. In the car, Jason confronts Andy about him using V.</p><p>Jesus takes Lafayette (who is sporting a mohawk hairdo) to the MoonGoddess Emporium. Inside, a group of Wiccans, including Holly from Merlotte's, sits in a circle on the floor. One of them, an older, gentle woman named Marnie Stonebrook, breaks from her chanting to call Lafayette over. At first, he's skeptical of her abilities. But when Marnie channels the spirit of Eddie, the vampire who used to give his blood to Lafayette, he is officially freaked out. </p><p>At Fangtasia, Nan Flanagan shoots a public-service announcement for the American Vampire League. After Pam proves a poor fit, Nan recruits Eric to stand in and deliver a statement for the AVL, reassuring the public in a &quot;post-Russell Edgington world.&quot; He's a natural.</p><p>Domestic life is tough for Jessica and Hoyt. They quibble over his human need to eat. As he angrily shovels the uncooked eggs she prepared for him into his mouth, she can't help but laugh at him. They go to Fangtasia, and Pam catches her eyeing a fangbanger across the room. She maintains that Hoyt is all the man she needs, but Pam has her doubts.</p><p>Since fleeing Bon Temps, Tara - now using the alias &quot;Toni&quot; - has been cage-fighting in New Orleans. Naomi, her opponent in the ring, is also her partner in the bedroom. While they're in bed, Tara receives word from Lafayette that Sookie is back, but decides not to return at Bon Temps.</p><p>Sam has joined a support group for shifters as a form of anger management. After shooting Tommy in the leg, he's now paying for his brother's physical therapy - in addition to handing over free meals at Merlotte's. Tommy's moved in with Maxine, who is doing her best to raise him as a good Christian boy.</p><p>Jason brings food to the children in Hot Shot. He tells them he's taking care of them until Crystal comes back. One of the boys asks Jason to fix the fridge, and while he's examining it, he's hit from behind and thrown inside. The unknown attacker locks him in.</p><p>At Moon Goddess, Marnie mourns the loss of her pet conure. She asks the group, including Jesus and Lafayette, to join her in casting a spell. When Lafayette joins the circle, the group successfully brings the bird back to life - for a moment, at least. Later that night, a group member known to the others as Katie makes her way through a heavily guarded mansion, telling security that the king is expecting her. She takes her seat across from the Vampire King of Louisiana - Bill Compton. </p><p>As Sookie prepares for bed, she throws her robe to the floor and doesn't hear it fall. She turns around to see Eric taking her in. When she realizes it's not a dream, she can't understand how he could be in her home after she had rescinded his invitation. He reveals that he bought her house, &quot;because if I own the house, then I would own you.&quot; He moves towards her. &quot;Sookie,&quot; he says, baring his fangs. &quot;You are mine.&quot;</p></div>

You Smell Like Dinner

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<b><br>Written by</b> Brian Buckner<b><br></b></p><p>Jason comes to and finds himself tied to a bed, being licked by Timbo and Becky, two of the teen-weres from Hot Shot. He convinces them to let him go, but as Timbo unties him, Felton marches in and puts a shotgun to Jason's face.</p><p>At Sookie's house, Eric makes his new tenant an offer: If she agrees to be his, he'll protect her since word is sure to get out about her faerie blood. Sookie rebuffs his advances but hears him out.</p><p>As Pam, Jessica and Hoyt leave Fangtasia, they're met by protesting Fellowship of the Sun members chanting anti-vampire rhetoric about the missing Steve Newlin. Calling him a fangbanger, they goad Hoyt into taking a swing at one of them while others record the fight. Pam stops Jessica from helping. &quot;Technology's taken all the fun out of being a vampire,&quot; she says.</p><p>Katerina reveals to Bill what she saw at the MoonGoddess Emporium. He relieves her of her undercover assignment, then her clothing. They're interrupted when Bill's guards catch Sookie wandering onto the property. Sookie sees the fang marks on Katerina's neck but contains her jealousy to ask for Bill's help in getting her house back.</p><p>Bill summons Eric but the sheriff declines to sell Sookie's house. Bill then assigns him to investigate the coven at the MoonGoddess Emporium. Eric is skeptical at first, but when Bill reveals they've been practicing necromancy, he stops in his tracks. &quot;If they can control the dead,&quot; Bill warns, &quot;they can control us.&quot; Eric agrees to investigate personally, though he's bemused by Bill's ascension to the throne.</p><p>In 1982 London, Nan Flanagan spots Bill feeding on a bartender at a punk bar. Noting that he glamours his prey instead of murdering them, she recruits him to the cause of mainstreaming and has him infiltrate the existing vampire power structure. Years later, when Bill fights with Queen Sophie-Anne, Nan secretly supplies him with back-up—an assault team brandishing silver bullets. After they lay waste to the queen, Nan installs Bill as the Vampire King of Louisiana.</p><p>After a run with the shifter support group, Sam catches up with Luna, one of its members. They share a connection, and the next day she surprises him at Merlotte's. She reluctantly gives herself over to him, but it's clear she's holding something back. That night she reveals to the group that she's a skinwalker—a person who can shift into another person, but only after they've killed one of their own family members. The group smells something nearby and Sam goes after the scent. Shifting into an owl, he chases down Tommy, who's shifted into a hawk, and confronts him. Tommy tells him he just wants them to be brothers again, and they agree to work at it.</p><p>Instead of buying Hoyt aspirin after another argument, Jessica heads off to Fangtasia to feed on the fangbanger from the night before. Sookie arrives to plead with Eric to give her back the house. As Jessica gets her fill in the bathroom stall, Sookie overhears her. When Sookie reminds Jessica about Hoyt, Jessica lashes out. She doesn't want Sookie's advice, not after the way she treated Bill.</p><p>Tara returns to Bon Temps to visit Sookie. After they've caught up, she joins Lafayette and Jesus at the MoonGoddess Emporium. Eric bursts inside and demands that the group stop meeting. When Marnie refuses him, he feeds on her. The Wiccans, including Lafayette, join hands and chant in unison to summon the dead. Suddenly, Marnie is inhabited by a fierce spirit with fire in her eyes. She chants forcefully in Latin and Eric is stunned. He retracts his fangs and leaves the MoonGoddess Emporium, spooked.</p><p>Felton and Crystal reveal their plan for Jason: Felton is sterile, so they need Jason to propagate their kind by mating with Crystal. They shift and begin to bite Jason to turn him into a werepanther.</p><p>Sookie spots Eric walking alone on the side of the road, shirtless and confused. He doesn't recognize her. Looking very un-Eric-like, he sniffs the air and asks Sookie, &quot;Why do you smell so good?&quot;</p></div>

If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> David Petrarca<b><br> Written by</b> Alan Ball<b><br></b></p><p>As Eric continues to stare at her blankly, Sookie pieces together that Eric is suffering from amnesia. He faintly recalls a spirit reaching into him, emptying him of who he was. Sookie takes pity on him and agrees to help him out, but not without ground rules. Eric is not allowed to touch her, and he especially cannot bite her.<br><br>In Bill's office, the king reviews footage of a vampire attack captured by a site called www.Vamps-Kill.com. The perpetrator of the attack sits before him, pleading his case. Bill coldly metes out his judgment—any vampire captured attacking a human on film must meet the true death. While the sentence is being carried out, Bill takes a moment to counsel a distraught Jessica, who is wracked with guilt over feeding on someone else. Bill tells her that if she loves Hoyt, she'll come clean to him. But when Jessica's admission and apology goes off the rails, she glamours Hoyt into forgetting it ever happened.<br><br>Sookie takes care of Eric and is bemused by his childlike behavior. When Pam is informed of her maker's condition, she speeds over to Sookie's home, and desperately pleads with her to shield him from Bill, who she believes set Eric up. Sookie goes to Alcide's house in Shreveport to ask for his assistance, but is surprised to find Debbie Pelt there—now one year sober.<br><br>At the MoonGoddess Emporium, the Wiccans argue about what to do next. Lafayette wants to square things with Eric, but Marnie and some of the others are upset that they've been told not to practice their religion. Jesus and Tara try to keep Lafayette from going to Fangtasia, but when he does, they have to strike a deal with a vengeful Pam. They agree to turn over Marnie in 24 hours, in the hope that she can reverse the spell, or else Pam will &quot;personally eat, f**k, and kill&quot; all three of them. Meanwhile, Marnie tries to conjure the spirit that inhabited her.<br><br>Bill meets with the Bon Temps lawyer Portia Bellefleur, who has a proposal for him. In a business-like manner, she lays out a plan to add sex to their professional relationship. Bill agrees, but tells her he can never love her, as &quot;one needs a young heart to take the leap that love requires.&quot; She accepts his terms, and later that night, they consummate the deal at his mansion.<br><br>Crystal and Felton continue with their plan to have Jason propagate their kind. With Jason gashed, feverish, and tied to a bed, Crystal feeds him Mexican Viagra. As he goes in and out of consciousness, he becomes aware the Crystal is having sex with him, and there is a line of Hot Shot women at the door waiting to do the same. With all the sincerity he can muster, he tells Crystal he wishes he never laid eyes on her.<br><br>Claudine arrives outside Sookie's home. She tells her goddaughter that only she can protect her—and that she's been protecting her this whole time, ever since the Rattrays tried to kill her. Sookie refuses to go along with her, and in a blur Eric grabs Claudine and feeds on her—draining her until she's nothing more than faerie dust. When Sookie expresses her anger towards him, he offers a sheepish grin. &quot;Sorry,&quot; he says.</p></div>

I'm Alive and on Fire

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br>Written by</b> Nancy Oliver<b><br></b></p><p>After draining Claudine, Eric comes after Sookie, craving more faerie blood. She cries out that he'd kill her, and Eric mumbles in response, &quot;I'd never harm you.&quot; Drunk on faerie blood, he pinches her butt and runs around the yard. With dawn is approaching, he scampers off into the woods and Sookie gives chase.<br><br>At Fangtasia, Bill confronts Pam about Eric's whereabouts, suspecting she knows where her maker is. She maintains that she doesn't, but gets in a crack about Bill's power going to his head. At Bill's home, Nan Flanagan chews out the king for sending Eric after the witches. Bill tells her that witches are a serious threat—&quot;Remember the Spanish Massacre?&quot;—but Nan isn't buying it.<br><br>In the morning, Alcide shows up to help Sookie track down Eric. He shifts into a wolf and tracks down the scent to a nearby pond. They find the Nordic vampire, still high on faerie blood, swimming in the daylight and calling out sea monsters. Soon, the sun starts to burn his skin and Sookie wraps him in a blanket and takes him in. Alcide is concerned that Sookie is letting Eric live in her home, but Sookie counters that as long as he's living with Debbie Pelt, he's in no position to judge.<br><br>Marnie has a vision of the Spanish Inquisition, in which she sees a woman being burned alive for practicing witchcraft. The woman is the same fierce-looking spirit Marnie channeled to wipe away Eric's memories. Unable to save the witch from her fate, Marnie mimics her chant, then wakes up with a start. At the MoonGoddess Emporium, Jesus, Lafayette and Tara try to convince Marnie to reverse the spell she placed on Eric, fearing Pam's retribution. They search the place for a possible solution, and just as they're about to give up, a book falls off the shelf with an answer.<br><br>The Hot Shot women continue to have their way with Jason. After the others are finished, it's young Becky's turn to do the same. Jason convinces her that her first time should be special, and she agrees to cut him loose. When her uncle-daddy Felton finds out that Jason has escaped, he shifts into a panther and chases after the wounded man. Jason climbs up a tree and fashions a spear. When panther Felton draws near, Jason pounces on him, plunging the spear into his neck and killing him. Crystal follows behind, relieved to see Felton dead, so that now she and Jason can be together. Instead, Jason tells her, &quot;If the next time I see you is a hundred years from now, it'd still be too goddamn soon.&quot; Dragging himself home, Jason passes out along the side of the road. Hoyt and Jessica spot him, and she feeds him her blood, nursing him back to health.<br><br>Bill meets Andy and Portia Bellefleur's Grandmama in the parlor of her stately home. The centuries-old vampire and his impeccable manners charm the older woman. While reviewing the family genealogy, they both stop cold at the name Elizabeth Harris. Grandmama excuses herself and Bill tells Portia they can no longer see each other. When Portia presses him for a reason, Bill reveals that she is his great-great-great-great-granddaughter.<br><br>In Sookie's home, Eric is feeling depressed that he'll no longer be able to walk in the sun. Sookie, who is starting to feel something for this version of Eric, does her best to lift his spirits. Bill shows up at the door looking for Eric, and asks to search the house. Sookie doesn't want to let him in, but Bill insists that he must do his duty. Sookie lies to him about Eric being inside, and appeals to the feelings he once had for her. Recognizing them—and believing her— he acquiesces.<br><br>Tommy goes back to his mother, Melinda. She tells him she finally left Joe Lee, and the boy is thrilled. He tells her he's learned to read, making his mother beam with pride. Their joyous reunion is short-lived. Later that night Joe Lee emerges from behind Tommy and wraps him in a chain leash. It was all a setup -- the Mickens' plan to put their prize pup back to work in the dog-fighting ring.<br><br>In the woods, Pam watches impatiently and threateningly as Marnie attempts to reverse the spell cast on Eric. After a few false starts, Marnie is suddenly inhabited by the Spanish spirit in her dreams, and chants forcefully towards Pam. Pam's flesh starts to rot off of her face, and Marnie says to her in Latin with a sneer, &quot;Corrupt, unsanctified corpse who walks, behold your true self.&quot;</p></div>

Me and the Devil

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Daniel Minahan<b><br>Written by</b> Mark Hudis</p><p>Tommy struggles to free himself from the chains Joe Lee has wrapped around his neck. He plays possum, and when Joe Lee turns away, Tommy attacks him, landing a fatal blow with a metal pipe. Melinda rushes over to Joe Lee's defense, and Tommy dispatches her with a single swing. Realizing what he's done, Tommy grabs her lifeless body and cries out, &quot;Momma.&quot;<br><br>Out in the woods, Marnie reveals to Jesus, Lafayette and Tara that she was possessed when casting the spell on Pam, just as she had been when she made Eric lose his memory. &quot;Whatever words I spoke,&quot; she says, &quot;came from another consciousness. I was just a conduit.&quot; Marnie is convinced that the spirit is benevolent and only there to protect them. The others don't see it that way. Freaked out and afraid they've now angered another powerful vampire, they leave Marnie alone in the woods.<br><br>After Terry and Arlene discovered the words &quot;baby not yours&quot; scribbled in red marker on the wall, Terry suggests they bring in a preacher to perform an exorcism of what Arlene believes is Rene's ghost. Reverend Daniels and his new wife Lettie Mae Daniels (née Thornton) sing their way around the house, inviting Jesus in and escorting the demon out. As Terry and Arlene sleep peacefully that night, a book of matches in their bedroom seemingly self-ignites.<br><br>After rescuing Jason, Jessica is uncharacteristically cold to Hoyt, who is clearly deeply hurt. Having consumed a fair amount of Jessica's blood, Jason begins to have erotic dreams about her—though to his puzzlement and frustration he can't seem to separate the young vampire from Hoyt in his head.<br><br>In Sookie's home, Eric dreams of his maker Godric—whom he doesn't recognize in his memory-less state. Godric encourages his progeny to taste Sookie and embrace his vampire nature. Though at first reluctant, Eric is swayed and begins to feed, waking himself up. He goes up to Sookie's room with his fangs out, but when she wakes with a start, he tells her that he's just had a bad dream.<br><br>Sookie gets a psychic reading from Marnie. Marnie channels Sookie's Gran, who asks Sookie to take care of Jason, beware of Eric, and stay away from Marnie—a grave threat. Sookie leaves abruptly saying, &quot;When my Gran tells me to run, I run.&quot; Soon after, Bill's mole Katerina comes by the MoonGoddess Emporium. She's lured Marnie into a trap, and takes her prisoner at Bill's house.<br><br>Sam helps Tommy dispose of his parents' bodies. When a V'd-up Andy Bellefleur spots them driving by, the sheriff pulls them over and demands to look inside the van. Tommy shifts into an alligator and scares Andy off. Later that night, they dump the bodies in a swamp, where they're eaten by regular, non-shifter gators.<br><br>Pam, her face half rotted, approaches Bill and demands that he take care of the witches. Bound by the Authority to refrain from murdering a human, Bill questions Marnie in his home instead. She says her only intention is to gather peacefully and practice her religion, that she doesn't know what spell she cast on Eric, and that she is unable to reverse what she's done to Pam. Bill glamours her to make sure, but she's telling the truth.<br><br>Lafayette and Jesus leave Bon Temps for Mexico, where they plan to ask for the assistance of Jesus's grandfather, a true brujo. Tara decides to stay behind. She tells Sookie all about her relationship with Naomi—including the fact that Naomi has just discovered she's been lying about her identity. As darkness falls and Eric emerges from his cubby, Tara is shocked and upset. Yelling at Sookie, she recounts all the horrible things Eric has done to her and the people she cares about—tricking her into drinking his blood, torturing Lafayette—then she storms out.<br><br>When Eric hears what he's done to Sookie, he decides to leave the house for her own safety. He tells her, &quot;There's a light in you, it's beautiful. I couldn't bear it if I snuffed it out.&quot; As Eric makes his way out, Sookie chases after him. Outside the house, they embrace. Sookie brings his face toward hers and they kiss passionately.<br><br>Bill convenes a meeting of the sheriffs in his territory to tell them about the threat the witches pose to them. When one of the sheriffs scoffs, another one, Luis, shares his story. During the Inquisition, as a witch was being burned alive she summoned vampires into the light. Under her spell, many vampires, disguised as priests and nuns, walked directly into the sunlight—including Luis's maker. When Bill reiterates that no one is allowed to kill the witch, Pam gets increasingly upset. She accidentally reveals that Eric's lost his memory. Bill snaps at her and demands to know how she knows this, and where he's hiding. Pam admits that he's staying at Sookie's and Bill speeds out the door.</p></div>

I Wish I Was the Moon

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Jeremy Podeswa<b><br>Written by</b> Raelle Tucker<b><br></b></p><p>Sookie and Eric kiss urgently and intensely as her dress falls to the floor. They're interrupted by an outraged and fang-baring Bill. Eric and Bill fight one another, and with Eric about to stake her ex-lover, Sookie reveals that Bill is his king. Instantly chastened, Eric submits to Bill's authority. Sookie follows them back to Bill's house, where she pleads for Eric's life, telling Bill, &quot;If you ever loved me, you won't hurt him.&quot; Bill tells her to butt out of vampire affairs and has her escorted from the house.<br><br>In a cell downstairs, a rotting, depressed Pam tries to remind Eric of the vampire he once was—a powerful, vicious Viking, intimidated by no man, least of all Bill Compton. But he doesn't want to be that vampire any more. Upstairs, Bill reports to Nan that he has Eric and the witch in custody, and seeks permission to impose the true death on his former sheriff.<br><br>Terry and Arlene's house catches fire. Arlene desperately searches for her baby Mikey until Terry drags her out of the house, screaming. The fire rages, but despite Arlene's worst fears, Mikey is already outside. He smiles at a young black woman in a 1930s-style dress … but Arlene doesn't see her.<br><br>Naomi shows up at Lafayette's to talk to Tara. Tara comes clean about everything—her life with her mother, losing Eggs, getting raped by Franklin. Naomi, still upset, gets up to leave and threatens to kick Tara's ass. She kisses her instead.<br><br>Tommy is still broken up about killing his parents. Wearing Sam's clothing, he suddenly shifts into his older brother. At first weirded out, Tommy soon gets comfortable in Sam's skin, and when Sookie comes in to ask for another day off, he fires her on the spot. That night, Luna comes over and unknowingly sleeps with Tommy, who is still skin-walking as Sam. Afterwards, he kicks her out, shifts back into himself and vomits violently. Sam comes home to find him passed out on the floor.<br><br>Jesus and Lafayette meet with Jesus's grandfather Don Bartolo to ask for his assistance. Before agreeing to help, Don Bartolo demands a sacrifice. Jesus and Lafayette scour the woods until a rattlesnake slithers up to them. They bring the snake to Don Bartolo, who sics it on Jesus. As the venom courses through Jesus' veins, Don Bartolo commands Lafayette to heal his lover and locks them in the room. A panicked Lafayette is inhabited by a spirit named Tio Luca, who heals Jesus.<br><br>Sookie shows up at Jason's and find he's chained himself to his bed, as he's afraid of shifting into a werepanther because of the full moon. Later that night, Jason runs off into the woods. Jessica, because she's given him blood, can sense Jason's fear. She finds him and calms him down. It's clear they share a connection, and she waits with him until he realizes that he won't be shifting after all. Nothing physical happens between them, but they both think it's best not to tell Hoyt anyway.<br><br>In a cell at Bill's, Marnie tries to summon the spirit of the witch who was burned alive in 1610 Spain. Once the spirit inhabits Marnie, Bill's sheriff Luis recognizes her as Antonia. He'd bitten and raped Antonia when she was alive, and now seeks revenge for killing his maker. When he visits her cell, Marnie (inhabited by Antonia) stops him in his tracks and places him under his command.<br><br>Bill prepares to mete out the true death to Eric. Eric accepts his fate, but requests Pam be released. He also asks Bill to send a message to Sookie. &quot;I was born the night she found me,&quot; he says. &quot;Because of her, I went to my true death knowing what it is to love.&quot;<br><br>Looking for Jason in the woods, Sookie finds Eric instead. Bill let him go. Under the moonlight, they make love in the grass.</p></div>

Cold Grey Light of Dawn

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Ruscio<b><br>Written by</b> Alexander Woo</p><p>With Luis still under Antonia's spell, the witch inhabiting Marnie uses him to lure Katerina into the cell. He has Katerina clear a secure path for Marnie's (Antonia's) escape and then strangles the young woman. Marnie (Antonia) sends Luis to Bill's study, where he announces the return of Antonia Gavilán de Logroño, then shoots his king. After a brief scuffle, Luis whispers &quot;resurrección,&quot; and stakes himself.</p><p>Pam, released by Bill but still rotting under the spell, attacks Tara and Naomi outside Merlotte's. As she prepares to kill Tara, a crowd gathers around with camera-phones in hand, eager to capture the &quot;zombie vampire&quot; on video, which forces her to flee. Naomi insists that Toni-she refuses to call her Tara-come back with her to New Orleans, but is turned down.</p><p>With Jesus recovered from the snake bite and laying in Lafayette's arms, Don Bartolo unlocks the door. Jesus berates his grandfather for putting them through the unnecessary trouble and almost killing him. Bartolo counters that he had to do it in order for Lafayette to recognize himself as a medium.</p><p>Out in the woods, Debbie and Alcide are initiated into Marcus' pack. Alcide is worried about Sookie, so Debbie relents and goes to look for her. When they do find Sookie, she's still writhing naked with Eric in the grass. Sookie and Eric move inside, where they continue to have sex on the floor of her house, on the couch, and on her bed. Perfectly content with their present, they begin to consider the uncertain future.</p><p>With the threat Antonia poses growing clear, Bill summons his sheriffs. He commands them and all the vampires in their areas to go to ground in silver, so Antonia can't draw them into the sunlight. They're not happy about it but agree to obey their king. Bill's guards put him and Jessica under chains in a locked cell. After administering shots from Doctor Ludwig to help with the rot on Pam's face, Ginger locks her in the coffin. Sookie lies next to Eric as he silvers himself on the bed.</p><p>Sam picks up his brother Tommy from the hospital. He'd been exhibiting strange symptoms but seems fine now. Sam then pays a visit to Luna who flips out on him, still thinking it was Sam - not Tommy in Sam's body - who slept with her and kicked her out of the house the night before. Slowly, they piece together what happened, and Sam returns home, furious. He kicks Tommy out of his house saying, &quot;I wish I could forget everything about you.&quot;</p><p>At Merlotte's, Andy has an awkward date with Holly. Unable to control his cravings for V, he storms out. Meanwhile, Lafayette plays with Mikey and notices a young black woman singing a Creole lullaby to the baby. He calls out to her, but she disappears-it's as if nobody else saw her.</p><p>Antonia greets Tara on the side of the road and explains that she's inhabited Marnie's body. Marnie (Antonia) appeals to the shared misery they've suffered at the hands of vampires and recruits Tara to her cause. Tara does some recruiting of her own, including Holly, and brings them to the MoonGoddess Emporium. There, the witches chant in a circle, as Marnie (Antonia) rises above them. The spell conjures a whirlwind that makes vampires crave the sun.</p><p>Possessed, the vampires struggle to throw off their chains. Ginger keeps Pam in her coffin; Sookie informs Jason what's happening and goes to Eric's side; Beulah Carter, Maxine's neighbor and a closet vampire, leaves her house and combusts into flam<a></a>es; Jessica manages to throw off her chains and open the cell door, as a horrified Bill looks on ... with jealousy.</p><p>Jason runs over to Bill's house to stop Jessica from meeting the sun, but he's met by one of Bill's guards. They fight and a gunshot goes off. Jessica opens the front door and a bright white light shines through.</p></div>

