Ok, here it is, my review on The last season of True Blood. Including the finale.
Personally, the season wasn't all that bad. (In my opinion)
I loved that not both Eric and Bill die. Pam didn't die. I got over the fact that Tara and Alcide died very quickly.
I still believe Tara should have lived though. The way they ended her story line with her haunting her mother, just over the fact that she should have killed her crazy father when she had the chance. That was ridiculous. I liked that we got the chance to say goodbye to Tara, but didn't like the way it happened. Alcide, they killed him off to make room for this quickie sex scene with Bill. (Blah) If they had that planned all along why even put him with Sookie? There was so much more they could have done with his character. (If you've read the books you know what I'm talking about.) Of course like I've said before there's a lot they could have used from the books. Maybe then the story lines would not have been so out of control.
I'm glad they let every character have some what of a ending. Lafayette met a great guy, Jason finally met his match, Arlene, even though she went through a tragedy, found some happiness. (The part where she sees the spirit of Terry was so awesome, glad they included him this season.) Even Eric and Pam had a happy ending. Sara Newlin, not so much. =)
I try not to give you to much of the details, as this is a review, not a play by play of everything. =) But there is some spoilers I guess. lol
Now on to Bill, where I'm going to use some of what I read in an Article by TV Fanatic, titled "True Blood Finale: An Insulting, Illogical Slap in the Face". I'll try to link it at the end of my blog post. Ok the main thing this article talks about is how Bill and Sookie didn't end up together, that it was sexist Sookie didn't get to choose her own path, Bill chose it for her, and why is he so for Jessica and Hoyt and not him and Sookie?
This is what I think.
I knew Bill, as soon as he got infected with Hep V, was going to die. He wanted to. No matter how much Sookie "thinks" she loves him, nothings going to change the fact that, Bill dying, is his choice. He did ask Sookie to give up a part of herself to kill him, which was kinda rude, but he was trying to protect her. Without her Fae powers no Vampire would be interested in her. Sookie chose her own path, she wanted to keep her Fae powers. Now on to the thing about Bill not wanting them to be together. I don't think that's true, I think he did. But like he said to Eric, Sookie is Fae (Hoyt is human), Vampires are drawn to her. He basically said it's the same with her, her being light, drawn to their darkness. So since they're already drawn to each other, magically, how can it be real, true love? The kind that Bill had in his human life, the kind Jessica and Hoyt have. He wanted her to have that. He had already experienced it. He wanted to die to be with his wife and children. He wanted her to have that kind of love. And without a doubt know that it was True Love. How would they know if it was real or just magical if they were together? That is what I got from it all. Sookie might have thought she knew what she wanted, but running to Bill last minute right when she finds out he's got Hep V, only to... bang him? Idk, doesn't sound right to me.
The ending scene (years later) showed Sookie pregnant, and she hugged her man. Human or something else? (You can't say he was human) We don't know if he was human, werewolf, or shape-shifter, or something else were, because they said nothing about him!! That is what I didn't like. What they should've done, is at least let us hear a name. Quinn, from the books would've been perfect. Even though, like idiots, they didn't have him in the show, having him end up with her would've been something. (For those of you who don't know, Quinn is a were-tiger in the books, and does have a relationship with Sookie)
The show wasn't all about one couple, neither was the books.
The books ended with Sookie in a relationship, wasn't a serious thing yet, wasn't a stranger, or vampire, but we knew the character. =)
The series started out great, I was obsessed with this show for quite a while. There was some things I didn't like in certain seasons (the changing of Merlottes is one) but this last season, gave some closure in a way. I read somewhere that HBO ended the show because of the story lines not the ratings. And I believe that. Like I said before the story lines went out of control. There was all kinds of wacky, crazy stuff going on. I still watched it. =) Why they didn't use more from the books, I have no idea. Look at Game of Thrones, they go exactly by the books, only maybe the timeline might be different. And their show is awesome!!
But everyone has their own opinion, some might love the show, no matter what story line they went with, some might not have liked the show at all.
I did like the show, I'm gonna miss it on my Summer Sundays. =)
You can follow me on Twitter @Greeneyes811, I tweet about shows that I watch a lot more than I blog about them.
I'm counting the days till the new seasons of Vampire Diaries and The Originals. And of course The Walking Dead! =)
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2014/08/true-blood-finale-an-insulting-illogical-slap-in-the-face/
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