Spoiler alert: Stop reading now if you haven’t seen the polarizing ‘True Blood’ season finale. I’m about to whine about many major plot points.
Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Warlow’s wedding day finally arrived on the Aug. 18 season finale of True Blood, but like most major events in Bon Temps, it didn’t exactly go off without a hitch. In fact, it was pretty much one big non-stop hitch, as Warlow revealed his true intentions to his future bride. Spoiler alert: He’s a total hybrid douche.
I’ll try to sum this up quickly: Using Adelyn’s light — and Violet’s temper — Bill (Stephen Moyer), Jason (Ryan Kwanten) and Andy (Chris Bauer) crossed over to the fairy plane and rescued Sookie from her evil fiancé. They brought the fight to Chez Stackhouse, where Niall re-emerged and helped Jason stake Warlow once and for all.
But just when it seemed like everyone’s troubles were over, Billith’s blood finally wore off, forcing the captive vamps to return to the shadows. And this transition proved especially difficult for one fan-favorite vamp… and his penis.
Is Eric Dead?
An unsuspecting Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) was sunbathing atop a Swedish mountain when Billith’s magic wore off, and the audience was forced to watch in horror as his naked body — and by “naked,” I mean we literally saw his penis — burst into flames.
So… is that it? Is Eric really dead? Freakin’ Terry Bellefleur gets three full episodes dedicated to his memory, yet Eric — arguably the most fan-loved character on the series — just burns off without so much as a “see ya later”?
I really want to believe Eric and his penis are still alive, but nothing in the episode seemed to imply otherwise. Pam (Kristin Bauer Van Straten) is not going to like what she finds.
Brave New Bon Temps
About halfway through the episode — shortly after we were treated to Eric’s sexy-yet-tragic death scene — we suddenly jumped six months into the future, bringing about major changes for everyone. Here’s a quick rundown of what your favorites are now up to:
> Sookie is dating Alcide (Joe Manganiello). What?
> Bill is a best-selling author. Yeah, OK.
> Jason is Violet’s “love” slave. Whatever.
> Sam (Sam Trammell) is the mayor of Bon Temps. Qualifications?
> Arlene (Carrie Preston) owns Merlotte’s, which is now called Bellefleur’s. Blasphemy.
Adding to all that weirdness, humans are now being paired off with vampires for “protection” against the Hepatitis V-infected vamps roaming the countryside. In fact, the episode ended with those very same bloodsuckers arriving in Bon Temps in the middle of a party at Merlotte’s — I mean, “Bellefleur’s.”
And that was it. That was the big season finale we’ve all been waiting for. While I appreciate the show obviously trying to get back to its small-town roots, and while I also believe Alexander’s penis deserves a guest-star Emmy nomination, I just feel like there was no closure — aside from the death of Warlow, of course, which actually kind of bummed me out. I wish they hadn’t completely turned his character around on a dime. It felt cheap.
As for Eric, his death — if that’s really what happened — was definitely the biggest blunder of the hour.
Nay, the series.
Now that I’ve ranted, tell me what YOU thought of the finale, HollywoodLifers. Are you dying for season seven already, or did this hour — mainly Eric’s unconfirmed-but-likely death — leave a bad taste in your mouth? Drop a comment with your review below.
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all the time i used to read smaller articles which as well clear their motive,
and that is also happening with this post which I am reading at this place.
Christy
Posted at 5:42 PM on December 3, 2013
No Eric, this is a conundrum!!! Darn it I enjoyed looking at that piece of man candy. Next runner up Alcide.
Bekka
Posted at 8:19 PM on September 6, 2013
Sophie
Posted at 7:15 PM on September 4, 2013
I just heard season 7 will be the end of True blood, NO! NO! Don’t do it! Maybe Eric is dead since the show is ending in 2014. Why? Why ? I guess after the rushed last 15 mins of the finale it all makes sense now! Not happy :(
Sophie
Posted at 8:11 AM on September 4, 2013
Omg Wtf, I just watched the finale, how can they do this ? Terrible ending, extremely rushed…what are thinking ? They better bring Eric back. The books are so different and better!