Spellbound

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Daniel Minahan<b><br>Written by</b> Alan Ball </p><p>The witches' spell continues to draw Jessica further into the light. As her skin burns in the sun, Jason tackles her to the floor and slams the doors shut behind him. Marnie (Antonia) winds the spell down, and Jessica realizes that Jason saved her life. They kiss on the floor of Bill's house, and Jason carries the wounded vampire back to her maker. Bill is relieved to see his progeny is safe, but wary, as the spell may only be broken temporarily. He advises Jason not to report what he's seen-for everyone's sake.</p><p>To help Eric recover from the silver, Sookie allows him to feed on her. Then, he returns the favor. High on each other's blood, they enter the shower, where the world falls away, and they make love on a wintry landscape in their shared hallucination. Eric suggests they run away from everything, taking pleasure only in each other's company, but Sookie isn't having it. &quot;You're a warrior,&quot; she says. &quot;You don't run from a fight.&quot; They agree to go to war with Bill.</p><p>Marcus addresses his werewolf pack, including Alcide and Debbie, instructing them to stay out of the war between vampires and witches-no matter what. Alcide and Marcus gain a grudging respect for each other, recognizing responsible leadership and an understanding of their own limitations. Debbie asks Alcide to stay away from Sookie and the vampire baggage that comes with her. He agrees to commit to the pack. Marcus visits his ex-wife, Luna, and is shocked to see Sam there. The alpha in him ignited, the packmaster tries to intimidate Sam, who brushes him off.</p><p>Andy investigates the death of Beulah Carter, a closeted vampire who was killed by the witches' spell, and he can't help but crave V. Bill arrives on the scene and delivers a statement to the press about &quot;vampire suicide.&quot; As Marnie (Antonia) watches the footage at the MoonGoddess Emporium, she is incensed that her efforts only killed one vampire. Bill calls her on the phone in an attempt to broker a peace between their kinds. She agrees to meet him in the Bon Temps cemetery at midnight, alone.</p><p>While Maxine is surveying the crime scene, Tommy breaks into her home and steals her clothing and makeup. He shifts into her and takes a meeting with the natural gas prospector at Merlotte's. Maxine (Tommy) agrees to the man's terms in exchange for a check cut on the spot.</p><p>Also at Merlotte's, Lafayette sees the Creole woman singing to baby Mikey again, and she locks eyes with him. That night, Lafayette dreams of the woman, whose name is Mavis, back in the 1930s. She's addressing her former lover, Virgil, with Mikey's creepy doll in hand-back when it was new. Virgil, who is white and married to someone else, has killed their child. He tells Mavis, &quot;It's better for everyone if no one knows he existed.&quot; &quot;Better for you,&quot; she counters. Lafayette wakes up, and Mavis inhabits his body. Lafayette (Mavis) breaks into the Bellefleur mansion, secures a sleeping Andy's gun and kidnaps Mikey.</p><p>Jessica returns home and tells Hoyt she wants to break up. She imagined he would be heartbroken, but he's angry instead. &quot;You don't deserve me,&quot; he says. &quot;And I don't deserve you...I deserve someone who's not f*cking dead.&quot; He rescinds her invitation to his home. Jessica shows up at Jason's door, but he too takes back his welcome, out of loyalty to his best friend.</p><p>At the cemetery showdown, neither group comes alone. Bill reaches out for a truce, and while Marnie (Antonia) appears to be considering the offer, Sookie reveals that she's actually casting another spell in her mind. Bill's human assault team moves into position, and Marnie (Antonia) summons a deep fog. Amidst <a></a>the bloodshed of battle, Tara shoots a vampire and Pam pounces on her. As the rotting vampire is once again about to kill Tara, Bill forbids it.</p><p>After repelling one witch with her faerie power, Sookie is shot in the stomach. Bill has been silvered and incapacitated. Eric, who's been murdering and feeding on the witches with abandon, is stopped by Marnie (Antonia) and placed under her direct control. Alcide enters the fray and carries Sookie's body to safety, while a hurt Debbie Pelt looks on through her tears and her rage.</p></div>

Let's Get Out of Here

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Romeo Tirone<b><br> Written by</b> Brian Buckner</p><p>Alcide carries Sookie, unconscious, back home. Bill arrives and feeds her his blood, but she doesn't seem to be taking it. Sookie eventually comes to and immediately wants to know where Eric is. Fed up with Sookie continually going back to the vampires who cause her so much trouble, Alcide storms out. Bill leaves to search for Eric, and Sookie thanks him for the blood on his way out. That night, with both their blood inside of her, Sookie dreams of making both vampires hers.</p><p>The witches regroup at the MoonGoddess Emporium. Tara tells Marnie (Antonia) that murder and war is not what they signed up for, but the witch doesn't care. She has one enthusiastic supporter, Roy, and a vampire under her control, Eric, who she plans to unleash on the &quot;Festival of Tolerance&quot; - sponsored by the AVL at the Shreveport Dorchester Hotel. Tara, Holly and the others try to leave, but Marnie (Antonia) holds them captive.</p><p>Jessica unloads her boy troubles on an uncaring Nan, who says all the whining has cured her of the urge to become a maker. When Bill arrives, he brings the AVL spokeswoman up to speed on the situation with Eric and the witches, and he asks her to cancel the tolerance rally because of the security threat. Nan refuses, and they all go to ground in silver once again.</p><p>Hoyt, depressed about his breakup with Jessica, is shocked by the sight of Lafayette (Mavis) in his home with a gun and baby Mikey. The police arrive, but with Andy hopped up on V and Jason ineffective, they're unable to bring the baby back to Terry and Arlene. Jesus arrives and calms Lafayette (Mavis) down, explaining that Mavis has taken over Lafayette's body because there's something she hasn't made peace with yet. Mavis reveals her history and the tragic end she met at the hands of the former lover who killed their baby. She just wants to hold her baby one last time. They dig up the child's remains, and Mavis'' spirit leaves Lafayette's body, now at rest.</p><p>Debbie Pelt hears Alcide sneak in late and pretends to be asleep. After falling back into depression and abusing V, she shows up at Sookie's house, hoping to help out. Sookie enlists her to infiltrate the MoonGoddess Emporium, where she finds a spellbound Eric. They're caught, but Tara communicates to Sookie that the wiccans are being held there against their wills and that Marnie (Antonia) plans to attack the vampire tolerance rally. Debbie and Sookie escape and head to Shreveport.</p><p>Marcus comes by Merlotte's looking for Sam, who is off camping with Luna and Emma, so Marcus leaves word with Tommy at the bar instead. That night, Tommy shifts into Sam and goes to Marcus's bike shop. He cracks wise about sleeping with Luna, and Marcus and his crew beat him to within an inch of his life. Alcide steps in and stops them, then carries the limp-bodied Tommy out in his arms.</p><p>Jason and Hoyt clean up the house after the spirit of Mavis has left. Hoyt gives his best friend a &quot;monster box&quot; full of Jessica's stuff to return to her. Jason drops off the box with Jessica, and while he declines the invitation into Bill's home, he soon finds himself having sex with Jessica in the back of his truck.</p><p>At the Shreveport Dorchester Hotel, Nan and a young woman campaign for vampire tolerance, sharing inspirational stories and overlooked facts about vampires. Meanwhile, Eric (still under a spell) lures the vampire sheriffs providing security into a trap, where Marnie (Antonia) places them under her influence as well. As Bill begins his speech, the vampires kill the event's human guards, sending the crowd into a panicked frenzy. Amid the chaos - and at Marnie (Antonia)'s command - Eric vamp-speeds towards Bill as Sookie screams, &quot;Run!&quot;</p></div>

Burning Down the House

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Lesli Linka Glatter<br><b>Written by</b> Nancy Oliver<br></p><p>Chaos erupts at the Dorchester Hotel. The vampires tear through the panicked crowd as Marnie (Antonia) sends Eric after Bill, chanting &quot;<i>necare rex</i>&quot;-kill the king. With Eric poised to deliver the truly fatal blow, Sookie summons the strongest blast of faerie light she's produced yet, momentarily stunning everyone. The spell is broken and Eric's memories flood back to him, including his recent time with Sookie. They share a meaningful look, and Eric tells Sookie he still loves her. She isn't ready to be entirely his, though, as she still has feelings for Bill as well.</p><p>Marnie (Antonia) returns with the vampires still under her command to the MoonGoddess Emporium, where she's holding the rest of the wiccans prisoner. Marnie (Antonia) is visibly conflicted about the destruction she's caused. The spirit of Antonia leaves Marnie body, so they can discuss what they've done. Antonia doesn't want to fight anymore. In her time, she was a healer who saved lives; now she's shedding the blood of the innocent. Marnie passionately convinces the older witch to stay so they can finish what they started, and Antonia reenters her body.</p><p>Tommy is dying in Alcide's car. The werewolf brings him to Merlotte's where Sam meets them. As Sam tells him stories of the after-life, Tommy apologizes one last time and then dies in his brother's arms. Sam and Alcide drive to Marcus's bike shop to set him straight, but he's not there. He's at Alcide's house, putting moves on Debbie Pelt.</p><p>Nan deploys teams to glamour any potential witnesses of the massacre at the Dorchester. She wants Bill to help control the spin, but he refuses. He blames Nan for the disaster because she wouldn't let him kill Marnie early on and then refused to cancel the event after she knew of the security threat. As they go to ground wrapped in silver chains once again, Bill prepares to go after the MoonGoddess Emporium with force, ordering a vast supply of deadly weapons. Nan threatens to have Bill, Eric and Pam killed, but they ignore her.</p><p>Arlene and Terry confront Andy about his V addiction. Terry takes Andy on a trip to Fort Bellefleur, their childhood tree-house out in the woods, to work out his issues. The men shoot cans and fight over long-held grievances, until Andy finally comes clean and admits he's hit rock bottom. He agrees to give up V. Terry's proud of him but leaves his older cousin to walk home on his own.</p><p>After having sex with Jessica in the back of his pick-up truck, Jason feels remorseful about betraying Hoyt. He asks Jessica to glamour him, and she storms off angrily saying, &quot;Who's gonna make me forget?&quot; Wracked with guilt, Jason can't bear to be around Hoyt, so he goes to Sookie's house. She enlists him, along with Jesus and Lafayette, to visit the MoonGoddess Emporium to save Tara and the other Wiccans before the vampires attack after nightfall.</p><p>Jesus tries to enter the MoonGoddess Emporium through the protection spell Marnie (Antonia) has set up. With a struggle, he is able to do so and communicates his thoughts to Sookie from the inside. He asks to speak to Marnie directly <a></a>and finds out that she's not possessed, but actually in control of Antonia. As they talk, Holly and Tara are able to undo the protection spell and try to escape, but when they run outside Marnie (Antonia) makes the two of them disappear along with Sookie and Lafayette, leaving Jason on his own.</p><p>That night, the vampires-Eric, Bill, Pam and Jessica-arrive outside the MoonGoddess Emporium. They're packing all kinds of heat and out for revenge.</p></div>

Soul of Fire

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br>Written by</b> Mark Hudis<b><br></b></p><p>As the vampires gather outside to attack the MoonGoddess Emporium, the wiccans inside begin to panic. One of them, Casey, rushes at Marnie (Antonia), who flings a dagger at the young wiccan, killing her. The spirit of Antonia is outraged and disassociates herself from Marnie as Lafayette looks on. He reports to the others that Marnie and Antonia are having an argument, until Marnie overpowers the older witch, casting a spell that binds them together.</p><p>Jason convinces the vampires-Eric, Bill, Pam and Jessica-not to attack the MoonGoddess Emporium because Sookie is inside. The vampires under Marnie's control attack them, and are quickly subdued. Bill hurls one of them towards the MoonGoddess Emporium. She is caught in the protection spell wall, which harnesses the power of the sun, and she is instantly fried, as any other vampire would be.</p><p>Marnie agrees to negotiate with the vampires; she will allow Sookie to leave if Bill and Eric kill themselves. To everyone's shock, they agree to her demands. As they set about pulling it off-Bill will shoot Eric, then Pam will kill Bill-Pam fires a rocket-propelled grenade at the MoonGoddess Emporium. It hits the protective barrier and the explosion rocks everyone, inside and out. Jason's face is half-burned off in the blast, and Jessica rushes over to heal him with her blood. She and Pam are both hurt by their makers' decision to give their own lives for Sookie's.</p><p>Luna meets Sam and Alcide at Marcus's bike shop where she informs them that Marcus has taken Emma and gone missing. Emma calls Luna's cell phone, and Alcide recognizes the phone number as his own. They head over to his house, where he catches Debbie Pelt with Marcus. As Alcide holds off a screaming Debbie, Sam fights the man who killed his brother. He has the packmaster pinned, but ultimately lets him go. Marcus then lunges for gun, and Alcide snaps his neck. He turns his attention to Debbie and abjures her-a devastating act of disavowal among werewolves.</p><p>Andy wanders home alone from Fort Bellefleur, arguing with himself out loud. He hears a noise in the woods and sees several blasts of bright light, one of which manifests into a spectral figure. It's a woman, who introduces herself as Maurella. She reads his thoughts and asks him to protect her. After making him &quot;swear to the light&quot; on her glowing finger, she implores him to make love to her, and Andy happily obliges. Hours later, Andy returns home and recounts the story to Arlene, but it just makes him sound crazy.</p><p>Marnie looks into the pool of Casey's blood collected on the floor and sees a vision of her own dead body. She calls the wiccans to cast what she says is a protection spell, and they all reluctantly join hands, including Sookie. In reality, Marnie is having the wiccans cast a spell that draws the vampires towards the protection barrier to meet their deaths. Powerless to stop them, Jason communicates to Sookie on the inside. With a flash of her faerie light, Sookie breaks the spell. Marnie is outraged and places Sookie inside a ring of flames.</p><p>While all this is happening Jesus and Lafayette are holed up in the bathroom with Casey's dead body. Jesus lied to Marnie, saying he could save her, but actually plans to use her corpse to break the spell binding Antonia to Marnie. Using supplies he finds at the MoongGoddess Emporium and his own blood, Jesus goes to a very dark place. He channels the <i>brujo</i> power inside of him and unbinds Antonia from Marnie. Suddenly, the spells are lifted. Sookie is free of the ring of fire, and, with the protection spell broken, the vampires storm inside. A lone wiccan tries to protect Marnie, and Eric rips out his heart and tastes it. Bill shoots Marnie in the chest several times with an assault rifle, then once in the head.</p><p>Later that night, Lafayette and Jesus lay in bed, recovering from the night's excitement. As Jesus drifts off to sleep, the spirit of Marnie appears to Lafayette and disappears inside him.</p></div>

And When I Die

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<b><br>Written by</b> Raelle Tucker<b><br></b></p><p>Jesus apologizes to Lafayette for rushing him into magic too quickly. Lafayette stares at him blankly, and when Jesus leans in to kiss him, stabs his boyfriend's hand with a fork. Jesus realizes that Lafayette is being inhabited by Marnie's spirit. Lafayette (Marnie) ties Jesus up in the hand chair and demands he give over his <i>brujo</i> magic. When Lafayette (Marnie) threatens to do harm to Lafayette's body, Jesus relents and channels his inner <i>brujo </i>spirit. Lafayette (Marnie) then plunges a knife into his body and licks the blood off the blade.</p><p>Sookie goes to Merlotte's, where she finds everyone in costume for Halloween. She asks Sam for her old job back, and he obliges. Alcide arrives to talk to Sookie-he wants her to stop following her heart and be safe with him instead. She turns him down, and Alcide runs off to answer an important work call: The concrete grave that his construction company built for Russell Edgington inside a parking lot has been breached.</p><p>Tara enters Lafayette's home and finds Jesus's dead body. She drives to Merlotte's to grab Holly and Sookie, and they head over to Bill's house. There, they find Bill and Eric silvered together atop a pyre, which Lafayette (Marnie) sets aflame. While Bill distracts Lafayette (Marnie), Holly forms a circle in salt between the possessed medium and everyone else. Sookie channels her faerie power, and the <i>brujo</i> spirit inside Lafayette (Marnie) is revealed. Then, Holly, Tara and Sookie join hands and summon their dead family and friends to come to their aid. A gathering of phantasms descends from the Bon Temps cemetery toward the fire. Antonia blows out the flames and tries to talk Lafayette (Marnie) down. Sookie's Gran, Adele Stackhouse, takes matters into her own hands and physically removes the spirit from its host. Marnie and Antonia walk off together as the rest of the phantasms return to their graves.</p><p>One of the reawakened spirits has managed to remove himself from the group. Rene sneaks up behind Arlene outside Merlotte's and warns her that Terry is trouble. &quot;I've met the ghosts of his past,&quot; he says. &quot;They ain't gonna rest forever.&quot; Inside, Terry meets someone else from his past, an army buddy named Patrick Devins, whose life he saved on more than one occasion.</p><p>During the day, Jason approaches Hoyt while he's doing road work. After asking Hoyt to put down his chainsaw, Jason admits to having sex with Jessica. When Hoyt asks how he could do it, Jason goes on to describe the different positions they used, until he's interrupted by Hoyt's fist in his face. Later that night, Jessica arrives at Jason's house wearing a Little Red Riding Hood costume and little else. They have passionate, primal sex on his couch, but Jessica doesn't want to be his or anyone's girlfriend just yet. She leaves him to go feed on a stranger instead, but there's a knock on the door as soon as she steps out. Jason answers it and is shocked to find the Rev. Steve Newlin staring him in the face, now baring fangs.</p><p>At Lafayette's, Tara tries to comfort her cousin, but it's no use. He cries in the dark about murdering the man he loves, until Jesus's spirit shows up. Lafayette wants to apologize, but Jesus tells him not to worry about it. &quot;Dude, I'm dead, you're a medium,&quot; he says. &quot;I'll always be with you.&quot;</p><p>Bill and Eric feed from Sookie to heal from the fire. They thank her for saving their lives, and she responds, &quot;It was my turn.&quot; As Sookie stands up, she recognizes that she must finally choose between the two of them. She forgives Bill for lying to her and apologizes for hurting him. She tells Eric that she was in love with both the amnesiac innocent and the devious vampire he was before. But ultimately, her choice is to be with neither of them.</p><p>Nan Flanagan arrives at Bill's house with guards in tow. She's been ordered to administer the true death to both Bill and Eric, but knowing the same fate awaits her, she tries to recruit them to join her against the Authority instead. Bill and Eric are skeptical, and when Nan reveals that she knows what Sookie is, Eric instantly kills the guards while Bill stakes her.</p><p>Debbie shows up in Sookie's home with a shotgun in hand and says &quot;I should've done this a long time ago.&quot; Tara rushes in to save her best friend, and the blast from Debbie's gun hits her in the head. An enraged Sookie takes the gun from Debbie's hands, places it under her attacker's chin and shoots her in the head. Sookie holds Tara's dead,<a></a> lifeless body in her arms and cries out, &quot;Somebody help!&quot;</p></div>

Turn! Turn! Turn!

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Daniel Minahan<b><br>Written by</b> Brian Buckner</p><p>As Eric cleans up the mess that was Nan Flanagan, Bill leaves a message for Jessica--he will be away for a week. &quot;My palace is your palace,&quot; he offers. Eric and Bill sense that Sookie is in danger and although Eric doesn't want to help, Bill heads for her place. Once they step outside, they are trapped by Authority soldiers and thrown into a car trunk.</p><p>Pam shows up at Sookie's looking for Eric, but instead finds Sookie and Lafayette holding Tara's lifeless body. Pam refuses Lafayette's request to turn Tara, until she gets Sookie to agree that she will repair the rift between her and Eric, and an IOU for a future favor. Deal negotiated, Pam feeds Tara some of her blood and is buried with her.</p><p>On Jason's doorstep, Reverend Newlin begs Jason to let him in, saying he has nowhere else to go. Although suspicious of Steve's fangs--he says &quot;they're like twin hard-ons&quot;--Jason is sympathetic and when he looks Steve in the eye... is immediately glamoured. Steve ties Jason up and confesses he's had feelings for him since they first met; his murderous streak was jealousy flaring. Although flattered, Jason tells Steve he's not gay, which only upsets Steve. Jessica enters and claims Jason as hers. As Jessica overpowers Steve, Jason revokes his invitation and Steve vacates, declaring &quot;I love you!&quot; as the door slams.</p><p>Pursued by Marcus' wolf pack, Sam goes to Luna to tell her she and Emma need to run. Luna insists that Sam tell them it was Alcide who killed Marcus, but Sam feels he owes Alcide for what he did for Tommy. Werewolf Rikki tracks Sam to Luna's place, and when she threatens Emma, Sam willingly goes along with her. Marcus' pack beats Sam for information. Martha, Marcus's mother and Emma's grandmother, tells Sam they need her son's body to honor him properly. She promises Emma and Luna's safety, and Sam leads the pack to Marcus' remains. Alcide, accompanied by Luna, shows up and admits he's the real killer. Martha and other members of the pack shift into wolves and start gnawing on Marcus' remains.</p><p>In the trunk of the car, Eric and Bill manipulate their bodies into position to use an umbrella to ignite the car's gas tank. As the Authority suit comes for them, he is staked by Nora, his female counterpart. Spotting Nora, Eric kisses her deeply. Nora is a chancellor of the Authority, but no one knows she and Eric share Godric as a maker. She is part of a faction that believes Eric and Bill should be rewarded, not punished, for protecting them from the necromancers. They prepare to go to ground as Nora's plan for freeing them is put into motion. Nora and Eric enter a shipping container to reacquaint themselves. &quot;We fight like siblings, but we f*** like champions,&quot; he says after Bill complains about the noise. Eric takes a call from Alcide to relay the news of Russell Edgington's reemergence from the cement, while elsewhere, a man is dragged through an abandoned building and torn apart.</p><p>Patrick joins Terry and his family for breakfast and assures Arlene's kids that Terry was a hero. He's startled to learn they're living in the Bellefleur mansion because their house burned down. At Merlotte's Patrick tells Terry that he too lost his home in a fire. In fact, four of the guys in their squad have been burned out of their homes, and it's because of what happened in Iraq. Terry throttles Patrick to shut him up until Arlene catches him in the act. Patrick tells Terry he suspected Terry was behind the fires, or that he'd want to help... now he's not so sure.</p><p>Sookie cleans up Debbie's remains in the kitchen. She tells Lafayette that because she wanted to kill Debbie, she can't call the police and claim she acted in self-defense. The two of them also go back to Lafayette's house to take care of Jesus' body, but Lafayette freaks out when it's not there. Alcide shows up at Sookie's to warn her about Russell and insist she stay with him to be safe, but Sookie turns him down. As she tries to tell him about Debbie, Lafayette jumps in and tells the werewolf to &quot;get the f*** outta our lives.&quot;</p><p>Having been claimed by Jessica, Jason arrives at the Compton house and is surprised to see she's hosting a party. He hides hurt when she tells him she was only protecting him from Steve, and removes his badge and uniform as he joins the party. Jason tries to connect with Jessica as they play Guitar Hero, but her attentions are elsewhere, so Jason leaves with a sorority girl. In his squad car, Jason turns down the girl's overtures since he knows how their relationship will play out.</p><p>A compatriot of Nora's hands Eric and Bill fake passports to start their new lives. Just as Eric kisses Nora goodbye, her team explodes in a hail of bullets. The three are surrounded by Authority soldiers.</p><p>Sookie and Lafayette keep vigil by Tara's grave. Pam crawls out, complaining about how dirty she is. Sookie digs at Tara's remains and starts to cry when Tara's body remains still. Suddenly, newborn vampire <a>Tara</a> speeds her way out of the hole and lunges for Sookie.</p></div>

