True Blood 1.05 "Sparks Fly Out" Recap
October 6, 2008 by brian
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True Blood Episode 1.5 “Sparks Fly Out”
Airdate: Oct. 5, 2008
Sookie and Bill argue about him thinking about draining a cop and he claims he won’t call on her again. A very angry Tara confronts Lafayette about dealing V blood, especially to Jason. She recounts a horrifying ordeal about them having to drain the blood from Jason’s appendage.
And if that didn’t creep me out enough, Jason comes by and demonstrates with a sausage. I know it’s HBO, but I could have gone the rest of my natural life without seeing that. Lafayette tells Jason that Tara’s been in love with Jason since she was six. This boy Jason is not bright. Lafayette wants to train him in “V” usage - really? Did I mention Jason is not bright? V, Lafayette explains, affects different people in different ways. It gives Lafayette a vampire’s strength, for example.
Sam finally mans up and asks Sookie out, she says yes. During a conversation with Detective Bellefour, he realizes Sookie is telepathic. He mentions that Tara and Jason have been hanging out, so Sookie tries to find out more.
Tara blocks Sookie by thinking nonsensical thoughts and tells Sookie she doesn’t have to know everyone’s business.
They’re having a Descendants of the Glorious Dead meeting and are trying to take the cross down because they don’t want Bill to burst into flames. They cover the cross with a flag, which Bill puts back in its place. Bill tells them he has too much respect for Old Glory to put himself before it. Man, this vampire should be a politician. He tells them vampires can stand before a cross or a Bible. Sheesh, how do you kill these guys in the True Blood universe then?
Bill tells them the story of Tolliver Humphries, a brave man in Bill’s regiment who died trying to save a young boy. Then the mayor presents Bill with a picture of him and his family. Bill explains that after becoming a vampire, he couldn’t go back to his family.
For Jason, allows him altered perceptions like a vision of Tara as some sort of water spirit. He tells her he knows how she feels about him and she realizes he’s high on V. She asks him to come back when he’s sober.
Lafayette hears some drunken ruffians making fun of him and proceeds to beat the hell out of them with his vampire strength. Sookie tries to kiss Sam but can’t get over Bill. Sam warns her that vampires can’t be trusted and that they’ll always turn on people. She tells Sam that he’s doing pretty good job of turning on her now.
And speaking of Bill, he gets interviewed by the sheriff and Bellefour. Bill explains the recent killings weren’t by vampires. He explains that the corpses weren’t drained and no vampire, even him, could have resisted a fresh corpse full of blood.
Bill flashes back to the night he was made into a vampire by a “widow” who seduces wayward soldiers. She drained the rest but because Bill was basically good and didn’t desire her, she had to take him. She tells him he’ll have to watch his family grow old and die and that they will be killed anyway if they harbor a vampire.
Back in present day, Tara finds Jason out behind the restaurant having sex with a newly divorced woman. Ah, that’s classy. Did I mention that Jason is not that bright? Tara dumps garbage on the pair. Sookie goes home and somebody’s killed Gram. Aw, I liked Gram. That’s cold, man.
why the good character have to die and not jason or tara. I so hate the stereotypes on this show. Plus, i am not a prude but could they tone down the sex on the show. again i hate jason.
Great storyline.. HORRID acting & lines for the cast.. *shudder*.. I’m with John, the sex scenes are so graphic, they’re pathetic. The dialogue in this series is in accordance w/ a typical “HBO-soft-porn”… maybe they should add this show to their late night line-up..?..
stupid show. so disappointing. in every way. was looking forward to it. fan of the books, fan of alan ball, fan of hbo’s style… loved the ad campaign, love the idea of vampires in an R rated setting… you’d think this would be a slam dunk… but it couldn’t suck harder. I am shocked to report I actually prefer some of the genre shows I’ve caught on network TV. they shoot lower, but they hit their mark. this show is arrogant. so disappointed.