Blood Lust: "Release Me," Episode Seven

POSTED: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 2:00 PM

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"Release Me" was like bad foreplay. If this is what we're going to get, why go all the way? It answered too many questions, stunting the build-up to the two looming climaxes ' the battles between the vampires and the Fellowship of the Sun and Maryann and the residents of Bon Temps.

'Release Me' begins back at Maryann's orgy. Sam escapes as he shifts into an owl and flies from Maryann, who looks goofy, not frightening, running after him in the large bull mask. The next morning, clueless orgy-participants Tara and Eggs awake on the couch with a case of 'last-night' amnesia. Eggs blames the potency of Maryann's weed, but Tara seems on the tip of putting the possession-pieces together.

At the Fellowship of the Sun church, Sookie and Hugo are trapped in a basement storage cage. To calm the claustrophobic Hugo, Sookie grabs his hand, which induces images in her mind of Hugo as the Fellowship of the Sun's vampire narc. When Reverend Newlin comes to question the pair, Hugo reveals Sookie's full name and her connection with Jason.

Post-coital, Sarah Newlin insists she and Jason tell her husband about their escapades in accordance with their vow of honesty. Terrified, Jason attempts to leave the compound, but is stopped by Reverend Newlin and his right-hand mighty man, Gabe. While Jason thinks they have discovered Sarah's infidelity, Reverend Newlin actually believes Jason to be on the side of the 'fang-bangers' and orders him to be gotten 'rid of.' Gabe attempts to kill Jason in the woods, but Jason's Fellowship training comes in handy and he kicks the big guy's ass.

Lorena continues to prevent Bill from leaving the hotel to save Sookie. And when Bill asks to call Eric to come to Sookie's aide instead, she happily tells him that his entrapment was Eric's idea, as he wants Sookie for himself. Fingers crossed for a vampire love-triangle. It's only normal for the leading lady to fall for the bad boy ' think Buffy and Spike.

Back in Bon Temps, Daphne snidely explains to the frantic Sam that Maryann is a god, akin to Satan, with powers to control and incite wild emotions such as lust and anger. And while she sings her praises, Maryann could care less about the shifter, possessing Eggs to stab Daphne in her unsuspecting gut.

Still on the run from the Fellowship, Jason is found by a distraught Sarah Newlin, who shoots him with some sort of gun. It appears she got him good but Jason probably hasn't bitten it yet. The show's success does rest heavily on his humorous stupidity ' and all those shirtless scenes.

'Release Me' ends with a released Godric saving Sookie from a vengeful Gabe who attempts to rape her. But that's no shocker, seeing as Godric possesses the strength that comes with being more than 2,000 years old. The more interesting part of the finale is Eric's abduction of Barry, after he delivers a mind-message from Sookie to Bill. This means more Barry next episode, and who doesn't want another mind reader in the mix?

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