Authority Always Wins

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br>Written by</b> Mark Hudis</p><p>A furious baby-vamp Tara sinks her teeth into Sookie until Pam pulls her off. To keep Lafayette and Sookie safe, Pam commands her not to hurt either of them--but doesn't stay for much longer. &quot;She's your problem now,&quot; Pam says, leaving Sookie and Lafayette to deal with Tara's newfound speed and destructive strength. When other ploys fail, Lafayette slashes his arm so that Sookie can catch Tara while she feeds. They get her to ground before sunrise.</p><p>Eric and Bill are transported to the Authority's subterranean headquarters in New Orleans. Nora tries to defend herself to Salome, a fellow chancellor, but Salome refuses to hear her out. The three are locked up in separate cells.</p><p>Alcide tangles with the rest of the pack when he refuses to feed on Marcus. Martha reminds him of their laws--he's obligated to eat her son--but Alcide tells her he's not interested in being packmaster. Martha follows Luna home and after she declares that her granddaughter is a wolf, not a shifter, Luna cuts her out of Emma's life. Luna gets upset with Sam for crossing her about Emma's future, and orders him out too. Later, Luna hears noises in Emma's room and finds a wolf pup swimming in pjs.</p><p>Arlene wakes up to find Terry flashing back to his Marine days, &quot;We're all going to die,&quot; he says in his fog. She slaps him back to reality. Terry's flashbacks continue to plague him at work, but he refuses to explain anything to Arlene. Arlene goes to Patrick's motel room to talk about Terry's recent behavior. Terry finds her there, and after ordering her out, he confesses to Patrick that &quot;Eller isn't dead-he's off the grid.&quot; The two make plans to visit him before he gets to them.</p><p>Still waiting to hear from Eric, Pam returns to Fangtasia and remembers her days as a madam in San Francisco. They first met when Eric saved her from a killer one foggy night.</p><p>Andy tells Jason that he recently had sex-but has been getting the cold shoulder from Holly. Jason assures him it's all for the best, and says he's equally comfortable with the casual arrangement he and Jessica have. Locating Debbie's abandoned Jeep, Andy finds a vial of V in the car. Andy hesitates, but hands it over to Jason. At the sheriff's office, Andy asks his deputy Kevin to expunge the speeding ticket he gave to Judge Clemmons' son. A kid comes to the station looking for Jason and then decks him: The kid's parents are divorcing because his mom slept with Jason.</p><p>Hooked up to an IV device that administers liquid silver, Bill is interrogated by Dieter Braun about Nora's treason. Dieter quizzes Bill about the Vampire Bible, the original testament, which states that the vampires were created in God's image and that humans were put on Earth to serve as nourishment. Dieter tells Bill he thinks Nora supports the literal interpretation of the text and asks if Bill does too. Bill says no and Dieter gives him the liquid silver to be sure. As the interrogation continues, Dieter tells Bill that Eric turned on him after five minutes and is walking free. In another cell, Salome questions Eric in the same manner and tells him Nora was punished with the True Death. Salome also tells him that Bill folded in exchange for retaining his title as king.</p><p>Steve Newlin crashes Jessica's keg party, impressing the college kids, who treat him like a celebrity. In private, Steve offers Jessica $10,000 in cash if she surrenders Jason. Jessica ups the ante to $20,000--Jason's ass is worth it. After he agrees, Jessica then tells him she doesn't sell out her friends, and reminds Steve her father is the king. He breaks the news, &quot;not anymore.&quot; Thrown, Jessica shuts the party down.</p><p>Jason, feeling guilty, goes to the Fortenberry's and tells Hoyt he should stay at his place; Jason will move to Sookie's. Hoyt rejects Jason's charity, and as he leaves, Maxine makes a big show about all the grief he's caused, though out of Hoyt's earshot she whispers her thanks for breaking up her son and that &quot;red-haired slut.&quot;</p><p>Hearing Lafayette's thoughts, Sookie stops him from staking Tara while she sleeps. &quot;Tara is in there,&quot; she reminds him. &quot;We can make a life for her.&quot; But when she wakes, Tara says she'll never forgive Sookie and Lafayette for what they've done to her. She runs out into the night.</p><p>Bill and Eric watch as the Guardian, Roman Zimojic, dispenses a drop of his own blood to his chancellors as communion. Accusing Nora of betrayal, Roman has her escorted out. He tells Eric and Bill they've been responsible for a series of fuck-ups: rocket launchers on Main Street, the public mess at the Festival of Tolerance, and now, killing Nan, a member of the Authority. He asks them if they're members of the Sanguinista movement, but both say no. Around the room, the chancellors debate whether they deserve the True Death, or if they should be rewarded for solving the necromancer problem. Roman declares, &quot;Any threat to mainstreaming is a threat to us.&quot;</p><p>As Roman prepares to deliver his sentence, Bill offers a trade: their lives for Russell Edgington, who was consigned to the ground, but not killed. &quot;We felt the True Death was too good for him,&quot; they explain.</p><p>Elsewhere, surrounded by drained corpses, Russell lies on a cot wheezing heavily.</p></div>

Whatever I Am, You Made Me

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> David Petrarca<b><br>Written by</b> Raelle Tucker</p><p>In the woods, Tara spots a girl with car trouble and her fangs come out instinctively. After catching a glimpse of her vampire-self in the windshield's reflection, Tara stops short of feeding. She heads to Merlotte's where Sam feeds her a supply of Tru Blood. She makes him promise he won't tell Sookie or Lafayette where she is.</p><p>Reeling from the news that Russell Edgington is still alive, the Authority's chancellors debate their options. Aware of the danger that Russell working with the Sanguinista movement presents, Roman instructs Bill and Eric bring him in. He has them harnessed with iStakes, a tool that will let the Authority track them at all times-and kill them remotely. After they leave, Roman meets with the new American Vampire League spokesman-Steve Newlin. Roman is unimpressed by Steve's arrogance, but Salome tells him that Steve will provide them with access to the Fellowship of the Sun. Roman tells Steve not to let him down.</p><p>Sookie goes to Fangtasia to ask Pam for help with Tara. Pam refuses-she's more worried about not having heard from Eric, and as she points out to Sookie, she's already held up her end of the deal. Pam throws Sookie out, but Sookie has the last word when she unleashes her faerie light on her.</p><p>Arlene asks Terry for an explanation for his recent behavior, but all she gets from Terry is that he and Patrick will be leaving town for an indefinite amount of time. Sookie and Lafayette search Merlotte's for Tara. Unable to hide his thoughts, Sam reveals that Tara is asleep in the walk-in freezer. Sookie admits that it was she and Lafayette who turned Tara-it was either that or death. Thinking about his brother, Sam tells Sookie he understands their decision to save Tara's life, &quot;but it's up to her now what she wants to do with it.&quot;</p><p>Pam remembers the time Eric patronized her brothel, and selected her as his choice. &quot;A good merchant does not compete with her merchandise,&quot; she told him. Bill and Lorena were also there, to feed on one of Pam's girls. Eric put a stop to them, and nearly staked Bill, who was only saved by Lorena's pleading. And with Eric watching over her, Pam received an apology, as well as $500 for each girl they drained.</p><p>Debbie's parents find out from Alcide their daughter was back to her old habits. Mr. Pelt refuses to believe it and gets angry with Alcide, but his wife takes a softer approach and begs him to be in touch if he hears anything. Andy questions Sookie about Debbie, but Sookie tells him she hasn't seen her in days and that Debbie could be &quot;unpredictable.&quot; Although Lafayette is worried about what Andy knows, Sookie assures him that Andy is more concerned about his own rear end-Holly's kids have posted a photo of it online. Andy asks Holly to &quot;go steady&quot; and she says yes.</p><p>Jessica goes shopping and cuts down a local boutique owner who tries to flaunt her previous relationship with Jason. When a young man enters the store to pick up an order, a partially-dressed Jessica leaves the dressing room and compliments him on the way he smells. After he runs out of the shop, she gives chase, ending up in an empty meadow. She runs to Jason to report what she just experienced and jumps all over him. Unable to reciprocate, Jason shares that he has a big hole that he's been filling with sex. Jessica offers to listen, and Jason reluctantly accepts her offer.</p><p>Hoyt arrives at Fangtasia dressed like a fangbanger and reeking of desperation. Seeing him, Pam flashes back to a night she spent with Eric, when she asked him to turn her. Because Eric refused-&quot;becoming a maker is an eternal commitment&quot;-Pam slashed her wrists with his razor. &quot;Let me walk the world with you,&quot; she implored him. &quot;Or watch me die.&quot;</p><p>Salome takes a walk with Bill and shares some of her story. She isn't the villainess that was depicted in the human Bible, just a girl &quot;with a severely f***ed up family.&quot; Salome asks Bill if she can trust him, and the two have sex. Later, Eric goes to Salome's room to thank her for her support. Sitting him down, Salome tells him she was surprised he didn't fight for Nora-Godric once told her the two were related. Salome asks Eric how he could let his sister, her protégé, die? Sensing Eric is still hurt, she offers herself to him and Eric obliges.</p><p>Nora endures an interrogation by Rosalyn who drips silver into her blood. But Nora folds when the chancellor offers to activate the iStakes Bill and Eric are sporting. &quot;I believe mainstreaming is an abomination,&quot; she confesses as Rosalyn unleashes more silver into her. Salome finds out that Nora has confessed after reporting back to Roman that neither Bill nor Eric is Sanguinista. &quot;Perhaps it's time to consider a change of course,&quot; she suggests. &quot;The Sanguinista are organizing against you.&quot; Roman tells her not to worry about him and sweeps her into his arms.</p><p>Alcide goes to Merlotte's to offer to protect Sookie, but she gives him the cold shoulder. As Sookie assures Alcide there's nothing wrong, Tara goes after Lafayette, and the whole restaurant finds out that Tara has been turned. Lafayette, possessed by a demon, pours bleach into his gumbo; he quickly pours it down the drain when he realizes what he has done. Sookie confesses to Alcide that she killed Debbie, and he is furious that she didn't tell him earlier.</p><p>A distraught Tara breaks into a tanning salon and plans to commit suicide under the UV lights. At Fangtasia, Pam senses her progeny is in danger.</p></div>

We'll Meet Again

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Romeo Tirone<b><br>Written by</b> Alexander Woo </p><p>Lafayette and Sookie argue in the parking lot of Merlotte's--Lafayette can't believe Sookie told Alcide about Debbie. Sookie tries to explain she's tired of the lies; Gran raised her better. Lafayette retorts that Sookie lands on her feet, but for everyone else, she's the &quot;angel of death.&quot;</p><p>Eric and Bill are released to hunt Russell and determine who broke him out--only four people knew where he was, the two of them, Pam and Alcide. Roman, concerned about the Sanguinistas infiltration of the Authority, wants to stop the &quot;cancer in our midst&quot; in a forceful way. He tells Salome to persuade Nora to talk or he'll publicly execute her.Pam stops Tara from killing herself by commanding her to stop. Returning to Fangtasia, Pam finds Eric and Bill waiting for her. Taking baby-vamp Tara aside, Bill tells her she'll get over the impulse to hurt herself. When he asks if Sookie's safe, Tara advises him to move on. Eric tries to determine if Pam told anyone about Russell, and although she hasn't, Pam can't understand why Eric has turned on her. &quot;If I mean so little to you,&quot; she cries, &quot;then release me.&quot;</p><p>Sookie goes to Jason's to confess to killing Debbie Pelt and tells him about turning Tara as well. Jason reels from all the information Sookie has unloaded, and Jessica, who's still there, is just as shocked. At Merlotte's, Sookie has to retreat to Sam's office for a respite from hearing everybody's thoughts about her turning Tara. Still angry about Sookie's confession to Alcide, Lafayette is possessed by the brujo demon and attacks Sookie's car. Behind the wheel later on, Sookie is forced to jump out of her now possessed car when it goes out of control.</p><p>Alcide goes to see the Pelts and tells them that Debbie is dead: She got mixed up with Marcus Bozeman and that got her killed. For that, Alcide killed Marcus. After the Pelts tell Andy they found what they were looking for, Andy is unsatisfied and tells Jason he wants to search the area around Debbie's car. Sensing Jason is in danger, Jessica materializes and glamours the Sheriff from pursuing the case.</p><p>Patrick and Terry drive to Eller's ranch. During the ride, Terry flashes back to a July 4th celebration with his squad in a prayer tower in Iraq: When an Iraqi teen told them to leave the tower, Eller shot him dead. More villagers came out to see what the commotion was about and many of them were killed in the ensuing firefight. Arriving at Eller's home, Patrick and Terry locate an underground bunker. Exploring the room, they find flame-retardant materials, and a crazed Eller pointing a shotgun at them.</p><p>Eric goes to Pam to tell her that he and Bill are in trouble--either the Authority or Russell will have his head. To protect her, he needs to release her--she's the only legacy he'll leave behind. Pam tearfully accepts his decision. Elsewhere, Bill is having his own paternal moment with Jessica. As they search their home for bugs, she asks, &quot;You're still king, aren't you?&quot; Bill assures her he is, but doesn't act on her suggestion to check in on Sookie. Realizing he might not see her again, he gives her a tender hug.</p><p>Judge Clements takes Andy and Jason for a night out as a thank you for clearing his son's ticket. Blindfolded and accompanied by a trio of women, they're taken to a clearing in the woods and find themselves in a mysterious secret nightclub staffed by gyrating, half-naked faeries. Maurella, the faerie that had sex with Andy in the woods finds him and rekindles their spark. Jason spots his cousin Hadley working at the club. He's confused by Hadley's urgent concern about Sookie's safety--and Hadley's accidental revelation that vampires killed his parents. Before she can say more Hadley is separated from Jason, and when Jason and Andy struggle to find her, the two are thrown out of the club.</p><p>Sam's shifter friends Suzanne and Emory invite him for a run for old time's sake. When he arrives at their home that night, he finds both of them shot in the head.</p><p>Salome and Roman threaten Nora with the True Death, but she refuses to give up any names--until Roman says he'll trigger Bill and Eric's iStakes. Roman shows his chancellors a stake made from a branch of the tree on which Judas hanged himself, with a tip made from his 30 pieces of silver. After identifying the child-vampire Alexander as a traitor who has been circulating encrypted messages of solidarity to the Sanguinistas, Roman stakes him.</p><p>Concerned about Tara's diet, Pam brings Tara a volunteer to feed on. When Tara refuses to bite, Pam commands her, and shows her how to do it safely. &quot;This is who you are now,&quot; she encourages, &quot;the top of the chain.&quot;</p><p>Lafayette calls Sookie after finding the wreckage from her car, but she's safe at home getting drunk. Alcide arrives at her house before Lafayette can explain what happened. Alcide tells Sookie he told the Pelts a version of the truth to protect her. Grateful, Sookie mixes Alcide a drink. As the two get drunker and drunker, they start to kiss. Bill and Eric watch from outside--Bill plans to enlist Sookie to help them find Russell.</p></div>

Let's Boot and Rally

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br>Written by</b> Angela Robinson</p><p>In the throes of passion, Sookie and Alcide retreat to the bedroom... where Sookie vomits on his shoes. The moment is further interrupted by Bill and Eric who have come to enlist her help. They need her to un-glamour Doug, Alcide's employee, who unwittingly helped free Russell Edgington.</p><p>Lafayette looks into the mirror and finds the brujo demon looking back at him. Overwhelmed by its presence, he calls out to Jesus for help.</p><p>A highly paranoid Eller ties up Terry and Patrick. &quot;Maybe if I kill you, it will forgive me,&quot; he says, pointing his gun at Terry. Eller was at the other soldiers' houses when fires broke out in them, and he saw what at first seemed like a hallucination, but was actually an <i>ifrit</i>, a fire spirit, out for vengeance. With that, Terry remembers: The mother of the boy Eller shot was still alive and leveled a curse on them before Terry shot her dead on Patrick's orders.</p><p>Jason finds himself in a dream, wearing He-Man pajamas and sitting down with his parents and sister for breakfast. His initial delight turns to horror when his mother starts bleeding - and propositioning him. A ringing phone returns him to the present day. In the Bellefleur mansion, Andy lies naked, oblivious to his own ringing phone until Arlene hustles him awake.</p><p>Pam puts Tara to work at the bar at Fangtasia. When a girl offers herself up to Tara, Pam vamp-speeds over and forbids her from feeding in public. Jessica approaches Tara and shares stories of her own baby vamp days. &quot;We can be girlfriends,&quot; she offers. Encouraged, Tara shares her own feelings. Jessica tells her it will take time, but it gets better: &quot;The world is wide open to us.&quot;</p><p>Sookie, Bill, Eric and Alcide go to see Doug. Sookie enters Doug's memory and retraces what happened: A female member of the Authority dug Russell out with her hands. Bill accuses Eric of sharing Russell's whereabouts to Nora, but he denies it.</p><p>Salome and Dieter watch as the UV lights hit Nora, who doesn't veer from her convictions, despite the immense pain. Salome finds Roman mourning Chancellor Drew's betrayal next to a relic holding what is believed to be Lilith's blood. Salome warns Roman that it would be a mistake to underestimate the Sanguinistas; he needs to deliver a message to his followers.</p><p>Jason and Andy report to the crime scene at Suzanne's, Sam's shifter friend. Jason has a vision of his parents in the same positions as Emory and Suzanne, only with bite marks instead of bullet holes. Jason and Andy trade memories about what happened at the nightclub and Jason breaks the news to Andy - everyone there was a faerie. Reeling from the news that he &quot;f***ed a faerie,&quot; Andy vows not to go back; he's got a good thing going with Holly. Interrogating Sam about the murders, he finds out that they're all shifters. Jason and Andy find wooden bullets with silver cores, but Sam tells them standard bullets would have worked on shifters - someone is targeting the supernatural. Digesting everything, Jason realizes that death has always been around them because &quot;the supes have been killin' people and making it look all natural.&quot; Later, he goes to visit his parents' grave.</p><p>Outside of Fangtasia, Tara spots Hoyt decked out like a 'banger. &quot;People change,&quot; he points out before offering himself to her. As Tara feeds hungrily on Hoyt in the bathroom, she is discovered by Jessica, who overhears them from the next stall. Jessica tears Tara off of him and the two young vamps fight.</p><p>Terry tells Eller he saw the <i>ifrit</i> too and convinces him they need to be untied: The <i>ifrit</i> wants them all together. Once Patrick is untied, he clocks Eller and praises Terry for his quick thinking - but Terry insists he wasn't lying: &quot;We killed those people and now we got to pay.&quot; Terry and Patrick leave the bunker, but Patrick refuses to believe in the hallucination. Imprisoned in the bunker, Eller is visited by the <i>ifrit</i>.</p><p>Lafayette wakes up to find Jesus' disembodied head trying to speak to him - but his lips have been sewn together. In her room, Ruby Jean wakes up to find the same head and interpreting its mumbles, begins to shout for her son.</p><p>Sam goes to Luna's to let her know about Emory and Suzanne. The two grieve, but when she hears sounds from Emma's room, Luna hustles Sam out. On the porch, he's shot by masked gunmen in a pickup truck. Luna is shot when she goes to see what has happened, and bullets fly again when Emma goes for her mother. Sam tells Emma to run and, as she does, she shifts into a wolf-pup.</p><p>Roman gathers his chancellors and another assortment of dignitaries to remind them that mainstreaming is the answer. &quot;If we let our lust for power surpass our common decency&quot; he says, &quot;we doom our souls to damnation.&quot; The group kneels before Lilith's remains.</p><p>Bill and Eric continue to argue about Nora until Molly calls to inform them that their iStakes have been triggered for dawn. At the asylum where Doug had taken Russell, Sookie refuses to stay outside, aware that she might be their only source of protection. Inside, the group finds rats crawling all over bloodless bodies and terrified prisoners hanging from the ceilings in straitjackets. They finally locate Russell, who welcomes them weakly, &quot;Give it your best shot.&quot; Just then, Alcide is pulled from the room.</p></div>

Hopeless

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Dan Attias<b><br>Written by</b> Alan Ball</p><p>Inside the abandoned asylum, wolves emerge and one, J.D., pulls Alcide from the room. Left alone with Sookie, Russell heads for her, but she turns her faerie fingers on him. When Eric prepares to stake the weakened Russell, Bill stops him from doing so--&quot;He dies, we die.&quot; Kibwe arrives and takes Russell into Authority custody.</p><p>Pam watches Tara and Jessica continue their fight and then breaks it up. Pulling Tara outside, Pam reminds her she's just an employee-but that she's proud, &quot;the way a human is proud of a well-trained dog.&quot;</p><p>Patrick and Terry run from the bunker when the ifrit attacks. Terry blames Patrick for Eller's death, and as they drive back, he flips out about the target Patrick has put on their backs.</p><p>Alcide stands over the bodies of two wolves, now in human form; J.D. escaped. Kibwe criticizes Bill and Eric for involving humans and wolves, but Bill explains that Doug was a necessary part of their search. To appease Kibwe, Bill glamours Sookie and Eric takes care of Alcide. Eric instructs Alcide to forget what happened, to protect Sookie--and to be repulsed by her. Pretending to glamour Sookie, Bill wishes her the life that she's meant to live: &quot;in the sun&quot; with other humans.</p><p>When Bill seems too on-board with Kibwe about Lilith's omnipotence, Bill assures Eric he's just covering his ass. Kibwe rounds up the surviving prisoners for interrogation and promises they will be glamoured after questioning. Later, Kibwe offers them his apologies for the inconvenience...and then kills them all.</p><p>Martha brings Emma, back in human form, to the hospital to see Luna and Sam. Although hesitant, Luna agrees that Martha can be a part of Emma's life and asks her to watch her until they can figure out who's been killing shifters.</p><p>Hoyt tells Jessica he knows that she was fighting for him because she still cares about him. When she says they're truly over, he offers to let her do anything she wants, no matter how depraved, &quot;Just please do it with me.&quot; Jessica turns him down again.</p><p>Because Alcide can't remember the night's events, Sookie revives his memory about the V-addicted wolves working for Russell.</p><p>Lafayette rushes to see his mother--he was told she was having a seizure. Ruby Jean tells him that she has a message from Jesus. Amazed at his mother's skills, Lafayette realizes that Jesus is with Don Bartolo.</p><p>Sam meets with Andy and confides that he thinks supes are being hunted. He offers his help to Andy, who worries about encouraging vigilantism. Sam warns him that either he helps Andy, or he'll proceed alone.</p><p>Dreaming again about his parents, Jason swears he will find the vampires that killed them. He goes to tell Sookie what Hadley told him, emphasizing that they both know vamps can cover their tracks. Sookie, suspicious of well-meaning faeries, asks Jason to show her the nightclub. In the field, Sookie hears noises-and then disappears, before she pulls Jason in too.</p><p>Alcide enters the Shreveport Wolf Pack clubhouse and challenges J.D. for the title of packmaster. Tired of J.D.'s behavior, Rikki seconds Alcide's nomination.</p><p>Back at Authority HQ, Bill and Eric are hailed as heroes; Russell has been intravenously silvered so he poses less of a threat. Salome refuses to let Eric see Nora--she's confessed to being a Sanguinista. Roman arrives with a special bottle of blood, that of an 18th century hemophiliac, and tells the two he is convinced that they are on the same page. When Salome tries to leave and interrogate Russell, Roman tells her there's no need: He's going to be executed. Roman grants Eric access to Nora upon learning they are related, and he gets Eric and Bill to promise they'll be at the execution.</p><p>Now home, Terry explains the curse to Arlene. &quot;You gotta cut me out of your life,&quot; he tells her. Arlene, suspecting Terry is off his meds, tries to talk him into staying, but she finally agrees to let him leave.</p><p>Andy goes to the Stake House to question Junior, the clerk, about his clientele and merchandise. When Sam enters a few minutes later, Junior keeps his eye on him. Junior offers to show Andy the wooden bullets they stock, and Sam sensing danger, unleashes a crossbow on him. Junior goes down, gun in his hand.</p><p>As a vamp feeds on Hoyt behind Fangtasia, a van pulls up and shoots the vampire dead. A masked man runs from the man, and recognizing Hoyt, pulls him into the van.</p><p>Sookie finds Hadley inside the faerie nightclub and warns her that the faeries are not what they seem. Sookie doesn't remember Claude, so he explains he helped her escape from Queen Mab; he looks different now because faeries adjust their appearance to their environment. Claude tells Sookie they left Mab before the portal closed. Anxious to learn about her parents, Sookie questions Hadley and Claude. She finds out her parents were ambushed by a vampire who smelled her faerie blood on a Band-Aid.</p><p>Russell is removed from the prison and fitted with an iStake. Nora, excited, tells Eric that means God's plan is going into motion--and that Lilith made it possible. Eric realizes then that Nora didn't reveal Russell's location. Before the Guardian and his chancellors, Russell announces he answers to no one--he does what he does because it's fun. Having condemned Russell, Roman triggers the iStake, but it fails to work. Instead, Russell vamp-speeds to Roman and stakes him. &quot;Peace is for pussies,&quot; he says.</p></div>

