True Blood Returns To HBO Tonight

HBO’s hit series, True Blood, returns tonight for its highly anticipated second season.  The first season finale left on a bit of a cliffhanger so I’m sure viewers cannot wait to find out what will happen.  In case you’ve forgotten (or didn’t see it), here’s a quick overview of what happened at the end of the last episode.

Sookie Stackhouse and Tara Thornton walk Detective Andy Bellefleur out to his car because he was so drunk he could barely walk.  After he swears that his car has been moved, Tara scans the area and sees it in the distance.  When they walk over to it, they discover that the rear door is ajar and the ladies begin screaming when they see a foot hanging out.  Since it’s clearly the appendage of someone with a dark complexion and red toenail polish, it seems most likely that the foot belongs to Lafayette Reynolds, the short-order cook at Merlotte’s.  It’s hard to guess who could have done something to him because he was involved in most of the sordid things that happen in Bon Temps.  Since we know he had boldly threatened that politician and that he’s involved with drugs and the sexual underworld of the small town, it’s fair to say that anyone could be responsible for putting him in the back of that police car.

Meanwhile, Tara has been staying with Maryann Forrester, a woman who bailed her out of jail and claims to be a social worker.  The weird part is that this mystery woman doesn’t seem to actually work and likes the companionship of a large pig (kind of like the naked woman who caused Tara’s car accident and landed her behind bars in the first place, right?).  Tara meets another boarder at Maryann’s house, Benedict “Eggs” Talley, and it seems pretty obvious that their storyline is going to develop this season.

Sookie’s brother, Jason Stackhouse, is released from police custody after it is revealed that Rene Lenier is responsible for killing all of the recently murdered young women (and Sookie and Jason’s grandmother).  Unfortunately, Jason believes that he’s been saved for a reason and he joins the anti-vampire church, Fellowship of the Sun.  It’s hard to be mad at Jason since he’s clearly not the brightest person and he’s just lost Amy Burley, the love of his life, but it’s equally obvious that his alignment with the hate group is going to lead to disaster – especially since his sister is in love with a vampire.

Speaking of which, Bill Compton, was more than disappointed to learn that Eric Northman and Pam would not be honoring their agreement to care for and train the young woman (Jessica Hamby) that Bill was forced to turn into a vampire as a punishment for murdering one of his own to protect a human (when Sookie was attacked at Fangtasia).

Jessica is bound to cause trouble between Sookie and Bill – will Sookie turn to Sam Merlotte (her boss at the bar) when things get rough?  Are Sam and Tara truly over now?  How does Sam know Maryann?

If you’ve read the books by Charlaine Harris, then you will have a good idea of what will happen although the television series does deviate a fair amount from the original storyline.  Either way, I’m sure the viewers are excited that the show is returning.

If you’ve never seen the show, you might want watch one episode to see if you like it.  I will warn you, though, that the series does contain a lot of graphic sex so if you hate that sort of thing steer clear.

True Blood airs tonight on HBO at 10pm ET/PT.

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