The creators have begun most of the seasons with an extra dose of blood & gore, and Sookie at a crossroad…and this final season isn’t shaping up to be much different.

The season opened with the army of Walking Deadesque vampires that killed many Bon Temps folks, including Tara, which was both a shock and relief due to the annoying evolution of her character (which has been completely different from the one Charlaine Harris envisioned in her Sookie Stackhouse novels of which this series was once based on, now not so much). So bye bye Tara, but we get to still deal with your annoying, crazy mama…you couldn’t have used her as a shield?!

Sookie’s insecurities of how the townsfolk perceive her is in full swing, the much anticipated sexual encounter with Alcide was reduced to 2 seconds of which we saw nothing…really?! We’ve got Pam looking for Eric and playing Russian roulette, some weird Bon Temps vigilante idiots hunting the good vampires, Jessica having an existential crisis with the fairy teen, her boyfriend and Lafayette engaged in an interlude with homoerotic undercurrents, Sam as mayor (?!), and Bill being himself.

However…I will take this moment to thank Jason, the show’s moral compass, and a man of very few (or repeated) words. Thank you Jason for being the source of joy for so many of us as you and your vampire girlfriend engaged in a rather explicit sexual encounter…thank you.

Am I looking forward to next Sunday’s episode? Of course!  I may critique it, but I LOVE it and I’m dreading its final departure…

True Blood can never do wrong in my book…5 fangs.