In the Beginning

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Ruscio<b><br>Written by</b> Brian Buckner</p><p>In the chaos after Roman's death, Eric, Bill and the chancellors are impaired by bright blinding lights. Russell is silvered by Authority guards--but not before he suspends Eric from a tall column.</p><p>The faeries examine Sookie and deliver their diagnosis: Being part-fae, her magic is finite, and she's running low. Claudia and her brother Claude encourage her to trust them and come to her with questions--she's capable of even more than she knows. Sookie hurries from the club when she realizes losing her powers would make her normal.</p><p>At the Stake House, Andy, Kevin and coroner Mike Spencer go over the night's events. Sam sniffs over Junior's storage room and locates a box full of Obama masks.</p><p>Elsewhere, in the supe-haters hangout, Hoyt commiserates with his former classmate Joe-Bob, and Joe-Bob's friends Ray and Tyrese about how normals no longer register. Hoyt tells them about Jessica and the guys assure him he did nothing wrong: &quot;It was date rape.&quot; Answering a call, Joe-Bob finds out that Junior has been killed with a crossbow.</p><p>Back in their cell, Bill and Eric debate how Russell maintained his strength despite the intravenous silvering. Kibwe escorts them to Salome... and Russell. Russell and Eric declare a tentative truce, and Russell points out that he could have killed Eric earlier, but he's turned the other cheek--he's pro-Lilith now. Salome admits to having dug up Russell so he could stop Roman and his blasphemy. Nora asks Eric and Bill to join them: Eric refuses outright and Bill isn't ready to give up on mainstreaming.</p><p>Alcide trains with Rikki to take on J.D. but prepares her for the possibility of defeat--there's no way he can overpower a J.D. juiced up on V. The two of them start to give into their attraction for each other when Martha arrives. Martha tells Alcide that J.D. swore he wasn't on V, and she believes him--J.D. deserves to be packmaster.</p><p>Arlene watches her wedding video with Holly, remembering happier days, before Terry went crazy. Holly reminds Arlene that &quot;there's all kinds of things out there,&quot; and that maybe, Terry is speaking the truth. Patrick and Terry sit in an open field and ruminate about their situation. The ifrit manifests, but only laughs at them. Frustrated, Terry takes Patrick's gun to kill himself. Patrick talks him down--the others would have wanted him to die fighting.</p><p>Jason takes care of Sookie by preparing breakfast in bed. Aware she is feeling guilty, he is adamant that their parents' death was not her fault. Andy goes to Bud Dearborne for a pep talk but the former sheriff is uninterested in his problems. &quot;The wife's outta town, the hot tub's just right, and I've got an experimental male enhancement,&quot; says Bud before slamming the door.</p><p>Lafayette arrives in Mexico and finds Jesus' decapitated head in Don Bartolo's house, but is caught by Don Bartolo. Stitching up Lafayette's lips, Don Bartolo prepares to reclaim his family's magic from him to pass it on to his unborn child, but is stopped by his wife. Maria clocks Don Bartolo and then stabs him. Approaching Lafayette with the knife, she cuts his stitches off.</p><p>Lettie-Mae goes to Fangtasia to tell her vampire daughter she's dead to her. In response, Tara drops her fangs on her mother, and makes as if she doesn't care. Pam finds Tara in her office and offers her some comfort: In 100 years, Tara won't even remember Lettie-Mae. When Tara goes in for her hug, Pam awkwardly reciprocates.</p><p>Having gathered everyone for a small ceremony around Lilith's blood shrine, Salome informs them they will drink the blood. When Dieter protests, he is killed. Rosalyn, Nigel, Steve, Nora and Salome take eager sips, while Eric reasons to Bill, &quot;It's vampire blood; we're vampires.&quot; Although the two assume that it will have no effect on them, the entire gang makes their way down Bourbon Street riding an unexpected high.</p><p>J.D. addresses his pack--a vampire has told him the &quot;end of days&quot; is coming--and drinking his blood will seal them to him. As pack members start drinking down the V, J.D. offers some to Emma, but Martha catches him and leads Emma out.</p><p>Recovering in the hospital after the attack on him and Luna, Sam picks up a scent and finds Joe-Bob, working as an orderly.</p><p>Jason goes to Jessica's to share what he has learned about his parents' death. When Jessica tries to comfort him, Jason spots the blood on her face, and realizes she was feeding on someone when he arrived. Since Jessica can't name the person she was feeding on, the two argue and ultimately, Jason shoots her in the head. Although it heals instantly, Jessica orders him out.</p><p>Sookie roams the area around her house and begins discharging her faerie powers to permanently rid herself of them. Tossed out of Jessica's, Jason spots light bursts coming from Sookie's.</p><p>The vampire pack crashes a karaoke bar, where Russell is recognized by attendees of a rehearsal dinner. As the guests scream in terror, the vamps block the entrance and feed hungrily on them all. Their night takes a stranger turn when a woman appears out of a pool of blood, wearing nothing but her fangs. The group is awed by Lilith, except Eric, who is the only one who sees Godric. &quot;This is wrong,&quot; his maker warns him.</p></div>

Somebody That I Used to Know

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Stephen Moyer<b><br>Written by </b>Mark Hudis<br></p><p>Identified by Sam as a member of the hate-group, Joe-Bob is led way from the hospital in handcuffs. Sam counsels Luna to be patient but she disagrees: She wants to hunt the haters the same way they're coming after them. Luna continues to seethe after Sam leaves and then finds herself shifting into him. Panicking, she steals some clothes and leaves the hospital.</p><p>Still high on Lilith's blood, the vampires return from Bourbon Street to Authority headquarters in a state of ecstasy; only Eric is troubled by what's just happened. Salome interprets Lilith's appearance as a sign of her approval. She summons Bill to heed Lilith and feed, but as a man who fathered human children, Bill refuses to drain the young mother Salome has procured. Salome counters if he had loved his own children, he would have turned his dying daughter when she begged him to. Although hesitant, Bill feeds.</p><p>Jason tries to talk Sookie out of wasting her faerie powers. He reminds her that if she had been normal, she'd never have fallen in love with Bill or talked to Gran. &quot;Normal's boring,&quot; he says, and asks that she reserve what powers she has left-they'll need it.</p><p>Realizing that Andy won't get anything interrogating Joe-Bob, Sam volunteers to try it his way. Andy excuses himself-and then finds himself face-to-face with Sam (Luna), in search of himself. The two go to the interrogation room where Sam sees the skin-walking Luna. Watching the two Sams together, Andy mutters, &quot;I hate this goddamn town.&quot;</p><p>Sookie and Jason go to the faerie club for help finding out who killed their parents. Although wary, Claude agrees: His family has watched over the Stackhouses for centuries. The faeries take Sookie and Jason to the bridge where their parents died. Claude explains to Sookie that she, being part fae, can connect to nature's memory and experience what her mother did. Joining hands with the others, Sookie goes back to that night on the bridge, and relives what happened: A vampire attacked the car and killed her parents. He smelled Sookie's blood on a band-aid in the backseat. Claudine arrived at the scene and unleashed her faerie energy on the powerful vampire. The faeries are confounded that Sookie was able to experience the vampire's memories. Still thinking, Sookie remembers that Claudine called out the name &quot;Warlow,&quot; indicating she knew who he was.</p><p>A fangbanger hits on Jessica at Fangtasia: &quot;My blood's like a goddamn milkshake.&quot; Unable to resist, she leaves with him. Later, Hoyt travels with the hate group to a secluded house where his new friends present him with a silvered and weakened Jessica. The others leave Hoyt alone to kill her. Listing all the ways she hurt him, Hoyt tells Jessica killing her wouldn't be murder. Although Jessica can't explain why she stopped loving him, Hoyt doesn't kill her. Instead, he takes out Reggie, the fangbanger who lured Jess, and goes for help. Because it's daylight, Jessica can't join him. Walking for hours, Hoyt flags down a pickup truck. The unseen driver points a gun at his face.</p><p>Sam, followed by Andy, and Luna-as-Sam, bursts into hate group's hideaway and finds Jessica by herself. Luna picks up the scent of a human woman with a bad diet, before collapsing. Sam takes her to his trailer and tends to her there. When he gives her a kiss, she shifts back into her own body.</p><p>At the Shreveport wolf-pack gathering, J.D. hijacks the introductions to announce he and Alcide will be competing for packmaster the old-fashioned way: Capturing and killing a human. To ensure that the challenge is fair, J.D. assures the group that their prey is a local track star, J.D. and Alcide will hunt in human form, <i>and</i> they're giving him a head start. To save the boy, Alcide forfeits but J.D. decides the hunt will continue regardless. Alcide tries to take on J.D., but can't overpower him when he's amped on V. But Martha stops J.D. from killing Alcide; it'll tarnish the pack. J.D. agrees but instructs Alcide to find a new pack.</p><p>Tracy, the local boutique owner, sits at the bar at Fangtasia. Recognizing Tara, she finds out her old classmate is now a vampire. &quot;Now you're a member of two minorities,&quot; she says condescendingly. The two tangle verbally until Pam orders Tara to rein it in. Later that night, Pam surprises Tara with a bound and gagged Tracy. Pam glamours the terrified girl into wanting to be fed upon, and tells Tara to have at it.</p><p>Arlene and Holly turn to Lafayette for his help but he refuses to get involved with Terry's Ifrit issue, &quot;I'm in the 'f*** off while I smoke a blunt business,&quot; he says. Arlene continues to plead: Terry needs to be convinced he isn't cursed and being hunted by the fire monster. Lafayette finally agrees-but it'll cost them $300. Arlene tricks Terry and Patrick into meeting her and then calls upon Lafayette to make contact with the woman Terry killed. Although prepared to fake his way through it, Lafayette really does feel her presence. He delivers her vengeful message: Either Terry or Patrick needs to die.</p><p>Eric tries to talk sense into Nora, invoking Godric's philosophy: &quot;He saw potential in us, potential to change the world.&quot; Nora disagrees and calls their maker a &quot;blasphemer.&quot; As the rest of the Authority leaders debate world domination, Russell and Steve flirt. Bill makes a suggestion: Destroy the TruBlood factories and force the vampire population to feed. Shrugging off Eric's shock, Bill tells him he's evolving.</p><p>In her bathroom brushing her hair, Sookie is terrified by a form that emerges from the mirror. &quot;I'm coming for you,&quot; it says.</p></div>

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Dan Attias<b><br> Written by</b> Raelle Tucker</p><p>Lafayette inspects Sookie's mirror to find the source of the disembodied voice that threatened her, but he fails to sense anything unusual. The two commiserate that Tara still isn't speaking to them. Just then, Lafayette begins to hear voices-including Gran's. She tells them Sookie is &quot;sleeping on top of&quot; what they're looking for. They go through a box of memorabilia from under her bed and share a giggle over a framed report card, a celebration of Jason's only B, given to him by Lynn Dearborne, the sheriff's wife. Sookie re-reads her parents' obituary and realizes Bud Dearborne found their bodies.</p><p>In response to questioning from the Bon Temps sheriff's department, Jessica refuses to implicate Hoyt as a member of the hate group. She tells Jason she's worried: she can't tell if Hoyt's in danger. Jason assures Jessica he will find Hoyt and then sends her home with Bill's guards. Deputy Kevin finds a website that Joe-Bob visited regularly: www.keepamericahuman.com. When they watch a video on the site, they realize that the hate group has also been exposing vampires to the sun for &quot;the Dragon.&quot; Andy and Jason beat Joe-Bob, but he refuses to reveal the Dragon's identity.</p><p>Feeling better, Luna refuses to rest and insists on joining Sam in their hunt for the anti-supe group. When Sam says he's only trying to protect someone he loves, Luna says she loves him too-but she's coming with him. Sam and Luna report to Andy they picked up a pig scent in the hate group's basement. With the station crawling with reporters, Andy tells Sam and Luna to lay low, so the two secretly shift into flies. Andy re-watches the hate group video and realizes that a masked hater is wearing the boots they gave Sheriff Dearborne on his retirement.</p><p>At Fangtasia, Tara and Pam realize whoever is responsible for the factory bombings wants the vampires to begin feeding on humans. Aware that Pam is worried about Eric, Tara offers a sympathetic ear, but Pam tells her they're not &quot;Oprah and Gayle.&quot;</p><p>Eric tells Bill to tone it down; it was the drug, not Lilith, talking. Bill admits he doesn't know what to believe. Because Molly can't provide any tech help, Eric asks Bill to get some of Salome's blood-they'll need it to escape. Eric works on Nora for her blood, under the guise of wanting to believe in Lilith too.</p><p>Arlene reports to work and is taken hostage by Patrick. When Terry arrives, Patrick takes him hostage too-his wife is pregnant, he promised her he'd come home. As Patrick takes aim, Arlene grabs the pencil holding up her hair and stabs him with it. After a struggle, Arlene ends up with Patrick's gun. Patrick tries to talk Terry out of killing him, while Arlene eggs on Terry to shoot him &quot;for your family!&quot; Zaafira, the Iraqi mother, appears before Terry and gives him a nod to do what's right. After Terry kills Patrick, Zaafira removes the curse.</p><p>Sookie comes to in a pigsty where she spots Hoyt, drugged into submission. She's unable to conjure enough of her faerie powers to free her hands. Bud tries to explain to her he was just trying to protect people. Sweetie, dressed in a short silk robe with a dragon embroidered on it, elaborates: The next world war will be fought for humanity. Searching through Sweetie's memory, Sookie learns her husband left her for a shifter. Furious, Sweetie instructs Bud to knock Sookie out with soda laced with Oxycontin.</p><p>Andy and Jason raid Sheriff Dearborne's house but it's empty. Inside, Jason remembers-Lynn Dearborne's family had a pig farm.</p><p>The haters toss a drugged Sookie into the sty for the pigs to feed upon. One of the pigs shifts into Sam, who moves her to safety before taking on the other haters. At that moment, the Bon Temps Sheriff's Department arrives. Andy instructs Bud to stop, and when he doesn't, Andy shoots his mentor. Jason spots Hoyt and tries to revive him. Sweetie is chased by a dog-who turns into Luna. Luna beats up Sweetie.</p><p>Salome seduces Bill with a dance and her conviction: &quot;Lilith has chosen you as my Adam,&quot; she says. Bill makes love to her, but she is transformed first into Sookie, whom he drains, and then Lilith. In the moment, Bill realizes he has some of Salome's blood on him.</p><p>Pam spots a new vampire in Eric's throne feeding in public. When she tells him off, he breaks the bad news: It's now legal to feed in public, Eric is gone, and she's talking to the new sheriff. He then encourages the crowd to grab a human-drinks are on him.</p><p>Russell takes Steve to the Shreveport wolf pack meeting. The wolves hail Russell and feed hungrily from his wrist. Only Martha, embracing were-pup Emma, stands back. Unable to change her mind, Russell grabs Emma and presents her to Steve as his new pet. J.D. tries to intervene, but Russell overpowers him. The two vampires leave with Martha's granddaughter.</p><p>Driving to Jackson, Mississippi, Alcide remembers being initiated into his first pack as a teenager. It was his father, Jackson, who taught him and a teenage Debbie what it meant to belong. Arriving at his father's house, Alcide tells Jackson that he's been abjured. His father remarks he's just like his old man.</p><p>Eric lures Nora to the lobby and extracts some of her blood. Bill appears at the last minute-but with Salome and soldiers hiding in the elevator. When Eric calls him a traitor, Bill tells him it's what Lilith wanted.</p></div>

Gone, Gone, Gone

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<b><br>Written by</b> Alexander Woo</p><p>Sookie watches news reports of the vampire crisis; it's been two days since the TruBlood factory bombings. When coroner Mike Spencer knocks on her door, she invites him in--but it turns out he's now a hungry baby vampire. Sookie stakes him with a nearby set of chopsticks. Andy arrives to scoop up the remains and mourns Mike's dedication... before revealing the coroner's foot-related perversions.</p><p>Strapped to an iStake, Molly refuses to accept Lilith. She points out that following a thousand-year old text hardly means that vampires have evolved. After she's staked, Russell and Steve attack a frat house, violating Salome's wishes. During a romantic slow dance, Russell promises his new love they will walk in the sun together.</p><p>With business down at Fangtasia, Sheriff Elijah suggests Pam and Tara get creative: Repurposing peepshow booths and charging vampires to suck humans. As further insult, he tells them a new Procreation Mandate will require them to up their vampire numbers by year's end. Elijah warns he can seize Pam's assets-and progeny-if they fail to comply. Pam seethes and tells Tara they might need to leave.</p><p>A badly beaten Eric is brought in before Nora and Bill. Although Eric protests, Bill feeds him and Nora drops of Lilith's blood. A vision appears, but it's Godric, not Lilith. &quot;Lilith is a godless god,&quot; says Godric. As the two watch in horror, Lilith appears and tears open Godric's neck. From afar, Bill watches their reactions and although can't see her, he's pleased that Lilith has triumphed.</p><p>Sam and Lafayette stop local customers from taking out Jessica at Merlotte's. Jason arrives shortly after and finds Jessica without her retinue-her guards split when Bill stopped paying them. The two realize they're both there to meet Hoyt. Hoyt sits them down and tells them he's off to Alaska--there's nothing for him there. Hoyt insists Jessica glamour him as a going-away gift: &quot;I wanna go to sleep at night and never dream about you.&quot; Jessica hesitates but tearfully does what he asks.</p><p>As Sookie packs her things, Jason reels from the sorrow of losing Hoyt and his parents' unsolved murder. Insistent that Sookie wasn't thorough in her search, he looks under her bed again and finds a hiding place under a floorboard. There, they find a parchment with gibberish written all over it. Jason and Sookie go to the local college for help with a translation but the professor thinks they're pulling a prank on him: He's never seen a human language like it.</p><p>Luna is convinced that Steve Newlin has her daughter. Sam shows her a promo for a debate that night in New Orleans featuring Steve. On TV, Steve dismisses the concerns of Mortal Rights advocate Congressman David Finch as conspiracy theories: The bombings were not vampire-led, no one wants to return to the old ways, and there is no shadow government leading them. Finch, noticing how healthy Steve looks, refuses to believe he is suffering. Disguised as mice, Sam and Luna search Steve's briefcase for clues about Emma. When he arrives at headquarters, Steve is unhappy that Emma has shifted back to human form and calls her a bad puppy. Still in mouse-form, Sam and Luna sneak out of Steve's bag.</p><p>Bill sends guards to fetch Jessica and bring her to Authority headquarters. He tries to calm his angry progeny by explaining she's no longer safe in Bon Temps. Bill gives Jessica the full tour and a copy of the book of Lilith. When he tells her he has been chosen, Jessica is skeptical of his conviction: &quot;This is feeling a lot like the Bible study my parents made me do.&quot;</p><p>Tara lures Elijah to Fangtasia by claiming she accidentally drained Ginger. With Elijah leaning over Ginger, Tara decapitates him. When Pam sees the carnage, Tara tells her that no one f---s with them in their house.</p><p>Eric apologizes to the Authority members for failing to believe in Lilith to begin with. He forgives Russell, his old nemesis, for the murder of his family and is welcomed in to the fold. The chancellors convene to debate how to bring the Book of Lilith to the masses. Russell argues that so long as they fear the daylight, they will never ascend to the top of the hierarchy. He pitches they go after the faeries. When Salome says no-faeries are an abomination, Russell throws her across the room and reminds everyone that he is the oldest and strongest vampire. &quot;I will have the sun,&quot; he proclaims and leaves.</p><p>Sookie and Jason confer with the faeries about the parchment. Because none of them can read it, they turn to the 500-year-old Maurella, now in an advanced state of pregnancy. Maurella runs her hands over it and translates: It's a contract that promises the first fae-bearing Stackhouse--Sookie--to Warlow.</p></div>

Sunset

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Lesli Linka Glatter<b><br>Written by</b> Angela Robinson</p><p>Bill hears a voice drawing him into the Blood Shrine. Lilith appears and commands him to drink all the blood; he has been chosen. Spooked, Bill leaves the room but in turning back, spots a bloody handprint on the glass case.</p><p>Bill catches Jessica trying to use his cell phone to call and warn Jason about Steve Newlin. Bill is adamant: The inhabitants of Bon Temps are not their concern. Desperate, Jessica offers to make Jason a vampire, but Bill calls her bluff. He orders two guards to take Jessica and watch her sire Jason.</p><p>Nora goes to Eric for sex and forgiveness.</p><p>The Authority chancellors welcome US Military General Cavanaugh to their headquarters. Cavanaugh ignores their overtures and demands to know why their agreement has been breached. Upon learning that Roman is gone, the general warns them he has a video of Russell and Steve eviscerating a fraternity, to be released should anything happen to him. Furthermore, the government has prepared for this very moment and armed itself. &quot;We own the day, he says.&quot;Vampires don't stand a fucking chance.&quot; Undeterred, Eric kills the general. After his death, the chancellors move to control the damage; Eric and Nora leave to find the remaining copies of the video. On the road, the two stake the guards traveling with them.</p><p>In Bon Temps Jessica hesitates, but the guards push her to turn Jason--or else they will. Begging him to trust her, she bites into him. Having faked unconsciousness, Jason swings into action when Jessica alerts him that he guards have relaxed, and he shoots them with wooden bullets. Jessica updates Jason: Sookie is in danger and no one is trying to save her. Jessica adds that she would have been happy to spend eternity with Jason, but he is in no mood to listen.</p><p>Pam schools Tara about the Authority: Killing a sheriff will not go over well. She forbids Tara from ever mentioning Elijah. Jessica comes looking for sanctuary, but Pam refuses until Jessica offers information about Eric.</p><p>At the faerie club, Sookie reels from the news that she was promised 300 years ago to the vampire Warlow. The faeries take her to meet an elder, but her spaciness--the result of having traveled through so many realms and holding eons worth of data--startles Sookie. The elder tells her that their destinies are intertwined with Warlow's so they will need to hold on to their light. The faeries hear Jason searching the meadow for the club. Pulling him in, they get the bad news: Russell and Steve are hunting her, and Bill and Eric don't care. The elder freaks when she learns Russell lives. As the other faeries debate whether they are still bound to protect Sookie, she and the elder agree they need to fight him together. Jason and Sookie share a teary goodbye.</p><p>Alcide is building a silver chain-link fence for his father when a neighbor warns him that baby vamps are on the prowl. After Jackson tosses the man off his land, Alcide asks his father to admit that he was abjured because he stole from his own pack. Jackson retorts, &quot;The Pack can go fuck themselves.&quot; When baby vamps approach Jackson's trailer, they are repelled by the fence, so they move on to a neighbor's. Alcide tries to take them out, but it's Jackson, armed with a bow and arrow, who saves the day.</p><p>Arlene and Terry share a loving moment at Merlotte's prompting Andy to ask them for relationship advice. Arlene tells him it starts with trust... but the conversation ends when a very pregnant Maurella approaches Andy and tells him he needs to help protect the fruit of their union.</p><p>Pam and Tara shelter Jessica in Fangtasia. Hearing Jessica's report, Pam explains that vampires that nest and feed together can start going crazy. After she leaves, Tara expresses admiration for Pam, but denies having feelings for her. Rosalyn arrives at Fangtasia in search of her progeny Elijah and accuses Tara of killing him. Pam confesses to the crime and is taken away, as is Jessica once Rosalyn spots her.</p><p>Luna and Sam (still in mouse form) locate wolf-pup Emma in a holding pen. They shift back into humans to take her, but when guards spot them, Luna refuses to shift and leave her daughter. The two are tossed into the cells. A guard comes to fetch Bill's breakfast and Sam volunteers to be it.</p><p>Lilith visits Bill again and commands him to drink. When he goes to the shrine, he is surprised to find Kibwe there declaring himself chosen. Bill immediately decapitates him. Brought before Bill, Jessica tries to defend herself: It's the nest that's making him crazy. Bill smacks his progeny and tells her he has been chosen. Meanwhile, Lilith visits Salome and tells her she has been chosen.</p><p>Keeping guard at home, Jason is outmaneuvered by Steve and Russell. Russell glamours Jason for Sookie's whereabouts and he escorts them to the faerie field. Once there, Steve and Russell begin to sniff hungrily, but can't locate the faeries. The faerie elder steps out to put a stop to Russell with her fingers, but he uses Jason as a shield, startling her. Russell then outspeeds the elder and drains her. High on her blood, he spies the rest of the faeries cowering in the nightclub.</p></div>

