So I just marathoned the entire season over the last two days around my kids being awake and school and such, and I have to tell you I was really enjoying the beginning of it. I thought it had a good premise, which is saying something because after last season I was really sorta on the fence about this one with the time jump and Sam as the mayor and all, but I think that all made sense, it all worked into the story, it just all flowed nicely. And it kept flowing well all the way to the end, the final episode though, for me at least it just feels wrong.
They took what was undoubtedly one of the darkest shows on television, and they ended it at what amounts to a fucking tea party. Everyone is happy, life is wonderful, lots of happy endings, they seriously just ruined seven years worth of amazing work with one episode. Don't get me wrong, some of it fit nicely, I actually enjoyed the wedding, though I feel as if there should have been some way for Hoyt to get back his memories, I mean, her blood, sex sphere should be someway for the vampire who gazed you to unglazed you, plus that would have brought more conflict to the show which would have been nice, because no way does everyone live happily ever after on True Blood, it's just not the way the show was meant to end, it's not what it was built up to do.
Like Eric would ever actually leave Sookie alone, that goes so much against his character, at least when he is right freakin there, it just doesn't make sense to me. The rest of his line though, what happens with Sara and Pam and the New Blood, that all makes sense to me, just not him with Sookie, that was left unfinished. And why is Jason's kids older than 4, she seems a bit older than Sams daughter, is that the fairy with the whole speedy growing thing, or is that just bad casting, and Sookie with some faceless man, no way, does not work, feels forced to me. The whole thing just left a nasty flavor in my mouth I guess.
There was one scene that I loved on the final episode though, Eric driving away with all the bodies, bopping to the music, that was a perfect scene, it worked for his character and it worked with the usual tone of the show, I will say that is probably my fave scene of the season and within the top five for the entire series. I just wished they had been able to close the whole thing with the sense that scene captured rather than the 'disney' feeling they ended up leaving us with.
Well I guess that is it for my vent, until the next time something crawls under my skin and refuses to leave without being acknowledged in a semi public forum!!! =0)
