Finally finished the second season of HBO’s True Blood. Short review? Quite disappointing.
Above: Sookie and Jason Stackhouse are back. And so is that vampire without a sense of humour.
Reading the reviews online, most people are saying its bigger, better, sexier (and obviously more violent) than Season 1. I didn’t think so. I was a little disappointed with the direction of Season 2 after the first few episodes, and by the end of the season, my mind hadn’t changed. Bigger, yes. More violence, definitely. Sexier? I didn’t think so. As Seinfeld says, there’s good naked, and then there’s bad naked. Most of it is the latter here. Unlike in Season 1.
Above: Maryann sizes up Jason Stackhouse.
The whole season centred on the introduction of Maryann Forrester (maybe the primary reason why i disliked this season), a Maenad who wrecks havoc in Bon Temps, while Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton goes to Denver to find a missing vampire. Maybe it worked well in the book, but the storyline seemed strained in a 12 episode drama format.
Above: Bill Compton goes to see the Vampire Queen of Louisiana.
Above: Eric meets his maker, literally, Godric.
OK some good points. I like Eric Northman (Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd) with a bigger role this season, his camp-cool is so much better than the moping Bill (yawn) Compton. Of course, my favorite character Lafayette is back (didn’t think they’d kill him anyway) but a little more subdued. And so is Jason Stackhouse, still funny and ripped like a Greek god.
Above: Lafayette’s back! Spoiler for those who haven’t started watching.
Let’s hope the writing gets better in Season 3.