True Blood -- Season Five

[Legato]

I've heard people saying that some characters that are being introduced this season who are apart of the Authority are over 5000 years old so if Russel becomes a real problem...no big deal. Actually, that might have been from this thread.

And it makes sense there would be vampires that old in that group seeing as how they are The Authority so they probably have some of the oldest vampires on Earth in order to maintain their laws obviously.

Makes sense. Especially as both Eric and Bill fear The Authority so it would be a little ridiculous that they fear a group of hundred-somethings.

[Greg Anderson]

No shit. Even thousand-plus-year-old vamps like the Magister are bugs to King Russel. What can Alcide do except bleed on the King's shoes?

Alcide's been the most useless character to me on the show.

[Legato]

Alcide's been the most useless character to me on the show.

I respectfully disagree. Just when it comes to vampires, he's outclassed

[MagSeven]

I'm not surprised Tara is a vampire. I am surprised that it was Pam who turned her. With their history, it might have been more fun to have Pam just save her with her blood, then do that whole "attraction" thing between a vamp and a human who has consumed their blood. Even turning Tara, but keeping her old personality, could cause some fun sparks between them. The previews make it seem like Tara will be some sort of mindless vampire killing machine. Which is ok, but I think the catfighting that could have gone on would have been funnier. Anything that brings out more bitchy Pam is funnier.

I think the attraction thing is more with a live human. Since Tara is technically dead, I think she'll just have the standard bond between maker and "makee" which would be a more mother/daughter relationship. Of course Tara has an extremely overbearing personality so any expectations I just laid out could go right out the window!

[Havok C.]

I think the attraction thing is more with a live human. Since Tara is technically dead, I think she'll just have the standard bond between maker and "makee" which would be a more mother/daughter relationship. Of course Tara has an extremely overbearing personality so any expectations I just laid out could go right out the window!

That and she's now braindead for the forseeable future.

[Legato]

That and she's now braindead for the forseeable future.

Which can be cured by Sookie's pixie power

[Havok C.]

Which can be cured by Sookie's pixie power

She's braindead from a shotgun blast to the head. Not under a spell like Eric was.

[MagSeven]

That and she's now braindead for the forseeable future.

I actually had to download the ep as I forgot it was premiering last night so I didn't get the preview. I'll have to see the preview on On Demand later. Braindead vamp? Interesting........

[Legato]

I actually had to download the ep as I forgot it was premiering last night so I didn't get the preview. I'll have to see the preview on On Demand later. Braindead vamp? Interesting........

Zombievamp?

[sHayden]

She's braindead from a shotgun blast to the head. Not under a spell like Eric was.

which is why she should have just stayed dead. Tara was/is the most directionless and annoying character on the show.

[MarvelMaster616]

Which can be cured by Sookie's pixie power

Yeah, I get the sense that'll come into play again as well. I also think that once the Authority finds out there's someone like her still around, they'll do their best to find her and use her so they can extract the properties of her blood. That means vampires would be able to walk around in the daytime and who knows what kind of craziness that could cause.

[Greg Anderson]

which is why she should have just stayed dead. Tara was/is the most directionless and annoying character on the show.

I never gotthe complaints for the character. She played the pessimistic who usually spoke the truth about the BS that was around her. She was also damaged from all the crap from all her life, so of course she'd be negative. Added to the fact that she also had some hilarious moments.

The first season she dealt with her mother who was both physically and mentally abusive to her. We saw why Tara was the way she was and she got involved with trying to get rid of a demon with a fake witch. In doing that, that led to the big bad and main plot of season 2. Hardly anything that could be pointless on the show. Season 3 we had her as the voice of reason to Sookie, who didn't want to listen. She was also connected to the vampire who was working for the main baddie and tortured Tara even further. For the whole three seasons, she's been more involved with the plots than a majority of the supporting casts and it's been about her journey from damaged to a positive type character, who she did become in season 4 when he really set out to change herself and still caught herself in the cross hairs of trouble, but still with a different mentality despite her feelings against vampires. Season 4 I can say , though, was her season where she didn't play too much of a place. She's still have been more involved and more of a character compared to Arlene, Terry, Andy, and so on. He'll, freakin' Alcide plays less of a defining, bigger role than Tara.

[Surtur]

Yeah, I get the sense that'll come into play again as well. I also think that once the Authority finds out there's someone like her still around, they'll do their best to find her and use her so they can extract the properties of her blood. That means vampires would be able to walk around in the daytime and who knows what kind of craziness that could cause.

Not much craziness really. The day walking doesn't last for very long, you would need a constant supply of her blood to daywalk successfully..and she'd probably die from blood loss before it got to that point.

That's even assuming a vampire could actually stop himself from killing her.

Also if the Authority is really as big and bad ass as they say? Then I would think they already know about Sookie.

[Legato]

Not much craziness really. The day walking doesn't last for very long, you would need a constant supply of her blood to daywalk successfully..and she'd probably die from blood loss before it got to that point.

That's even assuming a vampire could actually stop himself from killing her.

Also if the Authority is really as big and bad ass as they say? Then I would think they already know about Sookie.

I can see The Authority keeping Sookie alive long enough just so they could get some more blood from her. Surely they have human medical staff on their payroll that can drain blood out of Sookie instead of draining her the usual vampire way

[MarvelMaster616]

So what did everyone think of the latest episode. Tara finally spoke and understandably, she's really pissed. She claims she'll never forgive Sookie and Lafayette, but I think that's going to make for some interesting drama throughout the season. I'd also like to see how Pam handles her now. She's always been so callous and crass. I suppose that's part of her charm, but it makes for a rather strange maker. As for the Authority, it's good to finally see them in person. Although the kid is a little much. But I actually like how they used the old biblical story of Lilith (which has since been removed from the canon), to discuss the origin of vampires. I'm sure it'll upset the religious crowd, but I think that's usually a good thing. I hope they get into the whole spiritual history of vampires later on in the season as well. Especially with Russel back in the fold.