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June 11, 2010
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Who has time to watch TV these days? Let us cut through the BS and strip down the shows your friends are constantly yammering about to the bare essentials so that the next time your best bud or that potential love interest is hyperventalating over their favorite show, you'll be able to Fake Your Way Through It.
After developing a synthetic form of blood, called Tru Blood, vampires came out in public, claiming to no longer be a threat to humans, as they no longer need their blood. Now, the entire world knows that vampires are real. They have anti-defamation leagues. They have reps in the government. And though they have their own set of laws (including local Sheriffs, district wide Magistors, and The Queen, who fits in somewhere with that), vampires exist in society, and that’s a fact. Some people love 'em, literally (they’re called Fangbangers), and some people hate 'em (they’re called The Fellowship of the Sun, a dorky religious organization). Wherever you stand on the issue of vampire rights, they’re here, they’re fanged, get used to it.
BS to Impress: The vampire coming out party is called “The Great Revelation” by vamps, and not all of 'em agree with it.
Sookie is a telepathic waitress from Bon Temps, Louisiana. Bill is a vampire from Bon Temps, Louisiana... Or at least he was back in Civil War times. Now, Sookie and Bill do the horizontal coffin, sometimes when Bill pops out from a grave, sometimes in a regular old boring bed. They tend to fight – a lot – but always get back together in the end. Sookie may be developing other superpowers, though its not 100% clear what they are – and with her current powers, is coveted by many other vampires. Bill asked Sookie to marry him at the end of last season, but before she could answer, he was kidnapped by unseen assailants! Oh noes!
BS to Impress: We’re guessing it was the Accent Police. Stephen Moyer, who plays Bill, is actually from England, and Anna Paquin, who plays Sookie, is the little girl from The Piano – and now you get to watch her naked on a weekly basis. Congrats, pervs.
One of the vamps who wants Sookie, baaaad, is Eric, played by Alexander Skarsgard. He’s the owner of a vamp club called Fangtasia (it’s explained that older vamps don’t know puns are lame in season one). He once stuck the short order cook at Merlotte’s (where Sookie works) in a basement and tortured him for weeks. He tricked Sookie into drinking his blood, so he could track her anywhere – and also cause her to be sexually attracted to him. And he’s also secretly selling the Vampire Queen’s blood, via that same short order cook, for some unknown purpose. Also he’s super sexy. Yeeeeah.
BS to Impress: Alexander Skarsgard actually has a pretty well known family relation who is also in show business. Yup, you guessed it. It’s his brother Gustaf Skarsgard, star of Ake och hans varld. Also, his father is named Stellan Skarsgard or something.