Save Yourself

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<b><br>Written by</b> Alan Ball</p><p>Unfazed by their fingers, Russell taunts the faeries outside of the club... until Eric appears and stakes him. &quot;That felt even better than I thought it would,&quot; he says after killing his centuries-long adversary. Steve Newlin disappears into the night.</p><p>Sookie runs out to help Jason. Catching a whiff, Nora tries to taste Sookie but Eric stops her. He explains he sensed Sookie was in danger and thanks her for letting him settle an ancient debt. When Eric and Nora return to Fangtasia, Tara tells them the Authority has Pam. Eric goes to his basement hiding place and removes a fortune in cash.</p><p>Bill is surprised to be presented Sam for breakfast. Concerned that Sam knows too much, he moves toward him, but Sam shifts into a fly and disappears. Furious, Bill tightens the building's security.</p><p>Back home, Sookie tends to Jason, who stares into space. Unbeknownst to her, Jason is listening to their parents. When Tara, Eric and Nora arrive, their father Corbett is upset to learn Eric owns the family homestead. The vamps ask Sookie to join their rescue of Bill, Pam and Jessica, but Jason forbids it. Eric pushes: Bill masterminded the factory bombings. The world needs them. Jason refuses to join in until Corbett points out he can kill more vampires.</p><p>Bill gathers the Authority soldiers and commands them to kill any vermin they find and determine if it's a shifter. When Salome asks about Kibwe, Bill confesses to killing him. He tells her Lilith appeared and told him to serve and protect Salome, her chosen one.</p><p>Sam returns to the prisoner pens and shifts back. He tells Luna that Bill is beyond reason. Sam leaves to figure out an escape while Luna remains with wolf-pup Emma. When Sam returns again, he whispers his plan to Luna.</p><p>Martha interrupts Alcide and Jackson's father-son bonding. She pulls a delirious Rikki from her car; J.D. force-fed the pack V. Jackson administers colloidal silver so she can sweat out the blood faster. Jackson tells his son the only way to take down J.D. is to play by his rules—and he keeps high-quality V around for emergencies.</p><p>With Eric, Nora and Tara secured in coffins in the back of Jason's truck, Sookie and Jason load up on weapons at the Stake House. Jason continues his conversation with his parents and within earshot of Sookie, says the time for tolerance is over. At nightfall, Eric appears and asks them to pull over. He takes the wheel so he and Nora can enter headquarters and make it look as if the others are their prisoners.</p><p>Andy reels from the news that he's to be a father. Maurella warns him that dishonoring her will be interpreted as an act of war. He takes her to Merlotte's so he can talk to Holly. As Andy confesses to his infidelity, Maurella's light breaks and she goes into labor. Holly unhappily steps in as midwife, ultimately delivering four girls. Once it's over, Maurella tells Andy it is his duty to raise at least half of them into adulthood—and then leaves the babies with the new father.</p><p>Luna shifts into Steve Newlin and pulls Emma from the holding cell. Steve-Luna is stopped by Rosalyn, who tells him he needs to go on air right away to do damage control for the fraternity killings. Live on the air, he reads from the teleprompter, but begins to heave violently before shifting back to Luna in front of the cameras. Back in her own body, Luna hurriedly reports that humans are being harvested as food in an underground bunker in New Orleans. Rosalyn heads for Luna, but Sam, disguised as a fly, flies into her mouth and shifts back while still inside her, killing her. Luna passes out.</p><p>Aided by the V, Alcide takes out J.D. by snapping his neck. The other wolves kneel down before him and Alcide lays out his rules. &quot;We choose pack,&quot; he tells them, adding those who don't should leave.</p><p>Sookie, Jason, Eric, Nora and Tara enter the Authority building heavily armed. Splitting up, they start taking down guards and cameras. Eric and Nora override the computer systems while Sookie and Tara free Jessica and Pam. Reuniting, Tara and Pam share a long kiss, prompting an &quot;I knew it!&quot; from Jessica. When Jessica finds Jason, she declares her love for him, but he tells her it'll never happen. Eric and Sookie branch off to find Bill while the others continue on.</p><p>Bill enters Salome's room and finds her holding the vial of Lilith's blood. Salome offers her condolences that it was she that Lilith selected and drinks the entire vial despite Bill's warnings that doing so might have adverse effects. When Salome gets sick, Bill reveals that he switched Lilith's blood into a different vial and spiked the one she drank with silver. Moments before Bill finishes her off with a stake, Salome agrees Lilith chose wisely.</p><p>As Bill readies to drink the remaining blood, Eric and Sookie arrive. When Sookie tells Bill this isn't him, he calls her an abomination. Draining the vial, he is liquefied into a pool of blood—and then re-emerges as a primal and bloody version of himself.</p></div>

Who Are You, Really?

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Stephen Moyer<b><br>Written by</b> Raelle Tucker</p><p>Eric and Sookie escape Authority HQ with an enraged Billith on their tail, killing guards and destroying the control room, plunging HQ into darkness. Nora leads Jason, Jessica, Pam, and Tara out of the Authority right before it explodes from a ruptured gas line. Meanwhile, Sam drags a dying Luna out of the Authority. With her last words, she makes him promise to take care of her daughter: &quot;She belongs with you.&quot; He and Emma escape into the night.</p><p>Sookie and Eric pull up in an Authority SUV. The gang thinks Bill is dead, but as they speed away they see his naked, bloody form walk out of the flames unscathed. Jessica turns to Sookie: &quot;Is it Bill?&quot; Sookie tells her, &quot;Not anymore.&quot;</p><p>Truman Burrell, the Louisiana Governor, calls a press conference to institute a statewide vampire curfew forcing vampires to stay indoors or underground after sundown. He urges humans to buy guns and as many wooden bullets as they can: &quot;This is still America - you have the right to defend yourselves and the <i>people</i> you love!&quot; A protestor hurls a balloon filled with blood at him.</p><p>Pam learns that Nora is Eric's sister - and is enraged that he's withheld information from her - yet again. Matters are made worse when he blows her off, much more concerned with the war that's just been declared on vampires than the feelings of his progeny. &quot;Get over it and get off my back, or get out of my face!&quot; Sookie and Jessica comfort one another in the wake of their shared loss of Bill.</p><p>Nora glamours Jason to tell her what he knows about Warlow, but Eric catches them and the spell breaks. Jason turns his gun on Nora, demanding to know where Warlow is. She admits she knows very little about him - only that according to the Book of Lilith, he's Lilith's progeny and the first of vampire-kind. Sookie intervenes, placing herself between Nora and Jason's gun - &quot;If you shoot Eric's sister, the bullet's going through me first.&quot; Jason snarls, &quot;Far as I'm concerned, you're as dead to me as they are&quot; before storming off.</p><p>Jessica quickly discovers she's not out from under Bill's control yet - he's summoned her and the pull is much, much, stronger than before. When Eric tries to stop her, she vomits blood and her heart moves around visibly in her chest. Sookie decides to accompany Jessica - alone, while Eric sends Pam and Tara away, and disappears with Nora into the night.</p><p>In order to become pack master, Alcide eats some of J.D.'s corpse. A she-wolf, Danielle, offers to serve him in &quot;any way&quot; she can, while a concerned Martha and Rikki watch from the sidelines. Andy seeks parental advice from Terry and Arlene, completely overwhelmed by his new responsibilities as a father of four faerie daughters. Later, they discover the girls have aged three years overnight, shocking them all.</p><p>Sookie and Jessica arrive at the Compton place to find Bill looking much like his old self. He insists he only wants to talk. Eric and Nora fly to their aid and Bill easily swats Nora away and grabs Eric by his neck, prompting Sookie to stake Bill. He drops Eric, but pulls the stake from his chest, completely unharmed.</p><p>Bill explains that he's different and has been chosen to lead vampires, but not as he and Salome originally thought. &quot;I brought you here tonight so you could see for yourselves. I am no monster. I do not wish any of you harm, but if you force me to defend myself again, you will be sorry.&quot; Sookie demands he leave Bon Temps if he really means no harm, but Jessica refuses to leave him - ordering everyone - including Sookie, off their property. Later, Bill reveals to Jess one of his new powers - telekinesis - and asks for her help using his new abilities for good.</p><p>Tara and Pam return to Fangtasia and fight about Pam's attachment to Eric. Pam tells Tara she can't replace Eric and she never will. Suddenly, Louisiana Anti-Vampire Task Force officers burst into the bar, under the governor's orders to shut down all vampire-run businesses. When Tara threatens an officer, he shoots her with a special anti-vampire bullet.</p><p>Eric brings Sookie to her house and thanks her for saving his life. In return, he draws up a blood-on-vellum contract giving the house back to Sookie to protect her from Bill and other vampires. Not unkindly, she rescinds Eric's invitation to her house, hoping to be &quot;that girl in the white dress&quot; again.</p><p>Jason hitches a ride back to Bon Temps with a spooky older man and he passes the time by telling him about his family. Without Jason having said it, the older man knows Sookie's name, and asks Jason how he thinks he can stop Warlow. Thinking the man is Warlow, Jason shoots him, but he disappears as the car careens toward a tree. Back at the Compton place, three mystical blood-soaked women appear to Bill, calling his name.</p></div>

The Sun

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Dan Attias<br><b style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">Written by</b> Angela Robinson</p><p>On the bridge where Michelle and Corbett Stackhouse died, Warlow breaks through the portal. In the Stackhouse place, Sookie tosses and turns while the blood-on-vellum contract glows on the night table beside her bed.<br></p><p>The strange man that picked up Jason appears in front of his unmanned car and blasts it with light, saving Jason from crashing into a tree. Jason emerges from the car, his gun pointed at the man he believes to be Warlow. Very calmly, the man tells him he's not Warlow: &quot;I'm your f*****' faerie grandfather.&quot; He proves himself by recalling important events in Jason's childhood, as well as the &quot;juicy porn&quot; Jason kept under his bed.</p><p>Nora and Eric arrive at Fangtasia to find Pam comforting Tara who's not healing after being shot by the LAVTF. Using a broken beer bottle, Eric extracts a silver bullet from her gut that also emits UV light. Pam and Nora fight over whether or not they should be afraid of humans now, but it's Eric who delivers the final verdict: &quot;If the humans want war, we'll give them war.&quot;</p><p>At the Compton place, Jessica wakes to find Bill in a frenzy - he's plagued by visions of vampires being tortured by humans - and he can feel their pain. Suddenly, Bill collapses into a catatonic state. Unbeknownst to Jessica, he's escorted to Lilith by her three &quot;blood sirens&quot;, who came to him in his study earlier. Lilith tells him, &quot;It is beginning. Events have been set in motion.&quot; She wants him to finish her work, but won't explain how.</p><p>On her way to work, Sookie spots an injured man in a ditch. She tries to ignore him but her conscience gets the better of her. The man explains telepathically that a vampire attacked him after smelling his blood. Sookie learns he's a halfling just like her and she takes him home to clean him up.</p><p>A young woman, Nicole Wright, shows up at Merlotte's and approaches Sam - she knows what he is. Nicole explains she's the co-founder of the Vampire Unity Society, and she wants Sam to share his story with the world in order to save vampires and other supes. He refuses.</p><p>Sookie cleans the man's wounds and discovers that literal sparks fly when their hands touch. As he goes to leave, he reveals his name is Ben. Somewhat charmed by this handsome stranger, Sookie offers to take him to the faerie club where he'll be safe. Later, Jason brings Niall to Sookie's house and shows him the portal in the bathroom where Warlow tried to break through. Niall enters the portal and returns moments later with grim news: &quot;It's worse than I thought.&quot;</p><p>Sookie walks Ben to the faerie club and he asks if he can take her out sometime to repay her kindness. Gently, she turns him down - she's not in the best place to start something romantic. Reading her thoughts, Ben asks who Bill is. Disconcerted, Sookie rushes off, apologizing: &quot;It's not you. I just shouldn't be taking walks with handsome strangers. It never ends well.&quot;</p><p>Eric arrives at Governor Burrell's mansion, disguised as his 5:30 appointment, a man from the Wildlife Department. Shortly after, he reveals himself as vampire and glamours Burrell, telling him to rescind his anti-vampire legislation. Burrell surprises him by calling in his guards - he's wearing newly invented anti-glamouring contacts. He orders his guards to take Eric &quot;to camp,&quot; but Eric takes flight and escapes.</p><p>Sookie returns home to find Jason waiting for her. She meets Niall, who tells her Warlow's broken through to their dimension, and that he's been obsessed with their family for thousands of years. Niall explains their family is of a royal bloodline; they're the original fae. He's also the king of their tribe, making Sookie a faerie princess. Warlow killed Niall's entire family when Niall was only three or four, and he's been tracking Warlow ever since, seeking revenge.</p><p>Niall shows Sookie how she can defeat Warlow - by channeling all of her light into a single ball that will &quot;go super-nova, killing any vampire it touches.&quot; However, Sookie can only do this once - afterwards, she'll be fae no longer.</p><p>Sam returns home to Lafayette, who's been babysitting Emma. Alcide shows up with Rikki and Martha to return Emma to her pack, but Sam refuses. Emma, drawn out by the commotion, is snatched up by Martha. Sam and Lafayette try to take her back, but are stopped by Alcide's fist.</p><p>While Jessica prays to a vegetative Bill, the TV switches on to a newscast about human-on-vampire violence - matching Bill's earlier visions and snapping him out of his state. As Jessica realizes Bill can see the future, he has another vision - this time of Eric, Nora, Pam, Tara and Jessica burning to death in a white room.</p></div>

You're No Good

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Howard Deutch<b><br>Written by</b> Mark Hudis</p><p>Having glamoured his way into Willa Burrell's bedroom, Eric reveals his plans to kill her, avenging her father's anti-vampire policies. &quot;Know that you're about to die for your father's sins, and not your own.&quot; When he breaks their gaze, Willa tells him that killing her won't stop her father, but she knows things about experiments her father's performing.</p><p>At the Compton place, Bill reveals to Jessica his vision of vampires burning in the sun included her, and he must do as Lilith says and figure out how to stop it. &quot;I don't know why, or how, or when, but I saw it - you, Eric, Pam, Tara.&quot;</p><p>Niall and Jason keep watch at Sookie's, looking out for Warlow. Jason, struggling with a debilitating headache, goes to the kitchen in search of painkillers. Suddenly, Niall senses a vampire lurking outside, and believing it to be Warlow, hurries out to find him. Hearing the commotion, Sookie looks outside just in time to see Jason collapse on the lawn, and rushes to his side. Niall abandons pursuit of the mysterious vampire to get Sookie back inside where she's safe.</p><p>Eric brings Willa to Fangtasia, to the chagrin of both Pam and Tara, though they differ on how to handle the situation. Pam wants to kill her, but Tara would rather glamour her and send her back. Eric won't hear of it, however - she's the only collateral they have. He orders them to pack up whatever they feel nostalgic about before they leave Fangtasia - <i>for good</i>. Willa reveals to Eric that her father has been using taxpayer money to build a vampire camp - part prison, part research facility - where scientists conduct experiments on vampires. &quot;It's, sick, sick, sick shit!&quot;</p><p>Bill prepares to meet the sun, despite Jessica's desperate pleas otherwise. He believes Lilith showed him that he was impervious to daylight, as they met in the noonday sun in his visions. Unfortunately, he's wrong - and he's forced to run back into the house, engulfed in flames.</p><p>Eric arrives at Ginger's house - he's &quot;finally decided to take her up on her offer of a sleepover.&quot; She invites him in, unaware that Willa, Pam, and Tara are in tow and also need an invitation. Disappointed, she asks, &quot;Does this mean we're not f*****'?&quot;</p><p>Niall visits the Faerie Club to round up a Warlow-fighting fae army, only to find it completely destroyed. The lone survivor, Claude, reveals an extremely powerful vampire got in. He asks Niall for the ultimate kindness - taking his light so he can die.</p><p>Cops drop by Martha's cabin, looking for Emma. When they search inside, they find only Emma-pup. Once they leave, an angry Rikki turns on Alcide for kidnapping Emma: &quot;All you did was bring trouble into this pack. Trouble we don't need!&quot; She fears it's only a matter of time before Weres are discovered and they'll be persecuted like the vampires.</p><p>Niall meets Ben outside of the faerie club, and the duo learns they share a common enemy in Warlow and desire to protect Sookie. Niall invites him back to the Stackhouse place to join the hunt for vampire enemy number one.</p><p>Bill tells Jessica of a new plan to save vampires: he wants to kidnap Professor Takahashi, a professor at the University of North Louisiana. Takahashi is credited with synthesizing blood to create TruBlood and Bill hopes he can do the same with faerie blood. Jessica insists she help Bill with his crusade, and goes on a mission to capture Takahashi after a lecture, taking advantage of his weakness for attractive, young coeds.</p><p>Inside Burrell's vampire prison camp, a recently captured Steve Newlin is interrogated by his bitter, former wife, Sarah. She reveals the camp is God's solution for saving humankind - here, they'll eradicate the entire vampire race. She turns him over to the sinister Dr. Overlark, who threatens torture if Steve won't spill the beans on Eric Northman. Ever the turncoat, Steve quickly acquiesces.</p><p>Bill forces his way into Sookie's home using his new special powers and demands she give him her blood to save vampirekind. She refuses to help him, despite his threats to take it from her unwillingly if he must. &quot;You're not God, Bill, you're just an asshole!&quot;</p><p>Nicole and the VUSers go to the Were compound, but are caught recording them in secret. Against Alcide's orders, Rikki launches a full-on deadly attack against the VUSers. Amid the chaos, Sam rescues Emma from Martha's cabin. As they escape, Sam spots Nicole hobbling into the woods, having been bitten by a werewolf.</p><p>Eric takes a call from Governor Burrell and confirms that he hasn't killed Willa...yet. In the next room, Tara overhears Eric's threats to kill Willa and runs off with her. When he and Pam discover they're missing, they fly into the night to find them.</p><p>Niall brings Ben to Sookie's, and tells them about the destruction of the faerie club. He also shows them a small vial of blood - Warlow's blood - that glows under his light. Again, Niall senses a vampire outside, and he and Ben spring into action, only for Niall to blast down Nora. Suddenly, Sookie screams for help - Jason's collapsed again. Ben rushes back to her side, letting Nora escape before Niall can learn how she knows about Warlow.</p></div>

At Last

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Anthony Hemingway<br><b>Written by</b> Alexander Woo</p><p>With Jason near death, Sookie wishes in vain for vampire blood. She leaves to call 911 and once out of the room, Ben fangs out and feeds Jason his blood.</p><p>Niall catches up with Nora who starts to explain how she knows about Warlow, but is quickly overcome by his delicious faerie scent. Niall is forced to blast her away with light and she lands directly in the path of a group of LAVTF officers who capture her.</p><p>Sookie returns to the living room to find Jason the picture of health. Niall also returns and chastises Ben for not helping him catch Nora, guilting him into leaving. &quot;It is Sookie who carries the Fae, and it is her we need to protect. Not her human brother.&quot;</p><p>At the Were compound, Martha discovers Emma missing and Sam's scent in her cabin. Alcide orders the pack out on a search. Meanwhile, Lafayette comes to get Sam, Nicole, and Emma out of town.</p><p>Andy tucks his daughters into bed, but once the lights are out the girls age rapidly, turning into sassy eighteen-year-olds. Worried they might be thirty by the time they wake up, the girls steal Andy's police cruiser and go out in search of a good time.</p><p>Bill and Jessica spy on the girls from a parked car and follow them to a convenience store. Jessica gets into their good graces after buying them beer and cigarettes and they accept her invitation to a party at her and Bill's place. Later, using a special cuff, Bill extracts a little blood from one of the girls and brings it to Dr. Takahashi, imprisoned in his basement. A full lab has been set up; Bill orders him to synthesize the blood and warns that failure is not an option. However, the blood is highly unstable and Takahashi finds it nearly impossible to replicate.</p><p>Sookie discovers a tiny drop of blood on the floor near where Jason previously lay dying and when she passes her light over it, it glows -- just like the Warlow blood Niall found at the faerie club. She heads to &quot;Ben's&quot; hotel and invites him over for a thank you dinner for his trouble - then sets to work preparing a meal spiked with colloidal silver.</p><p>After summoning Tara and learning of Willa's location, Eric heads to an empty fairground. He's surprised to find her waiting for him, and listens as she explains how much she hates what her father's doing. Confirming that she really does want to help him, Eric digs a grave and sets about turning her vampire.</p><p>The next morning, Jason reveals to Niall a sexy dream he had about Ben. They realize Ben is Warlow and head to his motel and attempt an ambush while he's in the shower. However, Warlow is already a step ahead - he blasts down Niall and glamours Jason into leaving. He then drains Niall to near death, spitting out his blood into the bathtub.</p><p>Sam sends Lafayette back to Bon Temps and then shifts into a horse to get Emma and a wounded Nicole to safety. Later, the werewolf pack tracks them to the stop but find the trail dies there. Alcide orders Rikki to take the pack back to the compound and wipe it clean while he and Jackson continue to look for Sam.</p><p>As soon as Willa is turned, Eric sends her home to Burrell to show him that all vampires were once human. Willa is angry until Eric explains he did not make the choice to turn her lightly - she's only the second vampire he's made in a thousand years and that she's not just a pawn in his game.</p><p>Pam and Tara wander the streets looking for blood speakeasies. They fight over Tara's attempted rescue of Willa, prompting her to speed off in huff. This alerts nearby LAVTF guards who shoot Pam with UV bullets.</p><p>Willa returns to her father, who desperately tries to overcome his revulsion with her new state. However, any hope of salvaging their new relationship is lost after Sarah Newlin, his new lover, shoots Willa and orders Burrell to send her to camp.</p><p>Warlow takes Niall to the infamous bridge where he gives him just enough of his blood to live before pushing him through the portal. He explains he's sparing Niall for a second time - he spared it thousands of years earlier after he massacred Niall's family, so their line could continue.</p><p>The faerie girls fight with Jessica to leave the party where she's been holding them captive for Bill all night. Amid the chaos, their delicious scent overwhelms her and she drains them to death. Drawn upstairs by the commotion, Bill discovers Jessica surrounded by the dead faerie girls, screaming hysterically: &quot;I was so worried it was gonna be you, but it was me!&quot;</p><p>At last, Ben arrives at Sookie's and digs into dinner. She covers her surprise when the silvered food has no effect on him, and then moves to Plan B: Seduction. As they're getting intimate on the couch, Sookie conjures up her ball of light behind Warlow's head and whispers in his ear: &quot;Get the f*** off me or die, Warlow.&quot;</p><p> </p></div>

**** the Pain Away

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Ruscio<br><b>Written by</b> Angela Robinson</p><p>Mid-hookup, Sookie threatens Warlow with her &quot;vampire killin' ball of light.&quot; Warlow confesses that he loves her and reveals the real reason he killed her parents - they were trying to kill <i style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">her</i><span style="font-size: 0.8125rem;">.</span><br></p><p>Jessica, high on faerie blood after eating Andy's daughters, can't decide if she's a monster or if she's horny - and even makes a pass at Bill who pushes her away. He's struck by a vision of Lilith turning Warlow vampire, and orders Jessica to her room while he goes in search of &quot;his&quot; progeny.</p><p>Meanwhile, Sookie uses her light on Warlow, but the minor burn she inflicts heals instantly. Sookie tells off Warlow - &quot;Get it through your head - I'm not yours or anybody's&quot; when Bill walks in. But he's not there to save Sookie - as his maker, he commands Warlow to come with him.</p><p>Tara finds Eric to tell him the LAVTF captured Pam. To save her, Eric and Tara break curfew and allow themselves to be captured by the vamp cops.</p><p>Sarah Newlin and Governor Burrell argue about their relationship as he prepares to escort his daughter, Willa, to the vampire internment camp. Sarah wants him to forget Willa; she'll have his baby if he'll marry her first, but Burrell won't hear of it.</p><p>Bill brings Warlow to Takahashi's makeshift lab and stabs in him the neck with a syringe, stealing his potentially life-saving faerie-vampire blood. As Bill taps his precious resource, Warlow flashes back to Lilith turning him in 3500 B.C. &quot;You made me into something I despise.&quot;</p><p>Jason arrives home and finds Sarah Newlin waiting for him, on the premise of &quot;saving his soul.&quot; Though confident in the state of his soul, Jason, hoping to banish his homoerotic dreams of Ben, likes the sound of Sarah's reasoning: &quot;I truly believe God wants me to f*** you.&quot;</p><p>Andy discovers the remains of his faerie daughters in the foyer of the Compton place as Jessica, wracked with guilt, hides from him. Among the carnage, one girl clings to life and Andy rushes her back to the station to get some life-saving &quot;V&quot; in her. Later, he tells Holly what his one surviving daughter revealed: it was Jessica - not Bill - who killed her sisters.</p><p>Not knowing where else to go, a distraught Jessica shows up at Jason's, begging to know if and why Jason loved her. Unfortunately, their heart-to-heart is interrupted by a seething Sarah Newlin. She calls Jessica a &quot;demon whore&quot; and rescinds her invitation to Jason's house. Jessica is whisked out the door and into the arms of the waiting LAVTF. Sarah storms out, livid with Jason for defiling her body with his &quot;vampire-loving pecker.&quot;</p><p>Once at camp, Eric finds himself the subject of bizarre experiments - but not Pam. Pam, meanwhile, is forced to talk to a &quot;psychiatrist&quot; who threatens her into cooperation with guns and a reward of a female &quot;donor&quot; to feed on for every insight she can provide about vampires. When asked about the value she places on vampire life, Pam explains she never feels remorse for killing another vampire and claims she'd feel nothing if her maker were killed.</p><p>Sookie asks Lafayette to use his powers as a medium to contact her parents - she needs to know if Warlow is telling her the truth about their intentions that fateful night.</p><p>At Merlotte's, Terry meets with Justin, a former Marine. He asks Justin to kill him, goading him into it by revealing he killed Patrick just days earlier. Justin agrees to do it - free of charge.</p><p>Sookie and Lafayette sit down to channel her parents and before long, Lafayette has a vision of the Stackhouse kitchen the night Sookie's parents died. Warlow came to explain their daughter was his destiny - that he was a prince and she'd be his princess - and once Sookie came of age he would return to make her vampire. Corbett and Michelle planned to kill Sookie to keep her &quot;safe.&quot;</p><p>Seeing an opportunity to finish what he started, Corbett's spirit invades Lafayette. Lafayette-Corbett binds up Sookie, throws her in the back of his car, and drives to a nearby lake to drown her.</p><p>Back in the lab, Warlow tells Billith that he hates what she turned him into, and blames her for his massacre of his village and family. Warlow tells him that he never believed Lilith's prophecy, dismissing them as &quot;rantings of a lunatic.&quot; He killed his maker once and he plans to do it again.</p><p>At camp, a calmer Sarah presents Governor Burrell with a surprise - Eric Northman in captivity. With help from Steve Newlin, they've learned Eric's connection to Pam, and the two of them are placed in a chamber, each armed with a stake. They're expected to fight - to the death.</p></div>