Renae
Posted at 10:38 PM on August 25, 2013
I agree that it was too rushed. Why not explain the missing six months over a few more episodes. Warlow was too easily killed. He had just locked Jason in Erics old bedroom but yet Jason got free and made it inside the bathroom before Warlow did to kill him? Whatever! I know it’s fiction but come on writers, your loyal TB fans expect more than this!
That had to be one of the worst season finale I’ve ever seen. What a mess. It was like putting two different season together into one show and I doubt Eric is really dead. He is absolutely amazing and can survive anything. Besides why would they kill off the best character they have?
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Piper
Posted at 2:18 PM on August 21, 2013
I agree his penis was pretty great c: But the whole show is disappointing me now. Eric made the show for me. if he is really dead.. the fan base for true blood is going down dramatically,
Stallione
Posted at 9:16 PM on August 20, 2013
Holy Cow ! You are acting like you have never seen a penis before !!! AND WE KNOW THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH YOUR KIND ! Anyhow Finale was major dissapointment !
lauren227nicole
Posted at 2:20 PM on August 20, 2013
Also, this was the worst season by far. Sookie just has sex with someone she just met? People are hooking up left and right with no reason! The whole Pam/Tara thing is weird too. No history, nothing, and for no reason, they are done? While Terry was a good supporting character, the whole season focused on him. And don’t get me going on that fire monster from last year. I feel that Sookie and the main characters got even less attention. A whole episode to a funeral? Flashbacks? Really? what a waste! I am really dissapointed with this season, especially after last years. Tara getting shot was the last best season finale since this show began.
and don’t forget poor Lafayette! He has been so incredible the previous seasons and was regulated to a Whoopi Goldberg Ghost knock-off. FOR SHAME TB
Eric is not dead! We saw him catch aflame, but no die. Pam left to go find him and I bet the writers did this because well, Eric does not die!
Charlie
Posted at 10:33 AM on August 20, 2013
Ok, first off, if you’re courteous enough to write in bold letters at the beginning of this article not read on due to spoilers, why the hell would you entitle the article with the biggest spoiler of all? Some of us were working, you totally ruined it for those of us having to watch it the next day.
Anyway, I %100 do not believe Eric is dead. Such a central character would not have such a sudden, careless death. We already know Pam is on her way to find Eric, and I’m certain she’ll save him in the nick of time. We already know from past episodes that vamps can combust into flames and recover, which I think would obviously happen since we didn’t actually see Eric die, which would’ve been essential if they meant for him to die seeing as how it’s the season finale. Additionally, I’m sure when we saw Tara and Willow they would have been grieving, as they would’ve felt the death of their makers. This is also an awesome set up for next season, for fans’ broken hearts to recover upon finding out that Eric is in fact alive.
Gisell
Posted at 8:23 AM on August 20, 2013
Eric never drank from Bill and It was actually Warlow’s blood that gave the vampires the ability to walk in daylight which is why it you it disappeared when he died. What you saw leaving the vampires was Warlow’s light.
NYCKim
Posted at 12:45 PM on August 20, 2013
Actually it was the other way around. None of the day-time vamps drank Warlow’s blood. They fed on Bill at the camp. They fed on Bill so much that he lost his Lillith-ness.
Eric is the only one who fed on Warlow – up in fairy land, courtesy of Adelaine’s blood key. So when Jason staked Warlow, Warlow died and took his magic with him.
I can explain all of that but I can’t explain why Eric would have been sunbathing in the middle of the Alps with no retreat. That did feel cheap. But thanks for the frontal!!
