True Blood – S2E7 – “Release Me”

Previously on True Blood: Eric summons Bill’s maker, Lorena. Sookie goes undercover with Isabel’s human lover, Hugo. Sarah gives Jason a little reward with her hand. Hoyt arrives in Dallas to see Jessica. Pam tells Lafayette that Eric wants him to go back to selling V. Lorena stops Bill from rescuing Sookie after her cover is blown at Jesus Camp. Sarah and Jason have sex. Daphne leads Sam to a Maryann-led orgy/ritual.

And now…

Detective Andy continues to chase the pig (Daphne) through the woods and falls on his face. Maryann approaches Sam, but before she can do anything Detective Andy fires off a shot out of shock. He sees all the demon-eyed sex and dancing and can’t believe his drunk eyes. Sam takes that opportunity to break free, punch Daphne, and run into the woods. Maryann chases him with her bull mask on and talons out.

Come on, she ran a lot faster than that when she was chasing Sookie’s dumb ass.

Before she can get him, Sam shifts into an owl and flies away.

And we have credits…

While the credits are rolling, am I the only one that finds Maryann’s bull mask completely whack?

Because Andy interupted their little screw-fest, the crowd walks around zombie-like. Andy approaches Terry, who turns around and breaks Andy’s arm.

In the Jesus Camp basement, Sookie tries calling out Godric, but he’s not answering. She figures out that someone at the vampire nest is a traitor. Hugo starts having a claustrophobic panic attack.

"Can someone please get me away from this little beyotch?"

Bill tries to get past Lorena, but she is too strong and fast for him.

Flashback to Los Angeles, 1935: Bill is reading when Lorena comes home with a showgirl for him to feast on. She’s glamored, and he’s tempted, but he sends the girl away. He tells Lorena he doesn’t want to feast on people anymore. He also can’t stand the sight of her. She think he’s just depressed, but he insists that she has stolen his humanity and he doesn’t want to be evil anymore.

At the hotel, he warns Lorena that if Sookie is hurt in any way, he’ll kill her.

Isabel and Eric watch the Soliders of the Sun guard Jesus Camp. Eric laughs at the idea that some scared little boys with crossbows are the church’s army. Isabel warns that he shouldn’t sleep on the church – their support is growing and they are willing to die for their cause. Eric is all, “That can be arranged.” Isabel warns that they cannot make a move until they are sure Godric is being held there. She says that she felt something earlier that told her Hugo was in danger, but he’s fine now.

Eric asks what she finds so fulfilling about human companionship. She says that humans feel things more deeply than vampires and that everything is exciting and has a sense of urgency with them. She is not repulsed by the idea that Hugo will one day grow old. She wants to know what Bill thinks of Eric’s interest in Sookie, but Eric says he has none. They wonder how the church could have over powered a vampire as strong as Godric, and Eric thinks that it had to have involved something not human.

Inside the church, Sarah wants to confess to Steve that she and Jason had sex and are in love. Jason doesn’t like that idea at all. He convinces her to wait until after the lockdown. She agrees.

"We have to tell Steve. Remember our honesty rings?"

"Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"

Hoyt and Jessica are making out when he admits that he’s a virgin. So is she, so it’s all good in the hood. They agree to be each other’s first, but since it’s almost dawn, it will have to wait.

"I've never done it with a girl before." "Well, what have you done it with?"

At the hotel, Isabel, Stan, and Godric talk about Sookie and Hugo’s disappearance. Stan predicts that they ran off and joined the church. Eric accuses Stan of setting Godric up to steal his title. Stan denies it. As Eric turns to go into his room, he says that without Godric nothing will be the same… and he cries blood tears. Now, I don’t know if this is due to the fact that the sun is coming up, or he’s Godric’s bitch.

Tara and Eggs wake up on the couch at Sookie’s. Tara doesn’t remember anything past following the trail of clothes into the woods. Eggs says that it’s normal after smoking some of Maryann’s weed.

Sam arrives at Merlotte’s and pulls out a gun he keeps stashed in his office.

At Jesus Camp, Steve and Gabe show up at the church basement. Sookie warns that the church members will find themselves dead if they keep playing this game. Steve laughs and apologizes to Sookie. He just wants answers. Hugo drops a dollar worth of dimes on both of them! Punkass. When Steve finds out Sookie’s last name, he and Gabe leave to confront Jason. Hugo is unapologetic for his bitch move. Sookie tries to send a telepathic message to Barry telling him where they are and that Godric is being held at the church too.

At the hotel, Bill and Lorena are both getting sick from being up in the daytime. She refuses to sleep because she knows that the moment she sleeps, Bill will try to rescue Sookie. When he tries to call someone to help Sookie, Lorena breaks the phone and tells Bill that Eric is the reason she’s there and that he wants Sookie – just let Eric have her. Bill bleeds from his ears. Probably from the news that Eric wants to bang his girl AND the fact that the sun is up.