Don't You Feel Me

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Howard Deutch<br><b>Written by</b> Daniel Kenneth</p><p>Sookie, near death, is saved from Lafayette-Corbett when Warlow appears and rescues her, having been allowed to leave by Bill. Sookie orders him to blast Lafayette with light to expel the spirit of her murderous dad.</p><p>In the camp observation room, Eric and Pam turn their stakes against their captors, destroying weapons and staking a guard through the observation window. Through the stake-hole, Eric peers into the observation room and spots turncoat Steve Newlin.</p><p>Bill summons Warlow and to save his life, Sookie transports them both to Cemefaerie. Unable to feel Warlow, Bill goes in search of Jessica for answers and finds her bedroom empty - Lilith's prophecy is unfolding. Desperate for guidance, Bill glamours Dr. Takahashi and asks to be put into coma so he can commune with Lilith.</p><p>To save Jessica, Jason heads to an LAVTF recruitment center and taps into his former vamp-hating self to get fast-tracked into the vampire internment camp.</p><p>In Cemefaerie, Warlow makes a strange request: He wants Sookie to tie him up to a gravestone, as it's nearing nightfall on the earthly plane and he'll be unable to control his vampire side.</p><p>Jackson calls Alcide to his hotel and reveals that Sam and Nicole are also there. But when Alcide goes to their room, he finds it empty - Jackson neglected to mention he saw them hours earlier.</p><p>Andy's only surviving daughter asks him for a real name - one that helps her remember her three sisters. They settle on Adilyn-Braelyn-Charlaine-Danika - a name for each of them.</p><p>Terry drops by Lafayette's house and insists on giving him his safety deposit box key. Unsettled by his urgency, Lafayette calls Arlene, worried that Terry might kill himself. Wanting to put an end to Terry's misery, Holly and Arlene contact a vampire friend who successfully glamours Terry into forgetting about the war.</p><p>Warlow explains to Sookie that he killed Lilith long ago as he despised what she made him. However, his self-loathing can end if Sookie agrees to be turned into his faerie-vampire bride. They would be &quot;a closed circle&quot; needing only each other's blood to survive.</p><p>Burrell brings a surprise to Eric, chained up in a cage. A scientist wheels Nora in on a gurney and Burrell explains how he'll avenge what Eric did to Willa: A new strain of a deadly virus has been created - Hepatitis V - and Nora will be patient zero.</p><p>Bill meets with Lilith but she continues to speak in riddles: &quot;The tyrant took your progeny, the blonde took Our Salvation.&quot; She tells him he must act now and forbids him to seek any more answers from her.</p><p>Sam meets with Martha at a lone gas station, returning Emma to her on the grounds she leave her pack and never return. Shortly after, Alcide confronts them and learns what they did with Emma. Though angry, Alcide backs down and warns them to never show their faces anywhere his pack can sniff them out, as he won't be there to save them.</p><p>At camp, Jason is &quot;introduced&quot; to Sarah Newlin. When alone, he threatens her into silence, promising to expose their history to Burrell if she reveals who he is. Sarah agrees - for now.</p><p>Bill wakes to a newscast announcing the partnership between the State of Louisiana and the parent company that produces Tru-Blood. A statement from Burrell promises the return of the beverage in just a few days at a discounted price. Realizing he's out of time, Bill demands the remainder of Warlow's blood from Takahashi. Once fortified, he speeds off into the daylight.</p><p>Sarah brings Jason to an observation room where she's set up an experiment to torture him - a &quot;copulation study&quot; where he'll be forced to watch Jessica have sex with another vampire. Jessica, distraught over killing Andy's daughters, believes she deserves her fate and begins to disrobe. However, James refuses - he's &quot;a vampire, not a rapist.&quot;</p><p>A new, happy Terry brings the trash out at Merlotte's where he's shot. Arlene rushes to his side, but the shot is fatal.</p><p>At camp, Willa feels Eric summoning her. She glamours a guard into punching his way through other guards and scientists to Eric and Nora's cell. Once free and disguised as LAVTF, Eric uncovers the secret bottling plant and discovers that all the Tru-Blood is being tainted with deadly Hep V.</p><p>Bill approaches the Governor's mansion, impervious to the guards' bullets. Using mind control powers, Bill orders the guards to turn their guns on one another and fire. After confronting Burrell, Bill rips off his head and continues his search for the white room.</p><p>Back in Cemefaerie, Sookie tells Warlow that everyone considers her a &quot;danger whore&quot; and that maybe everyone's right - she has feelings for him that she doesn't want to have, but as it isn't the first time she's been attracted to a bad boy, she thinks she ought to accept this about herself. She offers her neck to Warlow so he can eat and bites his neck in return. Amid the feasting they have sex - with Warlow still bound to the gravestone.</p><p> </p></div>

In the Evening

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<br><b>Written by</b> Kate Barnow<br><br>Eric reveals to Nora and Willa that Tru-Blood is secretly being contaminated with Hep V and it's going out to store shelves and Gen Pop. Carrying a dying Nora, Eric rushes after a cart filled with Tru-Blood heading for a truck. They cling to its underbelly and make their escape. Meanwhile, Willa relays the bad news to Pam and they agree to also warn Tara and Jessica about the bad blood but no one else. Pam worries &quot;if every vampire stops feedin', those pervy f**** will know we're on to them.&quot;<br></p><p>Eric brings Nora to Bill and implores him to save her-somehow. He wants Bill to give her his blood, despite Nora's protests: &quot;It's Lilith's blood-I won't drink it. I'd rather die than have Lilith's blood.&quot; Bill refuses to go against Nora's wishes, knowing it won't work anyway.</p><p>Sarah arrives at the Governor's mansion to find him-in pieces. She assures his disembodied head that his &quot;death was not in vain. For it will galvanize the forces against this evil we fight.&quot; Sarah calls in Senator Finch to tell him that she won't be letting the Lieutenant Governor, &quot;with his folksy bullshit, step one foot near&quot; Burrell's office. They're so close to realizing Burrell's vision that no one can know he's dead. She'll deal with &quot;all matters vampire&quot; until the contaminated Tru-Blood wipes out the vampire population, which she assures him won't take very long.</p><p>In Cemefaerie, a post-coital Warlow believes Sookie to be &quot;amenable&quot; to his marriage proposal since she had sex with him. He insists that their union wasn't just sex or a simple infatuation, but an exasperated Sookie acknowledges: &quot;No, it never is.&quot; Suddenly, she overhears Arlene sobbing at Terry's plot in the Bon Temps cemetery. Sookie insists she go to her, promising to come back for Warlow as soon she can.</p><p>Sam calls Lafayette and learns that Terry is dead. Distraught, Sam makes Nicole call her mother to come take her home. He explains that he's heading back to Bon Temps despite it being dangerous, because &quot;not being there is not an option.&quot; As Sam prepares to leave, Nicole joins him in the shower and they make love.</p><p>After bringing Arlene home, Sookie goes with Lafayette to the bank to see what Terry left in his security deposit box. They discover a life insurance policy worth two million dollars-issued just days earlier-and they realize Terry had himself killed.</p><p>At camp, Jason has a guard bring him Jessica and he reveals his plans to get her out. &quot;I want to do right by you.&quot; Still plagued by guilt at having killed Andy's daughters, she refuses his help, believing she deserves to die. But she does have one favor to ask-she wants Jason to bring her James, the vampire who refused to rape her, so she can thank him.</p><p>Eric finally convinces Bill to give some of his blood to Nora-&quot;I believe you. I believe IN you. I believe you are divine.&quot; Bill agrees on the condition that Eric helps him find Warlow, whose blood will save vampirekind. However, despite Bill's intervention, Nora continues to decline.</p><p>Jessica asks Jason to leave her and James alone while they talk. Afterwards, Jessica asks James if he'll have sex with her. She knows they're all going to die soon because of the contaminated Tru-Blood and her final wish is to have sex with another vampire.</p><p>Sookie and Lafayette return to the Bellefleur mansion, but agree to wait to tell Arlene about the insurance policy. They're joined shortly after by Bill, who shocks everyone with his day-walking ability. He asks Sookie to give up Warlow and warns her that if she refuses him again, the blood of their vampire friends will be on both their hands.</p><p>In order to return to Gen Pop, Pam agrees to have sex with Dr. Finn in exchange for her release. Meanwhile, Sarah confronts Jason and reveals that Burrell's dead-meaning his leverage on her is gone. She has a guard cut out the security chip in his arm and has him thrown, bleeding, into female Gen Pop. Tara does her best to protect him, but Violet-very much the alpha-female vampire of the group-lays claim to him first.</p><p>Alcide returns to the Were compound and tells them that Sam and Nicole are dead. However, Rikki reveals that she knows the truth-and has Nicole and her mother, bound and gagged, brought out as proof.</p><p>At Nora's bedside, Eric calls on Godric. &quot;I beg of you Godric, please, can you give her one more chance like you've done before?&quot; Hearing this, Nora reminds Eric that he was the one that gave her a second chance. They recall how they first met, flashing back to 1665 England, where she was dying from the plague. He promised her that she would live &quot;fully and forever&quot; after he brought her to his father for healing.</p><p>At the Compton Place, Nora says her goodbyes while Eric weeps, angry at having promised her forever and unable to give it to her. Nora reminds him, &quot;I only ever asked to live fully-you gave me that.&quot; Finally, she succumbs to the Hep V, dissolving into goo in her sobbing brother's arms.</p></div>

Dead Meat

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Michael Lehmann<br><b>Written by</b> Robin Veith<br><br>Bill returns to Eric-without Warlow-still seeking his help despite Nora's death. &quot;My sister's blood is still warm on my chest, and you're asking me to go fight your holy war?&quot; His faith shaken, Eric taunts Bill for his inability to get Warlow from Sookie and a fight ensues. Bill throws him out, but Eric tells him, &quot;I'm already gone.&quot;<br></p><p>Feeling that he's betrayed their pack, Rikki challenges Alcide as packmaster, believing he doesn't have &quot;the balls to finish her off.&quot; Alcide easily fights her into submission, but steps away before he kills her, saying, &quot;F*** this pack.&quot;</p><p>At vamp camp, Violet explains to Jason that she grew up with real, medieval Catholicism, and as a result, feeds monogamously: &quot;I believe in God and the sanctity of our union, so if I say you're mine, you're mine. Forever.&quot;</p><p>Sookie returns to Warlow in Cemefaerie to tell him about Bill's daytime visit. She asks him to help Bill save her vampire friends and he agrees, but on one condition: she must agree to be his faerie-vampire bride. Sookie leaves, telling him, &quot;I'm gonna need some time to think about this.&quot; Unbeknownst to her, Eric spies on her return, and tries in vain to get in.</p><p>A guard catches James and Jessica and returns them to Gen Pop in time for the first tainted Tru-Blood dispensing. Tara, Pam, Willa and Jessica join the queue to be inconspicuous, but don't drink.</p><p>Sam goes through Terry's belongings in his cubby at Merlotte's. When he steps outside, he finds Alcide on his trailer's steps - he's returned Nicole and her mom. After he gets the women settled, Sam returns to the bar to have a drink with Alcide. They've both smelled that Nicole is pregnant, and Sam's pretty sure it's his.</p><p>At the Bellefleurs', Lafayette tells Arlene about Terry's life insurance policy. Realizing it was suicide, Arlene becomes hysterical. Adylin listens in on her thoughts and learns that Arlene partially blames her and her sisters for taunting Terry and runs from the table, distraught.</p><p>Sookie confirms with Bill he has no plans to kill Warlow, but when she tries to discuss Warlow's ultimatum, Bill grows impatient. &quot;It only seems fair - he'd be doing us an awfully large favor.&quot;</p><p>At vamp camp, a worker tells Sarah that somef of the vampires aren't drinking the Tru-Blood. When she learns that Steve is among them, she threatens torture; however, Steve immediately caves and reveals he learned about the Hep-V from James.</p><p>Sookie drops in at Merlotte's to speak with Sam. Back in his office, she tells him how she can get rid of her life and be normal, and that she always thought they'd wind up together. Sam coolly tells Sookie her timing couldn't be worse - Nicole is pregnant. He also reminds her she's always known how he's felt about her but she was too busy chasing after bad boys.</p><p>Later, Sookie goes to her parents' graves to tell them they can literally go to hell. She's decided to become Warlow's vampire bride: &quot;I'd rather walk the Earth as a corpse than spend another minute thinking about you.&quot;</p><p>Tru-Blood bigwig Ms. Suzuki arrives at vamp camp demanding to see Burrell. She storms through the facility, kneeing her way past Sarah Newlin into the secondary bottling plant and discovers the contaminated Tru-Blood. Horrified, Suzuki tries to call the FDA but is stopped by Sarah who attempts to break her neck. An all-out brawl ensues until Sarah finally kills Suzuki, bludgeoning the woman to death and giving a new meaning to &quot;killer high heels.&quot;</p><p>Holly's sons, armed with a bottle of liquor, sneak Adylin out to blow off some steam. Eric finds the threesome drunk in the cemetery and seizes the opportunity to gain access to Warlow. He glamours the boys and then catches Adlyin and drinks some of her blood, leaving her alive, but scared.</p><p>At vamp camp, Morris overhears an argument between Pam and Violet and learns that they're not drinking their Tru-Blood rations either. Pam, Tara, Willa, Violet, and Jessica are brought into a white room already occupied by Steve and James. Taking in her surroundings, Jessica realizes they're in the room in Bill's horrific vision.</p><p>Sookie takes Bill into Cemefaerie to get Warlow, but they discover that someone found him first; he's unconscious and savagely bitten. Distraught, Sookie turns to Bill who has only one word for her: &quot;Eric.&quot;</p></div>

Life Matters

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Written by</b> Brian Buckner<br><b>Directed by</b> Romeo Tirone</p><p>To save Warlow, Sookie bites her wrist and feeds him her blood. Bill, impatient to save vampirekind, attempts to leave with him but Sookie demands he find Eric instead. After all, Eric has more Warlow blood than Warlow himself. When he threatens to kill Sookie if Warlow won't get them out, she blasts him out with her hand light.</p><p>Warlow asks Sookie if she was prepared to be his last night, having come with Bill. She assures him that she'll keep her promise and heads back to Bon Temps for Terry's funeral.</p><p>Eric makes a daytime visit to vamp camp and goes on a rampage of death and destruction. His first major victim is Dr. Overlark-whose &quot;manhood&quot; Eric rips off before leaving the &quot;doctor&quot; to bleed out. He moves on to male Gen Pop and frees them all.</p><p>Bill arrives at vamp camp in search of Eric. Crazed vampires run amok through the facility, torturing the guards and scientists in kind. Meanwhile, Eric frees female Gen Pop and discovers Jason, weak and covered in bites. In exchange for helping him find Pam and the others, Eric heals Jason, promising that he's &quot;in for a real treat.&quot;</p><p>At the funeral, Sam recalls his first time meeting Terry on a fishing trip with Andy in 2007. He tells the attendees how Terry caught a catfish but insisted it be thrown back because &quot;every life matters.&quot;</p><p>Sarah Newlin narrowly escapes death by hiding under a pile of dead guards. Meanwhile, Eric discovers Dr. Finn. After Finn smugly reveals he had sex with Pam, Eric takes him captive but tells him that he won't kill him-that pleasure will be Pam's.</p><p>When it's Arlene's turn to speak, Sookie listens in on her thoughts and discovers she's not ready to say goodbye just yet. Sookie gets up and tells the crowd she's a telepath-it's because of this power that she overheard Terry's first glowing thoughts about Arlene when he met her at Merlotte's. &quot;He loved you the second you walked into his life,&quot; she reveals.</p><p>Sarah desperately makes her way to a crank that opens the roof in the white room. However, Bill has already found his way inside. In the hopes that Lilith was correct, Bill gives himself over to the vampires and they feed with abandon.</p><p>Eric, with Jason, Finn, and a newly rescued Ginger in tow, enters the white room and grabs Steve-the only vampire kept from feeding on Bill. He forces him into the growing shaft of sunlight: &quot;Every time I've lost someone I've loved, you've been there.&quot; As Steve burns, he shouts his dying words: &quot;I love you Jason Stackhouse!&quot;</p><p>At last, Arlene gets up to speak. She recalls their first night at the hospital with their newborn son, Mikey, and how Terry kept her calm when the baby wouldn't breastfeed. &quot;The reason we worked was on account of we always took turns freakin' out-one day it was his turn to be strong, the next day it was mine.&quot;</p><p>At vamp camp, the vampires delight in Bill's magical blood, reveling in the sunlight and destroying boxes of contaminated Tru-Blood. However, Bill is nearly drained and on the brink of death. Lilith's blood sirens come to him in a vision. They tell him Lilith is proud and that his time on Earth is over.</p><p>As Reverend Daniels prepares to wrap up the funeral, Big John speaks up. Though he tells everyone he's not good with words, he decided to sing something for Terry-a song called &quot;Life Matters.&quot;</p><p>Jason tackles Sarah Newlin as she tries to escape and holds her at gunpoint. Though very tempted to kill her, Jason doesn't want any more blood on his hands. He orders her to get into her truck and never return.</p><p>Jessica realizes that Bill is not among the revelers and she and James go to him. Desperate to save their savior, James offers to feed Bill back some of his blood.</p><p>Big John finishes his song and the Marines fire off their salute. They hand Arlene the flag that covered Terry's coffin. Sookie listens in again and is relieved to hear the ceremony brought comfort to Arlene after all.</p><p>Jessica and James return to the euphoric vampires-with Bill in tow. Jessica invites everyone to come and celebrate back at the Compton place. As she turns to go, Pam spots Eric off in the distance, waving. Crushed, she tells him, &quot;Don't you dare leave me,&quot; but Eric flies off into the sky anyway. He's devastated that his rampage of death and destruction brought him no comfort for the loss of Nora.</p><p> </p></div>

Radioactive

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Scott Winant<br><b>Written by</b> Kate Barnow<br></p><p>After Terry's funeral, Alcide and Sookie take a walk together and have a heart-to-heart about life and death. Alcide surprises Sookie with his wisdom and insight - not too many people &quot;sneak up&quot; on her like that. He tells her he wishes he could get inside her head. They stumble upon the jubilant vampires celebrating outside the Compton place, high on Warlow's blood.</p><p>Sookie finds Violet feeding on Jason. Violet, who's jealous until she learns Sookie is Jason's sister, leaves to let the siblings catch up. Jason tells Sookie that thanks to Violet, he understands how she once felt about Bill. She warns him about trusting someone to be there forever. Amid the revelry, Pam reveals to Tara that she's going after Eric.</p><p>Sookie returns to Warlow in Cemefaerie and finds him constructing a marital maypole. She admits that a lot has changed in the last four hours and asks if they can date in the real world now that the stakes aren't as high. Unfortunately, Warlow's been waiting several millenniums for his bride and his patience has worn out. He ties her to the maypole and confirms her worst fears - he does just &quot;want to f*** her and own her and use her for her f***ing blood.&quot;</p><p>A despondent Bill realizes his powers are gone and that Lilith's blood came at a price. He reveals to Jessica that he sacrificed Sookie to Warlow. As his advisor, she insists Bill save his beloved. After turning to Jason for help, the group realizes it needs Adilyn and her light to get to Sookie. Andy refuses to let her, but after hearing Sookie is in danger, Adilyn insists she save the only other person like her in Bon Temps.</p><p>Jason, Andy, Violet, Bill, and Adilyn assemble in the cemetery. Adilyn can hear Sookie's thought-cries for help, but is too young to know how to access her light. Bill explains that fear is a catalyst, so Violet pitches in by terrorizing her.</p><p>Once inside, Bill fights Warlow off of Sookie while Violet cuts her down from the maypole. The gang rushes to get the dying Sookie out of Cemefaerie; Bill orders everyone to leave without him, even if it means death. Luckily, Bill escapes by clinging to Warlow, who has fired up his own ball of light in pursuit.</p><p>At the Stackhouse place, Violet revives Sookie with her blood before Warlow locks everyone in Eric's old cubby. Bill attempts to go after him, but he can no longer pass the threshold without an invitation. Warlow corners Sookie in the bathroom, but just as she's about to meet her maker, Niall breaks through the portal and grabs ahold of him. Jason, released from the cubby, drives a stake into Warlow's chest.</p><p>As Warlow dies, every vampire who's had his blood feels his light die inside them. Unfortunately for Eric, he finds himself on top of a snowy mountain in Sweden - where it's daytime. With nowhere to hide, he bursts into flames.</p><p>Six months later, life in Bon Temps has changed. Sookie, now dating Alcide, watches Bill promote his new book, &quot;And God Bled,&quot; on <i>Lawrence O'Donnell</i>. Bill explains that the Yokonomo Corporation, which owned Tru-Blood, went belly-up after the scandal and no other companies plan to make a blood substitute, as no vampires would trust it. A Hep-V outbreak now rages through the vampire population.</p><p>The next morning, a crowd gathers at the Good Faith Baptist church to have their blood taken and hear how the authorities plan to defend against the rabid vampires. After the reverends warm up the crowd, Sam, Bon Temps' new mayor, takes the podium. He reveals the purpose of the blood tests: Every uninfected human is being asked to pair with a healthy vampire for a monogamous feeding relationship. In exchange, the vampire will provide protection.</p><p>At a barbeque social at Bellefleur's (Merlotte's, as rebranded by new owner Arlene), humans pick up their test results and mingle with available vampires. Lettie-Mae approaches Tara and apologizes for being a terrible mother. To make amends, Lettie-Mae offers herself to Tara: &quot;Let Momma feed you.&quot;</p><p>As Alcide and Sookie leave (without vampire partners), they're approached by Bill. He offers his protection to Sookie, but she refuses to trust him again. Before they can discuss it any further, both Bill and Alcide smell something familiar - a horde of crazed, Hep-V infected vampires is descending upon them.</p></div>