Actually, Bill drank Warlow’s blood from when he had the scientist synthesize the blood or whatever. His lillith blood did not save him from the light. If you remember correctly, he walked out into the sun believing it would allow him to walk into the light and Jessica had to drag him back in. That is when he got the scientist to collect fairy blood.
So, yes…it was Warlow’s light that was leaving the vampires. Connect all the dots, not just the two you want to connect.
I’m tired of the Bill and Sookie show with a smidge of everyone else. It’s okay to forgive but we as viewers will never forget so pair Bill and Sookie back up and destroy the foundation of the show which is Eric and Sookie
The whole episode was a major disappointment to be frank. Not just the suggestion that Eric is dead. All of it. Sookie and Alcide, wrong, just wrong. I’m getting the impression that Tara’s mother has tricked her, if that had occurred fully I would have accepted it, but they’ve left a half-arsed cliff hanger there. As for Merlotte’s being no more… no comment. Sam Mayor? WHY? They should have pulled and trapped Warlow back in the other plane, killing a 6500 year old fairy vampire so easily is just another blunder in some incredibly lazy writing… in fact, the only bit that fit in well was Bill’s book. The rest was rubbish.
I agree with most of that. Warwlow was dispatched much too easily for my taste. WTH?
It was a hoot to see Bill plugging a book saying that he was a god. After all of his “I AM NOT A GOD!” talk. LOL He loves the power and the spotlight doesn’t he?
Amie
Posted at 12:55 AM on August 20, 2013
The whole episode just seemed like rushed nonsense to me. I mean, Sams mayor? Really? They spill their sorrows to him after one too many and mows he’s qualified to run the town? Right. Eric cannot be dead, he just randomly bursts into flames and doesn’t think “dig for your life” immediately, mayb this is where pan finds him and rescues him somehow, I don’t know. Warlow was turned around far too quickly, from her loving fairy prince and then cast off without so much as a death to anyone. Also we saw Eric’s sister die in his arms from the same disease that everyone she had. She didnt turn into a blood sucking zombie, she you know, got sick and then she died. I mean what is this the walking dead?
Annoyed&Disappointed
Posted at 3:36 AM on August 22, 2013
Actually the walking dead zombie like vampires are from a mutated strain of the Hep-v virus. After they fast fwd 6 months, you hear the news anchor say something along those lines.
Eric can't be gone
Posted at 12:02 AM on August 20, 2013
Chelsee Ahumada
Posted at 11:26 PM on August 19, 2013
The ending of the episode felt a lot like The Walking Dead with the vampires with the disease ganging up and trying to attack the humans.
Getting rid of Eric would destroy the show. He is basically the Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead) of True Blood. Girls want to watch him and they will lose a lot of views. The books say that she ends up with him. I know that it is very different from the books but could we please keep some things the same!
I was kind of glad that they got rid of the ability to see the sun because there are a lot of vampires that don’t deserve that ability.
klys2u
Posted at 11:59 PM on August 19, 2013
I read all the books and she does not end up with Eric but he doesn’t die either plus there re
ally is no comparison to the show and the books anymore not since season 3 they are completely different entities. I also don’t think they would just kill off Eric like that at least I hope not.
I don’t understand how humans would all of a sudden be carriers for a virus that was MADE and only carried in tru blood bottles? Why would they all of a sudden need to be tested when it wasnt a natural virus created by the human body? All the changes seemed kind of dumb.
Emma say's it's not that hard to understand
Posted at 11:35 PM on August 19, 2013
Because Humans who got into contact with infected Vampires, and lived, became carriers of the virus. Due to the fact that the virus has no effect on them, it can stay in the living body indefinitely with 0 repercussions to them or other supernaturals. It’s basically forcing vampires who don’t want to get infected to not feed on humans. Normal Vampires who want to drink human blood (because no 1 trusts true blood anymore) now have to be cautious of which humans they feed on because they may have gotten infected. the Hep V vampires, feeling like they have nothing left to lose, are going crazy by killing off everybody by draining them to death. The clean vampires are willing to protect the humans but only if they can feed on non carriers of the virus so they they wont intern become hep v vamps.
