Blood Lust: Episode 11, "Frenzy"

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Blood Lust: Episode 11, "Frenzy"

POSTED: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 5:48 PM

Filed Under: TV | True Blood Watch

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Last episode's slender foot dripping with blood belongs to a woman that is more than willing to be suckled upon by the Vampire Queen, Sophie-Anne. But just because actress Evan Rachel Wood is undead-pale, that doesn't mean she possesses the commanding presence to play a vampire queen.

Nevertheless, the royal delays help-seeking Bill. He sleeps at her palace, awakens to feast on Sophie's devoted humans and play Yahtzee the next night. When Bill insists on leaving, the Queen finally tells Bill that the only way to get rid of the maenad Maryann is to let her meet with the God Who Comes. Turns out Maryann sought Sam not for sacrifice, but as a vessel for the God Who Comes, because of his supernatural nature. But since she's been so unsuccessful with Sam, chances are Maryann will probably move on to Sookie.

Meanwhile, in Bon Temps, Jessica gets fed up with Hoyt's mother and takes a bite at her neck in anger. But it's a 'whoops' moment for the young vamp, as you just don't come between a man and his momma. Fortunately for Hoyt, the possessed Maxine is tickled by the attack. Later, when Hoyt checks on his mother in the kitchen, she is busy cooking a meal for Maryann ' and lets it slip that Hoyt's father killed himself.' She had lied about his death in order to collect insurance money.

Tara is back in the land of the lucid, but she's too worried about Eggs to stay put at Lafayette's. To thwart a possible escape, the big guy puts her in fuzzy handcuffs. But by manipulating her mother, Tara ends up right back where she began ' with Eggs, complete with those big black eyes and at the hands of Maryann.

At Merlotte's, Sam confesses to Jason and Andy that he can shapeshift, and while justifiably impressed, neither Jason nor Andy is all that surprised, which just goes to show how desensitized you can become while living in Bon Temps. Jason and Andy take off to the sheriff station to collect weapons, ignoring the truth that Sam makes plain that Maryann cannot be killed by human means.

After the departure of the bumbling bosom-buddies, Sam finds Arlene's kids hiding out in the woods, unpossessed. He takes them to Fangtasia in search of aide from Eric. And in case there was any doubt, Eric blatantly announces he wants Sookie in exchange for his help with the maenad but Sam balks. Seeing a fruitful possibility to impress Sookie, Eric flies off to the Queen's place. He meets Bill on the way in, who threatens to tell the Queen of Eric's V-dealing ways if he gets near Sookie.

Back in Bon Temps, Sookie and Lafayette make there way over to Gran's house to try to save Tara and Eggs. Arlene and Terry stop them but are easily distracted by the bag of pills that Lafayette tosses on the ground. With his distraction, Sookie is able to enter the house, but it's too late, as she finds Eggs and the repossessed Tara dancing around a giant nest that cradles a emu-sized egg. A man's nail-polished hand lands upon her shoulder. When Sookie turns she realizes it's Lafayette, with black eyes himself, also having fallen under Maryann's control.

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