Jesus Gonna Be Here

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Stephen Moyer<br><b>Written by </b>Angela Robinson<br></p><p>Hordes of Hepatitis V-infected vampires descend on the vampire-human mixer held at Bellefleur's Bar &amp; Grill. A bloody, vicious fight ensues, and Sookie, Bill, and the others fight off H-vamp after H-vamp until they're finally called away by their leader. In the aftermath, the gang assess the damage; Holly, Arlene, Nicole, Kevin, and Jane Bodehouse have all been kidnapped. But, the biggest blow comes when they discover Lettie Mae covered in vampire guts. &quot;They killed my Tara,&quot; she sobs. &quot;They killed my baby girl.&quot;</p><p>After receiving a frantic phone call from Jason about the attack on Bellefleur's, Andy leaves Adilyn with Jessica keeping watch outside the house, warning his daughter not to let Jessica in &quot;no matter what.&quot;</p><p>Sookie sits in Bellefleur's as healthy vamps heal the wounded. She tunes into everyone's anguished thoughts and is surprised to hear everyone blaming her for bringing vampires to Bon Temps. She's further shocked to overhear Alcide's damning thoughts: &quot;I'll never understand how you can love the dead. If only you'd walked away we wouldn't be in this mess right now.&quot; Hurt by his thoughts, Sookie walks home by herself. Alcide tries her cell repeatedly, but Sookie refuses to answer and throws her phone into the woods. Along the way, she stumbles over the body of a girl who looks a lot like her -- and is covered in vampire bites.</p><p>In Marrakesh, Pam is opposite a burly vampire named Nizar, who's standing in a big plastic bucket. They play a vampire version of Russian roulette, taking turns pulling the trigger on a gun loaded with a wooden bullet. Despite boasting that he's survived 28 times, Nizar takes the fatal bullet. To honor her for winning, the bar's proprietor gives Pam a piece of paper -- on it is information about Eric's whereabouts.</p><p>Searching for the H-vamps, Jason and Violet spot a group of vigilantes led by Vince, Sam Merlotte's bitter mayoral opponent, outside an abandoned barn. They tell Jason they're out hunting the infected vampires, though Jason reminds them that's a job best left to the law. However, the vigilantes refuse to listen to a &quot;fangbanger cop,&quot; and Violet takes matters into her own hands, scaring the group away -- and emasculating Jason along the way. Fed up, Jason demands that Violet have sex with him. She eagerly consents; she's been waiting for him to be a man and take charge.</p><p>Lafayette returns home with James, who he was paired with for protection. He explains to James that he feels relief over Tara's death because he already grieved for her. James comforts him by telling him the story of his making: He went to offer his condolences to his best friend Danny Monoghan's family after he was killed in Vietnam. However, Danny's father beat James to death in the middle of the street, calling him a &quot;hippie f*ggot.&quot; A neighborhood vampire took pity on him and turned him that night. &quot;If you ask me, there's zero point in feeling pain, or fear, or grief, or regret...it doesn't matter to Tara or to the universe. It makes no fucking difference.&quot; </p><p>At home, Sookie confronts Alcide. He insists he loves her, but after the brutal attack on Bellefleur's and the True Death of Tara, Sookie decides she wants to be alone. Later that night, the pair make up and have sex.</p><p>Through a window, Adilyn and Jessica begin to reconcile over a conversation about boys, but their friendly chat doesn't last long -- an infected vampire appears at the edge of the Bellefleur's property asking &quot;what&quot; Adilyn is. Jessica has Adilyn drink her blood, so she'll be aware if she's in danger.</p><p>After drinking Willa's blood, Lettie Mae has a vision of Tara. She insists that her daughter isn't in heaven and needs their help, but Reverend Daniels and Willa insist she's just high. After getting Lettie Mae to sleep, the Reverend tells Willa not give his wife any more of her blood, considering her history of addiction.</p><p>Arlene, Holly and the others are chained up in the basement torture room at Fangtasia, the H-vamps new base camp. Things go from bad to worse when a vampire comes down for food, selects Kevin, and then kills him.</p><p>As dawn approaches, Jessica prepares to meet the sun in order to keep the mysterious vampire from hurting Adilyn. Right before dawn breaks, Adilyn desperately begs for Jessica to come inside. With the two of them safely inside, the vampire bursts into flames on the front steps.</p><p>The following morning, Reverend Daniels addresses a small congregation about the night's events. Lettie Mae blames her for Tara's death and tells her she's not welcome in the church, prompting Sookie to tune into the congregation's thoughts. Unable to take anymore, Sookie shouts, &quot;I can hear you!&quot; She assures the crowd how much she loves everyone, even if they hate her, and begs them to let her help. &quot;For better or for worse, nobody in this town knows vampires better than me!&quot; she explains.</p></div>

I Found You

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Howard Deutch<br><b>Written by </b>Kate Barnow<br><br>In a blood-fueled dream, Jason finally tracks Eric down at a Spanish hotel, and the two enjoy a passion-fueled hook-up. The fantasy ends when Jason jolts awake, after smacking his head against a pew in the empty church.<br></p><p>Andy, Sam and Jason debate over how to locate the nesting H-Vamps. Sookie interrupts to tell them about the dead girl she stumbled across in the woods the night before and suggests that once they identify her, they might be able to get answers from the last town the H-Vamps attacked. Andy agrees, and Sam, on the advice of Reverend Daniels, asks the townsfolk to keep busy by cleaning up Bellefleur's in anticipation of Arlene's return.</p><p>At Fangtasia, the H-Vamps send Betty, a former schoolteacher, to the basement to retrieve more food. When she makes eye contact with Arlene, a spark of recognition passes between them, and Betty chooses another woman. Remembering that Betty taught her and Holly's kids, Arlene believes she might help them escape.</p><p>Sookie leads the gang to the girl's body in the woods and they identify her as 25 year-old Mary-Beth Grant, a resident of St. Alice, two towns over. Sam and Andy call St. Alice's mayor and sheriff, respectively, but neither gets through. &quot;I guess we're taking a road trip to St. Alice,&quot; Sookie announces. &quot;We'll go door-to-door if we have to.&quot;</p><p>Lettie Mae arrives at Lafayette's to check on him -- but she's also on the hunt for more V. She explains how the V helped her communicate with Tara and that she is trapped between heaven and Earth. Dismissing her vision as a drug hallucination, Lafayette refuses to give his addiction-prone aunt anymore V, and Lettie Mae storms out.<br> <br>The townspeople clean up Bellefleur's, though they're soon joined by Vince and his vigilantes, who are looking for more recruits. &quot;There's a bigger picture here y'all are missing,&quot; Vince claims. &quot;This town's full of vampers, has a dog for a mayor and is being preached at by a telepath.&quot; The fragile crowd agrees to turn against Sam and Andy to join Vince on his crusade. Adilyn, overhearing the crowd's mutinous thoughts, escapes with Wade.</p><p>Arlene and Holly approach Betty, though she is reluctant to help them, fearing that she'll be killed by the others. Arlene reminds her that she's going to die from the Hep-V anyway and suggests that saving them would allow Betty to die with dignity and humanity. Betty finally agrees and returns while the others take a nap. She tries to regain strength by feeding on Arlene, but any hope of escape dies along with Betty, as she turns to goo while feeding.</p><p>Sookie, Alcide, Jason, Sam and Andy arrive in St. Alice to find it completely deserted. They walk around the town, taking in the boarded up buildings spray-painted with desperate pleas for help. It isn't long before their worst fears are confirmed: &quot;There's no one left,&quot; Sookie observes, as the group takes in a mass grave filled with drained bodies. &quot;They either killed or took everyone.&quot;</p><p>Wade and Adilyn arrive at the police station, where she convinces Kenya that the townspeople are about to raid the outpost for weapons. Before they can hide the artillery, Vince and his expanded group of vigilantes arrives. Hoping to bring Kenya to their side, one of the women preys on her strained relationship with Andy. &quot;What happened to that promotion Andy promised you when Bud retired?&quot; she asks. &quot;You've been rolling over and taking shit from Andy for years.&quot; After a moment's thought, Kenya locks up Adilyn and Wade to join the gang.</p><p>At Mary-Beth's house, Sookie stumbles across her diary, which recounts the first time Mary-Beth met a vampire and fell in love, reminding her of when she met Bill. It also details the subsequent Hep-V epidemic and vampire attacks on the town. Knowing the diary resonates with Sookie on a personal level, Alcide reminds her that what's happening is not her fault, despite what the people of Bon Temps think. On their way home, he offers to keep driving and not look back, but Sookie refuses to run away.</p><p>While cooking, Lettie Mae accidentally burns herself on the skillet, which inspires a plan to get more V. She presses her palm into the pan, burning it badly, and then goes to Willa, who is sleeping in the church's basement. Though hesitant, Willa gives Lettie Mae the blood she needs to heal. Before long, Lettie Mae has another vision of her daughter, though she's still unable to make out what Tara is trying to communicate.</p><p>Jessica senses Adilyn's fear and tries both the police station and Sookie's phone to no avail. When Andy returns home, Jessica's forced to reveal that Adilyn invited her inside, where she's been hiding in the attic. After convincing Andy that she has no intention of hurting his daughter, she asks him for his help finding Adilyn once the sun sets.</p><p>At home, Sookie slips off to Bill's house while Alcide is in the shower. &quot;Can you still sense my fear?&quot; she asks her bewildered former lover. &quot;If I got into some serious shit, would you be able to feel me?&quot;</p><p>On the other side of the world, Pam finally tracks down Eric in France's Rhone Valley. She's devastated to discover that her maker's been infected with Hep-V.</p></div>

Fire in the Hole

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Lee Rose<br><b>Written by </b>Brian Buckner<br></p><p>At the Dutta Institute in Los Angeles, Guru Sanbir Dutta instructs a yoga class. He pays special attention to a sexy brunette, using the name Noomi, who reveals herself to be Sarah Newlin.</p><p>Lying in his Rhone Valley wine cellar, Eric tells Pam he's been sick for about a month. Pam begs to know why he refuses to get help. &quot;You are Eric f*cking Northman,&quot; she tells him through her blood tears. &quot;You don't give up, you fight.&quot; He's giving up because he's lost Godric and Nora, but most importantly, he lost Sylvie -- the one other human he loved besides Sookie Stackhouse. </p><p>In a flashback to the mid-1980s, Nan Flanagan interrupts Eric and Sylvie while they're having sex in Sylvie's father's Rhone Valley vineyard. Nan then takes Eric and Pam aside and writes them up for many infractions, including not paying taxes to their local vampire government. She also explains that she can't have Eric &quot;publicly f*cking, sucking, and biting the vintner's daughter,&quot; as the Authority has partnered with the Yakonomo Corporation to make TruBlood, as a part of a wider effort for vampires to come out of the coffin. Uninterested in changing his ways, Eric, tells Nan to &quot;f*ck off.&quot; Pam begs Eric to change his mind, but Eric refuses -- Sylvie wants to finish college and he won't leave her behind. &quot;I'm as big a fan of the French vagina as you are, Eric, but come back to Earth!&quot; Pam cries. &quot;She's just a human.&quot;</p><p>While taking Sookie to lure out the H-Vamps in the woods, Bill explains that he hasn't been able to feel her since he was totally drained at the vampire prison camp. When she asks if he's no longer the same vampire &quot;who did all those horrible things&quot; to her, he says no, but he has to live with what he's done to her forever. Bill asks her to take his blood again because otherwise he won't be able to help her.</p><p>Jessica and Andy rescue Wade and Adilyn from jail, and they explain what's going on with the vigilante group, which is targeting &quot;anyone and anything that's different than they are.&quot; The foursome heads to Jason and Violet's -- they fear the vigilantes may be after Sookie.</p><p>Sam meets with Reverend Daniels to explain what they saw in St. Alice. Willa interrupts, bursting in with a V-tripping Lettie Mae, and Daniels asks Sam to leave. On their way home, Sam and his vampire protector, Matt, are stopped by the vigilante roadblock. They kill Matt and turn their guns on Sam, but he shifts into an owl and escapes.</p><p>James drops by Lafayette's place; he's confused about what he should do about Jessica, who's been emotionally unavailable over her guilt for killing Andy's daughters. He asks Lafayette if he has any weed; Lafayette tells him no, but offers to take some pills so James can drink his blood and get high, too. Later, when James heals Lafayette's bite marks, Lafayette asks if James is &quot;grooving&quot; on him. James acknowledges that he has feelings for Lafayette, but he's still Jessica's boyfriend and can't do anything about it.</p><p>In the woods, Sookie acts as vampire bait while Bill keeps an eye on her from a tree. She plans to be taken to where the others are, while Bill will round up everyone to rescue Holly, Arlene and Nicole. In order to bring out the H-Vamps faster, Sookie cuts herself. &quot;C'mon y'all!&quot; she calls into the woods. &quot;I taste like sunshine and flowers and I'm right f*ckin' here!&quot;</p><p>Andy, Jason and the others run into the vigilante roadblock. Blaming Jessica for making Hoyt leave, Maxine shoots Jessica but misses her heart and hits her shoulder instead. Maxine takes aim again, but Violet charges her and tears out her heart. The gruesome scene sends the rest of the vigilantes running for their lives.</p><p>Reverend Daniels feeds Willa and tells her that because Lettie Mae struggles with addiction he fears she may manipulate Willa again and he needs to rescind her invitation. &quot;All you look like now is a bottle of Captain Morgan,&quot; he tells her sadly.</p><p>In another flashback, Eric and Sylvie are again interrupted in the middle of sex -- this time by Pam, who's being held hostage by the Yakuza, who are on assignment from the Yakonomo Corporation. As punishment for Eric's refusal to mainstream, the Yakuza take Sylvie hostage and force Eric to choose which woman lives. Seeing no other option, Eric chooses Pam.</p><p>Back in the present, Pam asks Eric if he contracted the disease on purpose, out of guilt over Sylvie. He denies this but admits that he went about his dealings &quot;with a devil may care attitude.&quot; She begs him not to make her watch him die, but Eric explains that the world has been his oyster for more than a thousand years, and now he's &quot;lost his taste&quot; for oysters. However, when Pam reveals that Sarah Newlin is still alive and in hiding, Eric rallies. &quot;Let's go find her, shall we?&quot;</p><p>Sarah and Guru Dutta finish having sex, and he sends her to his cellar for a bottle of red wine. While she's downstairs, the Yakuza arrive looking for her. When Dutta refuses to reveal Sarah's whereabouts, the Yakuza behead him.</p><p>A glamoured Holly bumps into Sookie in the woods -- she's been taken along with the H-Vamps as &quot;trail mix&quot; while they hunt for more food. The H-Vamps descend on Sookie at the same time as Alcide, Sam, Jason, Andy and the others arrive. The gang makes quick work of killing the sick vampires, and Alcide confronts Bill about letting Sookie go through with her plan. The situation goes from bad to worse when two of the vigilantes fire from the woods, killing Alcide. Jessica offers to turn him for Sookie, but she tells Jessica no. &quot;I've been down that road before,&quot; she says, weeping.</p></div>

Death is Not the End

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Gregg Feinberg<br><b>Written by </b>Daniel Kenneth<br></p><p>Sookie calls Jackson from the Bon Temps morgue to tell him that his son is dead. To comfort Sookie, Jackson tells her that while he and Alcide didn't talk much, when they did, he never heard him happier than when he was with her. Meanwhile, Jason makes an equally difficult call to Hoyt Fortenberry in Alaska, informing him that Maxine was killed by a vampire.</p><p>Aboard Anubis Air, Eric announces that they're making a stop in Shreveport to pick up Willa. Pam is aggravated by the change of plans and reminds Eric that his progeny probably hates him for abandoning her -- just like Tara hated her.</p><p>In a flashback to 1986 Shreveport, the consequences of Eric's kiss-off to Nan Flanagan are revealed. The Magister sentences Eric and Pam to manage a run-down video rental store in town, replete with the &quot;largest collection of adult videos in Northern Louisiana.&quot; To prove that Shreveport is not the cultural vacuum it appears to be, the Magister points out that a tunnel in the basement was once part of the Underground Railroad.</p><p>Sam, Sookie and Jason arrive at the Bellefleur mansion. After promising Arlene's kids, Coby and Lisa, that she'll get their mother back, Sookie talks Andy into letting her &quot;unglamour&quot; Holly to learn where the others are being held captive.</p><p>At the Compton place, Jessica writhes in pain from her unhealed bullet wound. James begs her to eat, knowing that her self-starvation over her guilt for killing Andy's daughters is at the root of her problem. Jessica refuses and James retrieves Bill to command her to feed. When Sookie arrives looking for help saving Arlene and the others, she offers to feed Jessica -- but not a sympathetic ear. &quot;I don't give a f*ck about you, or your problems,&quot; Sookie tells her coldly. &quot;My friends are being held captive at Fangtasia, and I'm going to need a lot of help if I'm going to rescue them tonight.&quot;</p><p>Back in 1996 Shreveport, Ginger's origin is revealed. A smart, studious Tulane University student, Ginger is in search of old vampire movies for a research paper she's writing. But when Eric arrives, all sense goes out the window. Spotting a &quot;Help Wanted&quot; sign at the register, an enamored Ginger asks for an application.</p><p>Bill and Sookie plan the night's attack on Fangtasia, though Bill warns her that they're going to be outnumbered. Hoping to increase his strength, Sookie feeds Bill. Meanwhile, Lafayette arrives to feed Jessica, whose wound heals at last.</p><p>While en route to Rosie's to deliver the bad news about Kevin, Sam turns the car around toward Fangtasia to save Nicole and their unborn child. Knowing they won't be safe without their vampire allies, Jason pulls his gun on Sam, ordering him to turn back around and stick to the plan.</p><p>Ten years after her arrival, Ginger continues to work for Pam and Eric at their video store. She reports for her shift, brimming with excitement and an old chair in tow. She tells Pam it's meant to be Eric's throne, as part of a new business in light of the fact that vampires have come out of the coffin. She reveals her idea for a vampire bar, Fangtasia, which Pam loves and subsequently glamours out of Ginger's mind, as she plans to claim it for her own. Aboard Anubis Air, Pam finally comes clean to her maker about the deception.</p><p>As the paltry group of vampires assembles at the Compton place, Eric and Pam arrive at his door. &quot;Pam tells me you wrote a book in which you claim not to be an asshole anymore?&quot; After Sookie spots Eric's Hep-V veins, the pair ask everyone for a moment alone. After revealing where he was, Eric asks Sookie about the trouble surrounding her. He summons Willa -- who is enraged to see him again -- and commands her to help Sookie rescue her friends from Fangtasia.</p><p>With Eric's knowledge of the Underground Railroad tunnel, Sam, turned rat, emerges from a fan in the wall of Fangtasia's basement. He morphs back into his human form, assures Nicole and the others that help is on the way, and returns to the outside to fill in the others. Bill punches his way through the sealed tunnel, and he and Pam head in for the rescue. Unfortunately, Arlene has just been taking upstairs by one of the H-Vamps.</p><p>Eric knocks on the door of Fangtasia and reveals himself as the former area sheriff. He explains that he's brought his own food and just needs a safe place to stay. Smelling Sookie, the H-Vamps agree to let him in. He's soon joined by Bill and the others, but their attack is cut short when the vigilantes arrive and throw Molotov cocktails into the former bar. While the others do battle outside, Sookie begs an extremely weak Eric to find a healthy vampire to save Arlene.</p><p>Sookie holds a dying Arlene in her arms, begging her to stay alive. She listens in on Arlene's thoughts and hears her and Terry talking. Just as Arlene agrees to join Terry on the other side, Keith -- a vampire drummer in James' band -- rushes in and feeds Arlene. She continues to hallucinate, seeing Terry in Keith's place, but as the vampire blood revives her, Terry agrees she should stay behind with the kids and tells her to be happy.</p><p>With all of the vigilantes and H-Vamps dead and everyone else safe, Eric heads back into Fangtasia to see Sookie one last time. As she cradles Arlene, Sookie looks up at Eric and smiles, thanking him. The two share a wordless goodbye.</p></div>

Lost Cause

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Howard Deutch<br><b>Written by </b>Craig Chester<br></p><p>Pam, Eric and Ginger clean up Fangtasia after the raid. Willa refuses to join Eric and Pam on their quest to find Sarah Newlin but agrees to tell them what she knows if Eric releases her. Once he does, Willa reveals that Sarah has a sister -- a vampire sister -- who lives in Dallas.</p><p>Sookie returns home, struck by how alone she is after Alcide's death. However, Lafayette and James arrive to comfort her and promise to be there when she wakes up. After Sookie sleeps through the whole day, she wakes in the evening to laughter -- Jackson and Jenny have joined James and Lafayette, and they've prepared a feast for the whole town. Sookie, taken aback, tells her guests that's she's in no mood for a party, but Lafayette insists. They need to have a party to say, &quot;F*ck you to death and hello to life.&quot;</p><p>Eric and Pam locate Sarah's sister, Amber, who's dying of Hep-V. She explains that Sarah paid her off for years to keep quiet, but now that she's contracted the virus and lost her lover Jeremy to the disease, she's more than willing to help Eric kill her. She reveals that Sarah's in town, and after being turned away by Amber for a hiding place, likely to be at a nearby Republican fundraising gala with their parents.</p><p>Lettie Mae begs Reverend Daniels to let her go to Sookie's party to say goodbye to Tara, but he refuses because vampires and alcohol will be present. When his back is turned, she dumps a bottle of Benadryl into the chili he's cooking and sneaks off to the party once Daniels is asleep. She arrives at the party and though Lafayette is quick to show her the door, Sookie invites her to say a few words about her daughter.</p><p>On the Stackhouse lawn, Andy confronts Jessica and tells her that her torturing herself over killing his daughters keeps the pain alive for him, too. He acknowledges that Jessica's been good to both him and Adilyn throughout the last few days, and he needs her help to move forward. He asks to borrow a ring for a proposal to Holly, but Jessica tells her that none of hers would be suitable. Instead, they find Sookie and Jason, who give him Gran's engagement ring. After telling the DJ to cut the music, Andy offers Holly a heartfelt proposal, and she accepts.</p><p>Seeing that Sookie is on the verge of tears, Arlene (toting a bottle of tequila) sweeps her upstairs for a heart-to-heart about losing the men they've loved.</p><p>James, noticing Jessica's improved mood, tries to convince her to go home with him, but she wants to stay at the party. Feeling blown off, James finds a sympathetic ear in Lafayette. Before long, they're making out on the porch swing.</p><p>Pam and Eric dress up as Republicans to sneak their way into the fundraiser attended by Sarah Newlin's parents, Nancy and Paul Mills. Pam is delighted with her new &quot;Republic*nt&quot; look, but her delight fades when Eric removes his shirt -- he's now stage 2 with Hep-V.</p><p>Jessica, searching for James, catches him and Lafayette getting it on in the car she and James bought together. Distraught, she runs back into the Stackhouse place and begs Jason to rescind James' invitation. After getting permission from Violet, Jason heads upstairs to comfort his former flame.</p><p>Lafayette interrupts Jessica and Jason's heart-to-heart, sayingthat she doesn't know the first thing about James -- but he does. Furthermore, Lafayette asks if it ever occurred to her &quot;that Lafayette, that queen, that make all you white heterosexuals laugh and feel good about yourselves&quot; might want &quot;a piece of happiness, too&quot;? He tells Jessica that despite how things went down, James is a good man, and if she doesn't love him, then she should let him be with Lafayette.</p><p>Sookie finds Bill deep in thought on her front lawn. Turning her towards the happy party scenes in the windows, he tells her she's accomplished in the last few days what's taken him decades: mainstreaming. He walks her back inside to her party and heads home. </p><p>Tuning into her guests' thoughts, Sookie overhears Lettie Mae plotting to stab Willa to get more V, but can't stop her in time. Sam wrestles the knife from Lettie Mae before she can drink any, and Lafayette forces her out. Nicole, who's been on edge all night, finally speaks up and tells everyone in attendance she thinks they're all &quot;f*cking crazy.&quot; She's deeply disturbed that, following the events of the last few days, the people of Bon Temps' first reaction is to throw a party. She begs Sam to take her home.</p><p>Upstairs, Jason and Jessica continue their heart-to-heart, and Jason reveals that he was very relieved he didn't have to give Gran's ring to Violet because he's not so sure how he feels about their relationship. Feeling comforted, Jessica leans over and kisses him, which quickly turns to sex.</p><p>At the fundraiser, Nancy Mills is surprised to discover Sarah hiding in one of the ladies' room stalls. Sarah explains that she needs her mother's -- and her powerful friends' -- help because the yakuza are after her. Meanwhile, Eric spots Paul Mills and glamours him, hoping to learn Sarah's whereabouts. But before he can utter a word, the yakuza burst in. They kill Paul and then gun down Nancy as she and Sarah attempt to escape. Sarah is cornered by Eric and the yakuza, but he's forced to let her go and kill them first. In the melee, Sarah escapes.</p><p>After escorting Sam and Nicole home, Violet returns to Sookie's and hears Jessica and Jason having sex. She pauses to listen outside the closed door, but she leaves before announcing herself.</p><p>Back at his home, Bill climbs out of the bathtub and, looking in the mirror, is shocked to discover a Hep-V vein crawling up his neck.</p></div>