I feel that with Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard) gone, I have no desire to watch the show. For me, he was the heart of the show. I will not be watching season 7 or any other season for that matter.
Mermaid 115
Posted at 9:40 PM on August 19, 2013
I agree with jenn. Eric is one of the best characters. I wont watch it either. I dont like the “six months later” gimmick, i didnt like the vamps losing their light, i thought all the happenings in the six months later were weak. Sam as mayor? The scene with Jason and Violet having sex and discussing oral sex was ridiculous and unnecessary and gratuitous. Good moment? Niall bursting from the portal grabbing Warlow. Love the Niall character. All in all, not a good ending esp if Eric is gone.
A_Jeep
Posted at 11:24 PM on August 19, 2013
I think they thought this was going to be the last season since Alan Ball left last year. Hence the reason the 6 month later part seemed kinda thrown together last minute. Don’t write Eric off yet, remember he still had some fae blood from Adeline to get to Warlow; recall the season with Russell where he was handcuffed to Eric outside after they drank Sookie’s blood. Adeline is a direct descendant from a fae so hers might be more powerful and able to sustain Eric until he can hide. I’m sure everyone knows that True Blood cannot go on without our lovable Viking.
Izzy
Posted at 6:42 PM on August 19, 2013
I totally miss Tara and her mother in your piece :) . I agree, it wasnt a mayor thing for the series, but for me as a fan.. Phew.. Poor freakin Tara..
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cheryle
Posted at 6:39 PM on August 19, 2013
I loved season 1 and 2. Season 1 followed the Stackhouse series (a dark comedy) closely. It took me awhile to get the joke, but once I did, (and stopped gasping) I was laughing.
Remember when Jason had to swallow a whole vile of True Blood in order to hide it while sitting in the police car?
Season 2 didn’t follow the book, it was darker, but also had that dark comedy feel. In season 2, I was at first horrified and then laughed aloud when Eric, with his hair tied up in foil due to having his hair bleached by Pam, walked down into the dungeon to greet a prisoner. It was a Horrific scene in that dungeon and all Eric could talk about was his hair. You’d have to see it.-if you dare…
My husband enjoys this series. So we continue to watch every Sunday. I would have stopped after year 3 because that’s when everything changed.The series lost its focus. Rather than build on what was working and create the plots from the Stackhouse series. ( and there are many great ideas in the Harris series never touched on in the TV series) the producers fill True Blood with fragmented sensational themes meant mostly to shock it’s audience, (Ithink). I also think the change in the series had to do with its popularity and the dollars it brought in. The writers lost their freedom with that popularity. As I continue to watch the show with my husband, I wait for those few moments in the series where the actors seem to pull off a clever scene. It’s usually a vampire scene. However, even the actors seem to know when a scene is just stupid or fragmented. I have to hand it to the Eric character, he holds true to the dark comedy part of his character when ever possible. The original cast are excellent actors doing their best with silly lines.
HT
Posted at 6:26 PM on August 19, 2013
Correct me if I am wrong… but even if Pam did find him wouldn’t she just burn too?
Mr. N N
Posted at 6:00 PM on August 19, 2013
Eric´s not dead. They needed a cliffhanger and couldn´t be bothered to come up with a good one. And the cgi is tragic.
Gena
Posted at 5:58 PM on August 19, 2013
Please tell me that Eric Northman is not really dead. Telk me Pam found him just in time and whisked him away to some dark cave nearby.
Richy
Posted at 7:55 PM on August 19, 2013
Pam would’ve burnt too if she went out. I mean Erik (much older and stronger) couldn’t take more than a few steps before burning out.
Anoneemouse
Posted at 8:58 PM on August 19, 2013
This is addressed in the series. The older a vampire is, the faster they burn. They talked about it around the time that Godrick met the sun.
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