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10/3/08 at 10:04am
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I haven't read the books but I hope the bar owner isn't a werewolf. Between barking in his sleep and sniffing bed sheets and all.


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10/5/08 at 3:30pm
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Finally caught up with the 4 episodes so far, and this southern gothic feel is somewhat entertaining, but it has this trainwreck quality to the storytelling, so once I start an episode, I can't make myself stop it.

Jason needs to be moved over to "Worst Week". His character is going through some seriously f-'d up developments.

Sam is most likely a werewolf of some form, very lycan-like.

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10/5/08 at 7:57pm
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Finally this show appears to be hitting it's stride. I am so glad I decided at the last minute to watch tonight's episode instead of giving up. It was what a lot of us had been waiting for. The preview for next week looks great, too.
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10/5/08 at 10:37pm
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Patrick, I was thinking the exact thing about Sam. There's a reason why that dog keeps showing up.
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10/6/08 at 5:47am
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Prob the best episode so far.

And Jason is a complete idiot.

The AIDS burger scene made me laugh.






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10/6/08 at 6:01pm
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Lafayette stole the episode from Bill, even though it was about Bill's vamp origin. Who knew vamps cried tears of blood? Tara throwing trash on Jason and Randi Sue, and then Jason puts even more trash on Randi Sue's back as he continued his coitus ways was snarky funny.

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10/6/08 at 6:15pm
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I'm glad the rest of you think it's getting stronger.
There was much to love about this weeks episode.

"Everything on your goddamn table got AIDS!"


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10/6/08 at 11:56pm
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Who knew vamps cried tears of blood?

That's a very Anne Rice thing.
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10/7/08 at 7:35am
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re: trash scene, gives new meaning to "white trash"

from compton's dialogue about body not being exsanguinated leads me to believe that the killer out there is either an anti-vamp. activist trying to make things look like vamps are killing or it's the bar-tender who is killing people unawares that he is the werewolf doing so. he is morphing into that little dog. and no i haven't read the books =P. i'm just guessing here.
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10/7/08 at 2:19pm
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That dog actually came up to Sam while he was sitting on the porch in one of the earlier eps so I'm guessing he's not the pooch.
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10/7/08 at 8:15pm
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Or the pooch is his cover and he morphs into a dog that looks just like it.
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10/7/08 at 8:27pm
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Or when there's a full moon, he opens an interdimensional portal that sucks the original dog into subspace leaving behind an energy imprint that he uses to change form into what the dog looked like. But probably not.

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10/7/08 at 11:48pm
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Or when there's a full moon, he opens an interdimensional portal that sucks the original dog into subspace leaving behind an energy imprint that he uses to change form into what the dog looked like. But probably not.

Okay.
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10/9/08 at 9:05pm
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I did not expect the ending to that episode!
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10/10/08 at 4:39am
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Vampires crying blood is nothing new.

I tend to believe Sam is a lycanthrope of some type. He seems to be able to communicate with the dog.

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10/10/08 at 8:51pm
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oh yeah that makes more sense.

but the fact that sam has the keys to the murdered waitress's home is really weird. maybe those bite-marks could also be werewolf =P
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10/11/08 at 5:00am
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Has there been a full moon yet on the show?

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10/11/08 at 3:13pm
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but the fact that sam has the keys to the murdered waitress's home is really weird.

He's the landlord so it doesn't seem that strange to me.
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10/12/08 at 8:32pm
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I don't know if this has been seen/mentioned but a couple episodes back Sam Merlotte has a painting in his office of a dog(collie?) guarding a little blond girl.

A question.... When Bill rushes into Sookie's home when he thinks he heard her cry for help, he wasn't invited in he just rushed in. A Vampire has to be invited into a persons home and it is physically impossible for them to enter when not invited. So my question is once invited always invited? Was he really invited by Sookie in her dream? Or did the writers screw up?
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10/12/08 at 9:11pm
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Well, several things got dialed up a few notches this week.

"Do it."
Bud: "Deanie, you're a nice girl." 
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10/13/08 at 5:10am
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I always thought it was once invited, always invited.
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10/13/08 at 7:23am
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my question is once invited always invited?

That's the impression I've been under ever since Bill explained "how it works" to Sookie earlier in the season (episode 2, I believe).
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10/13/08 at 12:24pm
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Whatever you guys conclude, just for the knowledge base, if the invitation is ever revoked, he has to leave. At least that's what he said. If I had to guess, I'd say I remember Sookie asking him to leave when she was upset with him. Don't quote me on that, though.

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10/13/08 at 12:27pm
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Whatever you guys conclude, just for the knowledge base, if the invitation is ever revoked, he has to leave. At least that's what he said. If I had to guess, I'd say I remember Sookie asking him to leave when she was upset with him. Don't quote me on that, though.

She did, but maybe their "connection" has something to do with how he is able to bend the rules a bit?
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10/13/08 at 1:46pm
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If I had to guess, I'd say I remember Sookie asking him to leave when she was upset with him. Don't quote me on that, though.

Too late, I'm quoting you.

Won't be able to check this until I buy the "Complete True Blood" but, were they outside when Sookie asked Bill to leave?

You see what I mean.
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10/13/08 at 3:14pm
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You might be onto something. I vaguely remember that they were outside, in front of the house (not on the porch, either) when Sookie asked Bill to leave a few weeks ago.
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10/16/08 at 12:14am
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hmm, no mention of the scene at the end of the episode.

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10/16/08 at 10:07am
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hmm, no mention of the scene at the end of the episode.

I really don't know how to comment on it since I can't figure out how someone gets turned into a Vampire in this show. Does this mean she will now have the fang marks or will she be turned in one of the living dead. Can someone explain?

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10/16/08 at 10:16am
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I think this show follows the normally accepted mythos of how you become a vampire. In fact, they show how Bill was converted.

First, you have to be drained near death by a vampire. You must then drink the blood of the vampire yourself to sustain yourself and preserve your "life post life".

Since he didn't drain (kill) her with his bite, and there is no sign that he required her to drink his blood after this, she would not become a vampire.

Since they've shown this is how it worked with Bill, I think it's pretty well accepted that's the method. But this isn't the only show or vampire universe to use that method. Not even close.
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10/17/08 at 6:40am
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i believe the blood sucking is more sexual. the transmission of fluids between 2 being.

i like the pecan pie scene, but surprised they didn't do a close up for anna p crying with real tears. was she not able to produce them? didn't see it in HD, so may have missed them.
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