Karma

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Angela Robinson<br><b>Written by </b>Angela Robinson<br></p><p>Weakened after doing battle with a seemingly endless Yakuza onslaught, Eric finally surrenders when they present him with Pam, bound in silver chains. They're taken to the Yakonomo Corporation headquarters and held prisoner in a room with massive windows facing the Dallas skyline. A timer is set before them -- there is 7 hours and fourteen minutes until dawn.</p><p>Reeling from the discovery that he's Hep-V positive, Bill phones a lawyer to get his estate in order. Jessica, returning from Sookie's, overhears his conversation but decides not to confront him about his diagnosis before he leaves.</p><p>Lafayette brings Lettie Mae back to his house, refusing to let her go home where the Reverend is likely still out cold. He's surprised to find James waiting for him inside and lets him spend the night, but not without first telling Lettie Mae that she better not get any &quot;bright ideas about taking a cleaver&quot; to James. However, when James hears Lettie Mae's side of the story, he convinces Lafayette to let her drink from him.</p><p>Jason returns home after hooking up with Jessica and is shocked to discover that Violet has set up a romantic scene, complete with jazz and candles. &quot;When I tell you that you're mine,&quot; she explains, unbuckling his pants, &quot;I realize I forgot to tell you that I'm yours.&quot;</p><p>Bill arrives at a law office, already filled with vampires, many in the early stages of Hep-V. He's further dismayed when he's told he can expect a five- to seven-hour wait to see a lawyer.</p><p>Five minutes to sunrise, Mr. Gus, the North American president of Yakonomo Corporation, offers to make a deal with Eric and Pam. He wants Sarah Newlin's whereabouts, and despite Eric's orders, Pam agrees to tell Mr. Gus what they know, so long as he gives his word that they won't be killed. Eric pushes the terms on step further: He wants to be the one to kill Sarah. Meanwhile, Yakonomo's Most Wanted, Sarah Newlin, breaks into her sister Amber's house, where she is attacked by her dying sibling. However, exertion is too much for Amber, and she collapses on the floor.</p><p>Jason wakes to a phone call from Jessica, begging him to find Sookie and come to Bill's house immediately. Jason dresses quickly and sneaks out, unaware that Violet overheard his conversation. In a rage, she destroys her basement bedroom.</p><p>At the Bellefleur mansion, Andy walks in on Adilyn and Wade having sex. Screaming threats, he chases Wade out of the house until Holly comes to her son's rescue. She stalks off for home with Wade in tow, promising Andy she'll &quot;deal with him&quot; later.</p><p>Nicole confronts Sam about continuing to live in Bon Temps. &quot;This town is f*cking crazy, and you, you're the mayor of crazy. I will not raise our daughter in this.&quot; She asks him to consider leaving with her, despite it being the only home Sam's ever known.</p><p>After Jason drags an extremely hungover Sookie out of bed, they head to the Compton place, where Jessica reveals that Bill has Hep-V. Sookie realizes she might have been the one to infect him; he fed on her before the raid on Fangtasia -- after she was splattered by H-Vamp goo during their attack in the woods. She has Jason take her to the clinic to get tested.</p><p>On a V-trip together, Lafayette and Lettie-Mae follow Tara as she leads them to her childhood home. They watch as she digs holes in the backyard, but before they can find out why, Reverend Daniels shakes them out of their vision. Despite his pleas for her to give up the V, Lettie Mae refuses -- she won't turn her back on Tara.</p><p>At the law offices, Bill observes black veins snaking slowly down his arms -- the disease appears to be progressing at a highly accelerated rate. At last, his number comes up and he sits down with the lawyer, Madeline Kapneck, to amend his will to leave his estate to Jessica. Unfortunately, Kapneck explains, the late Governor Burrell passed a bill that made it impossible to posthumously execute a will, and since he drew his up after he was made vampire there's not much he can do. She suggests he adopt Jessica as a possible workaround, but the process could take up to a year. He could also pay $10 million dollars to be moved to the front of the line, but refusing to be extorted, Bill stabs her in the neck with a letter opener and storms out.</p><p>Sookie and Jason drink beers in the back of Alcide's truck while she waits for the clinic to call with her results. Sookie admits she may have never gotten over Bill: &quot;I loved Alcide. I suppose I loved Eric, too, in my own way, but there's something about the first.&quot; Jason confesses he's never been in love -- and only feels fear around Violet. Sookie convinces him to break it off because life's too short to be unhappy. Finally, the clinic calls: Sookie is Hep-V positive. </p><p>After Amber comes to, Sarah begs to stay with her until the Yakuza back off, but Amber refuses, despite Sarah's insistence that she's changed. To prove her good intentions, Sarah reveals that she drank the antidote to Hep-V. Opening her arms to Amber she tells her, &quot;I am the antidote, sweetie. Let me heal you.&quot;</p><p>Jason returns home to find Violet gone and her cubby utterly destroyed. Violet, meanwhile, discovers Adilyn and Wade making out at Fort Bellefleur and offers to let them stay with her, where they'll be safe. She insists they ditch their phones so they won't be tracked.</p><p>Eric, Pam, Mr. Gus and the Yakuza arrive at Amber's house for help finding Sarah, but they're in for a surprise. Grabbing Amber by the throat and marveling at her vein-free skin, Eric asks, &quot;How come you're healed?&quot;</p><p>Sookie returns to Bill's to break the news to Jessica, and they wait for him together. When Bill returns and finds his former lover and progeny in tears, it's clear they know his secret.</p></div>

May Be The Last Time

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Simon Jayes<br><b>Written by </b>Craig Chester<br></p><p>Eric ties up and interrogates Amber about the location of Sarah Newlin, but she refuses to give up her sister. Believing that money talks, Mr. Gus appeals to Amber's greed -- promising a financial windfall in exchange for information. But Amber remains steadfast in her refusal, insisting that Sarah is a different person -- and the Hep-V cure herself. With his temper at a boiling point, Eric hallucinates Amber as Sarah and stakes her in the heart.</p><p>Bill, Jessica, and Sookie talk about Bill's illness, and Sookie wonders if his Hep-V is progressing faster than normal because of her Halfling blood. Andy calls Jessica to see if she's felt Adilyn in danger after he and Holly arrived at Fort Bellefleur to find the kids missing and their cell phones abandoned. Jessica assures him that she hasn't felt anything amiss.</p><p>Violet brings Wade and Adilyn to her house and shows them into a room designed for sex -- it's fully stocked with vintage toys, snacks, BDSM equipment, and erotic oils -- all for their consumption. She claims to be providing a safe place for their young relationship, considering she was once in their position. &quot;When I was your age,&quot; she explains, &quot;I used to f*ck my brother, too.&quot;</p><p>Arlene dreams that she's confronted by Keith, her vampire savior, at an empty Bellfleur's. She tells him that while he's very attractive, she's simply not a fangbanger and believes a relationship would be wrong. Despite her objections, Keith kisses her and they have sex on a pool table. Arlene wakes from the dream extremely conflicted.</p><p>Mr. Gus presents Eric and Pam with a new business plan: They capture Sarah Newlin, synthesize her blood, and sell it as &quot;New Blood.&quot; However, he needs a vampire's testimonial to sell the product, as the public no longer trusts the Yakonomo Corporation. In exchange for his help, Eric will own 49 percent of the new company.</p><p>Hoyt and his beautiful girlfriend, Brigette, stop at Bellefleur's for lunch. Arlene is taken aback when Hoyt mentions that he's in a hurry to meet with &quot;Officer Stackhouse&quot; and appears to have no recollection of his former best friend. Arlene calls Jason, who begs her not to say anything to Hoyt before he arrives. Jason soon learns that old habits die hard when he spots Brigette and forces himself to fight off his attraction to another one of Hoyt's girlfriends.</p><p>Dr. Ludwig -- the doctor who once helped Pam with Marnie's decomposition curse -- meets Sookie, who takes her to Bill's under the auspices of curing him. Dr. Ludwig confirms that it is indeed Sookie's Halfling blood that is speeding up Bill's Hep-V, and there is nothing she can do to help him.</p><p>Sookie heads to Bill's &quot;grave,&quot; where she contemplates life without him. She calls on her faerie grandfather Niall for help, but when he doesn't appear, she heads for home. There, she finds him in the kitchen, attempting to cook spaghetti.</p><p>While eating, Niall informs Sookie he's always watching over her and even knew she was going to infect Bill but didn't stop her because he doesn't believe Bill is right for her. Angry, Sookie demands that Niall use his magic to help save her former vampire lover, and he reluctantly agrees. </p><p>Sarah visits the abandoned Light of Day Institute campgrounds, where she hallucinates that the grounds are still enjoying their heyday. She also hallucinates Jason Stackhouse, who tells her she's going to die that night and he'll see her in hell. In Dallas, Mr. Gus tracks Sarah via satellite.</p><p>Keith arrives at Bellefleur's to comfort Arlene -- he felt her pain while she was sitting and drinking alone. When she realizes it's not a dream, she warns Keith that they can't have sex because she has Hep-V. However, Keith doesn't seem to mind, and tells her they can just dance.</p><p>Outside of Bill's house, Sookie and Niall join hands and channel Nature's Memory. They watch Bill's wife Caroline give birth to their daughter Sarah. Niall is amazed, but Sookie is less than impressed. Niall explains that birth, death, love, and forgiveness are all miracles, and that he brought Sookie there to teach her that there are some things magic can't fix -- including Bill. Devastated, Sookie orders Niall to leave.</p><p>Violet walks in on Adilyn and Wade, who tell her they didn't wind up using any of her toys. Violet assures them that's okay -- because they're going to use them now. She throws Wade across the room and handcuffs Adilyn to the bed. Jessica, feeling Adilyn's fear, rushes to her rescue.</p><p>Sookie returns to Bill's and tells him that she's going to stay with him until the very end. They make love in front of a roaring fire, just like their first time.</p><p>Sarah, still hallucinating at the Light of Day campgrounds, has visions of her ex-husband Steve Newlin and Guru Dutta -- both of whom confront her about her many lies. Steve claims he's there to save her soul, but Dutta insists there is no heaven -- only &quot;the now&quot; followed by &quot;nothingness.&quot; Sarah refuses to settle on either man's religion, believing that, as the cure, she is the Messiah. She then has a vision of Jason who laughs and taunts her. &quot;That's death comin' for ya,&quot; he warns, as Eric and the Yakuza pull up outside.</p></div>

Almost Home

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by</b> Jesse Warn<br><b>Written by</b> Kate Barnow<br></p><p>Eric, Pam and the Yakuza descend on the former Light of Day Institute. Sarah decides to give herself up, believing that she's The Messiah, and begs Eric to kill her. Not wanting to give Sarah what she wants -- and faced with Pam's threat of suicide if he does -- Eric relinquishes Sarah to Mr. Gus, but not without drinking her healing blood first. </p><p>Bill and Sookie lay naked by the fire and reflect on their long and complicated relationship. Bill reveals Queen Sophie-Anne's plans for Sookie and explains why he didn't bring her to the Queen: Sookie reminded him what if felt like to have a human heart. &quot;But the problem was, it was only a memory,&quot; he says. &quot;All I had was darkness to give you in return.&quot;</p><p>Lafayette and Lettie Mae continue to dig holes in the backyard of Tara's childhood home. Lettie Mae appeals to Reverend Daniels, begging him to believe in her. He accepts James' offer of blood, and joins his wife and her nephew on a V-trip. Tara brings them to a childhood birthday party, the event that led to her father walking out and Lettie Mae's subsequent alcoholism. In a drunken rage, Joe Thornton beats his wife for hiding Tara's party from him. He searches in vain for his gun, but it's revealed that Tara stole it and contemplated shooting her father before burying it in the yard. As the Reverend digs up the gun in present day, Tara apologizes to her mother for not pulling the trigger. Mother and daughter make peace, and Tara fades into the night.</p><p>Jason sits uncomfortably with Hoyt and Brigette while they go through Maxine's things. An argument ensues after Brigette mentions having children with Hoyt -- something he can't possibly fathom given the current state of affairs. Meanwhile, Jason gets texts from Violet -- pictures of Wade, Adilyn and Jessica bound and gagged in medieval torture contraptions. He leaves with little explanation, but Brigette insists on coming along to get away from Hoyt.</p><p>Back at Fangtasia, Eric and Pam learn that Yakonomo Corporation is delaying the release of New Blood, despite having the perfect antidote already synthesized. They discuss wanting a less-than-perfect product in order to keep vampires dependent on their product. With that in mind, they demand that Eric and Pam keep Sarah's existence -- and role in New Blood -- a secret.</p><p>Jason arrives at Violet's, where she greets him by throwing him down a flight of stairs. &quot;So you do have the balls to be loyal to at least one woman,&quot; she seethes. After binding and gagging him, she throws him into her sex dungeon. Violet explains in detail the brutal ways she plans to torture and kill Wade, Adilyn and Jessica. &quot;All I ever wanted from you, Jason,&quot; she screams, &quot;was to live in a world with no wit, no intellect -- a world where you worship me for the perfect creature that I am!&quot; Her tirade is cut short by Hoyt, who shoots her dead with a wooden bullet.</p><p>Sookie wakes in Bill's bed to a knock at the door. Eric has come to tell her that he's cured, but the excitement is short-lived once Sookie reveals that Bill has also contracted the disease -- from her, no less. She begs Eric for the cure. With reluctance -- and dawn approaching -- he promises to return to help Bill the following night.</p><p>Jason brings Jessica home and they talk about their complicated relationship. They agree that despite all the weird circumstances, their relationship has been the least complicated either of them has ever had. They plan to move forward with &quot;a beautiful friendship&quot; -- without the sex.</p><p>Not willing to wait, Sookie follows Eric to Fangtasia. Mr. Gus wants to have her killed, but Eric pretends she's &quot;just another fangbanger&quot; and convinces Gus to let him &quot;glamour&quot; her instead. Knowing she's in danger, Sookie plays along. But while pretending to be under Eric's spell, she listens in on Mr. Gus's thoughts and learns of &quot;the cure&quot; locked in the bar's basement.</p><p>Hoyt finds Jason at Bellefleur's and asks him about Jessica; there's something about her he simply can't shake. Jason reveals that Bill is dying, so Hoyt stops at the Compton place to leave a bag of his clean blood for Bill. Touched by the gesture and his kind words about losing a parent, Jessica finds herself falling in love with Hoyt again.</p><p>Sookie goes back to Fangtasia and makes her way back through the tunnel used to rescue Arlene and the others from the H-Vamps. She's shocked to discover Sarah Newlin in the dungeon and unlocks Sarah's memory and learns her blood is the cure. &quot;Even as the cure,&quot; Sookie tells her, &quot;you're still the f*ckin' problem. I'm not letting you ruin the life of one more person I love.&quot;</p><p>Sookie returns to Bill's and tells Jessica that she found a cure -- though &quot;it's a mother**cker to explain.&quot; They go and rouse Bill, who is fever-dreaming of his future with Sookie. In his vision, he discovers Sookie cradling and singing to their baby -- but to his horror, the child is nothing but a black void.</p><p>Mr. Gus finds Eric and Pam and tells them he has to fly to Dallas but will be back before sunrise. He warns them not do &quot;anything stupid,&quot; as his men will watch them closely until he returns. Once alone with Pam, Eric tells her they need to get Sarah's blood to Bill. As they approach Sarah in the basement, Sookie, Jessica and Bill crawl out of the tunnel. But faced with the cure, Bill hesitates, admitting, &quot;I don't want the blood.&quot;</p></div>

Love Is to Die

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Howard Deutch<br><b>Written by </b>Brian Buckner<br><br>Bill explains to an incredulous Sookie and Jessica why he won't drink from Sarah Newlin -- he's already accepted his fate. "Whatever you're doing, you don't get to hide behind the word ‘fate,'" Sookie tells him. "The cure is right f*ckin' there -- she's your fate." Hurt and angry, Jessica demands Bill release her. <br><br>Sookie and Jessica head to Sam's, but they find his trailer abandoned and only two envelopes left behind -- one for Sookie and one for Andy. In his letter to Sookie, Sam explains that he loves Nicole and won't miss out on raising his daughter -- even if it means leaving Bon Temps. They're only in Chicago and he hopes that Sookie will visit after the baby is born; he reminds her that after all they've been through, he loves her, too. Sookie and Jessica head to Bellefleur's to tell everyone that Sam is gone, and Sookie pulls Andy into Arlene's office so he can read his letter in private. But unlike Sookie's letter, all Andy's contains is Sam's resignation as mayor.<br><br>At Maxine's, Brigette confronts Hoyt about him not wanting to have children -- as well as his ties to Jessica. Hoyt admits that he doesn't know Jessica but knows her maker and brought his blood to the Compton place that day. Brigette is ready to accept his explanation until Jessica shows up at the door. Jessica explains that she knows Hoyt, but he doesn't know her, and they were together until she "f*cked it up." Enraged, Brigette gives Hoyt an ultimatum -- he's free to talk to Jessica, but if he does, he walks out that door knowing they're over. Hoyt apologizes and heads out after Jessica.<br><br>Jessica explains that Bill refuses to be cured and that he released her. "I knew that you were here, and I couldn't think of anyone else I'd want to be with on a night like tonight," she says, apologizing for ruining his relationship and for being so selfish. Despite it all, Hoyt tells her that none of that matters. He asks her to catch her breath, and once she's caught it, wants her to tell him "the story of us."<br><br>Brigette, knowing no one else in Bon Temps, calls Jason and begs him to come pick her up. She explains that Jessica told Hoyt they have a past, and knowing that things are about to get even messier, Jason rushes out the door to Maxine's.<br><br>Eric shows up at Bill's to tell him he understands why Bill wants to die. Eric admits the disease gave him nihilistic feelings and attempts to talk him out of his decision. However, Bill refuses to change his mind; he says he's dying for Sookie. He reveals to Eric his dream of their black void baby -- that Sookie had given birth to Death. "That's what we are, Eric. That's all we can give her." He begs Eric to talk to Sookie and convince her to hear him out. Though reluctant at first, Bill promises that this will be the last favor he ever asks of him, and Eric agrees to try.<br><br>Jason arrives at Maxine's hoping to explain himself but gets punched by Hoyt instead. When Jason wakes from his blackout, he finds himself in the passenger seat of his squad car, Brigette at the wheel.<br><br>Two Yakuza bring Sarah Newlin upstairs, where Pam readies hair foils. "I'm takin' you back to blonde!" While she does Sarah's hair, Pam explains that they're going to sell her even after "New Blood" is on the market because one drink from Sarah completely cures a vampire. "You play your cards right, you might just become the highest paid trollop in history," Pam tells her.<br><br>Back at his house, Jason uses his charm and charisma to get the airline to change Brigette's return ticket home to the following day, free of cost. Meanwhile, Hoyt, icing his bruised fist, asks Jessica what makes her ready for a relationship if she wasn't ready before. Jessica explains that she went from a sheltered and naïve girl to a vampire overnight and needed to explore her dark side. With that all in the past, Jessica tells Hoyt he saved her life twice -- not just from Violet, but talking with him now, she sees a future for herself for the first time in a long while.<br><br>Brigette has a heart-to-heart with Jason and tells him he's a sweet, kind person who's selling himself short. Jason isn't so sure and reveals what happened between Jessica, Hoyt and himself. When he's finished, Brigette invites him to sleep -- actually sleep -- in bed with her. She wants to teach him "how not to have sex with somebody." Meanwhile, Hoyt and Jessica rekindle their romance by making love.<br><br>Eric finds Sookie outside of Bellefleur's and convinces her to allow Bill to "call on her." Eric "flies" her home, and Sookie invites him in. His earlier conversation with Bill in mind, Eric politely bids her goodnight.<br><br>Back at Fangtasia, Ginger confronts Eric about not telling her he was cured. He apologizes and tells Ginger he'll make amends by having sex with her and fulfilling every fantasy she's ever had. Ironically, the sex doesn't last very long: An overcome Ginger finishes almost immediately and passes out on the floor in a deep sleep.<br><br>In search of Pam, Eric descends into the basement only to find his progeny silver-chained to the torture table. Mr. Gus and knows that Eric went to see Sookie. In order to save Pam, Eric reveals that Sookie knows about Sarah -- and the cure.</p></div>

Thank You

<div class='episode-body-left-aligned' style='text-align: left'><p><b>Directed by </b>Scott Winant<br><b>Written by </b>Brian Buckner<br><br>Having accepted Bill's offer to call on her, Sookie listens as he explains his decision to end his life: If they were to stay together, Bill would be denying her Sookie all the best parts of life -- including family and children. He sees no other way around it, as he loves her too much to swear her off. Finally, he asks Sookie to use her light ball on him, ending both his life and her connection to vampires forever. "If you don't," he warns, "there's going to be a line of suitors from here to the gates of Hell trying to call you theirs." Though Sookie orders him to leave, Bill begs her to consider his request.<br><br>In the basement of Fangtasia, Eric reveals to Pam his plans to release Sarah and kill Mr. Gus. He glamours Sarah into being fearful, so that Pam, who feeds Sarah her blood, can always find her. "Wherever you go, whoever you talk to, everybody wants you dead," he explains. "As much as Pamela and I hate you, we're the best friends you've got." After letting her go, Eric and Pam call Mr. Gus to the basement and tell him that they let Sarah escape. He races into the tunnel after her, but Eric knows he'll be too slow. Using a gas can and a lighter, he sends a fireball into the tunnel after Mr. Gus. Eric then races to Sookie's and intercepts the Yakuza charged with killing her, and disposes of them -- all without Sookie knowing.<br><br>Pam finds Sarah, eating garbage inside the carousel, at the abandoned fairground where Eric turned Willa. Sarah asks Pam to turn her, promising to be her lover and faithful servant. Pam assures Sarah she wouldn't let her go down on her for a billion dollars. "And as for me going down on you," Pam purrs, "there isn't enough money in the world."<br><br>Hoyt and Jessica arrive at Bill's, where Jessica admits that although she doesn't want Bill to die, she'll be fine. "That's what I would want to hear from me, if I was you," she explains. When Bill learns that Hoyt has chosen to stay in Bon Temps with Jessica, he asks if Hoyt "might one day get around to asking Jessica to marry" him. Aghast, Jessica pulls Bill aside to tell him that's not how she envisioned her proposal. "I might be a vampire, Bill, but I'm also a girl. And what just happened down there, isn't anything like what I dreamed about." Bill explains that he never got to see his human daughter marry and wanted to know that Jessica would be "spoken for" before he died. Jessica, touched by his words, agrees to marry Hoyt -- if Hoyt will marry her that day.<br><br>Sookie heads to Jason's house looking for advice on what to do about Bill. While they talk, Hoyt calls Jason and asks him to be his best man. At the same time, Jessica calls Sookie, asking to borrow a wedding dress. "What the hell went on last night?" Sookie asks, bewildered.<br>After Bill arranges for Andy to rent the Compton place to Hoyt and Jessica after Bill's death (for $1 a month), Andy presides over the unofficial ceremony. As Jessica and Hoyt exchange vows, Sookie is shocked to discover that she can hear Bill's thoughts. Taking his hand, she listens in as Bill thinks about his love for her and how much he hopes Sookie will find happiness someday.<br><br>On the way back to Jason's, Sookie tells her brother that she heard Bill's thoughts. "Last night he was saying how this disease is making him feel more human than he's ever felt before. Guess he didn't know how right he was," she explains. Before she leaves Jason, she gives him her blessing to sleep with Brigette -- she listened in on her that morning and thinks they're a good match. Jason fears becoming a "girlfriend f*cker" again, but Sookie reminds him that they just came from Hoyt's wedding and he's free to move on.<br><br>Just after sunset, Sookie meets Bill at his open grave in the Bon Temps cemetery. Bill lays down in his empty coffin as Sookie prepares her last ball of light, but she stops short of using it. She explains to Bill that her light is part of who she is, part of her truth, whether she likes it or not. "And you Bill, you're a part of me too," she says through her tears, "but I can't do this for you." Bill still wishes to die, so Sookie makes a stake from a shovel handle and climbs into his coffin with him. Bill places his hands over hers, and helps guide the stake into his heart. As he dies, Sookie hears one last thought from Bill: "Thank you."<br><br>Three years later, Eric and Pam ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, celebrating their success with "New Blood." At the Stackhouse place, a pregnant Sookie and her husband prepare a Thanksgiving turkey. They are soon joined by Jason and Brigette and their three kids, as well as Sam, Nicole and their children. At Fangtasia, Sarah Newlin remains chained up in the basement, working as a blood prostitute, just as Pam foretold. She's tormented by hallucinations of Steve Newlin, who delights in the notion of haunting Sarah every day for the rest of her life. With the holiday in mind, Steve asks his ex-wife what she's thankful for. She tells him: "Nothing."</p></div>