At Jesus Camp, Jason is trying to high-tail it out of Dodge. Steve and Gabe show up and force him in the jeep.

Detective Andy tries telling the sheriff about what he saw the night before, but the sheriff doesn’t believe him.

As Eggs and Tara watch TV, Maryann comes in all dirty and bloody and carrying a dead rabbit. Gross! Tara asks if she threw a party and Maryann admits to having a few people over for drinks and Sookie shouldn’t mind since they fixed her broke ass water heater.

While Gabe holds a knife to Jason’s neck, Steve tells Jason he knows what he’s up to. Jason is about to confess to sleeping with Sarah when he realizes Steve is talking about something else. Steve orders Gabe to get rid of Jason.

Sam shows up at the lake with a gun and pulls it on Daphne. He wants to know if the scars on her back are how Maryann got her to be a whore. Daphne says it’s not whoring because she did it for love  – the love of Maryann. Daphne explains that Maryann wants him because he got away from her and she can’t control him. Since they’re supernatural, she can’t control them. They have to go to her willingly. Daphne says that Maryann is God.

At the Jesus Camp basement, Hugo is acting like a little bitch again. When Sookie tries to calm him down, she reads his thoughts and realizes he’s the traitor.

Daphne explains to Sam that Maryann is a maenad – a handmaiden to the devil. She controls violence, excess, and lust. She’s the closest thing to a God and she cannot be controlled. Sam asks if Maryann will leave everyone in town alone if he goes to her willingly. Daphne doubts it. Sam leaves, disgusted.

Hugo admits to Sookie that once Isabel wouldn’t turn him, he realized that vampires are selfish and only care about themselves. They don’t want humans to be their equals. That’s what he joined The Fellowship. Sookie asks why the Newlins have him down there if he means so much to them. Doh!

Steve tells Sarah he needs to talk to her in private about Jason. Gulp! As Gabe marches Jason into the woods, he calls Sookie a whore. That seems to be what sends Jason over the edge. He beats dat ass, grabs the knife, and runs off leaving Gabe with a wounded pride and sore nuts.

In the ladies room of Merlotte’s, Lafayette is on the phone trying to sell the V Pam gave him. Arlene comes into work late asking for Sam. Tara, who was kissing Eggs at the bar, tells her Sam isn’t around. Arlene is relieved. She snatches Tara off to the ladies room. Tara and Lafayette have words and he leaves. Arlene tells Tara that she blacked out with Terry the night before. This gets Tara’s attention. Arlene is afraid she date raped Terry because he was acting weird… weirder than usual… the next morning.

At the bar, Lafayette calls out Eggs as being nothing but trouble. Tara shows up and tells him to behave. Andy comes in looking for Terry and calls out everyone for being devil worshipping zombie-fuckers. When Arlene tries to calm him down…

“Fuck you, zombie woman!”

I love Andy!

Jessica awakes at nightfall to find that Hoyt has strewn roses petals all around the bedroom and has lit blood-scented candles. Awwww. Also, he’s playing, “Bleeding Love,” on the radio. Nicely played, Hoyt. Nicely played. Jessica tells him to take off his pants.

Jason runs through the woods at Jesus Camp when Sarah shows up in a jeep. She shoots him.

Daphne stand on the docks at night and Maryann shows up. She thanks Daphne for her service, kisses her, and then steps aside as a brainwashed Eggs stabs Daphne.

Gabe shows up at the basement and starts beating on Hugo. Sookie jumps in a finds herself gripped up by the neck for her troubles.

Bill hears Sookie’s screams and tries once again to run to her, but Lorena stops him. She threatens to stake him.

Flashback again: Bill asks Lorena to release him. He no longer wants her or to be like her. When he threatens to stake himself, she releases him.

"If I can't have you, nobody... OK, FINE! I was just playing!"

At the hotel, Barry shows up with Sookie’s message, but Lorena covers Bill’s mouth. Barry calls the message through the door. Eric, across the  hall, hears and rushes out when he hears that Godric is indeed at the church. Barry feels the wind of Eric running past, but doesn’t see him. He sends his own message to Sookie saying that he’s done doing her and her vampire buddies favors, but then Lorena  snatches him into the hotel room by his collar.

Gabe is about to rape Sookie in the basement when he yanked off his feet. Sookie turns to find a young vampire holding Gabe by his neck.

“Godric?”

If that is Godric, he damn sure looks different than he did in the epi when he turned Eric. Also, I hope he’s legal so I won’t feel so bad lusting after him. He was hawt!

True Blood airs Sunday at 9pm on HBO.