While Bill bumbled through with boring but necessary visions of the future and attempts at saving vampire kind, Eric stole some of the best moments of the series. We loved him when he was angry – ripping off a bloke’s gonads (“I’ll be back in 10 <\/em>minutes to make sure you have bled out”). We loved him more when he was upset – crying rivers of blood over the gruesome death of his sister Nora. But we loved him most when he was being tumblr bait: appearing at a virgin’s window in the night like an albino Dracula, and reclining on a glacier completely starkers before bursting into flames.<\/p>\n The better Bellefleur, Andy, really came into his own this season as the well-meaning father to his four fairy offspring. This scenario had the potential to flop but not only did they become integral to the storyline, it provided some real heartfelt moments too. The final scene where Jessica (who murdered three of them) offers her protection to Andy and Adaline was genuinely sweet and so unlike True Blood to give a subplot some closure.<\/p>\n Not everyone fared as well, however. Every werewolf scene bar shirtless Alcide could have been probably been scrapped with no complaints, and Sam Merlotte gratuitous relationship with a dull newbie straight after the death of Luna seemed totally inappropriate, as did Sookie’s admission that she assumed they would eventually end up together. Since when? It seemed like the show’s only nod to the series of books it’s based on, having gone completely off-track lately. Not that we’re complaining, since we loved this year’s villains: Truman Burrell and Sarah Newlin.<\/p>\n Her return to the show was an excellent move, bringing tons of over-the-top moments. We’ll never forget when she kissed her decapitated boyfriend’s head, or the bitch fight where she smashed her opponent’s head in with a stiletto heel. She should also be thanked for snapping Jason out of his multiple series’ worth of melodrama and that moment where she pulled the roof back and killed Steve Newlin, if only so we got to hear his final words: “I LOVE YOU… JASON STACKHOOOUSE!”<\/p>\n True Blood’s back to its campy best, with all the gore and social commentary that had us hooked to begin with. And next year promises more intriguing storylines, as Sookie’s now with Alcide (at last!) and the town folk are adopting a novel approach to battling Hep V – the man-made virus that kills vampires horribly – by enjoying a monogamous blood-letting relationship with the local bloodsuckers, in exchange for protection. It seems like they’ll need it, as a horde of infected zombie-like vamps started descending on Bon Temps in the closing moments….<\/p>\n True Blood<\/strong><\/em> Season 6<\/strong><\/strong><\/em> will come to the UK later this year on FOX. Pick up Season 5 on DVD for £28.75<\/a> or Blu-ray for £36<\/a> from Amazon<\/a>.co.uk.<\/strong><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n True Blood Season 6 review, full of spoilers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":48307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[8,207],"tags":[1849,1402,1929,3128,3127,90],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/true-blood.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"true-blood-s6-e9-08\"](\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/true-blood-s6-e9-081.jpg\")
<\/a>Truebies can rest in peace knowing he’ll be back for Season 7, but there was a genuine feeling that anything could happen this year. Instead of expanding the biggest cast on television, the writers bumped off a few instead. We said an emotional goodbye to Terry Bellefleur, who had certainly outstayed his welcome but the way it happened and his subsequent funeral were hugely poignant.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n